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Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World (Second Edition) [Student Edition] [Paperback]

Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Author)
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0393167135 978-0393167139 June 8, 2006 2nd

The innovative music textbook packaged with its three accompanying audio CDs.

Soundscapes breaks new ground by organizing the study of world music according to its cultural significance, rather than by geography alone. The Second Edition provides even better coverage of the cultures surrounding the music and focuses more closely on honing students’ listening skills. The Second Edition also features a striking new design, new chapter organization, and expanded listening guides. This edition also includes three accompanying audio CDs, which contain over seventy performances discussed in the text and outlined in the listening guides.

This edition contains both the textbook and the audio CDs. The textbook (978-0-393-92567-8) and the three-CD set (978-0-393-10684-8) are also each available to be purchased separately.

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About the Author

Kay Kaufman Shelemay (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Professor of Music at Harvard University. She is a past president of the Society for Ethnomusicology and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She traveled and conducted research in Ethiopia and Israel during graduate school and wrote her dissertation on the liturgical music of the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). A monograph of her work, Music, Ritual and Falasha History, earned her the 1986 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award and the 1988 Prize of the International Musicological Society.

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  • Paperback: 450 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd edition (June 8, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393167135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393167139
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Obscure selections mixed with author bias, October 31, 2011
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If you are a college student sick and tired of "gender, gay culture, or feminist" ideology sneaking into every damn textbook you are assigned these days, here's one more to add to the junk pile.

This book is supposed to be about the world's music yet Shelemay presents too many obscure examples of music ensembles no one has heard of. Then she tries to spin her own opinions into the "significance" of their music. Her agenda doesn't stop there. Shelemay seems obsessed with "gender" and even surprised that most or all traditions of the world are based on normal male/female roles. She goes out of her way to include a photo of two men dancing polka to point out "gender flexibility"--when in reality the photo simply depicts two men joking around. Shelemay tries to downplay traditional male/female roles as if it is some archaic idea from the stone age even while describing music and dance traditions in places such as Middle East, India, China, Africa--she must be nuts!

You will learn more about the world's rich musical heritage with a different textbook, one without so much author bias and personal agenda.

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The book arrived in practically perfect condition. It was almost like new. No problems with the condition of this book whatsoever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome price, Great Condition!, July 6, 2010
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