World Music: a Very Short Introduction

Name: World Music: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192854292

ISBN-10: 0192854291

ISBN-13: 9780192854292

Edition: 2002

Authors: Philip V. Bohlman

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'World music' emerged as an invention of the West from encounters with other cultures. This book draws readers into a remarkable range of these historical encounters, in which music had the power to evoke the exotic and to give voice to the voiceless. In the course of the volume's eight chapters the reader witnesses music's involvement in the modern world, but also the individual moments and particular histories that are crucial to an understanding of music's diversity. World Music is wide-ranging in its geographical scope, yet individual chapters provide in-depth treatments of selected music cultures and regional music histories. The book frequently zooms in on repertoires and musicians -…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/29/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface


List of illustrations


Maps



In the beginning...myth and meaning in world music



The West and the world



Between myth and history



Music of the folk



Music of the nations



Diaspora



Colonial musics, post-colonial worlds, and the globalization of world music


References


Further reading


Listening


Index