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Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music (Paperback): Katie Bank Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music (Paperback)
Katie Bank
R1,275 Discovery Miles 12 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music is a rich, interdisciplinary investigation into the role of music and musical culture in the development of metaphysical thought in late sixteenth-, early seventeenth-century England. The book considers how music presented questions about the relationships between the mind, body, passions, and the soul, drawing out examples of domestic music that explicitly address topics of human consciousness, such as dreams, love, and sensing. Early seventeenth-century metaphysical thought is said to pave the way for the Enlightenment Self. Yet studies of the music's role in natural philosophy has been primarily limited to symbolic functions in philosophical treatises, virtually ignoring music making's substantial contribution to this watershed period. Contrary to prevailing narratives, the author shows why music making did not only reflect impending change in philosophical thought but contributed to its formation. The book demonstrates how recreational song such as the English madrigal confronted assumptions about reality and representation and the role of dialogue in cultural production, and other ideas linked to changes in how knowledge was built. Focusing on music by John Dowland, Martin Peerson, Thomas Weelkes, and William Byrd, this study revises historiography by reflecting on the experience of music and how music contributed to the way early modern awareness was shaped.

Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music (Paperback): Aaron Hayes Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music (Paperback)
Aaron Hayes; Series edited by Judy Lochhead
R1,256 Discovery Miles 12 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music gives a historical and philosophical account of the discussions of the nature of time and music during the mid-twentieth century. The nature of time was a persistent topic among composers in Paris and Darmstadt in the decades after World War II, one which influenced their musical practice and historical relevance. Based on the author's specialized knowledge of the relevant philosophical discourses, this volume offers a balanced critique of these composers' attempts at philosophizing about time. Touching on familiar topics such as Adorno's philosophy of music, the writings of Boulez and Stockhausen, and Messiaen's theology, this volume uncovers specific relationships among varied intellectual traditions that have not previously been described. Each chapter provides a philosophical explanation of specific problems that are relevant for interpreting the composer's own essays or lectures, followed by a musical analysis of a piece of music which illustrates central theoretical concepts. This is a valuable study for scholars and researchers of music theory, music history, and the philosophy of music.

The Politics of Musical Identity - Selected Essays (Paperback): Annegret Fauser The Politics of Musical Identity - Selected Essays (Paperback)
Annegret Fauser
R1,331 Discovery Miles 13 310 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume explores the way in which composers, performers, and critics shaped individual and collective identities in music from Europe and the United States from the 1860s to the 1950s. Selected essays and articles engage with works and their reception by Richard Wagner, Georges Bizet (in an American incarnation), Lili and Nadia Boulanger, William Grant Still, and Aaron Copland, and with performers such as Wanda Landowska and even Marilyn Monroe. Ranging in context from the opera house through the concert hall to the salon, and from establishment cultures to counter-cultural products, the main focus is how music permits new ways of considering issues of nationality, class, race, and gender. These essays - three presented for the first time in English translation - reflect the work in both musical and cultural studies of a distinguished scholar whose international career spans the Atlantic and beyond.

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III: Wellbeing (Paperback): Rachel Heydon, Daisy... The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III: Wellbeing (Paperback)
Rachel Heydon, Daisy Fancourt, Annabel J. Cohen
R1,391 Discovery Miles 13 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume III: Wellbeing explores the connections between singing and health, promoting the power of singing-in public policy and in practice-in confronting health challenges across the lifespan. These chapters shape an interdisciplinary research agenda that advances singing's theoretical, empirical, and applied contributions, providing methodologies that reflect individual and cultural diversities. Contributors assess the current state of knowledge and present opportunities for discovery in three parts: Singing and Health Singing and Cultural Understanding Singing and Intergenerational Understanding In 2009, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded a seven-year major collaborative research initiative known as Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS). Together, global researchers from a broad range of disciplines addressed three challenging questions: How does singing develop in every human being? How should singing be taught and used to teach? How does singing impact wellbeing? Across three volumes, The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing consolidates the findings of each of these three questions, defining the current state of theory and research in the field. Volume III: Wellbeing focuses on this third question and the health benefits of singing, singing praises for its effects on wellbeing.

Popular Music Culture - The Key Concepts (Hardcover, 5th edition): Roy Shuker Popular Music Culture - The Key Concepts (Hardcover, 5th edition)
Roy Shuker
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Includes new and expanded entries including UK Grime, Black Lives Matter, streaming, the music industries and sound studies. A unique A-Z student reference book, covering many topics students will encounter during the four years of their undergraduate degree. With cross referencing, further reading and listening included throughout, this is an essential reference text for all students studying the social and cultural dimensions of popular music.

