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Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan
Av Jonathan P.J. Stock, Chou Chiener
Häftad, 2023
668 kr
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Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday human life by pushing beyond the urbanized Western populations routinely featured in such writing. Based on ethnographic study in Buklavu, a village in southern Taiwan mostly …
Icelandic Men and Me
Sagas of Singing, Self and Everyday Life
Inbunden, 2013
2600 kr
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A sparsely populated island in the North Atlantic recently made worldwide headlines in the Global Financial Crisis and for volcanic eruptions that caused unprecedented chaos to international air travel. Large contemporary audiences have formed very different images of Iceland through the vocal …
Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity
Av Haekyung Um
Häftad, 2016
897 kr
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P’ansori is the quintessential traditional Korean musical drama, in which epic tales are sung and narrated by a solo singer accompanied by a drummer. Drawing on her extensive research in Korea and its diasporas, Haekyung Um describes and analyses the creative processes of p’ansori, weaving into her …
Bulgarian Harmony
In Village, Wedding, and Choral Music of the Last Century
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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An in-depth study of the Bulgarian harmonic system is long overdue. More than two decades since the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares choir was awarded a Grammy (1990), there is no scholarly study of the captivating sounds of Bulgarian vertical sonorities. Kalin Kirilov traces the gradual formation of a …
Brass Bands of the World: Militarism, Colonial Legacies, and Local Music Making
Av Katherine Brucher, Suzel Ana Reily m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
927 kr
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Bands structured around western wind instruments are among the most widespread instrumental ensembles in the world. Although these ensembles draw upon European military traditions that spread globally through colonialism, militarism and missionary work, local musicians have adapted the brass band …
Sounding the Dance, Moving the Music
Choreomusicological Perspectives on Maritime Southeast Asian Performing Arts
Av Mohd Anis Nor, Kendra Stepputat
Häftad, 2019
728 kr
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Performing arts in most parts of Maritime Southeast Asia are seen as an entity, where music and dance, sound and movement, acoustic and tactile elements intermingle and complement each other. Although this fact is widely known and referenced, most scholarly works in the performing arts so far have …
Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain
Häftad, 2019
789 kr
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Flamenco, Regionalism and Musical Heritage in Southern Spain explores the relationship between regional identity politics and flamenco in Andalusia, the southernmost autonomous community of Spain. In recent years, the Andalusian Government has embarked on an ambitious project aimed at developing …
Gold, Festivals, and Music in Southeast Brazil
Sounding Portugueseness
Av Barbara Alge
Inbunden, 2021
2592 kr
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Gold, Festivals, and Music in Southeast Brazil: Sounding Portugueseness is a study of the musical legacy of the eighteenth century Brazilian gold rush that integrates ethnographic research of the main genres of former mining communities in Brazil – from liturgical music in the style of European art …
Women of Quyi
Liminal Voices and Androgynous Bodies
Häftad, 2019
789 kr
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Why has the female voice—as the resonant incarnation of the female body—inspired both fascination and ambivalence? Why were women restricted from performing on the Chinese public stage? How have female roles and voices been appropriated by men throughout much of the history of Chinese theatre? Why …
Music of Malaysia
The Classical, Folk and Syncretic Traditions
Av Patricia Matusky, Tan Sooi Beng
Häftad, 2019
849 kr
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The Music of Malaysia, first published in Malay in 1997 and followed by an English edition in 2004 is still the only history, appreciation and analysis of Malaysian music in its many and varied forms available in English. The book categorizes the types of music genres found in Malaysian society and …
Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims converted to Christianity) in the early 17th century. This volume presents the documentation that has come …
Music, Health, and Power
Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia
Inbunden, 2019
2592 kr
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Music, Health, and Power offers an original, on-the-ground analysis of the role that music plays in promoting healthy communities. The book brings the reader inside the world of kanyeleng fertility societies and HIV/AIDS support groups, where women use music to leverage stigma and marginality into …
Presence Through Sound
Music and Place in East Asia
Av Keith Howard, Catherine Ingram
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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Presence Through Sound narrates and analyses, through a range of case studies on selected musics of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and ‘place’ intersect and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. It explores how place is significant to the many …
Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana
The Porcupine and the Gold Stool
Av Kwasi Ampene
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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Asante Court Music and Verbal Arts in Ghana is a comprehensive portrait of Asante court musical arts. Weaving together historical narratives with analyses of texts performed on drums, ivory trumpets, and a cane flute, the book includes a critical assembly of ancient song texts, the poetry of bards …
Indian Drum of the King-God and the Pakhāvaj of Nathdwara
Inbunden, 2020
2592 kr
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The book studies the evolution of the ancient drum mṛdaṅga into the pakhāvaj, crossing more than 2,000 years of history. While focusing on the Nathdwara school of pakhāvaj, the author joins ethnographic, historical, religious and iconographic perspectives to argue a multifaceted interpretation of …
Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician
Learning and Embodying Musical Culture
Inbunden, 2020
2201 kr
