{"product_id":"folk-music-a-very-short-introduction-9780195395020","title":"Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Slobin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Folk \u0026amp; Traditional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we think of folk music, most of us picture Pete Seeger singing \"This Land is My Land\" or Joan Baez singing \"Barbara Allen.\" But this stimulating \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, in a wide-ranging portrait that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. Written by award-winning musicologist Mark Slobin, this is the first compact introduction to folk music that offers a truly global perspective. Slobin offers an extraordinarily generous portrait of folk music, one that embraces a Russian wedding near the Arctic Circle, a group song in a small rainforest village in Brazil, and an Uzbek dance tune in Afghanistan. He looks in detail at three poignant songs from three widely separated regions--northern Afghanistan, Jewish Eastern Europe, and the Anglo-American world--with musical notation and lyrics included. And he also describes the efforts of scholars who fanned out across the globe, to find and document this ever-changing music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45114439499927,"sku":"9780195395020","price":863.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195395020.webp?v=1767269678","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/folk-music-a-very-short-introduction-9780195395020","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}