Traditional and folk music Books
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Outlaw
Trade ReviewRiveting -- Wall Street Journal "A biting, in-depth chronicle of Nashville's most tumultuous era told through the voices of iconic artists who used their music to accomplish significant changes in the music industry." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Offers a look at the how the 'outlaw' music of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson shook up Nashville in the late '60s and '70s... Author Streissguth has country music bona fides: He also wrote Johnny Cash: The Biography. -- USA Today A riveting look at how how three Texans joined forces to liberate Nashville from its company-town ways in the 1970s. It is a small group portrait, tightly focused and well told by Michael Streissguth. -- Wall Street Journal Outlaw is an entertaining, authoritative account of Nashville's rebel years. -- popmatters.com "Compulsively readable..." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Streissguth goes widescreen with this look at the social and musical ferment that produced the Seventies outlaw-country movement... [he] skillfully portrays Sixties Nashville's studio politics and their gradual loosening up, alongside a city where post-Sixties social change took its time arriving. -- Rolling Stone
£12.80
HarperCollins Luck or Something Like It Large Print
£20.69
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Oh Gussie Cooking and Visiting in Kimberlys
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£27.62
HarperCollins Publishers Inc YAll Eat Yet
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£26.25
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lifes Too Short
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£19.80
Cornerstone Leitch D Hurdy Gurdy Man
Book SynopsisDonovan''s autobiography charts his life from a post-war, Glaswegian childhood to the height of an international career as one of the leading figures of the 1960''s music scene.Always feeling like an outsider he found relief through music and poetry. The book reveals how he came to be influenced by Buddhist teachings and the music of Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez. The book explores the significance of falling deeply in love with the woman who was to become his muse, and the profound sense of loss he felt when their relationship came to an end, and how the loss affected him both personally and creatively.A leader of the folk revival in both Britain and America, the book recounts how he rose to be an international star, releasing songs such as Mellow Yellow and Catch the Wind, and his most successful album, Sunshine Superman. Donovan is acknowledged as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 1960''s.The book provides a frank accountTrade ReviewAnyone who lived through that time, or anyone curious to know what the 'magic' or theswinging 60s where about, will enjoy this trip through 'histories of ages past' with the original Hurdy Gurdy Man. * The Guardian *Entertaining and indisputably personal account * MOJO *Three cheers for the Hurdy Gurdy man for approaching his autobiography as a serious book rather than a quick cash-in or headline grabbing confessional...a pleasing trip back to a time, not so long ago, when every gentle heart believed peace was a real possibility * The Telegraph *An unqualified delight * The Observer *Touching, illuminating and frank * The New York Times *
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd Bound for Glory
Book SynopsisBound for Glory is the funny, cynical and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of American folk music. He tells of his childhood running wild in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, the tragedies that struck his family and of his life on the open road during the Great Depression - hell-raising and brawling in boxcars, all the while singing a dime for his next meal. But above all, this is a song for an America Woody saw from the lonesome highway, as he travelled from one of the country to the other with guitar in hand and the songs that made him a legend drifting out over the Dust Bowl.
