Greek Music in America by Bucuvalas, Tina

Greek Music in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781496819710)

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Greek Music in America by Bucuvalas, Tina

Greek Music in America

$35.00
Greek Music in America by Bucuvalas, Tina

Greek Music in America

$35.00
Format: Paperback
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Winner of the 2019 Vasiliki Karagiannaki Prize for the Best Edited Volume in Modern Greek Studies

Contributions by Tina Bucuvalas, Anna Caraveli, Aydin Chaloupka, Sotirios (Sam) Chianis, Frank Desby, Stavros K. Frangos, Stathis Gauntlett, Joseph G. Graziosi, Gail Holst-Warhaft, Michael G. Kaloyanides, Panayotis League, Roderick Conway Morris, National Endowment for the Arts/National Heritage Fellows, Nick Pappas, Meletios Pouliopoulos, Anthony Shay, David Soffa, Dick Spottswood, Jim Stoynoff, and Anna Lomax Wood

Despite a substantial artistic legacy, there has never been a book devoted to Greek music in America until now. Those seeking to learn about this vibrant and exciting music were forced to seek out individual essays, often published in obscure or ephemeral sources. This volume provides a singular platform for understanding the scope, practice, and development of Greek music in America through essays and profiles written by principal scholars in the field.

Greece developed a rich variety of traditional, popular, and art music that diasporic Greeks brought with them to America. In Greek American communities, music was and continues to be an essential component of most social activities. Music links the past to the present, the distant to the near, and bonds the community with an embrace of memories and narrative. From 1896 to 1942, more than a thousand Greek recordings in many genres were made in the United States, and thousands more have appeared since then. These encompass not only Greek traditional music from all regions, but also emerging urban genres, stylistic changes, and new songs of social commentary. Greek Music in America includes essays on all of these topics as well as history and genre, places and venues, the recording business, and profiles of individual musicians. This book is required reading for anyone who cares about Greek music in America, whether scholar, fan, or performer.

Author: Tina Bucuvalas
ISBN-10: 1496819713
ISBN-13: 9781496819710
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Language: English
Published: 11/26/2018
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.07d
By Tina Bucuvalas
By Tina Bucuvalas
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Tina Bucuvalas is curator of art and historical resources with the City of Tarpon Springs. She is president of the Florida Folklore Society and served as state folklorist and director of the Florida Folklife Program of the Florida Department of State. She is coauthor of Just Above the Water and South Florida Folklife and editor of Greek Music in America and The Florida Folklife Reader, all published by University Press of Mississippi.

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