Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction Paperback / softback
by Mark (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University) Slobin
Part of the Very Short Introductions series
Paperback / softback
Description
This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe.
Written by award-winning ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin this is the first compact introduction to folk music that offers a truly global perspective.
Slobin offers an extraordinarily generous portrait of folk music, one that embraces a Russian wedding near the Arctic Circle, a group song in a small rainforest village in Brazil, and an Uzbek dance tune in Afghanistan.
He looks in detail at three poignant songs from three widely separated regions--northern Afghanistan, Jewish Eastern Europe, and the Anglo-American world--with musical notation and lyrics included.
He goes on to sketch out the turbulent times of folk music today and tomorrow, confronting new possibilities, frameworks, and challenges. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.
These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, 9 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:24/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780195395020
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, 9 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:24/02/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195395020