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Author Miller, Terry E., author

Title World music : a global journey / Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari
Edition Concise edition
Published New York, New York ; Oxfordshire, England : Routledge, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (382 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
Contents 1. Before the trip begins : fundamental issues -- 2. Aural analysis : listening to the world's musics -- 3. Cultural considerations : beyond the sounds themselves -- 4. Oceania : Australia, Hawaii, Kiribati -- 5. South Asia : India, Pakistan -- 6. Southeast Asia : Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Java) -- 7. East Asia : China, Japan, Tibet -- 8. The Middle East : Islam and the Arab world, Iran, Egypt, Judaism -- 9. Europe : Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Bulgaria -- 10. Sub-Saharan Africa : Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, The Republic of South Africa -- 11. The Caribbean : Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba -- 12. South America and Mexico : Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico -- 13. Canada and the United States
Summary World Music: A Global Journey, Concise Edition is an ideal introduction to the diversity of musical expression around the world, taking students across the globe to experience cultural traditions that challenge the ear, the mind, and the spirit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World music -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
World music
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Shahriari, Andrew C., author
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