- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Schirmer; 2 edition (July 27, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0534627579
- ISBN-13: 978-0534627577
Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Version (with CD-ROM)FREE DOWNLOAD
Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Version (with CD-ROM)FREE DOWNLOAD
This shorter version of the best-selling WORLDS OF MUSIC is based on the
4th edition and provides much of the authoritative coverage of the
comprehensive version in a format that's accessible to students without
any background or training in music. 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 students a true sense of both the music and
culture that created it. General editor, Jeff Todd Titon, has written
the text's opening chapter, that introduces students to ethnomusicology
and relates each chapter's music heard on the accompanying CDs to the
fundamentals of music in a worldwide context. The text concludes with a
chapter that invites students to participate by undertaking a fieldwork
research project that increases a student's understanding of music in
daily life. Two CDs accompany every copy of the book on the inside
back cover. The selected recordings cover a wide range of music-cultures
and include authentic recordings from the authors' fieldwork. Leading
off is the long-standing jewel in the Worlds of Music crown - James
Koetting's magnificent recording of postal workers canceling stamps at
the University of Ghana post office. A Western-sounding hymn tune
performed against African rhythms, this piece, more that any other, lets
the student hear contrasting music-cultures. Packaged with the text,
the CDs make this book the best value available for the course.
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