Excursions in World Music

Excursions in World Music is a comprehensive introductory textbook to world music, 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. At the same time, the text illustrates the often profound ways through which a deeper exploration of these many different communities can reveal overlaps, shared horizons, and common concerns in spite of and, because of, this very diversity.

The new seventh edition introduces five brand new chapters, including chapters by three new contributors on the Middle East, South Asia, and Korea, as well as a new chapter on Latin America along with a new introduction written by Timothy Rommen. General updates have been made to other chapters, replacing visuals and updating charts/statistics. Excursions in World Music remains a favorite among ethnomusicologists who want students to explore the in-depth knowledge and scholarship that animates regional studies of world music.

A companion website is available at no additional charge. For instructors, there is a new test bank and instructor's manual. Numerous student resources are posted, including streamed audio tracks for most of the listening guides, interactive quizzes, flashcards, and an interactive map with pinpoints of interest and activities. An ancillary package of a 3-CD set of audio tracks is available for separate purchase.



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Key Benefit: This enlightening book takes readers on a vivid exploration into the major musical cultures of the world by first presenting a lively vignette of a musical occasion, and then placing that occasion in the context of a general description of the society and musical culture. Each chapter features a specific area of the world and each is written by a scholar who is a specialist in that particular geographical area. Key Topics: Divides the world into ten major culture areas, devoting a chapter to each. Chapter's first focus upon a detailed description of a musical event that broadly represents its culture area, then introduce the cultures and societies of the area; present a more synthetic treatment of musical life and ideas about music, musical style, music history, and musical instruments, and finally; describe additional musical genres or contexts. Written in a non-technical writing style that is ideal for readers unfamiliar with musical terminology - but offers enough detail to enable them to grasp the most important aspects involved in a particular musical culture. Covering older rural and classical musical traditions, as well as newer urban-popular forms within a given society, it helps readers understand each culture's ideas of what music is, what its powers are, how it relates to other aspects of life, and how it reflects important things about its people and their view of the world. Second Edition highlights include descriptive maps and a 500+ entries glossary. Market: For musicians and those interested in musical cultures of the world.