Pieces of the Musical World Sounds and Cultures

Name: Pieces of the Musical World Sounds and Cultures
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ISBN: 9780415723114

ISBN-10: 0415723116

ISBN-13: 9780415723114

Edition: 2015

Authors: Rachel Harris, Rowan Pease

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Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each through a single "piece." It focuses on a musical sound or object that provides a springboard from which to tell a story about a particular geographic region, introducing key aspects of the cultures in which it is embedded, contexts of performance, the musicians who create or perform it, the journeys it has travelled, and its changing meanings. A collaborative venture by staff and research ethnomusicologists associated with the Department of Music at SOAS, University of London, Pieces of the Musical World is organized thematically. Three broad…

Book details

List price: $56.99
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/26/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 292
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English