Music of the Peoples of the World

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
• Published by: Schirmer
• Edition: 1st Edition September 16, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0534592309
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0534592301
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Book Description
Listen to and appreciate music of different cultures with MUSIC OF THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Stunning illustrations help you to better understand the people, music, and the instruments of the nine musical cultures discussed. Active Listening Tools, a free download from the text specific website, enhances listening and understanding by allowing you to view instruments and cultural settings while you listen to musical excerpts.

About The Author
William Alves is a teacher, composer, researcher of non-Western music, performer, Associate Professor of Music at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont California, and a member of the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Dr. Alves has been an active performer of non-Western music for the past ten years, mostly in various Javanese and Balinese gamelan orchestras (at UCLA, CalArts, and Pomona College) but also West African drumming (at UCLA and Pomona College). In 1993-94, he was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Indonesia, where he also participated in these ensembles, conducted research, and taught.

Dr. Alves has written many pieces for gamelan, often combining it with Western instruments. He has also written for shakuhachi (the Japanese bamboo flute) and works for Western instruments using traditional African idioms. His works are recorded on the EMF and ICMC labels, among others, and his video works are syndicated by Offline and CinemaNow.com. His experience with cross-cultural influences allow him to show students how these sometimes inaccessible cultures can be connected to familiar experiences, often in gorgeous and unexpected ways.

William Alves has been teaching at the university level for 16 years. Though most of his teaching has been at private colleges (USC, Scripps, Harvey Mudd, Claremont Graduate University), he has also given guest lectures at community colleges, arts conservatories, and public colleges. He taught in Java, Indonesia during his Fulbright fellowship.

His writings on music have appeared in THE CSOUND BOOK (MIT Press), PERSPECTIVES OF NEW MUSIC, INTERCULTURAL MUSIC, MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES, 1/1: JOUR­NAL OF THE JUST INTONATION NETWORK, and SOCIETY OF ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES JOURNAL. In 2001 Dr. Alves organized and hosted the first conference and festival of microtonal music in Claremont with special guest Lou Harrison. Dr. Alves is currently co-authoring a biography of Harrison.

Reader Reviews
When I ordered the book, I thought it came with a cd, but it didn't. However it is still a great book especially for class! Comment | | (Report this)