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Focus: The Classical Music of India in Global Perspective
By Stephen Slawek
Focus: The Classical Music of India in Global Perspective provides an in-depth look at the Hindustani musical tradition in India. The first section of the book presents the cultural history of South Asia as it pertains to the various kinds of music that currently exist in India. The second part...
July 2011 | 978-0-415-87219-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Music, Science, and the Rhythmic Brain: Cultural and Clinical Implications
Edited by Jonathan Berger, Gabe Turow
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...
May 2011 | 978-0-415-89059-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide
By Deborah Schwartz-Kates
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...
September 2010 | 978-0-415-97318-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe, 2nd Edition
By Philip V. Bohlman
Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe—from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the...
September 2010 | 978-0-415-96064-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Popular Music of Vietnam: The Politics of Remembering, the Economics of Forgetting
By Dale A. Olsen
Based on the author’s research in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and other urban areas in Vietnam, this study of contemporary Vietnamese popular music explores the ways globalization and free market economics have influenced the music and subcultures of Vietnamese youth, focusing on the conflict...
June 2010 | 978-0-415-88397-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Local Scenes and Global Culture of Psytrance
By Graham St John
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...
June 2010 | 978-0-415-87696-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music
Edited by W. K. McNeil
The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music is a comprehensive reference source covering all aspects of both African American and white gospel from history and performers to recording techniques and styles, as well as the influence of gospel on different musical genres and cultural trends. Now...
April 2010 | 978-0-415-87569-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Focus: Irish Traditional Music
By Sean Williams
Focus: Irish Traditional Music is an introduction to the instrumental and vocal traditions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as Irish music in the context of the Irish diaspora. Ireland's size relative to Britain or to the mainland of Europe is relatively small, yet its...
October 2009 | 978-0-415-99147-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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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...
June 2009 | 978-0-415-47232-6 | Hardback (Routledge)