"This volume contains a wide-ranging survey of musics of the world in historical and social contexts, from ancient times to the present day. It begins by descri

Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context offers a fresh curriculum for the college-level music appreciation course. The musical examples are drawn fro

This volume contains a wide-ranging survey of musics of the world in historical and social contexts, from ancient times to the present day. It begins by describ

Patricia Shehan Campbell asks eight ethnomusicologists to provide information on a specific culture and give advice on introducing that culture's music to the c

Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and