£9.49
Penguin Books Ltd The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
Book SynopsisThe definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art formsOne of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings together all the classic folk songs as well as many lesser-known discoveries, complete with music and annotations on their original sources and meaning. Published in cooperation with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, it is a worthy successor to Ralph Vaughan Williams and A. L. Lloyd''s original Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.Trade ReviewRefreshing ... beautiful ... academic but lively ... the book offers the experience of immersion into the strange, romantic and occasionally frightening world these songs were, and are, a part of ... A triumphant addition to the English folk canon, both as a source of reference and as an endlessly enjoyable collection to dip into * The Times *The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs couldn't be better timed ... an utterly indispensable collection of music for murder, wooing and wanton abandon * Record Collector *Compelling ... fascinating and refreshingly objective ... Free of any cloying romanticism ... An impressive and nourishing book, with an appeal far beyond the folk aficionado. Roud and Bishop have created something vital * Telegraph *A wonderful resource of knowledge and scholarship -- Tim Cumming * Independent *
£12.34
Oxford University Press Bright Star of the West
Book SynopsisBright Star of the West examines the life, repertoire, and influence of Ireland's greatest sean-nós (old-style) singer, Joe Heaney (1919-1984).Trade ReviewAn engaging and exhaustive study of the historical developments and social realities that impacted Heaney's attitudes, performance styles, and his eventual rise to prominence as the sean-nós ("old-style") singer par excellence...an intimate and important look at the life of a major figure in Irish folk music. It is a significant work for ethnomusicologists, folklorists, and scholars of Irish culture, and a fitting tribute to the life and art of Joe Heaney.: * Journal of Folklore Research *In Bright Star of the West, Williams and Ó Laoire have written a text that contextualizes and gives further meaning to the music and life of Joe Heaney. * The New Hibernia Review *Authors Sean Williams and Lillis Ó Laoire [deliver] a book that is layered, beautifully non-teleological, and intimate, like loosely-sutured memories that do not strive to tell the complete social fact, but which instead subtly connect illuminating moments of performance and interpretation. * Ethnomusicology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Singing the Dark Away ; Part One: Sean-nos Singing ; 1. Sean-nos Singing in Theory and Practice ; 2. The Performance of Sean-nos in Connemara ; Part Two: The Iconic Repertoire ; 3. Singing the Famine ; 4. The Religious Laments ; 5. The Medieval Transformed ; Part Three: Masculinity in a Musical Context ; 6. Irish Masculinities: The Irish Tenor and the Sean-nos Singer ; 7. Fighting Words, Fighting Music: The Performative Male ; Part Four: Joe Heaney in America ; 8. The Irishman at the Threshold ; 9. The Folk Revival and the Search for Authenticity ; Guide to Pronunciation ; References ; Discography ; Index
£31.34
Oxford University Press Inc Country Music
Book SynopsisCountry Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture. Country music has long been a marker of American identity; from our popular culture to our politics, it has provided a soundtrack to our national life. While traditionally associated with the working class, country''s appeal is far broader than any other popular music style. While this music rose from the people, it is also a product of the popular music industry, and the way the music has been marketed to its audience is a key part of its story. Key artists, songs, and musical styles are highlighted that are either touchstones for a particular social event (such as Tammy Wynette''s Stand By Your Man, which produced both a positive and negative backlash as a marker of women''s roles in society at the beginning of the liberation movement) or that encompass broader trends in the industry (for example, Jimmie Rodgers'' T for Texas was an early example of the appropriation of black musical forms by white artists to market them to a mainstream audience). While pursuing a basically chronological outline, the book is structured around certain recurring themes (such as rural vs. urban; tradition vs. innovation; male vs. female; white vs. black) that have been documented through the work of country artists from the minstrel era to today. Truly the voice of the people, country music expresses both deep patriotism as well as a healthy skepticism towards the powers that dominate American society. Country Music: A Very Short Introduction illuminates this