Music-Ethnic

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...

(Richmond Music Folios). 20 songs from this popular folk singer/songwriter are featured in ukulele arrangements so you can strum and sing along. Includes: Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) * Greenback Dollar * Howdi Do * I Ain't Got No Home * Little Seed...

The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant is a book written by Martha Warren Beckwith, which explores the traditional Hawaiian creation story through the lens of a chant. The Kumulipo is a chant that was passed down through oral tradition for generations, and is considered...

A dynamic and original collection of essays on the transnational circulation and changing social meanings of Latin music across the Americas. The transcultural impact of Latin American musical forms in the United States calls for a deeper understanding of the shifting cultural meanings of...

Corridos are ballads particular to Mexican traditions that are used to analyze or recall a particular political, cultural, and natural event important to the communities where they are performed. As part of the cultural memory, many of the most popular corridos express the immigrant...

This volume includes multiple renditions of every prayer, thus illustrating the broad diversity within traditional intonation of each prayer mode. In accordance with the traditional role assigned to the prayer leader of each service, renditions are presented at levels appropriate to the lay cantor...

Play of a Fiddle gives voice to people who steadfastly hold to and build on the folk traditions of their ancestors. While encountering the influences of an increasingly overwhelming popular culture, the men and women in this book follow age-old patterns of folklife and...

Author: Martha Warren BeckwithISBN-10: 1258153459ISBN-13: 9781258153458Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.56d

The world-renowned musicologist Richard Taruskin devoted much of his career to helping listeners appreciate Russian and Soviet music in new and sometimes controversial ways. Defining Russia Musically represents one of his landmark achievements: here Taruskin uses music, together with history and politics, to illustrate...

This book explores the music of Africa and its experience in modern education, offering music education analyses from African perspectives. The collection assembles insights from around Africa to bring African and non-African scholars into the world of music, education, policy, and assessment as played...

Kumu Keala Ching has a passion for sharing Native Hawaiian wisdom with all who desire to learn. His chants are composed with concepts that are both ancient and current. And like the Hawaiian language itself, they have many layers. They may be read as...

From bell ringing to fireworks, gongs to cannon salutes, a dazzling variety of sounds and soundscapes marked the China encountered by the West around 1800. These sounds were gathered by diplomats, trade officials, missionaries, and other travelers and transmitted back to Europe, where they...

Jamaica is a small country in the Caribbean, 146 miles wide and populated by fewer than three million people. Nevertheless, it has exerted a more powerful hold on international popular music than any nation besides England and America. From Prince Buster to Burning Spear,...

Presence Through Sound narrates and analyses, through a range of case studies on selected musics of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and 'place' intersect and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. It explores how...

The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains. Including the children's play song...

(String Letter Publishing). The world of popular music is filled with singer-songwriters who are not just brilliant wordsmiths but also distinctive guitarists. This eclectic guide from the publishers of Acoustic Guitar magazine covers some of the very best of these singer-songwriters. Here you will...

Music and Revolution provides a dynamic introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Robin D. Moore gives readers a chronological overview of the first decades after...

Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study. Exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans, she focuses on the years between the two world wars. Her material...

This book vibrantly demonstrates how the study of music allows for identification and interpretation of the forces that form Taiwanese society, from politics and policy to reactions to and assertions of such policies.　 Contributors to this edited volume explore how music shapes life -...

Music and Encounter at the Mediterranean Crossroads: A Sea of Voices explores the musical practices that circulate the Mediterranean Sea. Collectively, the authors relate this musical flow to broader transnational flows of people and power that generate complex encounters, bringing the diverse cultures of...

(Music Sales America). A breathtaking and unusual collection of traditional Irish tunes that have been arranged for the bagpipe by Dave Rickard. Fifty pieces are included, some are rare and others had never been used before in bagpipe bands, but all are familiar tunes...

Tracing Tangueros offers an inside view of Argentine tango music in the context of the growth and development of the art form's instrumental and stylistic innovations. Rather than perpetuating the glamorous worldwide conceptions that often only reflect the tango that left Argentina nearly 100...

Music in Japan is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around...

Music in Bali is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around...

Upon his arrival in the North, Frederick Douglass found, to his utter astonishment, "persons who could speak of the singing among slaves as the evidence of their contentment and happiness." As late as 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois observed that African American spirituals had led...

Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music. Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York, number more than forty thousand and constitute the largest single group of Jews from Syria in the world. Their...

Critically evaluates assumptions of creativity by exploring the dynamism of southern Vietnamese traditional musicFor artists, creativity plays a powerful role in understanding, confronting, and negotiating the crises of the present. Seeding the Tradition explores conflicting creativities in traditional music in Hõ Chí Minh City,...

In 1893 the composer Anton? Dvor疚 prophesied a "great and noble school" of American classical music based on the "negro melodies" he had excitedly discovered since arriving in the United States a year before. But while Black music would foster popular genres known the...

Engaging and enlightening, this guide explores African music's forms, musicians, instruments, and place in the life of the people. A discography classified by country, theme, group, and instrument is also included.Author: Francis BebeyISBN-10: 1556521286ISBN-13: 9781556521287Publisher: Lawrence Hill BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1999Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.10h...

Winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Biography An autobiographical exploration of the role and meaning of music in our world by one of India's greatest living authors, himself a vocalist and performer. Amit Chaudhuri, novelist, critic, and essayist, is also a musician,...

The Kumulipo (1897) is a traditional chant translated by Lili'uokalani. Published in 1897, the translation was written in the aftermath of Lili'uokalani's attempt to appeal on behalf of her people to President Grover Cleveland, a personal friend. Although she inspired Cleveland to demand her...

From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They...