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"Rhythms of the Soul: The Power of Music in Black Culture" is an in-depth exploration of the profound and transformative role music plays within the Black community. From the deeply rooted African r……続きを見る

In "Studies in Folk-Song and Popular Poetry," Alfred M. Williams delivers an insightful exploration of the rich tapestry of folklore and its interrelation with popular poetry. Combining meticulous s……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2001: Unlike many other academic disciplines, musicology has been somewhat reluctant to explore the possibilities that critical theory might offer to our understand……続きを見る

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599. It chronicles two pairs of lovers: Benedick and Beatrice (the main couple), and Claudio and H……続きを見る

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of graphic design storytelling with this comprehensive guide to narrative design. Unleash your creativity as you delve into the nuances of crafting powerful……続きを見る

This book investigates the aesthetic and political dialectics of East Berlin to argue how its theater and opera stages incited artists to act out, fuel, and resist the troubled construction of polit……続きを見る

World Music Pedagogy, Volume VII: Teaching World Music in Higher Education addresses a pedagogical pathway of varied strategies for teaching world music in higher education, offering concrete means ……続きを見る

2007 Arts Club of Washington's National Award for Arts Writing - Finalist SEE ALSO: Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting. An inside look into the be……続きを見る

Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Śiva documents the musical practices of the periya mēḷam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the……続きを見る

Presents a new history of how Hindustani court music responded to the political transitions of the nineteenth century. How far did colonialism transform north Indian music? In the period between the……続きを見る

Establishing an intersection between the fields of traditional music studies, English folk music history and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, this book responds to the problemati……続きを見る

This study of Japanese music explore Nagauta or literally "long song"ーthe delicate and complex music that accompanies kabuki theaterーin great detail. The Kabuki theater of Japan has achieved a gro……続きを見る

Can music feel pain? Do songs possess dignity? Do symphonies have rights? Of course not, you might say. Yet think of how we anthropomorphize music, not least when we believe it has been somehow mist……続きを見る

In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and purpose of jazz improvisation to illuminate the cultural work being done by fiv……続きを見る

Video games open portals to fantastical worlds where imaginative play and enchantment prevail. These virtual settings afford us considerable freedom to act out with relative impunity. Or do they? So……続きを見る

Bright Star of the West examines the life, repertoire, and influence of Ireland's greatest sean-nos (old-style) singer, Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Best known for popularing this form of Gaelic a cappel……続きを見る