rich tradition and assesses its legacy in American popular music culture.Trade ReviewA nice pocket sized book, you don't have to be an academic to read it. It takes you right up to the start of country music and brings you just about bang up to date. Very readable. * Paul Braithwaite, BBC Radio Cumbria & BBC Tees *Table of ContentsList of illustrations Introduction 1 Behind the "big bang": The roots of country music 2 "Wildwood flowers": Country music goes mainstream: 1923-1930 3 "Back in the saddle again": The birth of the singing cowboy, 1930s-1945 4 "Honky-tonkin'": Postwar country music: 1945-1959 5 "Make the world go away": Nashville and countrypolitan sounds, 1957-1980 6 "Mama tried": Country alternatives, from Bakersfield to Austin, 1965-1980 7 "Friends in low places": Retro-country and country-pop since 1980 Coda: Country music in a new millennium Further Reading Index
£9.49
Oxford University Press Folk Voiceworks
Book SynopsisFolk Voiceworks is an outstanding collection of folk songs in the Voiceworks model, including songs from centuries past alongside pieces by celebrated folk musicians. You''ll find pieces in a range of genres and styles, including shanties, protest songs, songs about the land, lullabies, love songs, and much more - scored flexibly for unison and part-singing. With excellent practical rehearsal notes, simple accompanying instrumental parts, and a CD with performances of all the songs, this is a fabulous and accessible resource for all choirs.Trade ReviewThis volume provides a very rich store of material . . . The fact that folk songs can be a form of oral history makes the volume very useful within a school environment, but they are also very singable and lack the formality that can be associated with the classical 'art song' repertoire, so are particularly helpful for community or 'Can't Sing' situations. As always, there are brilliant suggestions for warming up, learning and performance attached to each song. * Sue Anderson, Singing Winter 2007 *Table of ContentsRoll the Old Chariot Along ; Paddy on the Railway ; Byker Hill ; Rap Her to Bank ; Mow Me Down My Meadow ; The Barley Mow ; Follow the Heron ; John Barleycorn ; Sumer is icumen in ; The Blackleg Miner ; Union Miner ; The Spinner's Wedding ; The Jute Mill Song ; The Troubles of Erin ; The Song of the Weaver ; Migildi, Magildi ; Yr Hen Wr Mywn (My Dear Old Man) ; Unst Boat Song ; Coorie Doon ; Keep you in Peace ; Lowlands ; Wild Mountain Thyme ; Pleasant and Delightful ; Dcaw 'Nghariad (There's My Sweetheart) ; Hunting the Wren ; Hal-an-tow ; The Pace Egging Song ; The Holly and the Ivy ; Sweet Chiming Bells ; Chariots
£46.50
Oxford University Press Shenandoah
Book Synopsisfor SSAA and piano four-hands, or orchestra This lovely arrangement of the popular American folk song perfectly captures the sense of loss and longing in the words. From the gentle unison opening, the music builds up through a range of textures and harmonies to a rich climax, before gently relaxing for a quietly evocative close. Ideal with either piano or orchestral accompaniment. There is also a version for SATB. Orchestral material is available on hire.
£7.12
Oxford University Press The Shorter New Oxford Book of Carols Vocal score
Book SynopsisAn anthology of items selected from the massive New Oxford Book of Carols, which was immediately acclaimed on publication as the ultimate source-book for carol lovers and scholars.Trade ReviewJust right for the ordinary carol singer in school, home, church, and/or community, i.e., for those who experience afresh each Christmas the dance-like exuberance of singing carols together * The Hymn (USA) *if you'd like to explore some new territory for your Lessons and Carols service, then SNOBC should be high on your Christmas shopping list!' * Music Teacher *Table of ContentsPART 1: COMPOSED CAROLS; THE MIDDLE AGES; ENGLISH CAROLS 1400-1700; EUROPEAN CAROLS 1550-1700; EUROPE AND AMERICA 1700-1830; THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; PART TWO: TRADITIONAL CAROLS; ENGLISH TRADITIONAL; LUCK-VISIT SONGS; IRISH TRADITIONAL; WELSH TRADITIONAL; AMERICAN TRADITIONAL; TRINIDADIAN TRADITIONAL; GERMAN TRADITIONAL; CZECH TRADITIONAL; POLISH TRADITIONAL; PROVENCAL TRADITIONAL; BASQUE TRADITIONAL; SPANISH TRADITIONAL; NEOPOLITAN TRADITIONAL
£27.31
Oxford University Press Folk Song Sight Singing Book 3
Book SynopsisA series of little books of short carefully graded folk tunes beginning with the simplest passages and progressing to more difficult leaps, rhythms, chromatics, and modulations. The later books introduce two-part sight singing.
£10.66
Oxford University Press Folk Song Sight Singing Book 1
Book SynopsisA series of little books of short carefully graded folk tunes beginning with the simplest passages and progressing to more difficult leaps, rhythms, chromatics, and modulations. The later books introduce two-part sight singing.
