World Music: a Very Short Introduction
ISBN-10: 0192854291
ISBN-13: 9780192854292
$11.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Aug 29, 2002
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
6.80x4.50x0.45 Inches
Weight
0.37 Pounds
About the Book
World Music draws readers into a remarkable range of 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. This book 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--such as Bob Marley, Dana International, Bartok, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan--and attempts to account for world music's growing presence and popularity at the beginning of the twenty-first century.