Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures

by Rachel Harris, Rowan Pease, Rachel Harris

Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each through a single "piece." It focuses on a musical sound or object that provides a springboard from which to tell a story about a particular geographic region, introducing key aspects of the cultures in which it is embedded, contexts of performance, the musicians who create or perform it, the journeys it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415723116
• ISBN13: 9780415723114
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"