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Analytical and Cross-cultural Studies in World Music
. Ed(S): Tenzer, Michael; Roeder, John
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Description for Analytical and Cross-cultural Studies in World Music
Paperback. This collection presents intriguing explanations of extraordinary musical creations from across the world, concentrating on how the music works as sound in process. Editor(s): Tenzer, Michael; Roeder, John. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, recorded music items. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music presents intriguing explanations of extraordinary musical creations from diverse cultures across the world. All the authors are experts, deeply engaged in the traditions they describe. They recount the contexts in which the music is created and performed, and then hone in on elucidating how the music works as sound in process. Accompanying the explanatory prose is a wealth of diagrams, transcriptions, recordings, and (online) multimedia presentations, all intended to convey the richness, beauty, and ingenuity of their subjects. The music ranges across geography and cultures - court music of Japan and medieval Europe, ... Read more
Analytical and Cross-Cultural Studies in World Music presents intriguing explanations of extraordinary musical creations from diverse cultures across the world. All the authors are experts, deeply engaged in the traditions they describe. They recount the contexts in which the music is created and performed, and then hone in on elucidating how the music works as sound in process. Accompanying the explanatory prose is a wealth of diagrams, transcriptions, recordings, and (online) multimedia presentations, all intended to convey the richness, beauty, and ingenuity of their subjects. The music ranges across geography and cultures - court music of Japan and medieval Europe, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195384574
SKU
V9780195384574
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About . Ed(S): Tenzer, Michael; Roeder, John
Michael Tenzer is Professor of Music at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of two previous books, Balinese Music (Periplus, 1991 [1998, 2nd. Ed.]) and Gamelan Gong Kebyar: The Art of Twentieth Century Balinese Music (Chicago 2000) which received the 34th ASCAP Deems Taylor Award and the Society for Ethnomusicology's Merriam Prize. He edited this book's predecessor, ... Read more
Reviews for Analytical and Cross-cultural Studies in World Music
An interesting sampler of the world's music and practitioners...Recommended.
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