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Discovering Music: World Music Documentary Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive

Discovering Music: World Music Documentary Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Discovering Music: World Music Documentary Series DVD, MP4, USB Drive
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Encyclopedia Britannica's Updated 1983 Release Of Their 1969 Film Series On The Musical History Of The World, Designed For Students And Teachers In The Classroom! 11 Episodes Of 20 Minute Explorational And Educational Films In A 4 Hour Collection, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD!


Contains:

VOLUME ONE:

Episode. 1: American Folk Music

Episode. 2: Music of the Middle Ages

Episode. 3: Jazz Music

Episode. 4: Music of the Middle East

Episode. 5: Music of India

Episode. 6: American Indian Music


VOLUME TWO:

Episode. 7: Music of Japan

Episode. 8: Country & Western American Music

Episode. 9: Russian Folk Music

Episode. 10 Music of Ghana

Episode. 11 Music of Latin America


Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Definitions of music vary depending on culture, though it is an aspect of all human societies, a cultural universal. While scholars agree that music is defined by a few specific elements, there is no consensus on their precise definitions. The creation of music is commonly divided into musical composition, musical improvisation, and musical performance, though the topic itself extends into academic disciplines, criticism, philosophy, and psychology. Music may be performed or improvised using a vast range of instruments, including the human voice. In some musical contexts, a performance or composition may be to some extent improvised. For instance, in Hindustani classical music, the performer plays spontaneously while following a partially defined structure and using characteristic motifs. In modal jazz the performers may take turns leading and responding, while sharing a changing set of notes. In a free jazz context, there may be no structure whatsoever, with each performer acting at their discretion. Music may be deliberately composed to be unperformable, or agglomerated electronically from many performances. Music is played in public and private areas, highlighted at events such as festivals, rock concerts, and orchestra performance, and heard incidentally as part of a score or soundtrack to a film, TV show, opera, or video game. Musical playback is the primary function of an MP3 player or CD player and a universal feature of radios and smartphones. Music often plays a key role in social activities, religious rituals, rite of passage ceremonies, celebrations, and cultural activities. The music industry includes songwriters, performers, sound engineers, producers, tour organizers, distributors of instruments, accessories, and sheet music. Compositions, performances, and recordings are assessed and evaluated by music critics, music journalists, and music scholars, as well as amateurs.

World Music is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's inclusive nature and elasticity as a musical category pose obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in Roots magazine's description of the genre as "local music from out there". This music that does not follow "North American or British pop and folk traditions" was given the term "world music" by music industries in Europe and North America. The term was popularized in the 1980s as a marketing category for non-Western traditional music. It has grown to include subgenres such as ethnic fusion (Clannad, Ry Cooder, Enya, etc.) and worldbeat.