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Taylor & Francis Ltd PostWar French Popular Music Cultural Identity and the BrelBrassensFerre Myth
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The British Folk Revival
Book SynopsisAlmost 20 years ago Michael Brocken created from his doctoral research, what became both a seminal and contested volume concerning the social mores surrounding the British Folk Revival up to that point in time: The British Folk Revival 19442002. In this long-overdue second edition he revisits not only his own research, but also that of others from the 1990s and early 21st century. He then considers how a discourse of folkloric authenticity emerged in the closing years of the 19th century and how a worrying nationalistic immanence came to surround folk music and dance during the inter-war years. Brocken also proposes that the media: records, radio and TV in post-WWII folk revivalism can offer us important insights into how self-directed learning of the folk guitar emerged. Brocken moves on to consider the business structures of the contemporary folk scene and how relationships are formed between contemporary folk business and the digital and social media spheres. In hisTable of Contents1 The inherent morphology of folklore and folk song: a ‘changing same’2 A selective consideration of folk literature in relation to the first edition of The British Folk Revival 3 The aesthetics and practicalities of revivalism: a conservative-socialist-recorded sound ‘revolution’?4 Folk, blues and self-directed learning with the post-WWII Britain media5 The business of folk6 New folk media in the social sphere7 Gendered folk mythologies8 The folk built environment and the development of ‘thirdspace’
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Taylor & Francis When Music Migrates
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Music and Song in Persia RLE Iran B The Art of Avaz Routledge Library Editions Iran
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ethnomusicologists Cookbook Volume II Complete Meals from Around the World 2
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Gypsy Caravan From Real Roma to Imaginary Gypsies in Western Music Current Research in Ethnomusicology Outstanding Dissertations
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Taylor & Francis What the Music Said Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Josh White
Book SynopsisBorn in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early ''30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a mass white audience in the 1940s. He was famed both for his strong Civil Rights songs, which made him a favorite of the Roosevelts, and for his sexy stage persona. The king of Café Society-also home to Billie Holiday--he was the one bluesman to consistently pack the New York nightspots, and the first black singer-guitarist to act in Hollywood films and star on Broadway. In the 1950s, White''s bitter compromise with the blacklisters left him with few friends on either end of the political spectrum. He spent much of the decade in Europe, then came back strong in the 1960s folk revival. By 1963, he was voted one of America''s top three male folk stars, but his health was failing and he did not survive the decade. Written in an engaging style, Society Blues portrays the difficult balancinTrade Review"Society Blues incorporates a skillful and thought-provoking critique of the ideological presuppositions that guide the promotion of authenticity. Wald achieves this goal by sticking to the details of White's career, not generalizing about its implications, yet the point comes across with clarity and conviction." -- David Sanjek, American Studies"[An] affectionate, careful biography." -- The Washington PostTable of Contents1: Southern Exposure 1914–1921; 2: Homeless and Hungry Blues 1921–1930; 3: Things about Coming my Way 1930–1936; 4: John Henry 1936–1939; 5: Raise A Ruckus (1940); 6: Marching Down Freedom's Road (1941); 7: Partnerships: Leadbelly and Libby Holman 1941–1943; 8: Cafe Society 1943–1945; 9: The House I Live in; 10: Apples, Peaches, and cherries 1946–1947; 11: Travels, Whiskey, and Women; 12: Broadway Hollywood, and Beyond 1947–1950; 13: Un-American Activities 1950; 14: Strange Fruit; 15: Across the Atlantic 1951; 16: You Know Baby 1952–1953; 17: Josh at Midnight 1954–1958; 18: Folk Revival; 19: House of the Rising Sun 1958–1963; 20: Goin' Down Slow 1963–1969; Epilogue
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Taylor & Francis African Diaspora
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Gypsy Caravan From Real Roma to Imaginary Gypsies in Western Music and Film Current Research in Ethnomusicology Outstanding Dissertations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan Gender Oral Culture and Song Central Asia Research Forum
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Chanson The French SingerSongwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Global Repertoires
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gender in the Music Industry
