| Publication |
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002.
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| Description |
xx, 180pGreen Spine
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| Series |
Very Short Introductions
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| Summary/Abstract |
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. This book is wide-ranging in its geographical scope, (inclusive of National anthems too) 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, Dana International, 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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| Contents |
Preface
List of illustrations
Maps
In the beginning...myth and meaning in world music
The West and the world
Between myth and history
Music of the folk
Music of the nations
Diaspora
Colonial musics, post-colonial worlds, and the globalization of world music
References
Further reading
Listening
Index
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| Standard Number |
0195681673 Pb.
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