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The Cambridge History of World Music
Edited By Philip V.
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Description for The Cambridge History of World Music
hardcover. The first comprehensive history of music on a global basis, laying the foundations for a sweeping history of all music. Editor(s): Bohlman, Philip V. Series: The Cambridge History of Music. Num Pages: 875 pages, 42 b/w illus. 1 map 11 tables 5 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 227 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1500.
Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and nations throughout world history. The chapters in this History take readers to foundational historical moments – in Europe, Oceania, China, India, the Muslim world, North and South America – in search of the connections provided by a truly world music. Historically, world music emerged from ritual and religion, labor and life-cycles, which occupy chapters on Native American musicians, religious practices in India and Indonesia, and nationalism in Argentina and Portugal. The contributors critically examine music ... Read more
Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and nations throughout world history. The chapters in this History take readers to foundational historical moments – in Europe, Oceania, China, India, the Muslim world, North and South America – in search of the connections provided by a truly world music. Historically, world music emerged from ritual and religion, labor and life-cycles, which occupy chapters on Native American musicians, religious practices in India and Indonesia, and nationalism in Argentina and Portugal. The contributors critically examine music ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
Series
The Cambridge History of Music
Number of Pages
875
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521868488
SKU
V9780521868488
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About Edited By Philip V.
Philip V. Bohlman is the Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago and Honorarprofessor at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. A pianist, he is the Artistic Director of the New Budapest Orpheum Society, a Jewish cabaret and ensemble-in-residence at the University of Chicago. Among his honors are the Edward ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge History of World Music
'With The Cambridge History of World Music, Philip Bohlman and company have confronted the hazards of this complex enterprise head on while at the same time inspiring the kinds of curiosity, wonder, and delight that ensure its vitality as a historical subject. World music needs history, ethnomusicology needs world music, and world music and ethnomusicology alike need this book. Louis, ... Read more