World Music: A Global Journey

by Terry E. Miller, Andrew Shahriari

Authors Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari take students around the world to experience the diversity of musical expression. World Music: A Global Journey, now in its third edition, is known for its breadth in surveying the worldOCOs major cultures in a systematic study of world music within a strong pedagogical framework.

As one prepares for any travel, each chapter starts with background preparation, reviewing the historical, cultural, and musical overview of the region. Visits to multiple OCysitesOCO within a region provide in-depth studies of varied musical traditions. Music analysis begins with an experimental first impression of the music, followed by an aural analysis of the sound and prominent musical elements. Finally, students are invited to consider the cultural connections that give the music its meaning and life.

Features of the Third Edition

Over 3 hours of diverse musical examples. with a third audio CD of new musical examplesListening Guides analyze the various pieces of music with some presented in an interactive format online
Biographical highlights of performers and ethnomusicologists updated andanew ones added

Numerous pedagogical aids, including On Your Own Time and Explore More sidebars, and Questions to Consider

Popular music incorporated with the traditional

Dynamic companion web site hosts new Interactive Listening Guides, plus many resources for student and instructor. Built to serve online courses.

The CD set is available separately (ISBN 978-0-415-89402-9) or with its Value Pack and book (ISBN 978 0415- 80823-1). MP3 files for the accompanying audio to the ebook are available only with the Value Pack of eBook & MP3 files (ISBN 978-0-203-15298-0)"

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference, School, History

624 pages, Hardcover

First published November 29, 2005

Reviews

[K.]

While this book is a great introductory resource to ethnomusicology, it contains a few factual errors and is generally biased toward Western music. It has an unfortunate habit of telling you that a piece might sound "odd" or "out of tune" before you've even had a chance to hear it for yourself. While I thought the book covered a wide range of cultures, it also made allusions to other musical traditions without even bothering to describe them or state a resource.

[Hallie Huffman]

Wide coverage. Comes with a cd set that is also explained in the text. Good introductio into how musis influences culture.

[Dominick Bontempo]

Had to read this for Intro to world music…. Literally inhaled 13 chapters about music. Brain hurts

[Randy Daugherty]

Required for class, World music takes us around the globe. We are introduced to different cultures and then to their music, dance, and theater. All cultures enjoy music and many of the instruments are similar , their interpretation is different based on understanding and culture. I found this class and book very interesting.