Seeks to determine what is singularly distinct or unique about flutes, flute playing, and flute players in a global context.
A lifelong flutist performing classical, jazz, and many types of world flute music, Dale Olsen is a professor emeritus of ethnomusicology at Florida State University. His many books include Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest and Popular Music of Vietnam: The Politics of Remembering, The Economics of Forgetting.