Name: Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction von Mark Slobin (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University)
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Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction Zusammenfassung

Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction Mark Slobin (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University)

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. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction Bewertungen

A masterful survey of the many manifestations of folk music in the cultures of the world, by one of America's most eminent and most widely experienced ethnomusicologists. Contemplating the varied sounds of folk music, Slobin explains how it has been perceived, distributed, researched, and exploited, in the world's nations and by scholars past and present.--Bruno Nettl, author of Nettl's Elephant: On the History of Ethnomusicology Professor Mark Slobin is one of the leading experts in the world on different aspects of folk music. In this short introduction he presents the world of folk music from a number of expected and unexpected angles. This book is very informative but also provides exciting food for thought.--Krister Malm, past president, International Council for Traditional Music

Über Mark Slobin (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University)

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Preface 1. Overview: Sound and Setting 2. Close-up: Songs, Strums, and Ceremonies 3. Intellectual Intervention: Scholars and Bureaucrats 4. Collecting and Circulating: Recording and Distributing 5. Internal Upsurge: Movements and Stars 6. Folk Music Today and Tomorrow References Further reading Index

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GOR005807602

ISBN 13

9780195395020

ISBN 10

0195395026

Titel

Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction Mark Slobin (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University)

Autor

Mark Slobin (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University)

Serien

Very Short Introductions

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Oxford University Press Inc

Datum

2011-02-24

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160

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