Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 9 : Genres: Caribbean and Latin America Hardback
Edited by David (Independent Scholar, UK) Horn, Dr. John (Carleton University, Canada) Shepherd
Part of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World series
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The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 9 is one of six volumes within the 'Genre' strand of the series.
This volume discusses the genres of the Caribbean and Latin America relation to their cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; typical features of performance and presentation; historical development and paths and modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable and influential performers; and relationships to other genres and sub-genres.
This volume features over 300 in-depth essays on genres ranging from Afro-Cuban Jazz to Alcatraz, from Carnaval to Charanga, and from Dancehall to Dub. This and all other volumes of the Encyclopedia are now available through an online version of the Encyclopedia: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/encyclopedia-work?docid=BPM_reference_EPMOW.
A general search function for the whole Encyclopedia is also available on this site.
A subscription is required to access individual entries.
Please see: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/for-librarians.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:984 pages, 5 illus; 5 illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:24/04/2014
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- ISBN:9781441141972
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:984 pages, 5 illus; 5 illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:24/04/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781441141972