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Music and the Performance of Identity on MarieGalante French Antilles
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Taylor & Francis An Anthology of Russian Folktales
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Cambridge University Press Polish Folk Music
Book SynopsisWithin her study, Anna Czekanowska analyses the vocal and instrumental traditions of Polish folk music, tracing the background history, the influences of geography and politics, and the practice, often within contemporary society, of such social events as the harvest, the solstice and weddings.Table of ContentsList of illustrations and maps; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Basic concepts and notions; 2. Poland's diverse background; Part II. Topics and Trends: 3. The Slavonic world; 4. Polish tradition; 5. Transformation of Polish folk culture and music; Part III. Analysis and Description: 6. Vocal transmission; 7. Instrumental transmission; 8. Musical structure; Part IV. Towards a Concept of Polish Folk Music: Polish and Non-Polish Music in Poland: 9. The function of folk culture in contemporary Poland: ethnic and national identity; 10. The musical culture of non-Polish groups in modern Poland; 11. Polish folk music in the resettled areas and abroad; Discography; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Traditions of Gamelan Music in Java Musical Pluralism and Regional Identity Cambridge Studies in Ethnomusicology
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Cambridge University Press Saibara Japanese Court Songs of the Heian Period
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Cambridge University Press Music of the Korean Renaissance Songs and Dances of the Fifteenth Century
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Cambridge University Press Music from the Tang Court Volume 3 003
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Cambridge University Press Music from the Tang Court Volume 2
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Cambridge University Press A Commonsense View of All Music Reflections on Percy Graingers Contribution to Ethnomusicology and Music Education
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Cambridge University Press The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
Book SynopsisIn this book Hormoz Farhat has unravelled the art of the dastgah by analysing their intervallic structure, melodic patterns, modulations, and improvisations, and by examining the composed pieces which have become a part of the classical repertoire in recent times.Table of ContentsPreface; Transliterations; Opening statement; 1. A brief historical perspective; 2. Intervals and scales in contemporary Persian music; 3. Musical concepts and terminology; 4. Dastgah-e Sur; 5. Dastgah-e Abuata; 6. Dastgah-e Dasti; 7. Dastgah-e Bayat Tork; 8. Dastgah-e Afsari; 9. Dastgah-e Segah; 10. Dastgah-e Cahargah; 11. Dastgah-e Homayun; 12. Dastgah-e Bayat-e Esfahan; 13. Dastgah-e Nava; 14. Dastgah-e Mahur; 15. Dastgah-e Rast (Rast-Panjgah); 16. Vagrant Guses; 17. Compositional forms; Closing statement; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Appendix.
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Cambridge University Press Demons of Disorder
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Cambridge University Press Demons of Disorder Early Blackface Minstrels and their World 8 Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Series Number 8
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Oh Gussie Cooking and Visiting in Kimberlys
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Heart Life Music
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The University of Chicago Press Venda Childrens Songs A Study in
Book SynopsisThis text provides a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda people of the northern Transvaal, South Africa. It examines topics such as role of melody in generating rhythm.
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The University of Chicago Press Performing Democracy
Book SynopsisBased on fieldwork conducted between 1988 and 1996 with professional Bulgarian folk musicians, this book argues that the performances of traditional music groups may be interpreted not only as harbingers but also as agents of Bulgaria's political transition. It features traditional Bulgarian music, lyrics, notation, and photos.
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The University of Chicago Press Dancing Prophets Musical Experience in Tumbuka
Book SynopsisFor the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Note on Orthography Introduction: Ethnography as Possibility 1: To Dance and To Dream 2: God, Humans, and Spirits 3: Blood and Spirit: The Chilopa Sacrifice 4: The Musical Construction of Clinical Reality 5: In the Vimbuza Mode 6: Conclusion: An Ontology of Energy Epilogue Appendix A: Glossary of Vimbuza Spirits Appendix B: Vimbuza Rhythmic Mottos Appendix C: Vimbuza Song Texts Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Remains of Ritual Northern Gods in a Southern
Book SynopsisA book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country.
