Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series) - Softcover

Wade, Bonnie C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199844860 ISBN 13: 9780199844869

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

As the cornerstone of the Global Music Series, Thinking Musically, Third Edition, explores musical diversity by integrating the sounds and traditions of world cultures. Bonnie C. Wade discusses how various cultural influences-gender, ethnicity, mass media, westernization, nationalism, and acculturation-are shaping music and the ways that we experience it.

WHAT'S NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION?
* Simplified and incorporates recent additions to the Global Music Series
* New charts and diagrams delve into important musical concepts
* Updated companion website includes a new guide to online and print resources, a sample syllabi, and teaching tips

Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional material to accompany each study.

About this title

About the Author

Bonnie C. Wade is Professor of Music, Chair of the Faculty Group in Asian Studies, and holder of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has served as President of the Society of Ethnomusicology.

Review

"Thinking Musically combines features of a course in musicianship with courses on the introduction to music and music cultures in different parts of the world. There is no other book like this on the market." -Eliot Bates, Cornell University

"Thinking Musically will provide students with a strong foundation from which they can shape their own research goals as young scholars."-Ruth Emily Rosenberg, University of Illinois, Chicago

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199844860
• ISBN 13: 9780199844869
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256