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Racionais MCs' Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Paperback): Derek Pardue Racionais MCs' Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Paperback)
Derek Pardue
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the 'Rational' MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the hip-hop scene in Sao Paulo and firmly establishing itself as the point of reference for youth across Brazil. In an era when rappers needed to defend the very idea that their work was indeed music and a time when neighborhoods such as Capao Redondo, from where Racionais frontman Mano Brown hailed, often topped homicide statistics, Sobrevivendo empowered as it provoked. As one journalist noted, "the underworld of Sao Paulo's working-class suburbs is dominated by cheap thrills and provides little space for representation." Sobrevivendo changed all of that; a brutal but invigorating imagination was born. The lure of Sobrevivendo is the particular combination of word and sound that powerfully involves listeners, especially those millions of young Brazilians who live in the neighborhoods on the periphery of Brazil's megacities. This book celebrates the 25-year anniversary of Sobrevivendo by representing the album's power not only within the hip-hop community but also in other cultural domains such as cinema and literature. The author also provides his own narrative spins on the sentiment of Sobrevivendo, thus making the book a creative mix of cultural analysis and inspired testimony.

Songs of Earth - Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music (Hardcover): Anna L. Wood, Robert Garfias, Victor Grauer, Stella Silbert Songs of Earth - Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music (Hardcover)
Anna L. Wood, Robert Garfias, Victor Grauer, Stella Silbert
R2,862 Discovery Miles 28 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based upon Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music (1976), by Alan Lomax, Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music is a contemporary guide to understanding and exploring Cantometrics, the system developed by Lomax and Victor Grauer for analyzing the formal elements of music related to human geography and sociocultural patterning. This carefully constructed cross-cultural study of world music revealed deep-rooted performance patterns and aesthetic preferences and their links with environmental factors and ancient socioeconomic practices. This new and updated edition is for anyone wishing to understand and more deeply appreciate the forms and sociocultural contexts of the musics of the world's peoples, and it is designed to be used by both scholars and laypeople. Part One of the book consists of a practical guide to using the Cantometrics system, a course with musical examples to test one's understanding of the material, a theoretical framework to put the methodology in context, and an illustration of the method used to explore the roots of popular music. Part Two includes guides to four other analytical systems that Lomax developed, which focus on orchestration, phrasing and breath management, vowel articulation, instrumentation, and American popular music. Part Three provides resources for educators who wish to use the Cantometrics system in their classrooms, a summary of the findings and hypotheses of Lomax's original research, and a discussion of Cantometrics' criticisms, applications, and new approaches, and it includes excerpts of Lomax's original writings about world song style and cultural equity.

The Mukhtar Method - Darbuka Beginner, Intermediate & Upper-Intermediate (Paperback): Ahmed Mukhtar The Mukhtar Method - Darbuka Beginner, Intermediate & Upper-Intermediate (Paperback)
Ahmed Mukhtar
R676 Discovery Miles 6 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fado Ukulele - Portuguese Fado Tunes for Low G Ukulele (Paperback): Dave Brown Fado Ukulele - Portuguese Fado Tunes for Low G Ukulele (Paperback)
Dave Brown
R279 Discovery Miles 2 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Odes to Music - A Collection of Short Stories (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Susan  Deller Carr Odes to Music - A Collection of Short Stories (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Susan Deller Carr
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Music in Egypt: Includes CD (Mixed media product): Scott Marcus Music in Egypt: Includes CD (Mixed media product)
Scott Marcus
R2,741 Discovery Miles 27 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Music in Egypt is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study.
Music in Egypt provides an overview of the country's rich and dynamic contemporary musical landscape. It offers an in-depth look at specific Egyptian musical traditions, paying special attention to performers and the variety of contexts in which performances occur. The book acknowledges the pervasive presence of Islam by focusing on two Muslim performance genres and by considering the age-old issue of the compatibility of music and Islam. It accomplishes the latter by incorporating the voices of many of the performers featured on the accompanying CD. The volume features a variety of musics that reflect and help to create a number of distinct regional, national, and community identities co-existing in Egypt today.
Drawing on more than twenty years of extensive fieldwork, Scott L. Marcus offers detailed ethnographic documentation of seven performance traditions found in Egypt today: the call to prayer; madh, a genre of Sufi religious music; southern Egyptian mizmar folkmusic; early twentieth-century takht-based art music; music by the acclaimed singer Umm Kulthum, which dominated the mid-twentieth century; wedding procession music; and music by the current superstar pop singer Hakim. The book is packaged with an 80-minute audio CD containing excellent examples of each tradition. All of the examples are based in a single melodic mode--maqam rast--to best engage students with the musical form, structure, and practice of the traditions. Separate educational tracks on the CD introduce maqam rast and the variety of rhythms found in the CD examples. In addition, the CD features a special solo improvisation (taqasim) in maqam rast by UCLA professor Ali Jihad Racy, to help students better understand this particular melodic mode.
Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with performers, listening examples, and song lyrics that enable students to interact with the text, Music in Egypt provides a unique and hands-on introduction to the country's diverse and captivating music.

