Music in Pacific Island cultures
Subtitle: experiencing music, expressing culture
By: Brian Diettrich, Jane Freeman Moulin, Michael Webb
Contributors: Moulin, Jane Freeman; Webb, Michael Hugh
Series: Global music series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780199862542
Subjects: History and criticism; Music
Description: The islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia are steeped in diverse musical traditions that reach far beyond the expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Music in Pacific Island Cultures is the first brief, single-volume text to provide a thematic, succinct introduction to the music of the Pacific Islands--a region of the world that has long been underrepresented in ethnomusicological studies. Based on the authors' extensive fieldwork and experiences in Pacific Island cultures, the text draws on interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, vivid illustrations, and insights gained from ongoing participation in Pacific music. The authors use four themes--colonialism, belief systems, musical flows, and the re/presentation of Pacific cultures--to survey the region and draw parallels and contrasts between its various musical traditions [Publisher description].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diversity in Pacific Island musics; title: Music and colonial experiences; title: Musical expressions of the sacred; title: Music and global flow; title: Music, performance, and representation.