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Noise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the development of electrical recording in 1925 and the outset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s, the s……続きを見る

In Ethnomusicologizing: Essays on Music in the New Paradigms, composer and musicologist brings together a series of essays on music making in contemporary culture. More specifically, it focuses on t……続きを見る

To witness war is, in large part, to hear it. And to survive it is, among other things, to have listened to it--and to have listened through it. Listening to War: Sound, Music, Trauma, and Survival ……続きを見る

Derived from the nationalist writings of José Martí, the concept of Cubanidad (Cubanness) has always imagined a unified hybrid nation where racial difference is nonexistent and nationality trumps al……続きを見る

Survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915 and their descendants have used music to adjust to a life in exile and counter fears of obscurity. In this nuanced and richly detailed study, Sylvia Angeli……続きを見る

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music engages methods from ethnomusicology, popular music studies, cultural studies, and media studies to explain how complex Scottish identities and culture are construc……続きを見る

As Brazil grows in stature as a global power, more and more people are discovering the country’s fascinating culture, especially the striking exuberance and inventiveness of Brazilian popular music.……続きを見る

On the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City, Mexico's entire musical history is performed every day. "Mexica" percussionists drum and dance to the music of Aztec rituals on the open plaza. Inside ……続きを見る

Sara Le Menestrel explores the role of music in constructing, asserting, erasing, and negotiating differences based on the notions of race, ethnicity, class, and region. She discusses established no……続きを見る

More than twenty universities and twenty other colleges in North America (USA and Canada) offer performance courses on West African ethnic dance drumming. Since its inception in 1964 at both UCLA an……続きを見る

In this new history of music in Zimbabwe, Mhoze Chikowero deftly uses African sources to interrogate the copious colonial archive, reading it as a confessional voice along and against the grain to w……続きを見る

In 1969 Gerhard Kubik chanced to encounter a Mozambican labor migrant, a miner in Transvaal, South Africa, tapping a cipendani, a mouth-resonated musical bow. A comparable instrument was seen in th……続きを見る

Here is the most comprehensive history of Brazilian music available in English. Concise yet remarkably detailed, it provides professional musicologists and music lovers alike with a clear outline of……続きを見る

This book examines how music education presents opportunities to shape democratic awareness through political, pedagogical, and humanistic perspectives. Focusing on democracy as a vital dimension in……続きを見る

Swedish-born traditional dancer and researcher Mats Melin has worked and performed extensively in the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland, in their schools and communities promotin……続きを見る

Celtic music scholar and musician Liz Doherty is no stranger to Cape Breton music – in fact, she has made a study of it. Doherty’s exposure to, and research of, the island’s music traditions was the……続きを見る

Music Sociology explores 16 different genres to demonstrate that music everywhere reflects social values, organisational processes, meanings and individual identity. Presenting original ethnographic……続きを見る

In Spirit Song: Afro-Brazilian Religious Music and Boundaries, Marc Gidal investigates how and why a multi-faith community in southern Brazil utilizes music to combine and segregate three Afro-Brazi……続きを見る

The Course of Mexican Music provides students with a cohesive introductory understanding of the scope and influence of Mexican music. The textbook highlights individual musical examples as a means o……続きを見る

For nearly eight centuries ー from the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711 to the final expulsion of the Jews in 1492 ー Muslims, Jews and Christians shared a common Andalusian culture under alternating……続きを見る

Audible Empire rethinks the processes and mechanisms of empire and shows how musical practice has been crucial to its spread around the globe. Music is a means of comprehending empire as an audible ……続きを見る

Cultural hybridity is a celebrated hallmark of U.S. American music and identity. Yet hybrid music is all too often marked -and marketed - under a single racial label. Resounding Afro Asia examines m……続きを見る

The world of Sub-Saharan African music is immensely rich and diverse, containing a plethora of repertoires and traditions. In The African Imagination in Music, renowned music scholar Kofi Agawu offe……続きを見る

Richard Strauss (11.Juni1864 bis 8.September1949) gehört zu den bedeutendsten Komponisten der Moderne. Tondichtungen, Lieder, vor allem aber seine Opern gehören zum überzeitlichen musikalischen Erbe……続きを見る

Die Klaviersonaten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts gehören bis heute zu den beliebtesten Klavierwerken der Musikgeschichte. Sie zeichnen sich durch ihren Assoziationsreichtum, ihre klangliche Flexibilität ……続きを見る

Mozarts Opern Idomeneo, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni und Così fan tutte gehören ebenso wie das Singspiel Die Zauberflöte – um nur einige wenige seiner Bühnenwerke zu nennen – zum festen Repertoi……続きを見る

Es gibt wohl kaum einen Komponisten, mit dem man in solchem Maße die musikalische Gattung der Liedkomposition verbindet, wie dies bei Franz Schubert der Fall ist. Insgesamt sind mehr als 600 seiner ……続きを見る

Plants perceive sound and love to play music. This is demonstrated by studies and experiments conducted in academic research and, more importantly, by the experiences of many researchers and musicia……続きを見る

Le piante percepiscono il suono e amano suonare. Lo dimostrano studi e sperimentazioni condotte in ambito accademico e, ancora di più, le esperienze di numerosi ricercatori e musicisti che insegnano……続きを見る

Turkish Metal journeys deep into the heart of the Turkish heavy metal scene, uncovering the emergence, evolution, and especially the social implications of this controversial musical genre in a Musl……続きを見る