£10.66
Oxford University Press Inc Folklore Cultural Performances and Popular
Book SynopsisThis book brings together articles from The International Encyclopedia of Communications in the areas of Folklore, Drama, Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication, Music, and History, with a new introduction and updated bibliographies.Trade Review"Excellent and basic--will be assigned to all incoming folklore graduate students."--Margaret A. Mills, University of Pennsylvania "Excellent and very useful collection of essays."--Dan Ben-Amos, University of Pennsylvania "Socially situated forms of expressive culture are here treated as both emergent and constituent of social life....These accessible essays are ideal vehicles for introducing students to the delightful communicative possibilities."--Claire R. Farrer, California State University, Chico "This book is perfect as a reader for my folklife and culture course."--Elaine Mayer, Salve Regina University "The topics are well researched and authoritative, and the breadth of the volume is truly multi-disciplinary owing to the wealth of backgrounds displayed by the contributors, spanning folklore, anthropology, history, communication, literature, theater, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies."--Popular Culture "An outstanding collection for those who regard human communication from an anthropological viewpoint."--D.J. Elmira CollegeTable of ContentsRichard Bauman: INTRODUCTION BASIC CONCEPTS Richard Bauman: Folklore Asa Briggs: Culture Richard Bauman: Performance John Blacking: Ethnomusicology Dennis Tedlock: Ethnopoetics Mahadev L. Apte: Humor Jack Goody: Oral culture Trevor Lummis: Oral history Andrew W. Miracle: Play VERBAL GENRES Dan Ben-Amos: Folktale Donald Brenneis: Gossip Roger D. Abrahams: Insult Ruth Finnegan: Oral Poetry Alessandro Duranti: Oratory Galit Hasan-Rokem: Proverb Thomas A. Green: Riddle Marcia Herndon: Song John Holmes McDowell: Speech play NONVERBAL FORMS Barbara A. Babcock: Artifact Werner Enninger: Clothing Adrienne L. Kaeppler: Dance Judith Goode: Food Adam Kendon: Gesture Elizabeth Tonkin: Mask Jeff Todd Tilton: Music, folk and traditional CULTURAL PERFORMANCES Richard Schechner: Drama, performance Beverly J. Stoeltje: Festival Richard Bauman: Genre Anya Peterson Royce: Mime Peter D. Arnott: Puppetry Roy A. Rappaport: Ritual Frank E. Manning: Spectacle Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and Edward M. Bruner: Tourism
£97.31
Oxford University Press Inc Polkabilly How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music 5 American Musicspheres
Book SynopsisA freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century. From West Virginia coal camps and east Texas farms to the Canadian prairies and America''s Upper Midwest, scores of groups have wed squeezeboxes with string bands, hoe downs with hambos, and sentimental Southern balladry with comic up north broken-English comedy, to create a new and uniquely American sound. The Goose Island Ramblers played as a house band for a local tavern in Madison, Wisconsin from the early 1960s through the mid-1970s. The group epitomized the polkabilly sound with their wild mixture of Norwegian fiddle tunes, Irish jigs, Slovenian polkas, Swiss yodels, old time hillbilly songs, Scandihoovian and Dutchman dialect ditties, frost-bitten Hawaiian marches, and novelty numbers on the electric toilet plunger. In this original study, James P. Leary illustrates how the RaTrade ReviewPolkabilly offers an entertaining and enlightening look at the music of a region that's been little explored as well as an endearingly entertaining band. * Jeffery R. Lindholm, Dirty Linen *I have learnt much more from Leary about the Upper Midwest's vernacular music than I have from the many books and articles I have read on Dylan. * Michael Pickering, Folk Music Journal *It's an intriguing title, and Leary makes a cogent case for a hybrid music of the Upper Midwest, a mix of American, English, German, Scandinavian and country music that's developed over the last century or moreAt the very least it's an interesting tale that gathers several strands of American and immigrant history. As a history of upper Midwestern fold music, this makes a very interesting and informative read. * Sing Out! *This is a well-researched look at an overlooked form of American folk music. * Anything Phonographic *Jim Leary has written a rich masterpiece about people and music, cultural processes, and meanings in a part of America long misunderstood or ignored. His treatment of the Goose Island Ramblers is as engaging as their personalities and the music they play from neighborhood bars to country fairs ...Full of the humor of the real folks from places defined too often by stereotypes, Polkabilly is a fine personal and musical history. * Nick Spitzer, Professor of Folklore, University of New Orleans, and Host, American Routes, Public Radio International *Table of Contents1. Polkabilly: Old Time Music in the Upper Midwest 2. "Uncle Windy" Whitford 3. "Smokey George" Gilbertsen 4. Bruce Bollerud: The Hollandale Wildcat 5. Glen and Ann's 6. Cannons and Cannonballs Timeline Glossary Discography, Recordings Issued by the Goose Island Ramblers Sources Companion Website Track Listing
