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Worlds of Music

An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples

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An edition of Worlds of Music (2009)

Worlds of Music

An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples

3rd edition
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No background or training in music? No problem. This shorter version of Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples is written to make music accessible. Using the case-study approach, the text presents in-depth explorations of music of several cultures from around the world. The authors all ethnomusicologists working in their fields of expertise base their discussions of music-cultures on their own fieldwork and give you a true sense of both the music and culture that created it.

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English
Pages
464

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Table of Contents

1. The Music-Culture as a World of Music, by Jeff Todd Titon. 1
2. North America, Native America, by David P. McAllester. 35
3. Africa Ewe, Mande., Dagbamba, Shona, BaAka, by David Locke. 67
4. North America / Black America, by Jeff Todd Titon. 107
5. Europe / Central and Southeastern Regions, by Timothy J. Cooley. 143
6. India / South India, by David B. Reck. 179
7. Asia / Music of Indonesia, by R. Anderson Sutton. 213
8. East Asia / China, Taiwan, Singapore, Overseas Chinese, by Jonathan P. J. Stock. 241
9. Latin America / Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, by John M. Schechter. 277
10. The Arab World, by Anne K. Rasmussen. 317
11. Discovering and Documenting a World of Music, by Jeff Todd Titon and David B. Reck. 355

Edition Notes

Shorter Version.

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[Belmont, CA, USA]
Copyright Date
2009

Classifications

Library of Congress
, ML3545 .W67 2006b

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxvii, 432 p., ill.
Number of pages
464
Dimensions
26 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22172640M
ISBN 10
0495570109
ISBN 13
9780495570103
LCCN
2008938929
OCLC/WorldCat
324997766

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL12915454W

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