Sounds of the Sunny Island provides a historical overview of music in this rapidly developing city and the impact of immigration on its melodies. Covering folk music to popular tunes, this book reveals the basis of music and relates it to society.
Explore how Chinese opera tunes, Malay rhythms, Indian raga, and Western styles evolved to become the Singapore memories of today. With each chapter, the definitive cultural milestones and art movements of the chapter's featured cities are revealed, along with the locals that keep the music scene alive today.
Incorporating elements of Traditional and Modern, "Sounds of the Sunny Island" is your gateway whether you are a music freak or a wanderlust. Feel the beat of this gay sunny island and learn about the pulse of the people that from generation to generation continued to beat in music.
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Zielgruppe
Lovers of music and its culture in particular and the arts in general, in all forms and styles.
Teachers and learners who have a focus on music history and interaction of cultures.
Prospective tourists wanting to know about the culture and music of the region.
Educators and students who are interested in Information on multicultural music education.
People interested in reviewing their musical ancestry and some sort of musical patriotism.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 153 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-3-384-42121-0 (9783384421210)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Autor*in
Maher Asaad Baker (In Arabic: ???? ???? ???) is a Syrian Musician, Author, Journalist, VFX & Graphic artist, and Director, he was born in Damascus in 1977. Since his teens, he has been building up his career, starting by developing applications and websites while exploring various types of media-creating paths.
He started his career in 1997 with a dream of being one of the most well-known artists in the world.
Reading was always a part of his life as he was always surrounded by his father's books, but his writing ability didn't develop until a later age as his most time was occupied with other things such as developing, writing songs and music, or in media projects production, he is most known for his book "How I wrote a million Wikipedia articles" and a novel entitled "Becoming the man".
