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  • Discographiesby Jeremy Gilbert; Ewan Pearson

    Routledge 1999; US$ 37.95

    Examining Disco, HipHop, House, Techno, Drum 'n' Bass and Garage, Discographies traces the history of ideas about music and dance in Western culture. more...

  • Horse-head Fiddle and the Cosmopolitan Reimagination of Mongoliaby Peter K. Marsh

    Routledge 2008; US$ 116.00

    This book examines the processes of cultural modernization in Mongolia, using as its focus the folk instrument known as the "horse-head fiddle" (morin khuur). more...

  • The Book of Salsaby César Miguel Rondón

    The University of North Carolina Press 2008; US$ 66.50

    Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy César Miguel Rondón's celebrated El libro de la salsa . For this first English-language edition, Rondón has added a new chapter to bring the story of salsa up to the present. more...

  • The Dastgah Concept in Persian Musicby Hormoz Farhat

    Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 30.00

    The tradition of Persian art music embodies twelve modal systems, known as dastgahs. Each dastgah represents a complex of skeletal melodic models on the basis of which a performer produces extemporised pieces. The dastgahs revolve around unspecified central nuclear melodies which the individual musician comes to know through experience and absorption. It is a personal and elusive tradition of great subtlety and depth. Through extensive research, including interviews with leading musicians and recording over one hundred hours of music, Hormoz Farhat has unravelled the art of the dastgah. In his study Professor Farhat analyses the intervallic structure, melodic patterns, modulations, and improvisations within each dastgah, and examines the composed... more...

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