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Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Cook, Nicholas is a music available to read on EtoBox.
What is Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) about?
This stimulating Very Short Introduction to music invites us to really think about music and the values and qualities we ascribe to it. The world teems with different kinds of music-traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop-and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, Nicholas Cook attempts to provide a framework for thinking about all music. By examining the personal, social, and
Who reads Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Cook, Nicholas
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192853820
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Fiction, Philosophy, Music
- Rating
- 3.54 / 5 (337 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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