music essay

Traditional Music and Globalization: A Continuous Battle or Cross Cultural Gain?

PLEASE ANSWER

BOTH

QUESTIONS (2-3 double-spaced pages):

We’ve looked at attempts to bring traditional music to the realm of popular music and

thus to larger audiences – Ofra Haza and traditional Jewish-Yemenite songs in modern musical arrangements; bands such as The Idan Raichel Project and Teapacks that include different types of Jewish- Eastern musical traditions.

1) What are the problems created by AROUND THE WORLD globalization traditional music , according to ethnomusicologists? What about the genre of “World Music” around the world, and the problem/question of globalization?

2) 2) Do you agree or disagree with that and WHY ? Give One example of singer/band from around the world that supports agreement, and One example that supports

3) Using resources and cite your references