£60.00
Oxford University Press Shadows in the Field New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology
Table of ContentsPREFACE
£32.29
Oxford University Press Inc Folk Music A Very Short Introduction Very Short
Book SynopsisThis stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe.Trade Review"A masterful survey of the many manifestations of folk music in the cultures of the world, by one of America's most eminent and most widely experienced ethnomusicologists. Contemplating the varied sounds of folk music, Slobin explains how it has been perceived, distributed, researched, and exploited, in the world's nations and by scholars past and present."--Bruno Nettl, author of Nettl's Elephant: On the History of Ethnomusicology "Professor Mark Slobin is one of the leading experts in the world on different aspects of folk music. In this short introduction he presents the world of folk music from a number of expected and unexpected angles. This book is very informative but also provides exciting food for thought."--Krister Malm, past president, International Council for Traditional MusicTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Overview: Sound and Setting 2. Close-up: Songs, Strums, and Ceremonies 3. Intellectual Intervention: Scholars and Bureaucrats 4. Collecting and Circulating: Recording and Distributing 5. Internal Upsurge: Movements and Stars 6. Folk Music Today and Tomorrow References Further reading Index
£12.06
Oxford University Press Inc Singing the News of Death Execution Ballads in
Book SynopsisAuthor Una McIlvenna brings the execution ballad to life in Singing the News of Death, uncovering the relationship between punishment and music throughout Europe from 1500-1900 with an unprecedented breadth of study and ambition.Trade ReviewIn her remarkably wide-ranging, rich, and engaging survey, McIlvenna documents the extraordinary appetite for songs about capital crime and executions across Western Europe over four centuries. McIlvennas approach opens a new and important avenue for more comparative cultural work that tracks popular print culture across state, language, and social boundaries. A must-read for scholars and students of the ballad, and attractive for students interested in the development of horror as a genre, it is also an important resource for scholars working on the psychology of crime. * Dr. Angela McShane, University of Warwick *With extraordinary erudition, Una McIlvenna provides an original, ambitious, and fascinating investigation into a now-vanished genre of print—the execution ballad. She most impressively crosses five languages and four centuries to explore how people throughout Western Europe vicariously inhabited the condemned's last words as supposedly sung from the scaffold. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of 'true' crime, public execution, and popular song. * Patricia Fumerton, Distinguished Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara *The execution ballad was a distinctive sub-genre of cheap publishing from the first century of print to the nineteenth century, and in this definitive and wide-ranging study, Una McIlvenna does full justice to its musical subtlety, emotional appeal and moral purpose. This is a fantastic book, wide-ranging and authoritative, a landmark in the history of European print culture and balladeering. * Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews *A challenging comparative study presenting a broad view of execution ballads throughout Europe. A vividly illustrated analysis in which music, pictures and texts in multiple languages bring life to five centuries of crimes and punishments through songs. * Éva Guillorel, Université Rennes 2, Institut universitaire de France *The book moves well beyond the inevitable gore, horror, and sensationalism to reveal many aspects of early modern society in a surprising and diverse number of ways. This is an outstanding work, not just for its vivid history and comprehensive scholarship, but also for its wonderfully lucid prose. * Sean McGlynn, University of Plymouth at Strode College Street, UK, Journal of Early Modern History 27 *This book is sure to remain the most important study on execution ballads for years to come. * Nicholas Hammond, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, French Studies *In Singing the News of Death: Execution Ballads in Europe 1500-1900,...McIlvenna's study makes an important contribution to scholarship about ballads. * Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey, Early Modern Literary Studies *The book moves well beyond the inevitable gore, horror, and sensationalism to reveal many aspects of early modern society in a surprising and diverse number of ways. This is an outstanding work, not just for its vivid history and comprehensive scholarship, but also for its wonderfully lucid prose. * Sean McGlynn, Journal of Early Modern History *Singing the News of Death is a hefty scholarly tome. * David Atkinson, Folk Music Journal *Singing the News of Death accounts for many powerful human emo-tions over four centuries, inviting us to look at various early modern European societies in new ways. * Gioia Filocamo, Conservatorio di musica 'Giulio Briccialdi' di Terni *Singing the News of Death is an epic work that deserves the many accolades that are, no doubt, to come to both the text and its author. * Rachel Franks, Script & Print *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations List of Illustrations List of Music Examples Introduction Part I: Selling the news of death Chapter One: The significance of contrafactum or, how melody made meaning Chapter Two: The centrality of shame in the punishment ritual Chapter Three: Fake news? How execution ballads walked the line between truth and fiction Part II: Crimes that Feature in Execution Ballads Chapter Four: The Devil's business: religion, witchcraft, sorcery, possession Chapter Five: How ballads portrayed murder and violence Chapter Six: Political executions in song Chapter Seven: Outlaw ballads: fantasy vs reality Chapter Eight: The end of execution ballads? Coda: Songs about the executioner Conclusion Bibliography Index
£135.65
Oxford University Press Inc Times AChangin
Book SynopsisIn 1960s and 1970s singer-songwriter music, some artists used malleable metric settings alongside other features of self-expression in performance. This resulted in songs with extremes of self-expressive timing flexibility that cannot be accounted for using a single conception of meter. This book proposes a theory of flexible meter that recasts metric structure as encompassing the variety of metric scenarios presented by the self-expressive performance practice of singer-songwriters, from metric regularity to metric ambiguity, and vacillations between these two possibilities. Author Nancy Murphy explores performances by Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Paul Simon, and Cat Stevens to investigate the individual metric style of each artist and how their flexible metric techniques contribute to the self-expressive rhetoric of the singer-songwriter performance tradition.Table of ContentsAbstract Table of Contents List of Figures and Captions Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The Self Expressive Rhetoric of Flexible Meter Self-Expressive Features Flexible Meter and "The Fiddle and the Drum" Self-Expression and the Singer-Songwriter Expectations for Singer-Songwriter Music Bob Dylan and The Folk Revival Flexible Meter as Self-Expression in Singer-Songwriter Music Chapter 2: The Theory of Flexible Meter Types of Flexible Meter Regular Meter Reinterpreted Meter Lost Meter Ambiguous Meter Metric Potential Chapter 3: Regular and Reinterpreted Meter Regular Meter Reinterpreted Meter Joni Mitchell's Rhapsodic Sentiments Paul Simon: Reinterpreted Meter Expressing Enigmatic Lyrics Cat Stevens's Introspection A Closer Look: Joni Mitchell's "Lesson in Survival" Chapter 4: Self-Expressive Innovations: Lost Meter Bob Dylan's "Only a Pawn in Their Game" Cat Stevens's "Time" Joni Mitchell's "Blue" Chapter 5: Intensifying "Imperfection": Ambiguous Meter Bob Dylan's "Down the Highway" Bob Dylan's "Restless Farewell" Joni Mitchell's "The Fiddle and the Drum" Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Sir Patrick Spens" Chapter 6: What Happens Next? Self-Expressive Flexible Meter Beyond 1982 Future Singer-Songwriters Buffy Sainte-Marie's "My Country" (1966) "My Country" (1966, Rainbow Quest) "My Country" (2017, Medicine Songs) Conclusion: Flexible Meter as Self-Expression Index
£76.66
Oxford University Press Klezmers Afterlife An Ethnography Of The Jewish
Book SynopsisAuthor Magdalena Waligorska offers not only a documentation of the klezmer revival in two of its European headquarters (Kraków and Berlin), but also an analysis of the Jewish / non-Jewish encounter it generates.Trade ReviewThe book is highly enriching, presenting an inspiring methodology, sophisticated analysis, and a clear and justified conclusion. It offers a significant contribution to ethnography, anthropology, culture studies, Jewish studies, and more. * Marina Ritzarev, Slavic and East European Journal *This book is exceptionally readable considering the complexity of the heavily nuanced subject area ... This book is a good read not only for social science scholars ... but also anyone interested in cultural history. * Philip Palmer *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1 Klezmer Music and Its Traditions in Krakow and Berlin ; 2 Appropriated Music ; 3 Meeting the Other, Eating the Other: Klezmer as a Contact Zone ; 4 The Grammars of Vernacular Klezmer ; 5 Klezmer and the Politics of Remembering ; 6 People In-Between ; 7 Triangles of Relief. Klezmer and the Negotiation of Identities ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; List of Interviews ; Index
£30.99
Oxford University Press Selected Poems and Songs
