Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 10 - Genres: Middle East and North Africa

The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 10 is one of six volumes within the ''Genre'' strand of the series. This volume discusses the genres of Africa and the Middle East in relation to their cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; typical features of performance and presentation; historical development and paths and modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable and influential performers; and relationships to other genres and sub-genres.This and all other volumes of the Encyclopedia are now available through an online version of the Encyclopedia : https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/encyclopedia-work?docid=BPM_reference_EPMOW. A general search function for the whole Encyclopedia is also available on this site. A subscription is required to access individual entries. Please see: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/for-librarians.>

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• Authors: Dummy Author, David Horn, David (Independent Scholar Horn, David Shepherd Horn, Richard C Jankowsky, John Shepherd
• Assisted by: David Horn (Editor), David (Independent Scholar Horn (Editor), Horn David (Editor), Dr. John (Carleton University Shepherd (Editor), John Shepherd (Editor), John (Carleton University Shepherd (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781501311468
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-1146-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World; Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World; Encyclopedia of Popular Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; MUSIC / Reference, MUSIC / Ethnic, World Music, Reference works, Other global and regional music styles