About this title: "The Rough Guide to World Music" is the unchallenged reference work on sounds from around the globe. This third edition is more comprehensive than ever - updated and expanded throughout and with a number of new countries added. "Volume 1: Africa & Middle East" has full coverage of genres from Afrobeat to Arabesque, and artists from Amadou & Mariam to Umm Kulthum. This book includes articles on more than 60 countries written by expert contributors, discographies for each article with biographical notes on thousands of musicians, and reviews of their best CDs.
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 672 p. Contains: Illustrations. Rough Guide to World Music: Volume 1. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. A nice ex-library copy. All pages and cover clear except for a few library markings. Binding solid and tight. No creases. When you buy this item, you benefit the Timberland Regional Library. Support libraries! read more
Description: The Rough Guide to World Music is the unchallenged reference work on sounds from around the globe. This third edition is more comprehensive than ever-updated and expanded throughout and with a number of new countries added. Volume 1: Africa & Middl... read more
"This was a textbook for a World Music course in college. It seemed to provide sufficient details regarding music in various countries, particularly the more obscure countries that were not well-known."
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