Books of Music / Ethnic
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Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Materials
By Marsha J. Reisser, Samuel A. FloydContact : Sojourner Truth Collection Oxon Hill Branch Library 6200 Oxon Hill Road Oxon Hill , MD 20021 ( 301 ) 839-2400 MASSACHUSETTS 362. Boston University - Mugar Memorial Library . Fitzgerald Collections .
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老唱片.第一辑
By 张刚, 孔培培其中,如果要列举精品的话,沈俭安演唱的《打三不孝》薛筱卿演唱的《陈翠娥托三桩》,以及两个人对唱的《方卿见娘》这三套唱片,无论是演唱中的气韵感受还是乐器伴奏的互为烘托,都可算作代表。苏州弹词的流派唱腔丰富多彩,这里的“唱”其实是“说”的延续, ...
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京剧唱腔赏析
By 庄永平余(叔岩)派昔日有个大三贤(《珠帘寨》·李克用唱段)听他言吓得我心惊胆怕(《捉放曹》·陈宫唱段)娘子不必太烈性(《搜狐救孤》·陈婴唱段)我是一穷儒太烈性(《打棍出箱》·范仲禹唱段) 2.
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老唱片.第二辑
By 张刚, 孔培培在刘品的鼓励和启发下,何占豪逐渐找到了一些创作小提琴协奏曲《梁祝》的信心。他开始与刘品讨论什么样的越剧素材适合协奏曲的主部主题,什么样的素材适合副部主题以及他对展开部的构思。越说越激动的他,就像开闸泄洪了一样,几乎是倾其所有地给刘品演唱了 ...
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Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York
By Max Salazar, Max Salazar PrimeroShortly after Puerto Ricans were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, they began moving into an uptown Manhattan neighborhood that would become known as "Spanish Harlem." By 1930, Afro-Cuban music had...
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The Ghosts of Songs: The Film Art of the Black Audio Film Collective, 1982-1998
By Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika SagarThe Ghosts of Songs is the first book-length exploration of the work of the Black Audio Film Collective. The collective, founded in 1982 and dissolved in 1998, comprised John Akomfrah,...
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Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006
By Graham BettsThis is a detailed guide to every single and artist that has ever appeared in the UK chart. It includes details on when the song was released, top position, weeks...
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Introducing American Folk Music: Ethnic and Grassroot Traditions in the United States
By Kip LornellIntroducing American Folk Music: Ethnic and Grassroot Traditions in the United States
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The Rough Guide to Irish Music
By Geoff Wallis, Sue WilsonTaking Irish traditional music as its starting point and focus, this guide traces the music's history, describes its fundamental elements and provides a detailed directory of all the key singers,...
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Dis-Orienting Rhythms: The Politics of the New Asian Dance Music
By John Hutnyk, Sanjay Sharma, Ashwani SharmaBlurring the boundaries between academic and cultural production, this book produces a new understanding of the world significance of South Asian culture in multi-racist societies. One of the first sustained...
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The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
By Susie Harries, Meirion HarriesPresented by Musica Viva Australia; directed by Neville Marriner.
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Irish Folk Music: A Selected Discography
Irish folk music has, since time immemorial, been a means of Irish self-expression and nationalism, with tunes and songs passed down through the generations preserving Ireland's lively oral tradition. With...
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African American Music: An Introduction
By Earl L. StewartAfrican American Music provides an introduction to all of the richness and diversity of African American musical styles, focusing on the distinct characte4istics and development of each genre. This book...
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Songs of Central Australia
By Theodor George Henry StrehlowThis is Strehlow's most widely regarded work and the culmination of his anthropological work related to the Aranda (Arunta) people of the Alice Springs region. In this work Strehlow records...
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How Sweet the Sound: My Life with God and Gospel
By Jonathan Singer, Cissy Houston"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me, Was blind, but now I see." When Cissy Houston sings "Amazing Grace" on her 1997 Grammy Award-winning album,...
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The Rough Guide to World Music
By Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, Simon BroughtonIn his writing , a first - rate poetry emerges using surrealistic images culled from campesino life . More often , though , merengue is the language of escapism , and its lyrics seek to banish the exhausting outside world .
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Stern's Guide to Contemporary African Music
By Ronnie GrahamStern's Guide to Contemporary African Music
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Maori Music, with Its Polynesian Background
By Johannes Carl AndersenMaori Music, with Its Polynesian Background
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Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
By Ruth M. StoneMusic in West Africa is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music...
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A Pocket History of Gaelic Culture
By Alan TitleyA lively journey through ancient and modern Irish culture, this book explores the elements that have shaped the music, language, and arts of the Emerald Isle. From the rich native...