Excursions in World Music

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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. Half Title......Page 2 Dedication......Page 4 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright Page......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 About the Authors......Page 17 Foreword......Page 20 Preface......Page 31 Acknowledgments......Page 40 1 Introduction: Studying Musics of the World’s Cultures......Page 41 A Concert at the Mann Center......Page 43 Presenting the World of Music......Page 49 A Model for Studying Musical Cultures......Page 61 Bibliography......Page 64 2 Music of South Asia......Page 68 Introducing South Asia......Page 70 Hindustani Music: The Growth of a Tradition......Page 77 Hindustani Music: Theory and Performance......Page 83 Carnatic Classical Musics: The Growth of the Southern Tradition......Page 94 Hindu Music and Dance: Temples, Gender, and Caste......Page 103 Bollywood......Page 107 Important Genres and Regional Styles: Qawwali......Page 109 Important Genres and Regional Styles: Afghanistan......Page 114 Important Genres and Regional Styles: The Bauls of Bengal......Page 118 Important Genres and Regional Styles: Sri Lanka......Page 123 Coke Television: Rock, Hip-Hop, and the New Folk Music......Page 128 The South Asian Diaspora......Page 129 Summary......Page 134 Key Terms......Page 133 Bibliography......Page 135 Discography......Page 138 3 Music of the Middle East and North Africa......Page 140 Introduction: A Sufi Performance......Page 142 Overview of the Region......Page 151 Themes in Middle Eastern and North African Music......Page 155 Modal Organization......Page 156 Music, Healing, and Affect......Page 171 Music and Religion......Page 184 Popular Music, Politics, and Otherness......Page 190 Music and the Arab Spring......Page 199 Key Terms......Page 202 Bibliography......Page 203 Discography......Page 206 4 Musics of East Asia I: China......Page 208 Introduction......Page 210 Beijing......Page 212 Music of the Han Nationality......Page 221 New Musical Directions in the Twentieth Century......Page 250 The Rise of Popular Music......Page 256 Music for and by Minorities......Page 265 Summary......Page 271 Key Terms......Page 272 Bibliography......Page 273 Discography......Page 274 5 Musics of East Asia II: Korea......Page 276 Watching the World Cup in Seoul......Page 278 History......Page 282 The South Korean Road to Tradition and National Culture......Page 286 “Arirang” and the Agonies of Korea’s Modernization......Page 289 Shamanist Music: Roots, and a Resolutely Modern Traditional Music......Page 294 Shamanism’s Derivative Genres: From Ritual to Classical......Page 304 Court Music and other “Elegant Music”: Music, the State, and Social Order......Page 316 Percussion Traditions and the Modern Transformation of Time......Page 321 More Recent Genres......Page 330 Beyond Korean Music......Page 340 Music in North Korea......Page 342 Summary......Page 345 Bibliography......Page 346 Discography......Page 348 6 Musics of East Asia III: Japan......Page 350 Hogaku Performance in Tokyo......Page 352 A Mixed Concert......Page 353 A Kabuki Appreciation Class......Page 357 Theater Music......Page 366 The Religious Traditions......Page 376 A Concert and a Court Tradition......Page 381 Key Terms......Page 395 Bibliography......Page 398 Discography......Page 399 7 Music of Indonesia......Page 401 Javanese Music in Chicago......Page 403 The Javanese Gamelan......Page 404 The Cultural and Historical Significance of Javanese Gamelan Music......Page 415 Music in Bali......Page 425 The Influence of Foreign Artists and Tourists......Page 437 Four Kinds of Popular Music in Java......Page 440 Unity in Diversity......Page 449 Bibliography......Page 451 Key Terms......Page 450 Discography......Page 453 8 Music of Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 455 A Shona Mbira Performance in Zimbabwe......Page 457 The Mbira and Some General Principles of African Music......Page 462 Africa General and Africa Specific......Page 471 Musical Values, Practices, and Social Style......Page 473 A Sampling of Instruments......Page 493 Popular Music in the Twentieth Century......Page 499 Bibliography......Page 515 Key Terms......Page 513 Discography......Page 517 9 The Musical Culture of Europe......Page 519 Music in the Life of Modern Vienna......Page 521 Europe as a Music Culture......Page 533 Ideas about Music......Page 546 Musical Instruments......Page 557 History and Social Structure in European Musical Life......Page 564 European Music at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century......Page 568 Summary......Page 575 Key Terms......Page 573 Bibliography......Page 576 Discography......Page 579 10 Music in Latin America......Page 581 Louis Towers in Philadelphia......Page 583 Latin America: Definitions and Shared Histories......Page 592 Colonialism, Race, and Urbanization......Page 594 Themes in Latin American Music......Page 596 Bibliography......Page 645 Key Terms......Page 644 Discography......Page 647 References......Page 648 11 Music in the Caribbean......Page 650 Cat Island, June 2, 2006. Ninth Annual Rake ‘n’ Scrape Festival......Page 652 Shared Histories, Mutual Challenges......Page 661 Themes in Caribbean Music......Page 665 Bibliography......Page 712 Key Terms......Page 711 Discography......Page 716 12 Native American Music......Page 719 “North American Indian Days”......Page 721 Some Older Ceremonial Traditions......Page 729 The World of Native American Cultures and Music......Page 731 Ideas about Music......Page 739 Musical Instruments......Page 742 Aspects of the History of American Native American Music......Page 746 Key Terms......Page 765 Bibliography......Page 766 Discography......Page 768 13 Music of Ethnic North America......Page 770 Music, Ethnicity, and Politics in Public Performance......Page 772 Unity, Diversity, and Difference in North American Music......Page 776 Themes in North American Music......Page 778 Soundly Organized Time......Page 780 Musical Particularity and Historical Continuity......Page 790 Particular and General Musical Practices......Page 798 The African American Contribution to North American Music......Page 805 North American Musical Concepts......Page 817 Summary......Page 821 Bibliography......Page 822 Discography......Page 827 Glossary......Page 830 Index......Page 865 Track Listing for Excursions in World Music......Page 890