Alison E. Arnold, Jonathan C. Kramer

What in the World is Music? (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What in the World is Music? Second Edition, is an undergraduate, interactive e-textbook that explores the shared ways people engage with music and how humans organize and experience sound. It adopts a global approach, featuring more than 300 streaming videos and 50 streaming audio tracks of music from around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003854647
• Artikelnr.: 68992523

Autorenporträt

Alison E. Arnold, Ph.D., is Lecturer in the Music Department and Assistant Teaching Professor in the Arts Studies program at North Carolina State University. She edited the South Asia Volume of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. She performs Celtic Music on Irish flute and whistles, and is Director of the Irish Music Session at North Carolina State University.

Jonathan C. Kramer, Ph.D., was Teaching Professor of Music and Arts Studies, North Carolina State University and Adjunct Professor of Ethnomusicology, Duke University until retirement. He is a two-time Fulbright Fellow (India and South Korea) and former cellist with the San Francisco Opera and Ballet Orchestras and the North Carolina Symphony.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Foundations of Music I
Chapter 1: What Is Music?
Chapter 2: What Is Music Made Of? The Human Voice
Chapter 3: What Is Music Made Of? Musical Instruments
Part 2: The Foundations of Music II
Chapter 4: What Is Music Made Of? The Elements of Music
Chapter 5: Where Does Music Come From? The Origins of Music
Chapter 6: What Is Music For? The Functions of Music
Part 3: Music and Identity
Chapter 7: Music and Group Identity
Chapter 8: Music and Hybrid Identity
Chapter 9: Music and Oppositional Identity
Part 4: Music and the Sacred
Chapter 10: Sacred Chant and Devotional Singing
Chapter 11: Sacred Embodiment and Sacred Enactment
Chapter 12: Sacred Space and Sacred Time
Part 5: Music and Social Life
Chapter 13: Narrative Singing, Theater, and Opera
Chapter 14: Music in Public Spaces
Chapter 15: Music and Tourism, Sound Recording, and Film
Glossary
Further Resources
Credits
Media Index
Index