World Music: A Global Journey

In this concise edition of the textbook, the authors introduce world music using essential examples and focusing on 44 sites instead of 70, which are organized geographically by continent or subcontinent. It omits feature boxes on specific scholars and musicians, has fewer audio examples and photos, removes some “explore more” boxes, and places resource lists on the website. The text emphasizes sound aspects and the elements of music, with information on the background and cultural context of each site, as well as listening guides. The two CDs contain musical examples from the book. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)