Description
Book SynopsisThis stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe.
Trade Review"A masterful survey of the many manifestations of folk music in the cultures of the world, by one of America's most eminent and most widely experienced ethnomusicologists. Contemplating the varied sounds of folk music, Slobin explains how it has been perceived, distributed, researched, and exploited, in the world's nations and by scholars past and present."--Bruno Nettl, author of Nettl's Elephant: On the History of Ethnomusicology "Professor Mark Slobin is one of the leading experts in the world on different aspects of folk music. In this short introduction he presents the world of folk music from a number of expected and unexpected angles. This book is very informative but also provides exciting food for thought."--Krister Malm, past president, International Council for Traditional Music
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Overview: Sound and Setting 2. Close-up: Songs, Strums, and Ceremonies 3. Intellectual Intervention: Scholars and Bureaucrats 4. Collecting and Circulating: Recording and Distributing 5. Internal Upsurge: Movements and Stars 6. Folk Music Today and Tomorrow References Further reading Index
