Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction - Couverture souple

Slobin, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195395026 ISBN 13 : 9780195395020

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2011

Synopsis

This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. Written by award-winning ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin this is the first compact introduction to folk music that offers a truly global perspective. Slobin offers an extraordinarily generous portrait of folk music, one that embraces a Russian wedding near the Arctic Circle, a group song in a small rainforest village in Brazil, and an Uzbek dance tune in Afghanistan. He looks in detail at three poignant songs from three widely separated regions--northern Afghanistan, Jewish Eastern Europe, and the Anglo-American world--with musical notation and lyrics included. He goes on to sketch out the turbulent times of folk music today and tomorrow, confronting new possibilities, frameworks, and challenges.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mark Slobin is Professor of Music at Wesleyan University, a two-time winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and former president of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195395026
• ISBN 13: 9780195395020
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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