3rd Edition

World Music CONCISE A Global Journey

By Terry E. Miller, Andrew Shahriari Copyright 2023
368 Pages 225 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 225 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 225 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

World Music CONCISE: A Global Journey , Third 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. Based on the Fifth Edition of World Music: A Global Journey , this Third CONCISE Edition maintains the text’s familiar travel theme and strong pedagogical... Read more

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, Hawai’i; 5 South Asia: India, Pakistan; 6 Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Java and Bali); 7 East Asia: China, Mongolia, Japan, Tibet; 8 The Middle East: Islam and the Arab World, Iran, Egypt, Israel; 9 Europe: Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Georgia; 10 Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, Zimbabwe, Senegal, South Africa; 11 The Caribbean: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba; 12 South America and Mexico: Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico; 13 North America: 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, also by Routledge.