Dona Ivone Lara's Sorriso Negro (Hardcover): Mila Burns Dona Ivone Lara's Sorriso Negro (Hardcover)
Mila Burns
R1,865 R1,694 Discovery Miles 16 940 Save R171 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

More than simply a paragon of Brazilian samba, Dona (Lady) Ivone Lara's 1981 Sorriso Negro (translated to Black Smile) is an album deeply embedded in the political and social tensions of its time. Released less than two years after the Brazilian military dictatorship approved the Lei de Anistia (the "Opening" that put Brazil on a path toward democratic governance), Sorriso Negro reflects the seminal shifts occurring within Brazilian society as former exiles reinforced notions of civil rights and feminist thought in a nation under the iron hand of a military dictatorship that had been in place since 1964. By looking at one of the most important samba albums ever recorded (and one that also happened to be authored by a black woman), Mila Burns explores the pathbreaking career of Dona Ivone Lara, tracing the ways in which she navigated the tense gender and race relations of the samba universe to ultimately conquer the masculine world of samba composers. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-basedbooks and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.

Pump it up Magazine - Rising RnB Icon Saint Jaimz (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui Pump it up Magazine - Rising RnB Icon Saint Jaimz (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui; Interview by Michael B Sutton
R373 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R69 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky (Paperback): Ross Hagen Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky (Paperback)
Ross Hagen
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky (1992) is a foundational keystone of the musical and aesthetic vision of the notorious Norwegian black metal scene and one of the most beloved albums of the genre. Its mysterious artwork and raw sound continue to captivate and inspire black metal fans and musicians worldwide. This book explores the album in the context of exoticism and musical geography, examining how black metal music has come to conjure images of untamed Nordic wildernesses for fans worldwide. In doing so, it analyzes aspects of musical style and production that created the distinctly "grim" sound of Darkthrone and Norwegian black metal.

Pump it up Magazine - Nicollette Sullivan - Women's History Month Edition (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui Pump it up Magazine - Nicollette Sullivan - Women's History Month Edition (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui
R373 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R70 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American Fiddler - Traditional Fiddle Music from Around the World (Book): Edward Huws Jones American Fiddler - Traditional Fiddle Music from Around the World (Book)
Edward Huws Jones
R612 R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Pump it up Magazine - Geechie Dan - Hip-Hop Museum's Executive Director (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui Pump it up Magazine - Geechie Dan - Hip-Hop Museum's Executive Director (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui; Edited by Michael B Sutton
R373 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R69 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pump it up Magazine With Em - Pop/Urban Music Sensation - Vol. 5- Issue 11 (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui Pump it up Magazine With Em - Pop/Urban Music Sensation - Vol. 5- Issue 11 (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui
R373 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R70 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pump it up magazine - Ashley Ca$h (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui Pump it up magazine - Ashley Ca$h (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui
R373 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R70 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dundee Street Songs, Rhymes and Games 2021 - The William Montgomerie Collection, 1952 (Paperback): Margaret Bennett Dundee Street Songs, Rhymes and Games 2021 - The William Montgomerie Collection, 1952 (Paperback)
Margaret Bennett; Illustrated by Les McConnell
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dundee Street Songs,Rhymes and Games: The William Montgomerie Collection, 1952 - In 1952 when these songs and rhymes were recorded in Hilltown, Dundee there may not have been a street or playground anywhere where the sound of children singing and playing was part of everyday life. Although there had been Scottish collectors of 'bairn sangs' since the 1820s, it was not until the 1940s that anyone in Scotland audio-recorded the actual sound of playground voices. These recordings of school children captured the vitality of the local dialect, the spontaneity of their language-use outside the classroom, their repertoire of songs, rhymes and games, their musicality , as well as the sounds that echo the speed and accuracy of their hand-eye co-ordination. (Audio links included in the notes).

Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges's The Corner Club (Hardcover): Jonathon Grasse Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges's The Corner Club (Hardcover)
Jonathon Grasse
R2,330 Discovery Miles 23 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1972, a group of creative Brazilian musicians and poets informally led by singer-songwriter Milton Nascimento recorded a landmark double-LP titled Clube da Esquina (Corner Club). The album saw highly original songs by Milton, already an award-winning international star, sharing vinyl with those of Lo Borges, an unknown eighteen-year-old from Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais. There, where the street "corner" still exists, grew their collective also known as the Corner Club, as the artists collaborated on many subsequent albums boasting innovative blends of pop, jazz, rock, folk, classical influences, and, before Brazil's return to civilian rule in 1985, poignant protest songs aimed at a cruel dictatorship. Drawing on a thirty-year relationship with Minas Gerais that includes interviews with Corner Club members and extensive research of Portuguese language sources, Jonathon Grasse presents an analysis of the artists, songs, and ideas comprising the LP that helps define this Brazilian generation. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-based books and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.

Pump it up Magazine - H'Atina - Award Winning Soul Singer Takes Us On Her Journey! (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui Pump it up Magazine - H'Atina - Award Winning Soul Singer Takes Us On Her Journey! (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui; Contributions by Michael B Sutton, Carter Kaya
R373 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R70 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pump it up Magazine - From Oaktown To Motown And Beyond With Multi-Platinum Record Producer and Singer Michael B. Sutton... Pump it up Magazine - From Oaktown To Motown And Beyond With Multi-Platinum Record Producer and Singer Michael B. Sutton (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui
R373 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R70 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Paperback): Peter Freeman The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Paperback)
Peter Freeman
R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Antonio Carlos Jobim has been called the greatest of all contemporary Brazilian songwriters. He wrote both popular and serious music and was a gifted piano, guitar and flute player. One of the key figures in the creation of the bossa nova style, Jobim's music made a lasting impression worldwide, and many of his songs are now standards of the popular music repertoire. In The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, one of the first extensive musicological analyses of the Brazilian composer, Peter Freeman examines the music, philosophy and circumstances surrounding the creation of Jobim's popular songs, instrumental compositions and symphonic works. Freeman attempts to elucidate not only the many musical influences that formed Jobim's musical output, but also the stylistic peculiarities that were as much the product of a gifted composer as the rich musical environment and heritage that surrounded him.

Pump it up Magazine - Felicia Green - What She Knows Could Change Your Life! (Paperback): Anissa Boudjaoui, Michael B Sutton Pump it up Magazine - Felicia Green - What She Knows Could Change Your Life! (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui, Michael B Sutton
R367 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R70 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
K-Pop - The Odyssey: Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon (Hardcover): Wooseok Ki K-Pop - The Odyssey: Your Gateway to the Global K-Pop Phenomenon (Hardcover)
Wooseok Ki
R806 R672 Discovery Miles 6 720 Save R134 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Childless Witch - Trembling, dance, voice, oracle, grace (Paperback): Camelia Elias The Childless Witch - Trembling, dance, voice, oracle, grace (Paperback)
Camelia Elias
R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An introduction to the study of national music; comprising researches into popular songs, traditions, and customs (Paperback):... An introduction to the study of national music; comprising researches into popular songs, traditions, and customs (Paperback)
Carl Engel
R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pump it up Magazine - Calyn & Dyli - Hip and chic California teen pop siblings - Women's Month edition (Paperback): Anissa... Pump it up Magazine - Calyn & Dyli - Hip and chic California teen pop siblings - Women's Month edition (Paperback)
Anissa Boudjaoui, Michael B Sutton
R482 R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Save R94 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ultimate BBQ cookbook - BBQ sauce recipe book (Paperback): Cara Doris Ultimate BBQ cookbook - BBQ sauce recipe book (Paperback)
Cara Doris
R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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