Towards a Global Music History: Intercultural Convergence, Fusion, and Transformation in the Human Musical Story - Paperback

by Mark Hijleh (Author)

This extraordinary book outlines an understanding of the human musical story as an intercultural-and ultimately a transcultural-one, with travel and trade as the primary conditions and catalysts for the ongoing development of musical styles.

Author Biography

Mark Hijleh has taught music at the university level for 25 years. Currently Provost and Professor of Music at The King's College in New York City, he holds the MA in World Music with distinction from the University of Sheffield; the DMA in Composition from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University; the MM in Composition and Conducting from Ithaca College, and the BS in Music with Honors from William Jewell College. Hijleh has spoken and written about world music theory and history though the College Music Society, Analytical Approaches to World Music, the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, and the Society for Ethnomusicology. He also studied shakuhachi with Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin and Black Music with Dominique Rene DeLerma.