Pieces of the musical world sounds and culture

• Other Authors: Harris, Rachel, Pease, Rowan
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, 2015; New York, NY
• Subjects: Ethnomusicology; Music > History and criticism
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• Physical Description: xx, 283 pages illustrations (some color), maps, music, photographs 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780415723107

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 has travelled, and its changing meanings.