Books of Music / Ethnic
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香港好聲音
By 于逸堯誰說香港樂壇已死？香港有一班音樂人，一直在默默耕耘，在各自的崗位上努力；只要你睜開眼就會看到、張開耳就會聽到…… 作者以音樂人的身份，訪問十一位身邊的友好及合作伙伴，當中有談及各自的音樂成長路，亦有各人的音樂分享。如倫永亮談八十年代的改編歌曲；黃耀明談成立人山人海的經過；伍樂城談他的音樂學校…… 從各人的訪談中，可看到香港樂壇的變遷，以及各人在各自的崗位中取得成功的因由。
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Music, Postcolonialism, and Gender: The Construction of Irish National Identity, 1724-1874
By Leith DavisIn Music, Postcolonialism, and Gender, Leith Davis studies the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, focusing in particular on how texts concerning Irish...
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The Music of Africa
By J. H. Kwabena NketiaThe study of African music is a study at once of unity and diversity. The range of indigenous musical resources and practices found on this vast continent is as wide...
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明清俗曲在云南的传播与衍变
By 孙明跃著明清俗曲是兴盛于内地明清时期的一种特有的音乐艺术形式，云南本没有，是明清内地移民将“俗曲”带到了云南。本书在全面搜集整理内地和云南有关明清俗曲资料的同时，首次运用传播学的理论，在具体的阐释中综合运用了音乐学、历史学、人类学等学科的理论和方法，分别就明清俗曲在云南传播的历史文化背景、自然传播、制度传播、传播特点、传播效用和衍变六个方面进行详细的论证和研究，总结出了明清俗曲在云南传播衍变的四种模式，对其形成原因和特点进行了综合分析。
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The Making of Irish Traditional Music
By Helen O'SheaThe book challenges the notion that Irish Traditional music expresses an essential Irish identity, arguing that it was an ideological construction of cultural nationalists in the nineteenth century, later commodified...
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Spirits that Dwell in Deep Woods: The Prayer and Praise Hymns of the Black Religious Experience
By Wyatt Tee WalkerRevealing the fascinating body of hymnal work that flourished in Southern communities populated by the children of slaves between 1885 and 1925, this stirring collection of spiritual songs sheds light...
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The Life and Music of Béla Bartók
By Halsey StevensFirst published in 1953, Halsey Stevens's The Life and Music of Bela Bartok was hailed as a triumph of musicology and quickly established itself as the classic text. Stevens combined...
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Big Star Fallin' Mama: Five Women in Black Music
By Hettie JonesPortraits of five Black women and the kind of music they sang during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.
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日本のポップ・ミュージック: Sounds from the Land of the Rising Sun
By Steve McClure-- Provides a strong visual introduction to the bands and personalities behind the Japanese music scene-- Includes the history of Japanese pop music and examines current trends in indic, acid...
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Manuel de Falla and Spanish Music
By John Brande TrendManuel de Falla and Spanish Music
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The Music of Spain
By Gilbert ChaseThe Music of Spain
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Selected Poems and Songs
By James HoggSelected Poems and Songs
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中国民族音乐及其与传统文化的交流
By 张丽丹著本书包括第一章 概述、第二章 中国民族音乐的发展、第三章 中国民族音乐的体裁形式、第四章 中国民族音乐的艺术形态及特征、第五章 中国民族音乐的体系及支脉、第六章 中国民族音乐与传统音乐美学的交流、第七章 中国民族音乐与传统礼仪的交流、第八章 中国民族音乐与传统艺术的交流等。
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中国民族乐器简编
By 王秀萍中国民族乐器历史悠久，源远流长。从考古出土的乐器实物来看，早在距今八千年前的远古时期，中国就已经出现了骨质吹管乐器——骨笛。新石器时代，还出现了陶鼓、陶埙、石磬、铜铃等乐器，乐器的品种逐渐增多。先秦时期是中国民族乐器发展的第一个高峰，文献记载的各种乐器已经达到70多种。秦汉至隋唐以来，是我国乐器发展的鼎盛时期，大量的外族乐器传入我国，在与中国传统乐器的交流和融合过程中不断发展，最终演变成为中国的民族乐器。历经数千年的发展，至明清时期，中国民族乐器的种类日益增多，使用更为普遍，奠定了今天中国民族乐器发展的基本格局。
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中国乡村传统音乐与戏曲
By 张晓虹, 吴必虎, 池建新主编音乐与戏曲是人们在日常生活中为了满足娱乐文化需求而逐渐产生的。本书利用传统村落中的民间音乐志书和实地调查资料，将不同地区的乡村民间音乐与戏曲的种类、特色、发展轨迹等，通过多角度对比呈现给读者，具有浓郁的地方特色和乡土气息，反映出不同区域地理环境和审美习惯影响之下所形成的多姿多彩的民间音乐和戏曲文化。
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My Music, My Life
By Ravi ShankarMy Music, My Life
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流行童声——少儿演唱实用教程
By 羽善主编, 戴永潮, 韩春《流行童声》由两本组成，一本儿童流行音乐演唱的教学手册。一本为配套曲集，共包含新创作儿童歌曲52首。羽善为著名音乐策划人、作曲家。任中国音乐文学学会理事、广东省流行音乐协会副秘书长、广东省音乐文学学会主席助理。
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Black Music in America: A History Through Its People
By James HaskinsSurveys the history of black music in America, from early slave songs through jazz and the blues to soul, classical music, and current trends.
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Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture
By Kevin PhinneyFrom Jim Crow to Eminem, white culture has been transformed by black music. To be so influenced by the boundless imagination of a race brought to America in chains sets...
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Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance: A Collection of Essays
By Samuel A. FloydThis work provides an in-depth look at the role of black music within the Harlem Renaissance movement, suggesting its primacy to Renaissance philosophy and practice. Floyd holds that the music...