Excursions in world music

Explore the relationship between music and society around the world

This comprehensive introductory text creates a panoramic experience for beginner students by exposing them to the many musical cultures around the globe. Each chapter opens with a musical encounter in which the author introduces a key musical culture. Through these experiences, students are introduced to key musical styles, musical instruments, and performance practices. Students are taught how to actively listen to key musical examples through detailed listening guides. The role of music in society is emphasized through chapters that focus on key world cultural groups.

• 1 Introduction: Studying Musics of the World'S Cultures
• Bruno Nettl
• Presenting the World of Music
• Looking at Music in Several Ways
• Certain Basic Assumptions
• Universals of Music
• Musical Transmission, History, and Change
• Musical Instruments
• Why Different Cultures Have Different Kinds of Music
• The Field of Ethnomusicology
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 2 The Music of India
• Charles Capwell
• Attending a Music Conference in Calcutta
• Roots
• The Karnatak Recital and Types of Pieces
• Instruments
• The Influence of Indian Music
• Prospects
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 3 Music of the Middle East
• Bruno Nettl
• Concerts in Tehran
• Common Features and Diversity
• Music in Culture
• Making Music
• History
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 4 The Music of China
• Isabel K. F. Wong
• Introduction
• Beijing
• Music of the Han Nationality
• The Qin and Its Music
• The Pipa and Its Music
• Winds and Strings Ensemble in Shanghai
• The Jingju Theater
• General Characteristics of Music of the Han People
• New Musical Directions in the Twentieth Century
• The Rise of Popular Music
• Music for and by Minorities
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 5 The Music of Japan
• Isabel K. F. Wong
• Hogaku Performance in Tokyo
• Theater Music
• The Religious Traditions
• A Concert and a Court Tradition
• General Tendencies and Characteristics of Hogaku
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 6 The Music of Indonesia
• Charles Capwell
• Javanese Music in Chicago
• The Javanese Gamelan
• The Cultural and Historical Significance of Javanese Gamelan Music
• Music in Bali
• The Influence of Foreign Artists and Tourists
• Four Kinds of Popular Music in Java
• Unity in Diversity
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 7 The Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
• Thomas Turino
• A Shona Mbira Performance in Zimbabwe
• The Mbira and Some General Principles of African Music
• Africa General and Africa Specific
• Musical Values, Practices, and Social Style
• A Sampling of Instruments
• Popular Music in the Twentieth Century
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 8 The Musical Culture of Europe
• Philip V. Bohlman
• Music in the Life of Modern Vienna
• Europe as a Music Culture
• Ideas About Music
• Musical Instruments
• History and Social Structure in European Musical Life
• European Music at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 9 Music In Latin America
• Thomas Turino
• An Andean Mestizo Fiesta in Paucartambo, Peru
• Sociocultural Heritages and Historical Background
• Mestizo Musical Values and Musical Style
• Native American Musical Values and Musical Style
• African American Musical Values and Styles
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 10 Music In the Caribbean
• Timothy Rommen
• Cat Island, June 2, 2006: Ninth Annural Rake-n-Scrape Festival
• Shared Histories, Mutual Challenges
• Themes in Caribbean Music
• We, the People: Nation and Identity in the Caribbean
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 11 Native American Music
• Bruno Nettl
• "North American Indian Days"
• Some Order Ceremonial Traditions
• The World of Native American Cultures and Music
• Ideas about Music
• Musical Instruments
• Aspects of the History of American Native American Music
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• 12 Ethnic North America
• Byron Dueck
• Music, Ethnicity, and Politics in Public Performance
• Unity, Diversity, and Difference in North American Music
• Themes in North American Music
• Soundly Organized Time
• Musical Particularity and Historical Continuity
• Particular and General Musical Practices
• The African American Contribution to North American MusicNorth American Musical Concepts
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• Glossary
• Index