Analytical Studies in World Music
ISBN-10: 0195177894
ISBN-13: 9780195177893
$48.99
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
May 25, 2006
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
9.22x6.12x1.20 Inches
Weight
1.47 Pounds
About the Book
Combining the approaches of ethnomusicology and music theory, Analytical Studies in World Music offers fresh perspectives for thinking about how musical sounds are shaped, arranged, and composed by their diverse makers worldwide. Eleven inspired, insightful, and in-depth explanations ofIranian sung poetry, Javanese and Balinese gamelan music, Afro-Cuban drumming, flamenco, modern American chamber music, and a wealth of other genres create a border-erasing compendium of ingenious music analyses.Selections on the companion CD are carefully matched with extensive transcriptions and illuminating diagrams in every chapter. Opening rich cross-cultural perspectives on music, this volume addresses the practical needs of students and scholars in the contemporary world of fusions, contact,borrowing, and curiosity about music everywhere.