Thinking Musically Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

Name: Thinking Musically Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
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ISBN: 9780195341911

ISBN-10: 0195341910

ISBN-13: 9780195341911

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Bonnie Wade, Bonnie Wade

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Designed for undergraduates and general readers with little or no background in music, Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures--including the Americas, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Europe--and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. Thinking Musically explores the importance of musical instruments and discusses the fundamental elements of music--including rhythm, pitch in melodic and harmonic relationships, and form--and examines how they vary in different musical traditions. The author considers the effects of cultural factors such as gender and ethnicity on the perception, interpretation, and performance of music, as well as…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 8.20" wide x 5.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.704

Bonnie C. Wade is Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. One of two general editors of the Global Music Series, she is also the author of another volume in the series, Music in Japan (OUP, 2005), in addition to numerous other titles.



Foreword


Preface CD Track List Letter to the Readers



Thinking about Music People Music Makers Listeners Music In Terms of Sound Calling Something ""Music"" Aesthetic Values in Music Meaning Music and Textual Meaning Music as Text Use Transmission Oral and Aural Transmission Written Transmission



Thinking about Instruments Instruments as Objects Ideas about Instruments-types Ideas about Particular Instruments Spiritual Associations Associations of Sexuality