Music-Ethnic

"It is... already becoming difficult to obtain these songs," editor WILLIAM FRANCIS ALLEN (1830-1889) wrote in the Introduction to the 1867 first edition of this extraordinary collection of "negro" spirituals. With his fellow American abolitionists LUCY MCKIM GARRISON (1842-1877) and CHARLES PICKARD WARE (1849-1921),...

Reena Kaur is an internationally recognised and established star of Ladies Sangeet. With decades of performances on stages across the world as a solo performer and singing alongside other well known artists, she is in great demand on the Indian Music Circuit. Her recordings...

The lively oral history of J.D. Nicholson, a sought-after club and session piano player who influenced the L.A. blues scene from 1950-80.Author: Christopher Keith, Derrick SemlerISBN-10: 1491257423ISBN-13: 9781491257425Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2013Pages: 228Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d

Artists have often provided the earliest demonstrations of conscience and ethical examination in response to political events. The political shifts that took place in the 1960s were addressed by a revival of folk music as an expression of protest, hope and the courage to...

While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the economic and social tumult of the Great Depression, how did this relationship come to be? Ronald D. Cohen sheds new light...

In Music in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, John Arthur Smith presents the first full-length study of music among the ancient Israelites, the ancient Jews and the early Christians in the Mediterranean lands during the period from 1000 BCE to 400 CE. He considers...

Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad songs capture the feelings of their creators perfectly; of crushed hopes,...

From the red earth of the reservation to the glitter of the Grammys(, the heartfelt music of Native America is getting into the mainstream. This informative and entertaining book includes profiles of some of the major Native artists, activists, and performers such as Robbie...

Directly addressing the underrepresentation of Black composers in core music curricula, Expanding the Canon: Black Composers in the Music Theory Classroom aims to both demonstrate why diversification is badly needed and help faculty expand their teaching with practical, classroom-oriented lesson plans that focus on...

It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of one of Armenia's most important ashoughs' works in transliterated English for the first time in history. Ashough Sheram is one of the most prominent Armenian traditional ashoughs (bard singers). Having been born in...

In the first edition of The Big Book Of Armenian Songs, you'll find over 200 songs written by Armenian composers between the 18th and 20th centuries, as well as folk songs transcribed by Komitas and his students. For each song, there are sheet music...

Music historian Craig Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America. More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical...

20 Arabic tunes selected and arranged for Low G ukulele.I have arranged folk tunes and more modern compositions by Rabhani Brothers and othersTo keep the Arabic mood, I altered the melodies to adapt to Western scales, which do not use the Arabic quarter tones.These...

The Study of Indian Music by Frances Densmore is an in-depth exploration of the music of India. The book provides a comprehensive look at the various styles, instruments, and traditions of Indian music, including classical forms like Hindustani and Carnatic music, as well as...

Join the zany adventures and crazy gigs of Susan Hadley Planck as she mixes the culture of Scottish music with those of China, Japan, and Chile, all with a twist of humor that ties them together. What was it like to play bagpipes to...

This volume provides a transnational study of the impact of musical cultures in the Eastern Baltics-Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Russia-at the end of the Cold War and in the early post-Communist period.Author: Rūta StanevičiūteISBN-10: 1644698943ISBN-13: 9781644698945Publisher: Academic Studies PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2022Pages: 362Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize:...

Starting from the days of slavery and following through to the first decades of the twentieth century, this book traces the evolution of Carnival and secular black music in Trinidad and beyond. Calypso emerged as the preeminent Carnival song form at the end of...

Within this book over fifty contemporary reggae artists and producers--ranging from Cultural Roots to Dancehall, and including Buju Banton, Shabba Ranks, Tony Rebel, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, Judy Mowatt, Oku Onuora, Junior Reid, Ken Boothe, Sister Carol, and Third World--present their views on the...

Raï music is often called the voice of the voiceless in Algeria, a society currently swept by tragic conflict. Raï is the voice of Algerian men, young men caught between generations and classes, in political strife, and in economic inequality. In a ground-breaking study,...

Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920s, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this...

Istanbul is home to a multimillion dollar transnational music industry, which every year produces thousands of digital music recordings, including widely distributed film and television show soundtracks. Today, this centralized industry is responding to a growing global demand for Turkish, Kurdish, and other Anatolian...

How does a piece of music embody the sound of a different culture?The traditional musics of China, Japan and Korea have been an important source of inspiration for many Western composers. Some, like Chou Wen-chung and John Cage, have moved beyond superficial borrowing of...

This book was written to help the absolute beginner, whether child or adult learn to play in a simple and easy way that requires no knowledge of reading music. If you are a beginner, playing by note can be difficult. It is easier to...

It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of one of Armenia's most important ashoughs' works in transliterated English for the first time in history. Ashough Sheram is one of the most prominent Armenian traditional ashoughs (bard singers). Having been born in...

Immerse students in the music traditions of the Irish, one of North America's largest ethnic populations. Across the Water: Teaching Irish Music and Dance at Home and Abroad gives general music teachers the tools to introduce the music and dance of Ireland while respecting...

This is a portrait of a diaspora community in motion. The book documents the social and cultural development of a people without history, a people who have been dismissed as foreigners. It also examines the assertiveness and syncretism of Indo-Caribbean popular music.Author: Peter ManuelISBN-10:...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism, and art. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, NPR, The...

