Before the trip begins : fundamental issues -- Aural analysis : listening to the world's musics -- Cultural considerations : beyond the sounds themselves -- Oceania : Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Kiribati -- South Asia : India, ...
Plena from Puerto Rico Chuida from China Gagaku from Japan has returned from the Second Edition New "Inside Look" features spotlight distinguished ethnomusicologists such as Dr. Terence Liu, K.S. Resni, Dr. Sumarsam, Dr. Mick Moloney, ...
Guest artists included members of the Oyster Band and Mustaphas as well as Ron Kavana and Tomás Lynch . Although they've never earned enough money to buy their own electric guitars and amps , Abana ba Nasery have had a string of local ...
Scholars and writers turned their gaze toward North Africa , often leaving us with some of the most penetrating descriptions of music , for example in the novels of Gustave Flaubert and in the stories of Paul Bowles .
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.
Listen to the way the singer divides his voice into two distinct ranges of sound . The high , whistling sound is produced by harmonics , or overtones of the steady lower drone note . Judging by the sounds of the words being sung ...
Features of the Third Edition Over 3 hours of diverse musical examples. with a third audio CD of new musical examples Listening Guides analyze the various pieces of music with some presented in an interactive format online Biographical ...
Presented by chapter on the book website Used in classrooms around the globe, World Music: A Global Journey, Fifth Edition, is an internationally acclaimed and best-selling fundamental resource for students and instructors to begin their ...
Features of the Third Edition Over 3 hours of diverse musical examples. with a third audio CD of new musical examples Listening Guides analyze the various pieces of music with some presented in an interactive format online Biographical ...
Plena from Puerto Rico Chuida from China Gagaku from Japan has returned from the Second Edition New "Inside Look" features spotlight distinguished ethnomusicologists such as Dr. Terence Liu, K.S. Resni, Dr. Sumarsam, Dr. Mick Moloney, ...
The chanter, drones, and regulators are powered by air sucked in through a bellows under the piper's right arm, forced through a tube across the piper's waist, and into a leather bag under the piper's left arm.
World Music: Traditions and Transformations
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Features of the Third Edition Over 3 hours of diverse musical examples. with a third audio CD of new musical examples Listening Guides analyze the various pieces of music with some presented in an interactive format online Biographical ...
From jeliya to cha cha chá, Shandong to sean nós, and the Beatles and beleganjur to Bollywood and belly dance, the second edition of World Music: Traditions and Transformations takes students on an exciting global journey of musical and ...
Presented by chapter on the book website Used in classrooms around the globe, World Music: A Global Journey, Fifth Edition, is an internationally acclaimed and best-selling fundamental resource for students and instructors to begin their ...
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1996. http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/715 Book: Brasseaux, Ryan André. Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence ofan American-Made Music.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
World Music: The Basics is excellent introduction to the players, the music, and the styles that make world music one of the most exciting new musical genres.
"World Music: Traditions and Transformations, fourth edition, is an introductory-level survey of diverse musics from around the world.