'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 - such as Bob Marley, 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.
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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.
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MEDIA AND MEDIATION OF WORLD MUSIC: A TIMELINE OF MUSIC TECHNOLOGIES; WORLD-MUSIC RESOURCES; GLOSSARY OF WORLD-MUSIC GENRES; GLOSSARY OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL TERMS
Philip Bohlman's superb study places world music squarely in history - and a lengthy history at that, reaching back to the Age of Discovery and even beyond. * Richard Middleton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne *
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780192854292
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
166 gr
Høyde
177 mm
Bredde
113 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
200
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