ASHE - Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression (Hardcover): Paul Carter Harrison, Michael Harris, Pellom McDaniels III ASHE - Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression (Hardcover)
Paul Carter Harrison, Michael Harris, Pellom McDaniels III
R4,063 Discovery Miles 40 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

History, Art politics, African, African American, Performance

Inquiry in Music Education - Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher (Paperback, 2nd edition): Carol... Inquiry in Music Education - Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Carol Frierson-Campbell, Hildegard C. Froehlich
R1,575 Discovery Miles 15 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- For the research methods course for music education majors, commonly taught at grad level - Provides an introduction to research and scholarship specific to music education, including topic formulation, information literacy, reading and evaluating research studies, and planning and conducting original studies - Case studies of a fictitious research class, leading students through a series of guided activities that progress from the big picture to the "nitty gritty" of procedural details - Includes hands-on assignments throughout the text, such as sample projects that include questions and collecting data, end-of-chapter questions and exercise - Presents the most current information and strategies for students and instructors on up-to-date technology research tools - Considers issues pertaining gender, race and culture addressed in a proliferation of new scholarly journals

Inquiry in Music Education - Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Carol... Inquiry in Music Education - Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Carol Frierson-Campbell, Hildegard C. Froehlich
R4,080 Discovery Miles 40 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- For the research methods course for music education majors, commonly taught at grad level - Provides an introduction to research and scholarship specific to music education, including topic formulation, information literacy, reading and evaluating research studies, and planning and conducting original studies - Case studies of a fictitious research class, leading students through a series of guided activities that progress from the big picture to the "nitty gritty" of procedural details - Includes hands-on assignments throughout the text, such as sample projects that include questions and collecting data, end-of-chapter questions and exercise - Presents the most current information and strategies for students and instructors on up-to-date technology research tools - Considers issues pertaining gender, race and culture addressed in a proliferation of new scholarly journals

A Book of Days (Hardcover): Patti Smith A Book of Days (Hardcover)
Patti Smith
R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith’s singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith’s world, photographs of her daily coffee, the books she’s reading, the graves of beloved heroes - William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape, and more than a million followers responded to Smith’s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are never-before-seen photos of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure cafés, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world. With 365 photographs, taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and performer. Hopeful, elegiac, playful - and complete with an introduction by Smith that explores her documentary process - A Book of Days is a timeless offering for deeply uncertain times, an inspirational map of an artist’s life.

Dancehall In/Securities - Perspectives on Caribbean Expressive Life (Hardcover): Patricia Noxolo, H. Patten, Sonjah Stanley... Dancehall In/Securities - Perspectives on Caribbean Expressive Life (Hardcover)
Patricia Noxolo, H. Patten, Sonjah Stanley Niaah
R4,056 Discovery Miles 40 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

dancehall, dance and performance studies, sociology, cultural geography, anthropology, post-colonial studies, diaspora studies, musicology, and gender studies.

How to Lose Everything - A Memoir (Hardcover): Christa Couture How to Lose Everything - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Christa Couture
R589 R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Save R103 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Motorhead The Official Colouring Book (Paperback): Rock N' Roll Colouring Motorhead The Official Colouring Book (Paperback)
Rock N' Roll Colouring
R394 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Adult Music Student - Making Music throughout the Lifespan (Hardcover): Pamela Pike The Adult Music Student - Making Music throughout the Lifespan (Hardcover)
Pamela Pike
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1) deals with learning and making music across the entire lifespan of adulthood, 2) may be used in sections (individual Parts) or it may be read as a whole. 3) theories and philosophies as surveyed and specific application in the music studio are discussed. 4) opening vignettes of adult music students, in various musical contexts, exemplify the theme of each chapter.

The Adult Music Student - Making Music throughout the Lifespan (Paperback): Pamela Pike The Adult Music Student - Making Music throughout the Lifespan (Paperback)
Pamela Pike
R1,263 Discovery Miles 12 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1) deals with learning and making music across the entire lifespan of adulthood, 2) may be used in sections (individual Parts) or it may be read as a whole. 3) theories and philosophies as surveyed and specific application in the music studio are discussed. 4) opening vignettes of adult music students, in various musical contexts, exemplify the theme of each chapter.

Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars - The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Paperback): Mark Ribowsky Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars - The Fast Life and Sudden Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Paperback)
Mark Ribowsky
R524 R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Save R94 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This intimate story of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells of how a band of lost souls and self-destructive misfits with uncertain artistic objectives clawed their way to the top of the rock 'n' roll world. Based on interviews with surviving band members, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars shares how lead singer and front man Ronnie Van Zant guided the band's hugely successful five-year run and, in the process, created not only a new country rock idiom, but a new Confederacy in constant conflict with old Southern totems and prejudices. Placing the music and personae of Skynyrd into a broad cultural context, this book gives a new perspective to a history of stage fights, motel-room destructions, cunning business deals, and brilliant studio productions. It also offers a greater appreciation for a band whose legacy, in the aftermath of their last plane ride, has since descended into self-caricature.

From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research - Data Analytics and the General Linear Model Using R (Paperback): Brian C.... From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research - Data Analytics and the General Linear Model Using R (Paperback)
Brian C. Wesolowski
R1,601 Discovery Miles 16 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- Introduces students and researchers to a free, open-source data analysis tool, R, enabling them to more effectively pursue analytic research without needing to purchase licenses - Provides a subject-specific guide to using R, addressing research questions and data sets that are relevant to music education, and using examples drawn from music research - Rather than presenting data analysis as a single, linear process, shows how different analytical processes can be used in a non-linear fashion, and addresses wrangling messy data, providing a more practical approach to real-world challenges of data analysis

From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research - Data Analytics and the General Linear Model Using R (Hardcover): Brian C.... From Data to Decisions in Music Education Research - Data Analytics and the General Linear Model Using R (Hardcover)
Brian C. Wesolowski
R4,105 Discovery Miles 41 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- Introduces students and researchers to a free, open-source data analysis tool, R, enabling them to more effectively pursue analytic research without needing to purchase licenses - Provides a subject-specific guide to using R, addressing research questions and data sets that are relevant to music education, and using examples drawn from music research - Rather than presenting data analysis as a single, linear process, shows how different analytical processes can be used in a non-linear fashion, and addresses wrangling messy data, providing a more practical approach to real-world challenges of data analysis

Season of the Witch - The Book of Goth (Hardcover): Cathi Unsworth Season of the Witch - The Book of Goth (Hardcover)
Cathi Unsworth
R585 R514 Discovery Miles 5 140 Save R71 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1979. Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets. After ten brutal homicides and the biggest police hunt in history, the Yorkshire Ripper is still at large and preparing to strike again. Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Unlikely alliances of outsiders prepare to seize power, set the political agenda and write the soundtrack for the years to come. Their figureheads are two very different kinds of dominatrices... As Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street, a handful of bands born of punk - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division and the Cure - find a way to distil the dissonance and darkness of the shifting decade into a new form of music. Pushing at the taboos the Sex Pistols had unlocked and dancing with the fetishistic, all will become global stars of goth. By the time Thatcher is cast out of office in 1990, the arrival of goth will have imprinted on the cultural landscape as much as the Iron Lady herself. Now, forty years since its inception, author Cathi Unsworth provides the first comprehensive overview of the music, context and lasting legacy of goth. This is the story of how goth was shaped by the politics of the era - from the miners' strikes and privatisation to the Troubles and AIDS ­­- as well as how its rock 'n' roll outlaw imagery and innovative, atmospheric music cross-pollinated throughout Britain and internationally, speaking to a generation of alienated youths. A fascinating social history, Season of the Witch tells the tale of an enduring counter-culture, one that steadfastly refuses to give up the ghost.

Culturally Responsive Choral Music Education - What Teachers Can Learn From Nine Students' Experiences in Three Choirs... Culturally Responsive Choral Music Education - What Teachers Can Learn From Nine Students' Experiences in Three Choirs (Paperback)
Julia T. Shaw; Edited by Vicki R. Lind, Constance McKoy
R662 Discovery Miles 6 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Culturally Responsive Choral Music Education visits the classrooms of three ethnically diverse choral teacher-conductors to highlight specific examples of ways that culturally responsive teaching (CRT) can enrich choral music education. Principles of CRT are illustrated in contrasting demographic contexts: a choir serving a sizeable immigrant Hispanic population, a choir with an African American classroom majority, and a choir comprised of students who identify with eighteen distinct ethnicities. Additionally, portraits of nine ethnically diverse students illuminate how CRT shaped their experiences as members of these choral ensembles. Practical recommendations are offered for developing a culturally responsive classroom environment.

