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World music : traditions and transformations / Michael B. Bakan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxvii, 377 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0073526649 (pbk.)
  • 9780073526645 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Music
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.9 23
LOC classification:
  • ML3545 .B24 2012
Contents:
Ch. 1. What, in the world, is music? -- ch. 2. How music lives: a musicultural approach -- ch. 3. How music works, pt. 1 Rhythm -- ch. 4. How music works, pt. 2 Pitch -- ch. 5. How music works, pt. 3 Dynamics, timbre, and instruments -- ch. 6. How music works, pt. 4 Texture and form -- ch. 7. Indonesian Gamelan music: interlocking rhythms, interlocking worlds -- ch. 8. From Raga to Bollywood: development and intercultural crossings in Indian music -- ch. 9. 'Not the same, but just as nice': traditions and transformations in Irish music -- ch. 10. The river and the path: conversation and collective expression in West African musics -- ch. 11. 'See how she moves': musics of Latin America and the "Oye como va" phenomenon -- ch. 12. From Baladi to belly dance: rhythm, dance, and music in Egypt and beyond -- ch. 13. A musicultural history of the Chinese Zheng.
Summary: An examination of world music, covering traditional folk, ritual, classical genres, contemporary popular, art musics, jazz, and world beat, and including case studies of diverse musicultural traditions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-366) and index.

Ch. 1. What, in the world, is music? -- ch. 2. How music lives: a musicultural approach -- ch. 3. How music works, pt. 1 Rhythm -- ch. 4. How music works, pt. 2 Pitch -- ch. 5. How music works, pt. 3 Dynamics, timbre, and instruments -- ch. 6. How music works, pt. 4 Texture and form -- ch. 7. Indonesian Gamelan music: interlocking rhythms, interlocking worlds -- ch. 8. From Raga to Bollywood: development and intercultural crossings in Indian music -- ch. 9. 'Not the same, but just as nice': traditions and transformations in Irish music -- ch. 10. The river and the path: conversation and collective expression in West African musics -- ch. 11. 'See how she moves': musics of Latin America and the "Oye como va" phenomenon -- ch. 12. From Baladi to belly dance: rhythm, dance, and music in Egypt and beyond -- ch. 13. A musicultural history of the Chinese Zheng.

An examination of world music, covering traditional folk, ritual, classical genres, contemporary popular, art musics, jazz, and world beat, and including case studies of diverse musicultural traditions.

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