Garland Handbook of Latin American Music

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

Product details

• 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