5th Edition
World Music: A Global Journey
538 Pages
by
Routledge
538 Pages
by
Routledge
538 Pages
by
Routledge
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World Music: A Global Journey , Fifth Edition, explores 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. It surveys world music within a systematic study of the world’s major cultures, supported by a strong pedagogical framework. Providing historical and cultural overviews of... Read more
Chapter 1: Before the Trip Begins: Fundamental Issues / Chapter 2: Aural Analysis: Listening to the World’s Musics / Chapter 3: Cultural Considerations: Beyond the Sounds Themselves / Chapter 4: Oceania: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawai’i, Kiribati / Chapter 5: South Asia: India, Pakistan / Chapter 6: Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Java and Bali) / Chapter 7: East Asia: China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Tibet / Chapter 8: The Middle East: Islam and the Arab World, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Israel / Chapter 9: Europe: Greece, Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Hungary, Bulgaria / Chapter 10: Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Central Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Senegal, The Republic of South Africa / Chapter 11: The Caribbean: Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Dominican Republic / Chapter 12: South America and Mexico: The Amazon Rainforest, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico / Chapter 13: Canada and the United States
Biography
Terry E. Miller is Professor Emeritus of Ethnomusicology at Kent State University and specializes in the musics of Thailand and Laos. He co-edited the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music volume on Southeast Asia.
Andrew Shahriari is Professor of Ethnomusicology at Kent State University, as well as Coordinator of Online Courses and Graduate Studies in the School of Music. He is author of Popular World Music, Second Edition, by Routledge.
