A Brief History of World Music

Author: Wang Fengqi (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This is China's first world music history monograph that integrates foreign and Chinese music, serving as a concise general history of world music. Music is one of the important branches of art. With its vast variety, rich and diverse content, and splendid historical development, it could be written as a monumental work. However, the author of this book focuses on the "concise" aspect, grasping the main points and key elements, accurately capturing the pulse of thousands of years of historical development, and encompassing the entire history of world music in just 240,000 words of pure text. It compiles all the brilliant historical fragments of both Chinese and foreign music. With this book in hand, readers can gain an overview of thousands of years of world music development, enhance their awareness of examining musical art from a global perspective, and better understand the current state and trends of music worldwide. Currently, the field of music history in China still adopts the division of Chinese music history, Western music history, regional or national music histories, which fails to fully and scientifically reflect the overall development of world music history. With the process of reform and opening-up, the trend of global integration, and the deepening of world history research in China, there is a growing call for the emergence of the discipline of world music history. A Concise History of World Music is the first monograph on world music within the scope of China, differing from national or regional music histories, as it is written from the perspective of world music, presenting a concise general history of world music. A Concise History of World Music treats the artificially constructed history of music as a whole, providing a summary of world music from ancient times to the 20th century. The book is concise and comprehensive, including four parts: Ancient Music of the World, Medieval Music of the World, Modern Music of the World, and Contemporary Music of the World. It reflects, to some extent, the research achievements of China's music history scholars in recent years and fills the gaps in the study of music history in China. The book is richly illustrated with images and includes excerpts of famous musical works and musical examples. It is a college textbook. Designed to meet the practical needs of universities, normal schools, art colleges, music departments, and conservatories, it is also a deeply accessible, self-study-friendly, and worthwhile monograph on world music history for music professionals and.