Music books

Brazilian Research on Creativity Development in Musical Interaction focuses on creativity that involves interactive...  Read More >>

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Singing Soviet Stagnation: Vocal Cycles from the USSR, 1964–1985 explores the ways in which the aftershock of an...  Read More >>

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This volume charts the development of the genre over the course of the twentieth century, traces the formation of...  Read More >>

Igor Stravinsky left behind a complex heritage of music and ideas. Per Dahl presents a model of communication that...  Read More >>

This book explores queer potentialities in the tribal folktales of India. It elucidates the queer elements in the...  Read More >>

Joaquín Rodrigo: A Research and Information Guide catalogues and summarizes the musical works and related literature...  Read More >>

Sound Teaching explores the ways in which music psychology and education can meet to inspire developments in the...  Read More >>

Our understanding of music is inherently metaphorical, and metaphoricity pervades all sorts of musical discourses,...  Read More >>

Music and Encounter at the Mediterranean Crossroads: A Sea of Voices explores the musical practices that circulate...  Read More >>

Gold, Festivals, and Music in Southeast Brazil: Sounding Portugueseness is a study of the musical legacy of the...  Read More >>

Ballabene’s Mass has remained completely unstudied until today, even though the score survives in prominent collections....  Read More >>

Swedish Jazz in the United States: Swede and Cool traces and analyzes the dissemination and reception of jazz from...  Read More >>

This monograph reveals a musical and textual quotation of Adam’s Aucun se sont loe incipit at the outset of Petrus’s...  Read More >>

Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from the Ngiemboon...  Read More >>

Tradition and Creativity in Korean Taegŭm Flute Performance describes the taegŭm as a representation of Korean culture...  Read More >>

This annotated anthology documents historical trends and basic findings regarding music in early childhood education,...  Read More >>

Focusing on the Cornish Music and Dance Revival, it investigates the revivalists’ claims about Cornwall’s cultural...  Read More >>

DIY House Shows and Music Venues in the US is an interdisciplinary study of house concerts and other DIY (‘do-it-yourself’)...  Read More >>

With pieces drawn from the extensive personal collection of Pharrell Williams, this is a stunning and unprecedented...  Read More >>

Eloquently extolled by President John F. Kennedy, the idea that only artists in free societies can produce great...  Read More >>

Blondie were one of the most iconic bands of the 1970s with their hits continuing into the 1980s and 1990s, and...  Read More >>

Mark Owen presents his tour diaries, reflections, essays, sketches and more, offering fans a highly personal entry...  Read More >>

This book offers an immersive exploration of the significant role played by traditional songs within the cultural...  Read More >>