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Author: Ruth M. Stone
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: Garland Publishing Inc
Volume: v. 1
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 4.60cm
, Length: 28.00cm
Weight: 1.770kg
ISBN: 9780824060350
ISBN 10: 0824060350
Pages: 868
Publication Date: 01 August 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This unique and thoroughly researched resource provides a dynamic and in depth perspective on world music.... It strikes a balance between wonderful illustrations and comprehensive, scholarly entries. Each regional volume includes a CD sampler of that region's music. This source will have wide appeal to both the novice and expert. <br>- Dartmouth Medal Committee, 2003 <br> One of the most impressive coverages in print. Essential to any world music library. <br>- The Bookwatch <br> Fans will be able to refer to these informative books for the rest of their lives. It is unlikeley that anything will appear in that time to surpass them. <br>- Cover <br> The most comprehensive and readable African music guide ever created. <br>- Pulse <br> Complete, concise, and informative. Enormously useful and instructive, a necessity for all libraries. <br>- MultiCultural Review <br>
This unique and thoroughly researched resource provides a dynamic and in depth perspective on world music... It strikes a balance between wonderful illustrations and comprehensive, scholarly entries. Each regional volume includes a CD sampler of that region's music. This source will have wide appeal to both the novice and expert. -- Dartmouth Medal Committee One of the most impressive coverages in print. Essential to any world music library. -- The Bookwatch Fans will be able to refer to these informative books for the rest of their lives. It is unlikeley that anything will appear in that time to surpass them. -- Cover The most comprehensive and readable African music guide ever created. -- Pulse Complete, concise, and informative. Enormously useful and instructive, a necessity for all libraries. -- MultiCultural Review A fascinating, informative presentation describing what may be to Westerners the most unfamiliar music of the world. Unique in its scope and viewpoint.A must purchase for all academic music libraries, and, indeed, for any academic or large public library with a clientele of anthropologists, linguists, historians, sociologists, or Africanists. -- Reference Books Bulleting/Booklist This is a significant volume containing significant and timely research.. It belongs in all academic music libraries. -- Choice
This unique and thoroughly researched resource provides a dynamic and in depth perspective on world music.... It strikes a balance between wonderful illustrations and comprehensive, scholarly entries. Each regional volume includes a CD sampler of that region's music. This source will have wide appeal to both the novice and expert. - Dartmouth Medal Committee, 2003 One of the most impressive coverages in print. Essential to any world music library. - The Bookwatch Fans will be able to refer to these informative books for the rest of their lives. It is unlikeley that anything will appear in that time to surpass them. - Cover The most comprehensive and readable African music guide ever created. - Pulse Complete, concise, and informative. Enormously useful and instructive, a necessity for all libraries. - MultiCultural Review
