The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions

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Label

The other classical musics : fifteen great traditions

Title remainder

fifteen great traditions

Statement of responsibility

edited by Michael Church

Contributor

• Aga Khan Trust for Culture
• Church, Michael

Editor

• Church, Michael

Subject

• Asia
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Middle East
• Music
• Music -- Asia -- History and criticism
• Music -- History and criticism
• Music -- Middle East -- History and criticism
• Musique -- Asie -- Histoire et critique
• Musique -- Histoire et critique
• Musique -- Histoire et critique

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

What is classical music? This book answers the question in a manner never before attempted, by presenting the history of fifteen parallel traditions, of which Western classical music is just one. Each music is analysed in terms of its modes, scales, and theory; its instruments, forms, and aesthetic goals; its historical development, golden age, and condition today; and the conventions governing its performance. The writers are leading ethnomusicologists, and their approach is based on the belief that music is best understood in the context of the culture which gave rise to it. By including Mande and Uzbek-Tajik music--plus North American jazz--in addition to the better-known styles of the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent, the Far East, and South-East Asia, this book offers challenging new perspectives on the word 'classical'. It shows the extent to which most classical traditions are underpinned by improvisation, and reveals the cognate origins of seemingly unrelated musics; it reflects the multifarious ways in which colonialism, migration, and new technology have affected musical development, and continue to do today. With specialist language kept to a minimum, it's designed to help both students and general readers to appreciate musical traditions which may be unfamiliar to them, and to encounter the reality which lies behind that lazy adjective 'exotic' [Publisher description]

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• music

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography