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Excursions in World Music is a comprehensive introductory textbook to the musics of the world, creating a panoramic experience for students by engaging the many cultures around the globe, and highlighting the sheer diversity to be experienced in the world of music.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Studying Musics of the World's Cultures
(Timothy Rommen) /
Chapter 2: Music of South Asia
(Jim Sykes) /
Chapter 3: Music of the Middle East and North Africa
(Richard Jankowsky) /
Chapter 4: Musics of East Asia I: China and Taiwan
(Lei Ouyang) /
Chapter 5: Musics of East Asia II: Korea
(Joshua D. Pilzer) /
Chapter 6: Musics of East Asia III: Japan
(Marié Abe) /
Chapter 7: Music of Maritime Southeast Asia
(Jim Sykes) /
Chapter 8: Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
(Chérie Rivers Ndaliko) /
Chapter 9: Music and Europe
(Andrea F. Bohlman) /
Chapter 10: Music of Latin America
(Timothy Rommen) /
Chapter 11: Music of the Caribbean
(Timothy Rommen) /
Chapter 12: Music of Indigenous North America
(Byron Dueck) /
Chapter 13: Music of Ethnic North America
(Byron Dueck)
About the author
Timothy Rommen is the Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College and Professor of Music and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bruno Nettl was Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Illinois School of Music, and recipient of the Charles Homer Haskins Prize (by the American Council of Learned Societies) as a distinguished humanist.
Summary
Excursions in World Music is a comprehensive introductory textbook to the musics of the world, creating a panoramic experience for students by engaging the many cultures around the globe, and highlighting the sheer diversity to be experienced in the world of music.
