Ethnomusicology Books

New and Published Books

1. Baltic Musics/Baltic Musicologies

   The Landscape Since 1991

   Edited by Kevin C Karnes, Joachim Braun

   This volume is the first to bring together music scholars working on Baltic topics from throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East for the purpose of exploring the impact of Nazi and Soviet occupation (1940-91) and the restoration of republican independence upon the production of...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
2. Musical Performance and the Changing City

   Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States

   Edited by Fabian Holt, Carsten Wergin

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   A contribution to the field of urban music studies, this book presents new interdisciplinary approaches to the study of music in urban social life. It takes musical performance as its key focus, exploring how and why different kinds of performance are evolving in contemporary cities in the...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Experiencing Jazz

   Book and Online Access to Music, 2nd Edition

   By Richard Lawn

   Experiencing Jazz, Second Edition, is an integrated textbook with online resources for jazz appreciation and history courses. Through readings, illustrations, timelines, listening guides, and a streaming audio library, it immerses the reader in a journey through the history of jazz, while placing...

   Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
4. Local Music Scenes and Globalization

   Transnational Platforms in Beirut

   By Thomas Burkhalter

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethnomusicology

   This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music scenes in Beirut, looking at musicians working towards a new understanding of musical creativity and music culture in a country that is dominated by mass-mediated pop music, and propaganda. Burkhalter studies the generation...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Vocal Music and Contemporary Identities

   Unlimited Voices in East Asia and the West

   Edited by Christian Utz, Frederick Lau

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   Looking at musical globalization and vocal music, this collection of essays studies the complex relationship between the human voice and cultural identity in 20th- and 21st-century music in both East Asian and Western music. The authors approach musical meaning in specific case studies against the...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
6. World Music

   A Global Journey - Paperback Only, 3rd Edition

   By Terry E. Miller, Andrew Shahriari

   Authors Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari take students around the world to experience the diversity of musical expression. World Music: A Global Journey, now in its third edition, is known for its breadth in surveying the world’s major cultures in a systematic study of world music within a...

   Published June 27th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Cultural Study of Music

   A Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Martin Clayton, Trevor Herbert, Richard Middleton

   What is the relationship between music and culture? The first edition of The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction explored this question with groundbreaking rigor and breadth. Now this second edition refines that original analysis while examining the ways the field has developed in the...

   Published November 8th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Globalization of Music in History

   By Richard Wetzel

   Series: Routledge Studies on History and Globalization

   This book contextualizes a globalization process that has since ancient times involved the creation, use, and world-wide movement of song, instrumental music, musical drama, music with dance, concert, secular, popular and religious music. Integral to the process have been political, economic,...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
9. Music, Science, and the Rhythmic Brain

   Cultural and Clinical Implications

   Edited by Jonathan Berger, Gabe Turow

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   This book studies the effects of repetitive musical rhythm on the brain and nervous system, and in doing so integrates diverse fields including ethnomusicology, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, religious studies, music therapy, and human health. It presents aspects of musical rhythm and...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
10. Ethnomusicology

    A Research and Information Guide, 2nd Edition

    By Jennifer Post

    Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies

    Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology. The book is divided into two parts. Part One is organized by resource type in categories of greatest concern to students and scholars. It...

    Published June 21st 2011 by Routledge