World music: traditions and transformations

Useful for both non-music and music majors, this resource focuses on world music with a unique tradition-and-transformation emphasis that covers a wide range of music styles from traditional folk and classical genres to contemporary world beat, popular, jazz, and experimental music.

CDs contains an anthology of world music.

Previously released recordings.

Compact discs.

Credits (11 p.) inserted in container.

Ch. 1. What, in the world, is music? -- ch. 2. How music lives: a musicultural approach -- ch. 3. How music works, pt. 1 Rhythm -- ch. 4. How music works, pt. 2 Pitch -- ch. 5. How music works, pt. 3 Dynamics, timbre, and instruments -- ch. 6. How music works, pt. 4 Texture and form -- ch. 7. Indonesian Gamelan music: interlocking rhythms, interlocking worlds -- ch. 8. From Raga to Bollywood: development and intercultural crossings in Indian music -- ch. 9. 'Not the same, but just as nice': traditions and transformations in Irish music -- ch. 10. The river and the path: conversation and collective expression in West African musics -- ch. 11. 'See how she moves': musics of Latin America and the "Oye como va" phenomenon -- ch. 12. From Baladi to belly dance: rhythm, dance, and music in Egypt and beyond -- ch.13. A musicultural history of the Chinese Zheng.

Disc 1. A Minha Menina ; Ode to Joy ; Manzairaku (gagaku) ; Khawatim Soorat: Al Baqara (Qur'anic recitation) ; To be Such a Man ; Chandmani Nutag (Mongolian khoomii) ; Ketawang: Puspawarna ; Rabbit Dance (opening) ; Rabbit Dance (complete) ; Dance ; Hymn Viseisei Church ; Alla Hai (exerpt 1) ; Ibis ; Daha ; Iraqi Café (takht) ; A…