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Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xvi, 112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Music in West Africa is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation...
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xiii, 139 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
The complex legacy of Mexico's ethnic past and geographic location have shaped the country and its culture. In Music in Mexico, Alejandro L. Madrid uses extensive fieldwork, interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations to guide students through modern-day music practices. Applying three themes-ethnic identity, migration, and media influences-the text explores the music that Mexicans grow up listening to...
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Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxviii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
The development of a shared musical heritage amongst the various Native American tribes reveals a history fraught with the tension of the give-and-take between cultural maintenance and new cultural creation. In Intertribal Native American Music in the United States, author John-Carlos Perea explores this tension and shows how traditional sounds, such as the powwow song and cedar flute, have developed into increasingly recognizable forms, like Native...
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