Download or read book The World of Music written by David Willoughby and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2010 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of Music is a music appreciation book designed for instructors who want to focus on listening to music as it exists in the real world of their students. Expanding the traditional repertoire used for music study, this popular text begins with American folk, religious, jazz, popular, and ethnic music before introducing some world music and concluding with a thorough overview of Western classical music. The approach captures the essence of each repertoire, and equips students to recognize different styles, appreciate their different functions, and possess a solid foundation for a lifetime of musical appreciation.