| Description |
172 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-163), discography (pages 170-171), and index. |
| Summary |
Music is elemental, universal, instinctive - a mysterious pulse at the very heart of the human experience. This tale is a panorama of the world's music and a vivid portrait of the pioneers who traveled far and wide to collect it. Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead's percussionist, is also a dedicated musicologist who has recorded traditional music all over the globe. His personal quest is part of the fascinating book. Filled with historical photographs and highlighted by a time line that traces the hundred-year evolution of recording technology, Songcatchers in an informative, always engrossing odyssey of the world's musical heritage and our ongoing effort to understand, appreciate, and preserve it. |
| Contents |
Why music? - Songprints -- Unsung heroes -- Musical tradewinds -- Folksay -- Long, strange trip. |
| Subject |
World music -- History and criticism.
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Ethnomusicology.
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| Added Author |
Kostyal, K. M., 1951-
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| ISBN |
079224107X |
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