Non-Western music: traditional & "classical" books

1037 books were found.

Nine Principles Of Drumming: Your Heart is a Drum Beating the Rhythms of the Universe

Nine Principles Of Drumming: Your Heart is a Drum Beating...

Author: Aamun Jamaal
ISBN: 9781432773502
Format: Paperback
$30.92

It's Funny Sometimes Situations In Our Lives Can Continue To Repeat Themselves Until A Change Is Made, Like A Woman...  Read More >>

Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer

Shpil: The Art of Playing Klezmer

Author: Yale Strom ,  Peter Stan
ISBN: 9780810882911
Format: Paperback
$81.95

Shpil offers an expansive history of klezmer, from its medieval origins through the present era. Individual chapters...  Read More >>

Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands

Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands

Author: Arturo J. Aldama ,  Chela Sandoval
ISBN: 9780253005748
Format: Paperback
$56.95

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Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands

Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands

Author: Arturo J. Aldama ,  Chela Sandoval
ISBN: 9780253002952
Format: Hardback
$146.95

Analyzes the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance  Read More >>

Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression, 3rd edition with a new introduction by the author

Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song...

Author: Steven Feld
ISBN: 9780822353652
Format: Paperback
$79.07

A new, thirtieth-anniversary edition of the landmark ethnography that introduced the anthropology, or the cultural...  Read More >>

Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States

Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and...

Author: Kip Lornell
ISBN: 9781617032653
Format: Hardback
$184.80

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Musicking Bodies

Musicking Bodies

Author: Matthew Rahaim
ISBN: 9780819573261
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Investigates the life of the body in Indian vocal music  Read More >>

The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More!

The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango,...

Author: Helena Simonett ,  María Susana Azzi
ISBN: 9780252078712
Format: Paperback
$69.99

The accordion in the new world  Read More >>

Musicking Bodies

Musicking Bodies

Author: Matthew Rahaim
ISBN: 9780819573254
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Investigates the life of the body in Indian vocal music  Read More >>

The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More!

The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango,...

Author: Helena Simonett ,  María Susana Azzi
ISBN: 9780252037207
Format: Hardback
$271.00

The accordion in the new world  Read More >>

Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions

Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology,...

Author: Keith Howard ,  Professor Keith Howard
ISBN: 9781409439073
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Explores the policy, ideology and practice of preservation and promotion of East Asian intangible cultural heritage,...  Read More >>

Afro-American Folksongs: A Study in Racial and National Music

Afro-American Folksongs: A Study in Racial and National...

Author: Henry Edward Krehbiel
ISBN: 9781480109315
Format: Paperback
$26.40

Published in 1914, this is a study in racial and national music. Includes folk songs, religion, modal characteristics,...  Read More >>

Music and Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Music and Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Britain...

Author: Paul Rodmell
ISBN: 9786613942067
Format: Electronic book text
$395.84

In nineteenth-century British society music and musicians were organized as they had never been before. This organization...  Read More >>

The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience

The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings...

Author: Stephen Wade
ISBN: 9780252036880
Format: Undefined
$68.99

Uncovering the hidden histories of iconic American folksongs  Read More >>

Traditional Music: Sounds in Harmony with Nature

Traditional Music: Sounds in Harmony with Nature

Author: Robert Koehler ,  Jin-hyuk Lee
ISBN: 9788991913882
Format: Paperback
$46.45

Explores Korean court music, which has an understated beauty and calmness, and folk music.  Read More >>

Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues, and National Identities

Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues, and National...

Author: Jill Terry ,  Neil A. Wynn
ISBN: 9781617032882
Format: Hardback
$184.80

Presents a collection of essays on the debates about origins, authenticity, and identity in folk and blues music....  Read More >>

Complete Irish Music

Complete Irish Music

Author: George Petrie
ISBN: 9780486430805
Format: Book
$105.47

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Whose National Music?: Identity, Mestizaje, and Migration in Ecuador

Whose National Music?: Identity, Mestizaje, and Migration...

Author: Ketty Wong ,  Ketty Wong Cruz
ISBN: 9781439900574
Format: Hardback
$188.76

How class divisions shape the definition of Ecuador's national music and identity  Read More >>

Bulgarian Jewish Musicians: A Short Survey in Facts and Pictures

Bulgarian Jewish Musicians: A Short Survey in Facts...

Author: Sabin Levi
ISBN: 9781478233459
Format: Paperback
$52.80

This is a short study about Jewish Bulgarian culture and musicians, with lists, bios and pictures.  Read More >>

Musical Journeys in Sumatra

Musical Journeys in Sumatra

Author: Margaret Kartomi
ISBN: 9780252036712
Format: Hardback
$135.00

A fascinating ethnographic record of vanishing musical genres, traditions, and practices  Read More >>

An Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from Parry to Dyson: A Study of Selected Works

An Imperishable Heritage: British Choral Music from...

Author: Stephen Town
ISBN: 9786613718471
Format: Electronic book text
$395.84

The rehabilitation of British music began with Hubert Parry and Charles Villiers Stanford. The author's survey of...  Read More >>

The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings

The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican...

Author: Agustin Gurza ,  Jonathan Clark
ISBN: 9780895511485
Format: Paperback
$28.95

Explores the Frontera Collection, discussing genre, themes, and some of the thousands of performers whose recordings...  Read More >>

The History of Funk Music: (Godfather of Soul)

The History of Funk Music: (Godfather of Soul)

Author: Therlee Gipson
ISBN: 9781478184089
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Introduction This book, The History of Funk Music is about the life of James Brown and other Funk Entertainers....  Read More >>

Music Club Programs from All Nations; Giving an Historic Outline of Each National School of Music, with Questions for Study, and a Series of Programs for the Use of Clubs and Other Organizations

Music Club Programs from All Nations; Giving an Historic...

Author: Arthur Elson
ISBN: 9781150576355
Format: Paperback
$39.18

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the...  Read More >>

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