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Title: Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples by Jeff Todd Titon, Linda K. Fujie, David Locke, David P. McAllester, David B. Reck, John M. Schechter, Mark Slobin, R. Anderson Sutton ISBN: 0-534-59103-5 Publisher: Schirmer Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a bad world music textbook, but.....
Comment: I've been teaching a world music course out of this textbook for a couple years now and will say that there are some positives to it: the CD compilation is great, good variety and interesting and there is some really good, detailed information that students would find interesting-it's good for people who go into world music without knowing much, it can be engaging and intriguing. It was the book I used as a student. But, on the other hand from an academic, teaching point of view there are some flaws. I will admit it's difficult to cover an entire world of music in one book, it must be an editor's nightmare on how to arrange the information. But one problem is that some chapters focus on a country or region within a country, i.e. - Japan, South India, Native America. Whereas other chapters focus too broadly-an entire chapter that covers the whole continent of Africa and one on South America!! It doesn't cover Brazil which is full of various musical traditions and is such a large country. Some of the chosen examples of traditions are highly localized too and not indicative of the general population. My Bosnian student had never heard of Bosnian ganga singing until this class. It's not that the information is at all wrong or presented in a bad way, it just needs clarification for students. You wouldn't want them walking away from a class thinking these musical traditions are known and practiced by the entire population (as with ganga singing). One other problem is that there is no chapter on the Middle East which is really unfortunate. I don't think this is a horrible textbook, of the few out there, this is probably the better one. Students can get a lot out of it, and especially the CDs, but if you teach with it, I highly suggest using supplemental information and even make your students be critical of the information they find in the book as well as how it's arranged.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating and scholarly!!!
Comment: This book is wonder and a treasure trove of musical ideas from around the planet. For example, how many music historians are aware of how the Native Amercians used song to identify each of their tribes?
Mr. Titon has provided very interesting facts about music making from many world cultures. He has also produced a 3 CD sound compilation of musical examples for this book that is indispensible.
If you're tired of today's bland market of music that has sadly squashed historical music making of any kind, this book is an excellent journey into the world's most basic roots of song and music.
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Title: Excursions in World Music (3rd Edition) by Bruno Nettl, Charles Capwell, Isabel K.F. Wong, Thomas Turino, Philip V. Bohlman ISBN: 0130316482 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction by Elizabeth May, Mantle Hood ISBN: 0520047788 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: February, 1983 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: World Music Volumn 2 Latin and North America Caribean India Asia and: Pacific the Rough Guide (Rough Guide Reference Series) by Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Rough Guides ISBN: 1858286360 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: 19 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional Studies (Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music) by Helen Myers, Stanley Sadie ISBN: 0393033783 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1993 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Anthropology of Music by Alan P. Merriam ISBN: 0810106078 Publisher: Northwestern University Press Pub. Date: December, 1964 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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