Book Synopsis''The Poetic Genius of my Country...bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my natal Soil, in my native tongue.'' Many of the poems and songs of Robert Burns (1759-96) are familiar to readers the world over: lyrical, acerbic, comic, bawdy, democratic. They include ''To a Mouse'', ''John Anderson my Jo'', ''A red red Rose'', ''Auld lang syne'', ''Tam o ''Shanter'' and many more, whose vernacular energy and simple beauty have ensured lasting popularity. This generous new selection offers Burns''s work as it was first encountered by contemporary readers, presenting the texts in the contexts in which they were originally published. It reproduces the whole of Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect published at Kilmarnock in 1786, the volume which made Burns famous; and it reunites a generous selection of songs from The Scots Musical Museum and A Select Collection of Scottish Airs with their full scores. Comprehensive notes describe the circumstances in which other poems and songs found their way into print, both before and after the poet''s death. The edition also includes some important letters, and a full glossary to explain Scots words. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Chronology ; Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Kilmarnock 1786) ; from Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh 1787) ; Songs from The Scots Musical Museum ; Song from A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs, for the Voice (1798-9) ; Other poems and songs published in Burns's lifetime ; Other poems and songs published posthumously ; Maps ; Appendix 1: from the Letters ; Appendix 2: contemporary reviews of the Kilmarnock Poems ; Notes ; Further Reading ; Index of Titles and First Lines
£8.54
The University of Chicago Press A Day for the Hunter a Day for the Prey
Book SynopsisThe history of Haiti has been marked by oppression at the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords, but there has also been a history of resistance and sometimes triumph. This study aims to show that Haiti's vibrant and expressive music has been a important element in the power struggle.
£30.40
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.
£80.00
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.
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press Knowing Music Making Music
Book SynopsisThis study explores the nature of musical competence. Using the collaborative structure of gamelan - Javanese ensemble music - as a point of departure, this work lays the foundation for a comprehensive theory of musical competence and interaction.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Technical Notes A Sketch of Central Javanese Gamelan Introduction Prelude. Two Performances 1: Modeling Musical Competence 2: Javanese Musical Competence 3: Individual Competences 4: Who Knows What? 5: Acquiring Competence 6: My Experience Is My Teacher: The Acquisition of Javanese Musical Competence 7: Toward a Theory of Musical Interaction 8: Musical Interaction in Javanese Gamelan 9: Interaction in Javanese Multimedia Productions 10: Individuals Making Music Together 11: Musical Competence and Interaction Appendix Glossary Bibliography Discography Index
£99.00
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.
£83.60
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.
£43.16
The University of Chicago Press Music Culture and Experience
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system.Table of ContentsForeword Bruno Nettl Acknowledgments The Ethnomusicology of John Blacking 1: Expressing Human Experience through Music 2: The Problem of Musical Description 3: The Music of Venda Girls' Initiation 4: Music and the Historical Process in Vendaland 5: The Study of Musical Change 6: Reflections on the Effectiveness of Symbols 7: The Music of Politics 8: Music, Culture, and Experience A Note on Pronunciation Works by John Blacking References Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Music Culture and Experience Selected Papers of
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system.
£34.20
The University of Chicago Press African Rhythm and African Sensibility
Book SynopsisWe have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics.Andrew Tracey, African MusicJohn Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing, and his first-person narratives should be easily understood by any reader, while ringing unmistakably true for the reader who has also been to West Africa.Roderick Knight, Washington Post Book WorldEthnomusicologists must be proud that their discipline has produced a book that will, beyond doubt, rank as a classic of African studies.Peter Fryer, Research in LiteraturesA marvelous book. . . . Not many scholars will ever be able to achieve the kind of synthesis of 'doing' and 'writing about' their subject matter that Chernoff has achieved, but he has given us an excellent illustration of what is possible.Chet Creider, CultureChernoff develops a brilliant and penetrating musicological essay that is, at the same time, an intensely personal and even touc
£25.65
The University of Chicago Press In the Time of Cannibals The Word Music of South
Book SynopsisThe workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - word music - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature.