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Coupling the narratives of twenty-two Irish traditional musicians alongside intensive field research, Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician explores the rich and diverse ways traditional musicians hone their craft. It details the educational benefits and challenges associated with each learning …
Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights
Av Julian Fifer, Angela Impey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
3914 kr
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The Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights is a collection of case studies spanning a wide range of concerns about music and human rights in response to intensifying challenges to the well-being of individuals, peoples, and the planet. It brings forward the expertise of academic researchers, …
Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights
Av Julian Fifer, Angela Impey m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
743 kr
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The Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights is a collection of case studies spanning a wide range of concerns about music and human rights in response to intensifying challenges to the well-being of individuals, peoples, and the planet. It brings forward the expertise of academic researchers, …
Musicians in Crisis
Working and Playing in the Greek Popular Music Industry
Häftad, 2022
728 kr
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Musicians in Crisis is a music ethnography of contemporary Athens, before and during the infamous economic and political crisis. It spans two contrasting periods in Greece: the last few years of relative economic prosperity and social cohesion (2005–2009) and the following period of austerity and …
Presence Through Sound
Music and Place in East Asia
Av Keith Howard, Catherine Ingram
Häftad, 2022
728 kr
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Presence Through Sound narrates and analyses, through a range of case studies on selected musics of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and ‘place’ intersect and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. It explores how place is significant to the many …
Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician
Learning and Embodying Musical Culture
Häftad, 2022
728 kr
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Coupling the narratives of twenty-two Irish traditional musicians alongside intensive field research, Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician explores the rich and diverse ways traditional musicians hone their craft. It details the educational benefits and challenges associated with each learning …
Music in Conflict
Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Aesthetic Production
Av Nili Belkind
Inbunden, 2020
2517 kr
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Music in Conflict studies the complex relationship of musical culture to political life in Palestine-Israel, where conflict has both shaped and claimed the lives of Palestinians and Jews. In the context of the geography of violence that characterizes the conflict, borders and boundaries are …
Music in Conflict
Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Aesthetic Production
Av Nili Belkind
Häftad, 2022
728 kr
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Music in Conflict studies the complex relationship of musical culture to political life in Palestine-Israel, where conflict has both shaped and claimed the lives of Palestinians and Jews. In the context of the geography of violence that characterizes the conflict, borders and boundaries are …
Music Theory in the Safavid Era
The taqsīm al-naġamāt
Av Owen Wright
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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The Safavid era (1501–1722) is one of the most important in the history of Persian culture, celebrated especially for its architecture and art, including miniature paintings that frequently represent singers and instrumentalists. Their presence reflects a sophisticated tradition of music making …
Music as Heritage
Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives
Av Barley Norton, Naomi Matsumoto
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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As economic, technological and cultural change gathers pace across the world, issues of music heritage and sustainability have become ever more pressing. Discourse on intangible cultural heritage has developed in complex ways in recent years, and musical practices have been transformed by …
Arnold Bake
A Life with South Asian Music
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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Arnold Bake (1899–1963) was a Dutch pioneer in South Asian ethnomusicology, whose research impressed not only the most renowned Indologists of his time but also the leading figures in the emerging field of ethnomusicology. This long overdue biography sheds light on his knowledge of the theory and …
Becoming a Garamut Player in Baluan, Papua New Guinea
Musical Analysis as a Pathway to Learning
Av Tony Lewis
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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The garamut is a log idiophone that is found in many of the coastal and island areas of Papua New Guinea. The instrument’s primary use is as a speech surrogate and in some regions the garamut is also used in large ensembles to play complex music for dancing. In Baluan Island, within the Manus …
Studies on a Global History of Music
A Balzan Musicology Project
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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The idea of a global history of music may be traced back to the Enlightenment, and today, the question of a conceptual framework for a history of music that pays due attention to global relationships in music is often raised. But how might a historical interpretation of those relationships proceed? …
Greek Rebetiko from a Psychocultural Perspective
Same Songs Changing Minds
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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Greek Rebetiko from a Psychocultural Perspective: Same Songs Changing Minds examines the ways in which audiences in present-day Greece and Turkey perceive and use the Greek popular song genre rebetiko to cultivate specific cultural habits and identities. In the past, rebetiko has been associated …
Jews-Harp in Britain and Ireland
Häftad, 2020
728 kr
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The jews-harp is a distinctive musical instrument of international importance, yet it remains one of those musical instruments, like the ocarina, kazoo or even the art of whistling, that travels beneath the established musical radar. The story of the jews-harp is also part of our musical culture, …