Howard Hawks - Music as Communication in Film (Paperback): Gregory Camp Howard Hawks - Music as Communication in Film (Paperback)
Gregory Camp
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Known for creating classic films including His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Bringing Up Baby, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks is one of the best-known Hollywood 'auteurs', but the important role that music plays in his films has been generally neglected by film critics and scholars. In this concise study, Gregory Camp demonstrates how Hawks' use of music and musical treatment of dialogue articulate the group communication that is central to his films. In five chapters, Camp explores how the notion of 'music' in Hawks' films can be expanded beyond the film score, and the techniques by which Hawks and his collaborators (including actors, screenwriters, composers, and editors) achieve this heightened musicality.

Eudaimonia - Perspectives for Music Learning (Paperback): Gareth Dylan Smith, Marissa Silverman Eudaimonia - Perspectives for Music Learning (Paperback)
Gareth Dylan Smith, Marissa Silverman
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eudaimonia: Perspectives for Music Learning asserts the fertile applications of eudaimonia-an Aristotelian concept of human flourishing intended to explain the nature of a life well lived-for work in music learning and teaching in the 21st century. Drawing insights from within and beyond the field of music education, contributors reflect on what the "good life" means in music, highlighting issues at the core of the human experience and the heart of schooling and other educational settings. This pursuit of personal fulfillment through active engagement is considered in relation to music education as well as broader social, political, spiritual, psychological, and environmental contexts. Especially pertinent in today's complicated and contradictory world, Eudaimonia: Perspectives for Music Learning is a concise compendium on this oft-overlooked concept, providing musicians with an understanding of an ethically-guided and socially-meaningful music-learning paradigm.

The Indian Drum of the King-God and the Pakhavaj of Nathdwara (Paperback): Paolo Pacciolla The Indian Drum of the King-God and the Pakhavaj of Nathdwara (Paperback)
Paolo Pacciolla
R1,233 Discovery Miles 12 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book studies the evolution of the ancient drum m?da?ga into the pakhavaj, crossing more than 2,000 years of history. While focusing on the Nathdwara school of pakhavaj, the author joins ethnographic, historical, religious and iconographic perspectives to argue a multifaceted interpretation of the role and function of the pakhavaj in royal courts, temples and contemporary stages. Furthermore, he offers the first analysis of the visual and narrative contents of its repertoire.

Lives in Music - Mobility and Change in a Global Context (Paperback): Sara Lemenestrel Lives in Music - Mobility and Change in a Global Context (Paperback)
Sara Lemenestrel
R1,241 Discovery Miles 12 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lives in Music analyses interwoven patterns of mobility, change, and power in music and dance practices. It challenges some commonly accepted conceptual tools that are ubiquitous in anthropology today, including cultural hybridity, transnational networks, and globalization. Based on seven "itineraries" that are the result of extensive ethnographic long-term field research efforts, the processes of geographic and social mobility, transformation, and power relative to music and dance practices are explored in different parts of the world. Seven writers provide life stories constructed through ethnographic techniques and life histories and supported by a deep knowledge of local customs.

Music, Health, and Power - Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia (Paperback): Bonnie Mcconnell Music, Health, and Power - Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia (Paperback)
Bonnie Mcconnell
R1,229 Discovery Miles 12 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Devoted solely to women's music in The Gambia through the lens of Muslim's women's performances, while other scholarship has concentrated on male musical practices and imply the non-existence of female roles* Goes beyond the health crisis of AIDS to investigate and health and well-being beyond AIDS, and to do so with an interdisciplinary approach* Current ethnographic research from field in the country for period of 12 years* Focuses on the music of kanyeleng fertility societies as well as popular dance music,

Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Henry Spiller, Elizabeth A. Clendinning Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Henry Spiller, Elizabeth A. Clendinning
R4,088 Discovery Miles 40 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia, Third Edition, introduces the emblematic music of Southeast Asia's largest country, as sound and as cultural phenomenon, highlighting the significant role gamelan music plays in the national culture while teaching of Indonesian values and modern-day life. Despite Indonesia's great diversity-a melting pot of indigenous, Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, Portuguese, Dutch, British, and modern global influences-a forged national identity is at its core. This volume explores that identity, understanding present-day Javanese, Balinese, Cirebonese, and Sundanese gamelan music through ethnic, social, cultural, and global perspectives. New to the third edition: Updated content throughout to reflect current Indonesian history and geography, as well as revivals of gamelan ensembles by the Cirebonese courts Modern examples of Indonesian musics, along with new uses of gamelan and other traditional musics An examination of school gamelan and ISBI as a center of innovation Expanded discussion on dangdut and its current status in Indonesia, along with Islam's effect on dangdut Listening examples now posted as online eResources

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