Songcatchers

In Search of the World's Music

• Author(s): Mickey Hart, K. M. Kostyal,
• Publisher: National Geographic
• Pages: 172
• ISBN_10: 079224107X
  ISBN_13: 9780792241072
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / General , History / General , History / World , Music / General , Music / Ethnomusicology , Music / History & Criticism , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Folklore & Mythology ,

Description:... Music is elemental, universal, instinctive - a mysterious pulse at the very heart of the human experience. This tale is a panorama of the world's music and a vivid portrait of the pioneers who traveled far and wide to collect it. Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead's percussionist, is also a dedicated musicologist who has recorded traditional music all over the globe. His personal quest is part of the fascinating book. Filled with historical photographs and highlighted by a time line that traces the hundred-year evolution of recording technology, Songcatchers in an informative, always engrossing odyssey of the world's musical heritage and our ongoing effort to understand, appreciate, and preserve it.