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The University of Chicago Press Fiddling for Norway Revival Identity Revival
Book SynopsisThis is a portrait of a fiddle-based folk revival in Norway, investigating the people and events in Norwegian folk fiddling, and tracing the history of Norwegian folk music and the growth and diversification of the folk music revival. It uses a wide anthology of carefully-transcribed folk tunes.Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Pt. 1: Fiddlers 1: Introduction 2: Reviving Folkemusikk 3: Fiddlers and Fiddle Clubs in the Late Twentieth Century 4: Contests and Concerts 5: Reconfiguring the Norwegian Folk Music World: The Gammaldans Controversy Pt. 2: Fiddle Tunes 6: Fiddle Tunes in Folkemusikk Genres: Mode and Form 7: Local and Regional Style, Genre, and the Individual Fiddle Tune 8: Musical Change and Cultural Forces Late in the Twentieth Century Tune Anthology Performance Information Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Tigers of a Different Stripe
Book SynopsisTigers of a Different Stripe takes readers inside the unique world of merengue tipico, a traditional music of the Dominican Republic. While in most genres of Caribbean music women usually participate as dancers or vocalists, in merengue tipico they are more often instrumentalists and even bandleaders something nearly unheard of in the macho Caribbean music scene. Examining this cultural phenomenon, Sydney Hutchinson offers an unexpected and fascinating account of gender in Dominican art and life. Drawing on over a decade of fieldwork in the Dominican Republic and New York among musicians, fans, and patrons of merengue tipico not to mention her own experiences as a female instrumentalist Hutchinson details a complex nexus of class, race, and artistic tradition that unsettles the typical binary between the masculine and feminine. She sketches the portrait of the classic male figure of the tiguere, a dandified but sexually aggressive and street-smart tiger, and she shows how female musicians have developed a feminine counterpart: the tiguera, an assertive, sensual, and respected female figure who looks like a woman but often plays and even sings like a man. Through these musical figures and studies of both straight and queer performers, she unveils rich ambiguities in gender construction in the Dominican Republic and the long history of a unique form of Caribbean feminism.
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The University of Chicago Press Everyday Creativity Singing Goddesses in the
Book SynopsisKirin Narayan's imagination was captured the very first time, as a girl visiting the region, that she heard Kangra women join their voices together in song. Returning as an anthropologist, she became fascinated by how they spoke of singing as a form of enrichment, bringing feelings of accomplishment, companionship, happiness, and even good health all benefits of the everyday creativity she explores in this book. Part ethnography, part musical discovery, part poetry, part memoir, and part unforgettable portraits of creative individuals, this unique work draws on an association across forty years, and brings the Himalayan foothill region of Kangra in North India alive in sight and sound while celebrating the incredible powers of music in our lives. With rare and captivating eloquence, Narayan portrays Kangra songs about difficulties on the lives of goddesses and female saints as a path to well-being. Like the intricate geometries of mandalu patterns drawn in courtyards or the subtle ba
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The University of Chicago Press Music Gender Perspectives from the
Book SynopsisThe contributors explore the intimate relationships between music & gender, across the wide range of cultures around the Mediterranean. Essays examine musical behaviour as representation, assertion, and transgression of gender identities.
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University of Chicago Press Ilmatars Inspirations Nationalism Globalization
Book SynopsisThrough extensive interviews and observations of performances, Ramnarine reveals how new folk musicians think and talk about past, and present folk music practices.
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University of Chicago Press Ilmatars Inspirations Nationalism Globalization
Book SynopsisThrough extensive interviews and observations of performances, Ramnarine reveals how new folk musicians think and talk about past and present folk music practices.
