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World Music: A Very Short Introduction

by Philip V. Bohlman - £7.99  Oxford University Press (2002)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780192854292 | ISBN 10: 0192854291

Philip Bohlman asks: What is music? If the question is simple, the answers are not. In this fascinating introduction to the remarkable diversity of world music - from Swiss yodelling to pilgrims\' chants, Yiddish folk songs to \'Art-Song\' from Tunis - Bohlman explores the interpretation and, sometimes, misinterpretation of world music by the West. Musical first encounters can be traced back to the biblical account of Abrahams\'s attempt to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis , and to Krishna playing the flute to cowherds in Hindu mythology. More recent encounters in the 19th and 20th centuries, such as international festivals and world fairs, anthologies on recording cylinders, and compendia of Native American music, reveal the enduring fascination with ethnic diversity. World music\'s invention and growth, as well as concerns for its \'authenticity\' adn \'universality\', are explored through scrutinising a selection of music cultures and events, as well as through examining such musicians as Bob Marley, Mani Dibango, Bela Bartok, the Chieftains, and Leadbelly.

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