Worlds of music : an introduction to the music of the world's peoples / Jeff Todd Titon, general editor ; with Timothy J. Cooley [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Titon, Jeff Todd, 1943- editor.

Cooley, Timothy J., 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World music--History and criticism.

World music.

Ethnomusicology.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxv, 630 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), music ; 26 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Cengage Learning, [2017]

Summary:

Provides authoritative, accessible coverage of the world's music cultures. Based on the authors' fieldwork and expertise, this text presents in-depth explorations of several music cultures from around the world, with new chapters on China, Eastern Europe and the Arab world. The student-friendly, case-study approach and music-culture focus gives students a true sense of both the music and the culture that created it.

Contents:

The music-culture as a world of music / Jeff Todd Titon

North America/Native America / Christopher A. Scales

Africa/Ewe, Mande, Dagbamba, Shona, BaAka / David Locke

North America/Black America / Jeff Todd Titon

Europe/Central and Southeastern regions / Tinothy J. Cooley

Asia/India / David B. Reck

Asia/Indonesia / R. Anderson Sutton

Asia/China, Taiwan, Singapore, overseas Chinese / Jonathan P.J. Stock

South America/Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru / John M. Schechter

The Arab world / Anne K. Rasmussen

Discovering and documenting a world of music / Jeff Todd TIton and David B. Reck.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discographies, videographies, and index.

ISBN:

1133953905

9781133953906

9781305868120

1305868129

OCLC:

933584445

Publisher Number:

99973122265