Music category: 21679 books
The Berimbau
Soul of Brazilian Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
The Brazilian berimbau, a musical bow, is most commonly associated with the energetic martial art/dance/game of capoeira. This study explores the berimbau's stature from the 1950s to the present in diverse musical genres including bossa nova, samba-reggae, MPB (Popular Brazilian Music), electronic...
Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern
The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2006
While Karnatic music, a form of Indian music based on the melodic principle of raga and time cycles called tala, is known today as South India’s classical music, its status as “classical” is an early-twentieth-century construct, one that emerged in the crucible of colonial modernity, nationalist...
by Monika E. Schoop
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Since the turn of the century, the impact of digital technologies on the promotion, production and distribution of music in the Philippines has both enabled and necessitated an increase in independent musical practices. In the first in-depth investigation into the independent music scene in the Philippines,...
by Jim Samson, Nicoletta Demetriou
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Music in Cyprus draws its authors from both sides of the divided island to give a rounded picture of musical culture from the beginning of the British colonial period (1878-1960) until today. The book crosses conventional scholarly divides between musicology and ethnomusicology in order to achieve...
by Star Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Before the 1700s, Celtic music enjoyed a long oral music tradition of learning and memorizing tunes without the aid of pen and paper. The pages of this anthology are filled with the rich heritage of Celtic music tucked away in historical collections from the late 1700s and 1800s. It is a treasure...
So You Want to Sing Folk Music
A Guide for Performers
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
So many who love to sing are drawn to the immediacy and essential simplicity of the music we commonly call folk. Folk music, in fact, can serve as the perfect entry point for those just starting on their singing careers because of the ways in which it sidesteps the strictures of classical forms without...
Johnny's Cash and Charley's Pride
Lasting Legends and Untold Adventures in Country Music
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
-Peter Cooper, a well-respected music writer and musician, was the music writer at the Tennessean for over a decade and is now the Editor at the Country Music Hall of Fame. -The top music and radio genre in the US, the interest in country music continues to grow stronger and wider annually. -The popularity...
Language Arts, Math, and Science in the Elementary Music Classroom
A Practical Tool
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Language Arts, Math, and Science in the Elementary Music Classroom provides a practical guide to help music teachers incorporate elementary classroom subjects into their curriculum using STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math)-inspired strategies, with added emphasis on social studies....
Composition in the Digital World
Conversations with 21st Century American Composers
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
American composers are at the forefront of a renaissance in concert music, in the process expanding the very definition of the category. The impact of digital technology on the creative process and the unprecedented diversity of contemporary composers are arguably among the catalysts driving the rebirth....
"Country Music is Wherever the Soul of a Country Music Fan Is": Opryland U.S.A. and the Importance of Home in Country Music
An article from Southern Cultures 17:4, The Music Issue
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Nixon's visit (only five months before his resignation) was seen by national journalists and politicos to be a trip to one of the few places where he would still receive a warm reception, and it was quite warm indeed. Nixon took the stage, played two songs on the piano, and bantered with Roy Acuff."
When...
Together Through Life
A Personal Journey with the Music of Bob Dylan
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Veteran journalist and critic Chris Morris looks back at his intense half-century-long relationship with the music of Bob Dylan, viewing the role the singer-songwriter’s work has played in his own life. A candid album-by-album exploration of Dylan’s catalog through 2016’s “Fallen Angels”...
by Michael Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Flute Sheet Music With Lettered Noteheads Book 2: 20 Easy Pieces For Beginners
This music book is part of the Lettered Noteheads series and contains 20 popular sheet music pieces for Flute. Arrangements are very easy and will suit new beginners. Each arrangement features bigger music notes...
by Nicole V. Gagné
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2019
The contemporary music scene thus embodies a uniquely broad spectrum of activity, which has grown and changed down to the present hour. With new talents emerging and different technologies developing as we move further into the 21st century, no one can predict what paths music will take next. All...
Melody, Harmony, Tonality
A Book for Connoisseurs and Amateurs
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Where did the major scale come from? Why does most traditional non-Western music not share Western principles of harmony? What does the inner structure of a canon have to do with religious belief? Why, in historical terms, is J.S. Bach’s music regarded as a perfect combination of melody and harmony?...