World music books

1317 books were found.

Czeslaw Niemen's Niemen Enigmatic

Czeslaw Niemen's Niemen Enigmatic

Author: Dr or Prof Mariusz Gradowski (Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland) ,  Professor Ewa Mazierska (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
ISBN: 9781501372674
Format: Hardback
$120.00

"""Examines the remarkable history and significance of the album Niemen Enigmatic, released in Poland in 1970 by...  Read More >>

The History of Basque Music

The History of Basque Music

Author: Josu Okinena
ISBN: 9781949805123
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music

Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music...

Author: Anna L. Wood ,  Robert Garfias
ISBN: 9781496840646
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Provides a contemporary guide to understanding and exploring Cantometrics, the system developed by Lomax and Victor...  Read More >>

Music as Mao's Weapon: Remembering the Cultural Revolution

Music as Mao's Weapon: Remembering the Cultural Revolution...

Author: Lei X. Ouyang
ISBN: 9780252086212
Format: Paperback
$60.99

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2022 China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) produced propaganda music...  Read More >>

Music as Mao's Weapon: Remembering the Cultural Revolution

Music as Mao's Weapon: Remembering the Cultural Revolution...

Author: Lei X. Ouyang
ISBN: 9780252044175
Format: Hardback
$239.00

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2022 China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) produced propaganda music...  Read More >>

A Quick Ting On: Afrobeats

A Quick Ting On: Afrobeats

Author: Christian Adofo
ISBN: 9781913090517
Format: Hardback
$25.85

Cultural commentator Christian Adofo chronicles the rich social history of Afrobeats in the first ever book on the...  Read More >>

Heiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels’s Wolokolamsker Chaussee

Heiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels’s Wolokolamsker Chaussee...

Author: Prof Philip V. Bohlman (University of Chicago, USA)
ISBN: 9781501346149
Format: Paperback
$36.99

By gathering historical and musical fragments from a Europe torn apart by the Second World War and the Cold War,...  Read More >>

Choral Works: 3 Clothbound Urtext Editions in Slipcase

Choral Works: 3 Clothbound Urtext Editions in Slipcase...

Author: Bela Bartok ,  Milkos Szabo
ISBN: 9781705144732
Format: Hardback
$369.34

(EMB). Based on the Bela Bartok Complete Critical Edition (Z. 15009), these three cloth-bound volumes in a slipcase...  Read More >>

Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt

Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt

Author: Sherifa Zuhur
ISBN: 9781476681993
Format: Paperback
$75.90

Based on multiple decades of research on and experience with Egyptian dance and music, this book is a unique exploration...  Read More >>

Heiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels’s Wolokolamsker Chaussee

Heiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels’s Wolokolamsker Chaussee...

Author: Prof Philip V. Bohlman (University of Chicago, USA)
ISBN: 9781501346156
Format: Hardback
$130.00

By gathering historical and musical fragments from a Europe torn apart by the Second World War and the Cold War,...  Read More >>

Naná Vasconcelos’s Saudades

Naná Vasconcelos’s Saudades

Author: Daniel B. Sharp (Tulane University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501345708
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The story of Afro-Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos stitches together histories of 1960s-1980s jazz, psychedelia,...  Read More >>

Chilean New Song and the Question of Culture in the Allende Government: Voices for a Revolution

Chilean New Song and the Question of Culture in the...

Author: Natália Ayo Schmiedecke ,  Sheyla Riyadh Weyersbach
ISBN: 9781793622853
Format: Hardback
$192.00

Polyphonic Revolution focuses on the Chilean cultural scene during the Popular Unity government (1970-73), situating...  Read More >>

Voices of Vietnam: A Century of Radio, Red Music, and Revolution

Voices of Vietnam: A Century of Radio, Red Music, and...

Author: Lonán Ó Briain (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9780197558232
Format: Hardback
$330.00

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh read out the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence over a makeshift wired loudspeaker...  Read More >>

Singing Sherlock. Book 5: The Complete Singing Resource for Primary Schools Book with 2 CDs

Singing Sherlock. Book 5: The Complete Singing Resource...

Author: Val Whitlock ,  Shirley Court
ISBN: 9781540058041
Format: Paperback
$190.08

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). Singing Sherlock is the acclaimed, practical and easy-to-use resource for classroom teachers,...  Read More >>

Tango Unchained: Six Popular Recital Pieces for Flute

Tango Unchained: Six Popular Recital Pieces for Flute...

Author: James Strange
ISBN: 9781739716363
Format: Paperback
$36.93

A collection of Argentinian Tango classics which have been arranged for solo flute with piano accompaniment.  Read More >>

Naná Vasconcelos’s Saudades

Naná Vasconcelos’s Saudades

Author: Daniel B. Sharp (Tulane University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501345715
Format: Hardback
$130.00

The story of Afro-Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos stitches together histories of 1960s-1980s jazz, psychedelia,...  Read More >>

A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro

A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio...

Author: Carlos Sandroni
ISBN: 9780252086083
Format: Paperback
$60.99

A landmark in Brazilian music scholarship, A Respectable Spell introduces English-speaking readers to the rich history...  Read More >>

A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro

A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio...

Author: Carlos Sandroni
ISBN: 9780252044021
Format: Hardback
$271.00

A landmark in Brazilian music scholarship, A Respectable Spell introduces English-speaking readers to the rich history...  Read More >>

Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music

Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music...

Author: Anna L. Wood ,  Robert Garfias
ISBN: 9781496840356
Format: Paperback
$59.40

Provides a contemporary guide to understanding and exploring Cantometrics, the system developed by Lomax and Victor...  Read More >>

Russian Folk Tunes for Accordion: 27 Traditional Pieces

Russian Folk Tunes for Accordion: 27 Traditional Pieces...

Author: Julian Rowlands ,  Julian Rowlands
ISBN: 9783795725464
Format: Book
$45.28

Suitable for intermediate players, the collection of 27 Russian folk tunes arranged for accordion includes notes...  Read More >>

Extreme Heterophony: a study in Javanese Gamelan for one or more pianists

Extreme Heterophony: a study in Javanese Gamelan for...

Author: John Pitts
ISBN: 9798504472034
Format: Paperback
$38.79

For inquisitive pianists-either solo or in duets/duos/triet or multiple piano ensembles-to discover, step into,...  Read More >>

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