Worlds of Music

No background or training in music? No problem. This shorter version of Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples is written to make music accessible. Using the case-study approach, the text presents in-depth explorations of music of several cultures from around the world. The authors all ethnomusicologists working in their fields of expertise base their discussions of music-cultures on their own fieldwork and give you a true sense of both the music and culture that created it.