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Experiencing Rhythm
Contemporary Malagasy Music and Identity
What is the common rhythmical base that unites the diverse musical styles of Madagascar? Musician and researcher Jenny Fuhr explores this claim through intense involvement in music-making, challenging prevalent Western perspectives on music.
What is the common rhythmical base that unites the diverse musical styles of Madagascar? Musician and researcher Jenny Fuhr explores this claim through intense involvement in music-making, challenging prevalent Western perspectives on music.
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Folk Music, Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology
Canadian Perspectives, Past and Present
Explore the breadth of Canadian music scholarship, from First Nations traditions to Celtic and French folksong. Celebrating a rich history, this is a vital resource for academics and music enthusiasts alike.
Explore the breadth of Canadian music scholarship, from First Nations traditions to Celtic and French folksong. Celebrating a rich history, this is a vital resource for academics and music enthusiasts alike.
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Local and Global Understandings of Creativities
Multipart Music Making and the Construction of Ideas, Contexts and Contents
Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the "polyphony of voices" in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.
Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the “polyphony of voices” in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.
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Manifold Identities
Studies on Music and Minorities
“Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities” is a collection of essays on the music of minorities worldwide. Chapters cover groups from the Roma to the Masai and the Andes, alongside theoretical articles on minority identity and its relation to music.
“Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities” is a collection of essays on the music of minorities worldwide. Chapters cover groups from the Roma to the Masai and the Andes, alongside theoretical articles on minority identity and its relation to music.
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Music and Magic
Charlie Parker, Trickster Lives!
The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.
The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.
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Music in Human Experience
Perspectives on a Musical Species
Music plays an integral role in many facets of human life, from the biological and social to the spiritual and political. This book brings together interdisciplinary and cross-cultural studies on the functions, purposes, and meanings of music in human experience.
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Music Research
New Directions for a New Century
This book compiles peer-reviewed papers from the conference “Music Research: new directions for a new century.” Papers explore four main themes: Research through Performance, Music and Society, Music and Technology, and Structure and Context.
This book compiles peer-reviewed papers from the conference “Music Research: new directions for a new century.” Papers explore four main themes: Research through Performance, Music and Society, Music and Technology, and Structure and Context.
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Music, Metamorphosis and Capitalism
Self, Poetics and Politics
These essays view music like rock, pop, and metal from socio-political, aesthetic, and psychological perspectives. Arguing for music's cultural embeddedness, this volume embraces the aesthetic as a form of social critique that scrutinizes theory itself.
These essays view music like rock, pop, and metal from socio-political, aesthetic, and psychological perspectives. Arguing for music’s cultural embeddedness, this volume embraces the aesthetic as a form of social critique that scrutinizes theory itself.
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Experience rebetiko music-making in Thessaloniki today. This ethnography explores the human encounters and lived experiences of the rebetiko revival, while also recounting the story of an ethnographer engaged in fieldwork ‘at home’.
Experience rebetiko music-making in Thessaloniki today. This ethnography explores the human encounters and lived experiences of the rebetiko revival, while also recounting the story of an ethnographer engaged in fieldwork ‘at home’.
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The World of South African Music
A Reader
This Reader is a selection of influential, rare, historic, and contemporary texts on South African music, chosen to provide a deep understanding of the music itself. Indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts, it is vital for those looking for a way into this world.
This Reader is a selection of influential, rare, historic, and contemporary texts on South African music, chosen to provide a deep understanding of the music itself. Indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts, it is vital for those looking for a way into this world.
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Visualization and Critical Digital Pedagogies
Insights from Anthropology and Musicology
Drawing on anthropology and music analysis, this study of digital visualization explores its import for critical pedagogy. It offers a hands-on approach for researchers, educators, and artists seeking to open passageways between theory and praxis in the digital humanities.
Drawing on anthropology and music analysis, this study of digital visualization explores its import for critical pedagogy. It offers a hands-on approach for researchers, educators, and artists seeking to open passageways between theory and praxis in the digital humanities.
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