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Music : a very short introduction / Nicholas Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Nicholas, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--History.
- Music.
- Music--Social aspects.
- Music trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Nicholas Cook explores the nature of music, how we think about it, its social and cultural dimensions, and its history. He discusses the many musical traditions across the world and the interactions between them. He also considers performance, how composers create music, and the position of music in today's globalized society.
- Contents:
- Music in the moment
- Thinking in music
- The presence of the past
- Music 2.0
- Music in a global world.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2021.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 2, 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-103895-4
- 0-19-103894-6
- 0-19-179294-2
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