Pieces of the musical world : sounds and culture

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 geograp...

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מחברים אחרים: Harris, Rachel (ed.), Pease, Rowan (ed.)
פורמט: Ouvrage
שפה:Anglais
יצא לאור: New York, NY ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
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תוכן הענינים:
  • Part I: Music and Place
  • Introduction / Rachel Harris and Rowan Pease
  • 1. Soundscapes of the Old City: Listening to Jersualem's Old City (Israel/Palestine) / Abigail Wood 2. "Soliyo" (Calling the horses): Song and memory in Mande music (Mali) / Lucy Duran
  • 3. "Aqqu" (White Swan): Sound Mimesis and Spirit Evocation in Kazakh Qobyz Performance (Kazakhstan) / Saida Daukeyeva
  • 4. "Grande Mestre": Longing and celebration in Capoeira Angola (Brazil) / Zoe Marriage
  • 5. "Asŭrang": Buzz, modernity and tradition in China (China) / Rowan Pease
  • Part II: Music and Spirituality
  • Introduction / Rachel Harris and Rowan Pease
  • 6. “Sogasugā”: a song of songs (India) / Richard Widdess
  • 7. "Subhanallah": listening and weeping in a dhikr ceremony (East Turkestan) / Rachel Harris
  • 8. "Tamuke": A Shakuhachi Requiem (Japan) / Kiku Day
  • 9. "Sudamala" (Freed from evil): Exploring a ritual piece for Balinese gendér wayang (Indonesia) / Nicholas Gray
  • 10. "Orin Ibeji": Sounding the Sacred Twins of the Yorùbá (Nigeria) / Amanda Villepastour
  • Part III: Movement: Introduction / Rachel Harris and Rowan Pease
  • 11. "Song of Akuak": Audio-letters from South Sudan: Tracing Dinka networks, connections and intimacies beyond the war zone (Sudan) / Angela Impey
  • 12. Strange Routes "Dancing Girl": Flows, Formats and Fortune in Music (USA) / Caspar Melville
  • 13. "Tezeta" (Nostalgia): Memory and Loss in Ethiopia and the Diaspora (Ethiopia) / Ilana Webster-Kogen
  • 14. "El Alto de La Paz" (The End of the truce): Digital Cumbia, circulation of music, and music of circulation (Argentina) / Geoffrey Baker.