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(More customer reviews)Good: textbook engages form AND context. Attempts to combine multiplicity of legitimate approaches to music, reflecting postmod. emphasis on culture and function rather than just form, theory and "greats" from Western tradition. Appropriate length for course of likely nonmajors and 100 level.
Bad: sloppy transitions - very choppy, unbalanced shifts between formal components and the situating of those components into a cultural setting. Ex.: Ch. 4: What is the point of discussing meter with Klezmer? Both musical examples are in simple time (duple and quadruple) and don't uniquely demonstrate anything - a Britney Spears song could suffice in this context. Basically, it is a poorly written attempt at getting away from the dated music appreciation model. Maybe it could work with supplemental materials?
Also, $60 bucks for a new copy? It hasn't even been updated to a new edition.
So, looking for a book that isn't obsessed with the Western classical tradition? Start here, but don't settle with this book.
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Music in Our World is the first text in music appreciation completely devoted to the study of music elements and to investing students with active listening skills.The text examines each musical element from a number of angles - completely integrating world music throughout the discussion.The three chapters on Melody, for example, cite the work of Hildegard of Bingen, Ravi Shankar, and Giacomo Puccini.This unique, elements-based approach engages students in actively listening to the broadest range of music available for music appreciation.
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