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portada folk music,a very short introduction
Type
Physical Book
Year
2011
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
17.0 x 11.2 x 1.3 cm
Weight
0.12 kg.
ISBN13
9780195395020

folk music,a very short introduction

Mark Slobin (Author) · Oxford University Press, USA · Paperback

folk music,a very short introduction - Slobin, Mark

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Synopsis "folk music,a very short introduction"

When we think of folk music, most of us picture Pete Seeger singing "This Land is My Land" or Joan Baez singing "Barbara Allen." But this stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, in a wide-ranging portrait that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. Written by award-winning musicologist Mark Slobin, this is the first compact introduction to folk music that offers a truly global perspective. Slobin offers an extraordinarily generous portrait of folk music, one that embraces a Russian wedding near the Arctic Circle, a group song in a small rainforest village in Brazil, and an Uzbek dance tune in Afghanistan. He looks in detail at three poignant songs from three widely separated regions--northern Afghanistan, Jewish Eastern Europe, and the Anglo-American world--with musical notation and lyrics included. And he also describes the efforts of scholars whofanned out across the globe, to find and document this ever-changing music.

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