Ethnomusicology Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. World Music

   A Global Journey - Hardback & CD Set Value Pack, 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 April 3rd 2012 by Routledge
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance

   By Graham St. John

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethnomusicology

   This lively textual symposium offers a collection of formative research on the culture of global psytrance (psychedelic trance). As the first book to address the diverse transnationalism of this contemporary electronic dance music phenomenon, the collection hosts interdisciplinary research...

   Published June 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. Alberto Ginastera

    A Research and Information Guide

    By Deborah Schwartz-Kates

    Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies

    Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide is the first bio-bibliographic study of the composer and the only published book on the subject in English. This work fills a critical gap in contemporary music studies by enriching our knowledge of one of the most compelling creative voices of...

    Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge