Includes bibliographical references and index. Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari are both faculty members of Kent State University.
Contents:
Before the trip begins : Fundamental issues -- Aural analysis : Listening to the world's musics -- Cultural considerations : Beyond the sounds themselves -- Oceania : Australia, Hawai'i -- South Asia : India, Pakistan -- Southeast Asia : Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Java and Bali) -- East Asia : China, Mongolia, Japan, Tibet -- The Middle East : Islam and the Arab World, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Israel -- Europe : Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Georgia -- Sub-Saharan Africa : Ghana, Zimbabwe, Senegal, South Africa -- The Caribbean : Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba -- South America and Mexico : Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico -- North America : Canada and the United States.
Summary:
"World Music Concise: A Global Journey, Third Edition, introduces students to the diversity of musical expression around the world, taking them across the globe to experience cultural traditions that challenge the ear, the mind, and the spirit. Based on the Fifth Edition, this Third Concise Edition serves as an introduction to the many and varied world music traditions. It stays rooted in a solid pedagogical framework and maintains the text's familiar travel theme while condensing the number of "sites" to 41. These sites are carefully selected from the existing compilation so as to remain representative of all continents and regions"-- Provided by publisher.
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