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  • Highlife Saturday Nightby Nathan Plageman

    Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 23.99

    Highlife Saturday Night captures the vibrancy of Saturday nights in Ghana?when musicians took to the stage and dancers took to the floor?in this penetrating look at musical leisure during a time of social, political, and cultural change. Framing dance band "highlife" music as a central medium through which Ghanaians negotiated gendered and generational... more...

  • Music Therapyby Jacqueline Schmidt Peters

    Charles C Thomas 2000; US$ 76.95

    This second edition of Music Therapy expands the information in the previous edition by updating the reviews of the medical literature and discussing recent developments in this growing field. This book provides an overview of basic information regarding the practice of music therapy-including historical development, principles and procedures, and... more...

  • Three Questions for Sixty-Five Composersby Bálint András Varga

    Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 49.95

    Bálint András Varga interviews such renowned composers as Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Alberto Ginastera, Sofia Gubaidulina, Hans Werner Henze, Helmut Lachenmann, György Ligeti, Witold Lutoslawski, Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Wolfgang Rihm, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Toru Takemitsu, and Iannis Xenakis. more...

  • Music Cultures in the United Statesby Ellen Koskoff

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 66.95

    Music Cultures in the United States is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course. Taking a new, fresh approach to the study of American music, it is divided into three parts. In the first part, historical, social, and cultural issues are discussed, including how music history is studied; issues of musical and social identity;... more...

  • Singer-Songwriters and Musical Open Micsby Marcus Aldredge

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Marcus Aldredge presents an ethnographic exploration of New York City’s live music events where musicians signup and perform short sets. Drawing from multiple qualitative methods, Aldredge describes how open mics have etched a vital organizational place in the Western and urban musical landscape. Important themes in the book include: the tension... more...

  • The Sociology of Wind Bandsby Vincent Dubois; Jean-Matthieu Méon; Emmanuel Pierru; Jean-Yves Bart

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists. The Sociology of Wind Bands provides a sociological account of this musical universe. Based on a qualitative and quantitative survey conducted in north-eastern France, the authors present a vivid description of the... more...

  • Music and the Social Modelby Jane Williams; Rachel Purtell

    Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2013; US$ 34.95

    Accessible and inspirational, the unique approaches in this book provide everything you need to know to empower people with learning difficulties to experience and enjoy music. Written from an Occupational Therapy perspective, it offers a host of tips, resources and examples, including downloadable tracks performed and composed by The LA Buskers. more...

  • Arabeske of Gedachteby Walter Buijn

    Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 42.40

    Heeft instrumentale muziek een betekenis? Moet men zich bij programmamuziek tijdens het luisteren rekenschap geven van het programma?. Is vocale muziek waarin muziek en tekst samengaan superieur aan de abstracte klank, nog des te meer wanneer vergezeld door een toneelmatig gebeuren?. Van deze soms felle discussie tussen Nederlandse schrijvers in de... more...

  • Toneurythmie im Lichte der Musikwissenschaftby Davit Drambyan

    Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 46.37

    Das Buch "Toneurythmie im Lichte der Musikwissenschaft" beschäftigt sich mit dem Phänomen der Toneurythmie aus musiksemiotischer Sicht. In der Einleitung wird auf das Verhältnis der Wissenschaft zur Kunst der Eurythmie eingegangen mit der Feststellung, dass es bislang kaum wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen mit dieser Körperbewegungskunst gab.... more...

  • Musikalische Aspekte von Intonation: eine Studie über den künstlerischen Einsatzby David Menke

    Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 14.01

    Gegenstand der vorliegenden Studie ist die Untersuchung von Aspekten der musikalischen Intonation - hier als Begriff für die Tonhöhengebung in der Musik. Die Zielsetzung liegt dabei in der Bewusstmachung der Möglichkeiten aber auch der Probleme, die sich beim Umgang mit Intonation für MusikerInnen, TonmeisterInnen und DirigentInnen ergeben. Welche... more...