"This is the freshest and most engaging approach to teaching of world
music that I have ever encountered. Superbly well thought out,
beautifully executed, and written with love and obvious passion . . . ."
-Gil Seeley, Lewis and Clark College
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LINK TO READ MICHAEL BAKAN'S
LATEST ARTICLE IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
CLICK THE "PERCUSSIVE NOTES" LINK
TO READ A JUNE 2008 INTERVIEW.
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Acclaim for World Music: Traditions and Transformations "This is the freshest and most engaging approach to teaching of world
music that I have ever encountered. Superbly well thought out,
beautifully executed, and written with love and obvious passion . . . ." "This semester we started using your textbook and I am amazed by the
impact that it is having on my students and myself. Thank you!" "I adopted your textbook, after looking over all the others available
from various publishers. Today I checked out the Online Instructor's
Manual and, just now, your Blog. I have to say that this combination of
materials is simply fabulous." "I was fortunately introduced to your book . . . and I was immediately "I found the traditional/neo-traditional/post-traditional paradigm especially effective . . . . By defining 'tradition' as a domain of cultural practice
characterized by dynamics of both
continuity and transformation, [this book]
provide[s] a framework that neither essentializes
'roots' nor gets bogged down in the
multiplicity of 'routes' that characterize
musical life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."
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Acclaim for Music of Death and New Creation: One of the two "most significant publications on Balinese music in
almost half a century . . . a leader in its field." Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2000) ". . . an important addition to the ethnomusicological canon, as
challenging as it is informative and as vibrant as the music it
discusses. Its appeal to gamelan devotees will be obvious, but it also
stakes a claim to advance the theory of ethnomusicology in its broadest
sense." "This is a detailed, well-written, and wonderful book . . . . Anyone
interested in music, cross-cultural fieldwork, cultural change, and
adaptation will find this book well worth reading." ". . . the book is a wonderful read both for its deep descriptions of
beleganjur and for its reflexive gaze . . . a richly rewarding
experience." ". . . meticulously researched, expansively written, and wonderfully
"This book covers new ground in its approach and focus, and is
accessible to area as well as non-area specialists in ethnomusicology
and anthropology. The disparate topics, together with transcriptions
and CD, leave the reader with a rich patchwork of many facets of the
complex and often contradictory contemporary beleganjur scene."
". . . beautifully clear transcriptions, analyses, carefully
selected recordings . . . , and vivid descriptions of
performances. . . . Bakan applies his considerable
observational powers to enable the reader to relate closely to not only
the music, but also the changing aesthetics of the style. . . ,
the subtleties of interpersonal relationships among performers, and the
impact of new social settings . . . ."
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