Contemporary music and music cultures / Charles Hamm, Bruno Nettl [and] Ronald Byrnside.
| Author/creator | Hamm, Charles |
| Other author | Nettl, Bruno, 1930-2020 |
| Other author | Byrnside, Ronald L., 1933- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1975] |
| Description | xii, 270 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: concepts and terminology / Ronald Byrnside -- Changing patterns in society and music: the U. S. since World War II / Charles Hamm -- The role of music in culture: Iran, a recently developed nation / Bruno Nettl -- The western impact on World music: Africa and the American Indians / Bruno Nettl -- The acculturation of musical styles: popular music, U.S.A /rCharles Hamm -- The formation of a musical style: Early rock / Ronald Byrnside -- Words and music: English folksong in the United States / Bruno Nettl -- The performer as creator: jazz improvisation / Ronald Byrnside -- Technology and music: the effect of the phonograph / Charles Hamm. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this book of essays is to provide a novel sort of introduction to music. Struck by the fact that most introductions to the art are oriented toward an historical approach or, on the other hand, cover the field of music systematically by giving attention to selected parameters such as melody, rhythm, and harmony, or to genres of music such as symphony, opera, and song, the authors were impressed by the attractiveness of an approach that focuses on music in the contemporary world, and particularly on the way in which it interacts with those social, political, and cultural processes that distinguish the twentieth century. The authors have attempted to produce a group of original essays, each of which is devoted to an approach to the study of music and musical culture, and which has one repertory or culture as its main topic of discussion. The authors view the contemporary world as consisting of the industrialized nations of the West and the developing countries of the Third World; they include among contemporary musics all sorts of musical styles that have come into existence in the twentieth century, whether their background is part and parcel of the twentieth century or whether it is to be ultimately sought in the distant past. The authors feel also that the reader will be interested in musics of the educated and elite as well as those of the broad masses of urban and rural population. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 74004427 |
| ISBN | 0131701754 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML197.H245 C6 1975 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |