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Garland Handbook of Latin American Music

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Informationen zum Autor Dale A. Olsen is Distinguished Research Professor of Ethnomusicology at Florida State University. Daniel E. Sheehy directs nonprofit, educational Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Smithsonian Global Sound. Klappentext Articles originally published in: The Garland encyclopedia of world music. Vol. 2, South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. 1998. Zusammenfassung Features essays that offer regional studies of the different musical cultures of Latin America. This title examines the ways in which music helps to define the identity of this particular area. It describes the history, geography, demography, and cultural settings of the regions that comprise Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction to the Music Cultures of the Region Part 2 Issues and Processes in the Music of Latin America The Distribution, Symbolism, and Use of Musical Instruments Dale A. Olsen Musical Genres and Contexts Anthony Seeger Musical Dynamics Anthony Seeger Part 3 Nations and Musical Traditions Caribbean Latin America Cuba Olavo Alén Rodríguez Haiti Gage Averill and Lois Wilcken Middle Latin America Mexico Daniel E. Sheehy Tarahumara J. Richard Haefer Questions for Critical Thinking: Latin American Music

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Authors Dale (Florida State Univeristy Olsen
Assisted by Dale Olsen (Editor), Olsen Dale (Editor), Daniel Sheehy (Editor), Sheehy Daniel (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 24.10.2007
 
EAN 9780415961011
ISBN 978-0-415-96101-1
No. of pages 592
Series Garland Handbooks of World Music
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Music
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

Music, MUSIC / General

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