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The University of Chicago Press Let Jasmine Rain Down
Book SynopsisThis text tells the story of the pizmonim as they have continued to be composed, performed and transformed through the present day; it is thus an ethnography of an important Judeo-Arabic musical tradition that contributes to studies of the link between collective memory and popular culture.
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The University of Chicago Press Engendering Song Singing Subjectivity at Prespa
Book SynopsisFor Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Musical Excerpts on Compact Disc Note on Textual and Musical Transcriptions Pronunciation Guide Acknowledgments 1: Approaching Prespa Singing 2: Singing as a Social Activity 3: Singing as a Gendered Activity 4: The "Order" of Weddings 5: The Prespa "System" 6: Singing and the Discourse of Honor 7: Singing as the Practice of Patriarchy 8: Emergent Subjectivities Glossary Notes Bibliography Discography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Nationalists Cosmopolitans Popular Music in
Book SynopsisThis work focuses on the development of a unique style of music - combining the electric guitar with indigenous Shona music - that emerged in Zimbabwe during the 1980s. Turino examines this emergence of cosmopolitan culture among the black middle classes, and how it influenced politics.
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The University of Chicago Press Music Race Nation Musica Tropical in Colobia
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the history of musica tropical, analyzing its rise in the context of the development of the broadcast media, rapid urbanization, and regional struggles for power.
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MO - University of Illinois Press Staging Tradition
Book SynopsisTraces the parallel careers of the creators of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and the National Folk Festival. This book features John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott, two of the most notable producers and their discovery of new developments in theater and entertainment which led them to the producing careers.Trade Review"Williams draws on her meticulous research of primary source materials, including reams of personal correspondence, to trace the professional paths of two pivotal stagers of traditional culture. . . . This is an important work that should appeal to all U.S. folklorists, ethnomusicologists, and American Studies scholars."--Journal of Folklore Research "Staging Tradition adds valuable insights into the sometimes contentious relationship between folk music presenters, performers, and audiences."--Sing Out! "An intriguing account of how grassroots culture--especially Appalachian culture--has come to be viewed, presented, manipulated, and preserved through public performance."--GoldensealTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Tradition, Ambition, and the Theater2. “Something Big”: The Birth of the National Folk FestivalIllustrations A3. John Lair, Student of the Origins of American Folk Music4. Tooting the Horn: The Heyday of the National Folk Festival and Renfro Valley Barn Dance5. The Changing SceneIllustrations B6. The Prima Donna of Folk7. Things Have Changed in Renfro Valley8. Staging TraditionNotesWorks CitedIndexBack cover
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Folksongs of Another America Field Recordings
Book SynopsisSince the 1970s, folklorist James P. Leary has worked steadily to bring the folk music of the Upper Midwest to a larger public. Folksongs of Another America presents 187 representative performances by more than 200 singers and musicians, carefully restored in digital form from deteriorating original formats.Trade ReviewThe astonishing range of music collected here reveals the deeply hued cultures of the Midwest before and after World War II, when these field recordings were made. Folksongs of Another America deftly combines dynamic mediaCDs, a DVD, and a richly annotated book to go with themto tell a multifaceted story. Though brimming with scholarship, the book's crisp, clear prose reveals the music and the people who made it."" - Henry Sapoznik, author of Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World""Folksongs of Another America is a groundbreaking work, covering musical and cultural ground woefully overlooked by American music scholars."" - Kip Lornell, author of Exploring American Folk Music""Attains the highest standards of folklore studies. . . . A landmark presentation of traditional music of the Upper Midwest."" - Journal of Folklore Research""Grammy nod for the polka prof: Leary has spent the last ten years . . . on [this] enormous, Grammy worthy undertaking."" - Isthmus, Madison WI
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Hachette Books A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
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Harper Homeplace A Southern Town a Country Legend and
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Hal Leonard Corporation thefolksongsbook133songsfromaroundtheworld
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Hal Leonard Corporation Folksongs Guitar Chord Songbook Guitar Chord
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