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  • The Motet in the Age of Du Fayby Julie E. Cumming

    Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 66.00

    Traces the evolution and transformation of the Latin-texted motet during the lifetime of the leading composer of the age, Guillaume Du Fay. The book includes an account of internal and external forces that influenced the transformation of the motet and of fifteenth-century music more generally. more...

  • Hearing the Motetby Dolores Pesce

    Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 70.00

    In this collection, musicologists provide a picture of the motet's "music-poetic" nature, looking at the interplay of music and text that distinguished the genre's finest work and reading motets and motet repertories in ways that illuminate their historical and cultural backgrounds. more...

  • Pianos and Politics in Chinaby Richard Curt Kraus

    Oxford University Press 1989; US$ 125.00

    During the Cultural Revolution the piano, the musical embodiment of Western culture, became the object of intense hostility. This book examines the evolution of China's ever-changing disposition towards European music and Western influences generally. more...

  • Two Men and Musicby Janaki Bakhle

    Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 30.00

    Presents an account of the development of national culture in India using classical music as a case study. This book demonstrates how the emergence of an "Indian" cultural tradition reflected colonial and exclusionary practices. It deals with how a nation's imaginings - from politics to culture - reflect rather than transform societal divisions. more...

  • Rhapsody in Redby Sheila Melvin; JinDong Cai

    Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 45.00

    Inspiring history of the musicians, composers, and conductors who fostered Western classical music in China, written by a WSJ, NYT, IHT journalist and an internationally-known conductor. more...

  • Sizhu Instrumental Music of South Chinaby Alan R. Thrasher

    BRILL 2008; US$ 130.00

    A study on Chinese music, based on the author's extensive fieldwork and a thorough knowledge of the scholarly literature. Itexamines the theoretical underpinnigs. more...

  • China with a Cutby Jeroen de Kloet

    Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 59.00

    Provides insight into the vibrant popular music scene of contemporary China in the context of globalisation and rapid economic and social change more...

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