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Discographiesby Jeremy Gilbert; Ewan Pearson
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95Examining Disco, HipHop, House, Techno, Drum 'n' Bass and Garage, Discographies traces the history of ideas about music and dance in Western culture. more...
Music and Urban Geographyby Adam Krims
Routledge 2007; US$ 25.00Theorizes the musical aspects of the changes that have overtaken major cities in the developed world over the past few decades. Drawing on musicology, music theory, urban geography, and historical materialism, this book maps changes not only in how music represents cities, but also in how music sounds and is deployed socially in urban contexts. more...
A Comprehensive Guide to Music Therapyby Tony Wigram; Inge Nygaard Pedersen; Lars Ole Bonde
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2002; US$ 44.95Music therapists, as in medical and paramedical professions, have a rich diversity of approaches and methods, often developed with specific relevance to meet the needs of a certain client population. This book reflects the many components of such diversity, and is a thoroughly comprehensive guide to accessing and understanding the ideas, theory, research results and clinical outcomes that are the foundations of this field. Providing a detailed insight into the field of music therapy from an international perspective, this book enables the reader to see the complete picture of the multifaceted and fascinating world that is music therapy. more...
33 Revolutions per Minuteby Dorian Lynskey
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 14.99From one of the United Kingdoms most prominent music critics, a page-turning and wonderfully researched history of 33 songs that have transformed the world through the twentieth century and beyond. When pop music meets politics, the results are often thrilling, sometimes life-changing, and never simple. The protest songs of such great artists as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, U2, Public Enemy, Fela Kuti, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, and the Clash represent pop music at its most charged and relevant, providing the soundtrack and informing social change since the 1930s. They capture the attention and passions of listeners, force their way into the news, and make their presence felt from the streets to the corridors... more...
Strike Songs of the Depressionby Timothy P. Lynch
University Press of Mississippi 2001; US$ 50.00The Depression brought unprecedented changes for American workers and organized labor. As the economy plummeted, employers cut wages and laid off workers, while simultaneously attempting to wrest more work from those who remained employed. In mills, mines, and factories workers organized and resisted, striking for higher wages, improved working conditions, and the right to bargain collectively. As workers walked the picket line or sat down on the shop floor, they could be heard singing. This book examines the songs they sang at three different strikes- the Gastonia, North Carolina, textile mill strike (1929), Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mining strike (1931-32), and Flint, Michigan, automobile sit-down strike (1936-37). Whether in the Carolina... more...
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