Worlds of music
Subtitle: an introduction to the music of the world's peoples
By: Jeff Todd Titon, general editor ; with Timothy J. Cooley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Titon, Jeff Todd, 1943-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Schirmer Cengage Learning
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 609
ISBN-13: 9780534595395
Subjects: World music -- History and criticism; Ethnomusicology
Description: Provides authoritative, accessible coverage of the world's music cultures. Based on the authors' fieldwork and expertise, this text presents in-depth explorations of several music cultures from around the world, with new chapters on China, Eastern Europe and the Arab world. The student-friendly, case-study approach and music-culture focus gives students a true sense of both the music and the culture that created it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discographies, videographies, and index.