How do we explain the globalized musical world in which we find ourselves in the early 21st century and how did we arrive here? This extraordinary book outlines
The idea of a global history of music may be traced back to the Enlightenment, and today, the question of a conceptual framework for a history of music that pay
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part
Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but rather that it connected religions, cultures, languages and
With entries on topics ranging from non-Western instruments to distinctive rhythms of music from various countries, this one-stop resource on global music also