Thinking Musically : Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
ISBN: 9780195341911 | 0195341910
Edition: 2ndFormat: Package
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/19/2008
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Designed for undergraduates and general readers with little or no background in music, Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures--including the Americas, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Europe--and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. Thinking Musically explores the importance of musical instruments and discusses the fundamental elements of music--including rhythm, pitch in melodic and harmonic relationships, and form--and examines how they vary in different musical traditions. The au... MORE
| Foreword | |
| Preface CD Track List Letter to the Readers | |
| Thinking about Music People Music Makers Listeners Music In Terms of Sound Calling Something ""Music"" Aesthetic Values in Music Meaning Music and Textual Meaning Music as Text Use Transmission Oral and Aural Transmission Written Transmission | |
| Thinking about Instruments Instruments as Objects Ideas about Instruments-types Ideas about Particular Instruments Spiritual Associations Associations of Sexuali... MORE | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Bonnie C. Wade is Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. One of two general editors of the Global Music Series, she is also the author of another volume in the series, Music in Japan (OUP, 2005), in addition to numerous other titles.
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