World Music：A Very Short Introduction

WorldMusicdrawsreadersintoaremarkablerangeofhistoricalencounters,inwhichmusichadthepowertoevoketheexoticandtogivevoicetothevoiceless.Inthecourseofthevolume'seightchaptersthereaderwitnessesmusic'sinvolvementinthemodernworld,butalsotheindividualmomentsandparticularhistoriesthatarecrucialtoanunderstandingofmusic'sdiversity.Thisbookiswide-ranginginitsgeographicalscope,yetindividualchaptersprovidein-depthtreatmentsofselectedmusicculturesandregionalmusichistories.Thebookfrequentlyzoomsinonrepertoiresandmusicians--suchasBobMarley,DanaInternational,Bartok,andNusratFatehAliKhan--andattemptstoaccountforworldmusic'sgrowingpresenceandpopularityatthebeginningofthetwenty-firstcentury.