Towards a Global Music Theory: Practical Concepts and Methods for the Analysis of Music Across Human Cultures

by Mark Hijleh

Overview

Conferences, workshops and curricula are for the first time beginning to develop around the theme of 'world music theory', as students, teachers and researchers recognize the need for analytical concepts and methods applicable to a wider range of human musics. This book proposes a number of such concepts and methods and Mark Hijleh presents a broad attempt to apply them to a variety of musics in a relevant way that can be readily apprehended and applied by students, scholars and teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409461401
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Mark Hijleh has taught music theory and composition at the university level for more than 15 years. Currently Professor of Music at Houghton College, he holds the MA in World Music with distinction from the University of Sheffield; the DMA in Composition from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University; the MM in Composition and Conducting from Ithaca College, and the BS in Music with Honors from William Jewell College. Recently he has spoken and written about world music theory though the College Music Society, the International Conference on Analytical Approaches to World Music, and the Society for Ethnomusicology. An active composer, Hijleh has also studied shakuhachi with Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin.

Table of Contents

Contents: Global music theory: issues, possibilities and fundamental concepts; Global rhythm; Global melody; Global harmony; Global synergy in musical processes and products; Global analytical examples: comparisons and connections across musical cultures; Further implications and conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'...[a] fascinating book for specialists...Recommended.' Choice 'Hijleh's ideas are intellectually engaging, his writing full of musical insights, and his suggestions always educationally practicable. Towards a Global Music Theory crafts a globally aware approach to understanding music, specifically shaping it to the actualities of the here-and-now. It's a book I'll use very often in my teaching in the years ahead, and a genuinely significant discipline-building contribution at the interface of music education, music theory, and ethnomusicology.' Jonathan P. J. Stock, University College Cork, Ireland 'Hijleh [...] fashions a workable system addressing rhythm, pitch, texture, timbre, and harmony... This is a first brave attempt to construct a music theory that can be applied globally.' Choice

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