Want the word on Buffy Sainte-Marie? Looking for the best powwow recordings? Wondering what else Jim Pepper cut besides "Witchi Tai To"? This book will answer those questions and more as it opens up the world of Native American music. In addition to the...

Evidence indicates that the concertos of Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn etc were performed as chamber music, not the full orchestral works commonly assumed. The concertos of Vivaldi, Bach, Handel and their contemporaries are some of the most popular, and the most frequently performed, pieces of...

Empowering Song: Music Education from the Margins weaves together subversive pedagogy and theories of resistance with community music education and choral music, inspiring professionals to revisit and reconsider their pedagogical practices and approaches. The authors' unique insight into some of the most marginalized and...

To most people, zydeco appears as quintessentially Louisiana as gumbo. Certainly, the music originated among black Creoles of southwest Louisiana. But the swamps of southwest Louisiana spill across the Sabine River into southeast Texas, and the music originally known as "la-la" quickly trickled west,...

Spanish émigré guitarist Celedonio Romero gave his American debut performance on a June evening in 1958. In the sixty years since, the Romero Family--Celedonio, his wife Angelita, sons Celín, Pepe, and Angel, as well as grandsons Celino and Lito--have become preeminent in the world...

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular book 101 Scottish Songs published by Collins in 1962. Popularized as "the wee red songbook" in Scottish folk circles, this publication was in print for 26 years. One of the most influential...

In the summer of 1972, a group of young people in Bloomington, Indiana, began a weekly gathering with the purpose of reviving traditional American old-time music and dance. In time, the group became a kind of accidental utopia, a community bound by celebration and...

Fiddling has had a lengthy history in Africa which has long been ignored. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje corrects this oversight with an expansive study on fiddling in the Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba cultures of West Africa. DjeDje not only explains the history of the instrument...

Music in Arabia extends and challenges existing narratives of the region's distinctive but understudied music to reveal diverse and dynamic music cultures rooted in centuries-old heritage.Contributors to Music in Arabia bring a critical eye and ear to the contemporary soundscape, musical life, and expressive...

After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 and the destruction of Serbian nationhood, 500 years of Ottoman slavery ensued in the Balkans with the inevitable decline of the Serbian Orthodox faith and music. During this Turkish occupation, Serbs were forbidden to own property, to...

(Banjo). The Round Peak area of Surry County, North Carolina consists of a number of small communities which border Mt. Airy, NC. The Round Peak musical style is synonymous with the old time music pairing of the fiddle with the African-derived banjo and was...

A study of the language of Brazilian rhythms and song styles. Part I deals exclusively with Brazilian percussion instruments, with a description of each instrument and its rhythms, song styles, techniques, and applications. Part II addresses the drumset. Each rhythm is presented separately with...

It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of one of Armenia's most important ashoughs' works in transliterated English for the first time in history. Ashough Sheram is one of the most prominent Armenian traditional ashoughs (bard singers). Having been born in...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A collection of 19 sensuous songs from three albums by this wildly popular, Grammy-winning Mexican artist, including: Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) * Contigo En La Distancia * El Reloj * Historia De Un Amor * Inolvidable * La Barca *...

The dedication of a piece of music is a feature generally overlooked, but it can reveal a great deal about the work, the composer, the society and the music world in which the composer lived.This book explores the musical, biographical and sociological aspects of...

The word "mantra" is derived from Sanskrit and simply means a sacred sound. Mantras are used in different traditions, from Hindu to Buddhist, Sikh to Jain. We collected here the most famous and important mantras all over the world.The most well-known mantras originate from...

We've gathered 50 different national songs adapted for the recorder musical instrument including lyrics, classic sheet music, letter-coded notations, and online audio tracks.This musical book is suitable for kids or adult beginners. The songbook is designed with national patterns. You will enjoy folk music,...

A new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author's experience as a performer.Author: Jeff SchwartzISBN-10: 1438490313ISBN-13: 9781438490311Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2022Pages: 166Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

Enjoy the Joyful Adaptation of Honored Roumanian Folk DancesThis set of six movements constitutes Bartok's 1915 adaptation of Romanian tunes originating in Transylvania, which were played on the fiddle or a shepherd's flute. Zoltan Szekely's adaptation for violin and piano included transposing some of...

This unique anthology presents a wide variety of approaches to an ethnomusicology of Inuit and Native North American musical expression. Contributors include Native and non-Native scholars who provide erudite and illuminating perspectives on aboriginal culture, incorporating both traditional practices and contemporary musical influences. Gathering...

(Music Sales America). Songs from the Zarzuela for Tenor with piano accompaniment, including notes on the dramatic context of each song and English literal translations by Christopher Webber. This unique collection presents celebrated songs from Zarzula, the popular Spanish tradition of music theatre which...

Duduk Repertoire with Piano Accompaniment" in two volumes is the third book of Honored Artist of Republic of Armena, master player and teacher Georgy Minasyan (Minasov). Being the first of its type ever being published for duduk players, the book contains wide selection of...

"Duduk Repertoire with Piano Accompaniment" in two volumes is the third book of Honored Artist of Republic of Armena, master player and teacher Georgy Minasyan (Minasov). Being the first of its type ever being published for worldwide duduk players, the book contains wide selection...