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press Three Kilos of Coffee An Autobiography Emersion
Book SynopsisIn 1948, at the age of 15, Manu Dibango left Africa for France, bearing three kilos of coffee for his adopted family and little else. This autobiography chronicles his life, from his birth in Cameroon to his achievements as a composer, producer, performer, film-score writer and humanitarian.
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press In Praise of Krishna Songs from the Bengali
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£21.85
The University of Chicago Press African Stars Studies in Black South African
Book SynopsisIn recent years black South African music and dance have become ever more popular in the West, where they are now widely celebrated as expressions of opposition to discrimination and repression. Less well known is the rich history of these arts, which were shaped by several generations of black artists and performers whose struggles, visions, and aspirations did not differ fundamentally from those of their present-day counterparts. In five detailed case studies Veit Erlmann digs deep to expose the roots of the most important of these performance traditions. He relates the early history of isicathamiya, the a cappella vocal style made famous by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. In two chapters on Durban between the World Wars he charts the evolution of Zulu music and dance, studying in depth the transformation of ingoma, a dance form popular among migrant workers since the 1930s. He goes on to record the colorful life and influential work of Reuben T. Caluza, South Africa's first black ragtime
£25.65
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
£80.00
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.
£26.60
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.
£80.00
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.
£25.65
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
£85.00
The University of Chicago Press Fiddling for Norway Revival and Identity Chicago
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.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Zouk World Music in the West Indies Chicago
Book SynopsisWith its irresistible dance beat, strong bass line, and straightforward harmonies and lyrics, zouk has become wildly popular in the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. This bookcomplete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examplesprovides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of this vibrant and infectious new music. This invigorating reference work and companion CD of the Antilles' sexy zouk dance sound will lift readers out of their easy chairs and their complacency about the nonreggae aspects of Caribbean pop. . . . [Zouk] is a landmark achievement.Timothy White, Billboard
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press Tango Machine Musical Culture in the Age of
Book SynopsisIn Argentina, tango isn't just the national music it's a national brand. But ask any contemporary Argentine if they ever really listen to it and chances are the answer is no: tango hasn't been popular for more than fifty years. In this book, Morgan James Luker explores that odd paradox by tracing the many ways Argentina draws upon tango as a resource for a wide array of economic, social, and cultural that is to say, non-musical projects. In doing so, he illuminates new facets of all musical culture in an age of expediency when the value and meaning of the arts is less about the arts themselves and more about how they can be used. Luker traces the diverse and often contradictory ways tango is used in Argentina in activities ranging from state cultural policy-making to its export abroad as a cultural emblem, from the expanding nonprofit arts sector to tango-themed urban renewal projects. He shows how projects such as these are not peripheral to an otherwise real tango they are the absolu
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Tango Machine Musical Culture in the Age of
Book SynopsisIn Argentina, tango isn't just the national music it's a national brand. But ask any contemporary Argentine if they ever really listen to it and chances are the answer is no: tango hasn't been popular for more than fifty years. In this book, Morgan James Luker explores that odd paradox by tracing the many ways Argentina draws upon tango as a resource for a wide array of economic, social, and cultural that is to say, non-musical projects. In doing so, he illuminates new facets of all musical culture in an age of expediency when the value and meaning of the arts is less about the arts themselves and more about how they can be used. Luker traces the diverse and often contradictory ways tango is used in Argentina in activities ranging from state cultural policy-making to its export abroad as a cultural emblem, from the expanding nonprofit arts sector to tango-themed urban renewal projects. He shows how projects such as these are not peripheral to an otherwise real tango they are the absolu
£24.70
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.
£91.00
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
£80.00
The University of Chicago Press Sardinian Chronicles CD Chicago Studies in
Book SynopsisThis work introduces the reader to Sardinian music through a series of encounters with individual musicians and their families. The vignettes presented portray an art still very much alive: the music of villages with an oral tradition, sung or played in the company of others.
£80.00
