MUSIC of the WORLD: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE to MUSIC

MUSIC of the WORLD: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE to MUSIC Introduction

MUSIC of the WORLD: THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE to MUSIC from its ORIGINS to the PRESENT DAY BLACKWOOD, ALAN PUBLISHED BY B. MITCHELL, LONDON 1991 HARD COVER BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD. VERY LITTLE WEAR TO THE BOOK. TEXT IS QUITE CLEAN, SEVEN CHAPTERS. DEALING WITH A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD IN TURN, THEN TRACE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC AND OF MUSIC MAKING IN EACH OF THE WORLD’S CONTINENTS AND SUB-CONTINENTS. KEY THEMES AND INCIDENTS ARE FULLY CROSS-EXAMINED THROUGHOUT, DRAWING TOGETHER MUSIC’S COMMON THREADS AND THROWING NEW LIGHT ON MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS WORLDWIDE. THROUGHOUT THE BOOK, SPECIAL FEATURES HIGHLIGHT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTS AND POINTS OF INTEREST. ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS, CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS. 256 PAGES.