Music Around the World [3 Volumes]: A Global Encyclopedia

ISBN-13: 9781610694988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 1017 str.

Andrew R. Martin; Matthew Mihalka

Opis

A perfect resource for students and music enthusiasts alike, this expansive four-volume set provides readers with multidisciplinary perspectives on the music of countries and ethnic groups from around the globe. Students will find "Music around the World: A Global Encyclopedia" extremely accessible and useful in their research, not only for music history and music appreciation classes but also for geography, social studies, language studies, and anthropology. Additionally, general readers will find the books appealing and an invaluable general reference on world music.

Each volume examines a different world region to promote geographic understanding and appreciation of global music, with volumes covering the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and Asia and the Pacific. The volumes begin with a preface that explains to readers the scope of the set as well as how to use the encyclopedia, followed by a brief history of traditional music and important current influences of music in each particular world region, including a brief history of traditional music and important current influences. The entries examine the music traditions and styles of specific countries, ethnic groups, and intranational and international regions, as well as the cultural influences, musical traditions, rhythms, genres, instruments, classifications, and individuals who made influential and significant contributions to local, national, or regional music.