Trends in World Music Analysis: New Directions in World Music Analysis

This volume explores traditional genres and styles of world music, breaking down barriers and building bridges between scholarly disciplines, musical repertoires, and cultural traditions. It covers a wide range of genres, styles, and performers, with contributions from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, offering a state of the field and demonstrating the expansion of possibilities created by this area of research.

Format: Hardback
Length: 338 pages
Publication date: 24 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume presents a collection of analytical chapters that delve into the diverse genres and styles of world music, showcasing a vibrant and rapidly evolving field of research. The contributors, esteemed experts in world music analysis, are committed to dismantling barriers and fostering interdisciplinary connections between scholarly disciplines, musical repertoires, and cultural traditions. Spanning a wide array of genres and performers, the chapters employ a diverse range of methodologies, including indigenous theoretical perspectives, Western music theory, and interdisciplinary techniques rooted in the cognitive and computational sciences.

Contributors from various regions, including Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, contribute to this volume, capturing the diverse currents in the analysis of world music. It serves as a comprehensive state-of-the-field overview, highlighting the remarkable expansion of possibilities within this research domain. By exploring the rich tapestry of musical traditions across the globe, this volume offers valuable insights and fosters a deeper understanding of the intricate interplay between music, culture, and society.

Weight: 670g
Dimension: 159 x 241 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367470548