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Music: A Very Short Introduction Multicultural Society and musings on the placeThe world teems with different kinds of music traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, this Very Short Introduction considers the history of music and thinking about music, focussing on its social and cultural dimensions. Nicholas Cook balances the Western Classical traditions within the