ABSTRACT

World Music CONCISE: A Global Journey, Second Edition, introduces students to the diversity of musical expression around the world, taking them across the globe to experience cultural traditions that challenge the ear, the mind, and the spirit. Based on the Fourth Edition, this Second CONCISE Edition serves as an introduction to the many and varied world music traditions. It stays rooted in a solid pedagogical framework and maintains the text’s familiar travel theme while condensing the number of "sites" from 70 to 44. These sites are carefully selected from the existing compilation so as to remain representative of all continents and regions.

Features:

  • An easy-to-follow and proven chapter structure, organized by geographic region
  • Many Listening Guides, detailed maps, and hundreds of colorful photos
  • Coverage of an eclectic blend of world musics, including popular music as well as traditional music
  • A two-CD set featuring hours of diverse music examples
  • NEW updates from the Fourth Edition carried over to the CONCISE, such as certain dance traditions, and kora and jali
  • NEW sites: Bali and Korea
  • NEW, dynamic companion website—unique to the Second CONCISE Edition—hosts interactive listening guides and assorted student and instructor resources pulled from the Fourth Edition website, making it a valuable tool for distance learning courses

World Music CONCISE: A Global Journey, Second Edition, provides students and instructors with a fundamental resource as they begin their exploration of world music and culture.

PURCHASING OPTIONS

Print Paperback Pack - Book and CD set: 9780815386094

Print Paperback - Book only: 9780815386087

eBook Pack - eBook and mp3 file: 9781351176033*

*For eBook users, please email ebooksupplementaryrequests@tandf.co.uk to obtain access to the mp3 audio compilation. (The mp3 audio compilation is not available for separate sale.)

chapter 1|10 pages

Before the Trip Begins

Fundamental Issues

chapter 2|16 pages

Aural Analysis

Listening to the World’s Musics

chapter 3|14 pages

Cultural Considerations

Beyond the Sounds Themselves

chapter 4|17 pages

Oceania

Australia, Hawai’i, Kiribati

chapter 5|28 pages

South Asia

India, Pakistan

chapter 6|28 pages

Southeast Asia

Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Northeast Thailand, Indonesia (Bali)

chapter 7|36 pages

East Asia

China, Korea, Japan

chapter 8|24 pages

The Middle East

Islam and the Arab World, Iran, Egypt, Judaism

chapter 9|30 pages

Europe

Spain, Russia, Scotland, Ireland, Bulgaria

chapter 10|28 pages

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ghana, Zimbabwe, Senegal-Gambia, The Republic of South Africa

chapter 11|25 pages

The Caribbean

Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba

chapter 25812|23 pages

South America and Mexico

Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

chapter 13|35 pages

North America

Canada and the United States