Philip V. Bohlman

About the Author

Philip V. Bohlman is Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago, and Honorarprofessor at the Hochschule fr Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.

Includes the names: Philip Bohlman, Philipo V. Bohlman, Philip Vilas. Bohlman, ed. Philip Vilas Bohlman

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Works by Philip V. Bohlman

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World Music: A Very Short Introduction (2002) 138 copies, 3 reviews

Music in American Religious Experience (2005) 36 copies

Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of Music: Essays on the History of Ethnomusicology (1991) — Editor — 32 copies

The Study of Folk Music in the Modern World (Folkloristics) (1988) 22 copies

Jewish Music and Modernity (2008) 13 copies

The Cambridge History of World Music (2013) 12 copies

The Music of European Nationalism (2004) 10 copies

Jazz Worlds/World Jazz (2016) 6 copies

Jewish Musical Modernism, Old and New (2009) 4 copies

The Land Where Two Streams Flow: Music in the German-Jewish Community of Israel (1989) 4 copies

Revival and Reconciliation: Sacred Music in the Making of European Modernity (Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities) (2013) 4 copies

Theomusicology: A Special Issue of Black Sacred Music: A Journal of Theomusicology (1994) 4 copies

Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe (2010) 3 copies

Central European Folk Music: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in German (1996) 3 copies

The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940: Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II (1992) 2 copies

Balkan Epic: Song, History, Modernity (Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities) (2011) 1 copy

Land without Nightingales: Music in the Making of German -America (2002) 1 copy

Jüdische Volksmusik. Eine mitteleuropäische Geistesgeschichte (2005) 1 copy

The folk songs of Ashkenaz (2001) 1 copy

Disciplining music : musicology and its canons 1 copy

The Musical Culture of Central European Jewish Immigrants to Israel (1984) 1 copy

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Enchanting Powers: Music in the Worlds Religions (Religions of the World) (1997) — Contributor — 12 copies

Emigration and Settlement Patterns of German Communities in North America (1995) — Contributor — 10 copies

Dislocated Memories: Jews, Music, and Postwar German Culture (2014) — Afterword — 3 copies

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Canonical name: Bohlman, Philip V.
Gender: male
Awards and honors: British Academy (Derek Allen Prize|2007)

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LolaKarns 111 reviews

World Music: A Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Bohlman

Having read a number of excellent entries in the "A Very Short Introduction" series, this one paled in comparison. Whereas other authors have reduced the academic jargon to provide a true introduction, I was glad I'd read Said's [b:Orientalism|355190|Orientalism|Edward W. Said|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1409777781s/355190.jpg|2310058], and other theories on colonialism. If that sentence made your head spin, skip this book. The bulk of the researched relied heavily on intrepretation show more through a Western European cultural lens, without giving a sense of how "world music" differed in instrumentation, purpose, and construction. The most valuable section focused on the role of Diasporas and the spread of musical influences. show less

Jul 6, 20152 other reviews

LolaKarns 111 reviews

World Music: A Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Bohlman

Having read a number of excellent entries in the "A Very Short Introduction" series, this one paled in comparison. Whereas other authors have reduced the academic jargon to provide a true introduction, I was glad I'd read Said's [b:Orientalism|355190|Orientalism|Edward W. Said|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1409777781s/355190.jpg|2310058], and other theories on colonialism. If that sentence made your head spin, skip this book. The bulk of the researched relied heavily on intrepretation show more through a Western European cultural lens, without giving a sense of how "world music" differed in instrumentation, purpose, and construction. The most valuable section focused on the role of Diasporas and the spread of musical influences. show less

Jul 6, 20152 other reviews

Robertgreaves 2,397 reviews

World Music: A Very Short Introduction by Philip V. Bohlman

DNF I read the introduction and the first chapter and realised I had not understood a word of it despite no technical musical terms having been used at all.

Aug 23, 20242 other reviews