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World Music: A Global Journey, Fourth Edition takes students around
the world to experience the diversity of musical expression and
cultural traditions. It is known for its breadth in surveying the
world's major cultures in a systematic study of world music within
a strong pedagogical framework. As one would prepare for any
journey, each chapter starts with background preparation, reviewing
the historical, cultural, and musical overview of the region.
Visits to multiple "sites" within a region provide in-depth studies
of varied musical traditions. Music analysis begins with an
experiential "first impression" of the music, followed by an "aural
analysis" of the sound and prominent musical elements. Finally,
students are invited to consider the cultural connections that give
the music its meaning and life. Fourth Edition features: New sites!
Plena from Puerto Rico Chuida from China Gagaku from Japan has
returned from the Second Edition New "Inside Look" features
spotlight distinguished ethnomusicologists such as Dr. Terence Liu,
K.S. Resni, Dr. Sumarsam, Dr. Mick Moloney, Walter Mahovlich,
Natalie MacMaster, and Gilbert Velez Addition of DANCE, inseparable
to musical expression in some cultures Updates as needed, resulting
from various changes in culture, politics, and war New and revised
test questions, new photos, and other revised resources The dynamic
companion website hosts interactive listening guides plus many
student and instructor resources. A set of three CDs is available,
either in the hardcover or paperback packages or as a stand-alone
purchase. PURCHASING OPTIONS Print Paperback Pack - Book and CD
set: 9781138911277 Print Hardback Pack - Book and CD set:
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with proof of purchase to obtain access to the mp3 audio
compilation. An access code and instructions will be provided. (The
mp3 audio compilation is not available for separate sale.)
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.
After a string of commercial disappointments, in 1986 Australian
rock band The Church were simultaneously dropped by Warner Brothers
in the US and EMI in Australasia. The future looked bleak.
Seemingly from nowhere, their next record, Starfish, became an
unlikely global hit. Its alluring and pensive lead single, 'Under
the Milky Way', stood in stark contrast to the synth pop and hair
metal dominating the 1980s. A high watermark of intelligent rock,
Starfish musically anticipated alternative revolutions to come. Yet
in making Starfish, The Church struggled with their internal
contradictions. Seeking both commercial and artistic success, they
were seduced by fame and drugs but cynical towards the music
industry. Domiciled in Australia but with a European literary
worldview, they relocated to Los Angeles to record under strained
circumstances in the heart of the West Coast hit machine. This book
traces the story of Starfish, its background, composition,
production and reception. To the task, Gibson brings an unusual
perspective as both a musician and a geographer. Drawing upon four
decades of media coverage as well as fresh interviews between the
author and band members, this book delves into the mysteries of
this mercurial classic, tracing both its slippery cultural
geography and its sumptuous songcraft. Situating Starfish in time
and space, Gibson transports the reader to a key album and moment
in popular music history when the structure and politics of the
record industry was set to forever change.
In Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles,
Revised Edition, Kenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to
life-from their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group and their
apprenticeship in the nightclubs and mean streets of Hamburg
through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the
massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself. By mapping the group's
development as an artistic fusion, Womack traces the Beatles'
creative arc from their first, primitive recordings through Abbey
Road and the twilight of their career. In this revised edition,
Womack addresses new insights in Beatles-related scholarship since
the original publication of Long and Winding Roads, along with
hundreds of the group's outtakes released in the intervening years.
The updated edition also affords attention to the Beatles' musical
debt to Rhythm and Blues, as well as to key recent discoveries that
vastly shift our understanding of formative events in the band's
timeless story.
Music in the Hispanic Caribbean 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.** The
Spanish-speaking islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican
Republic make up a relatively small region, but their musical and
cultural traditions have had a dramatic, sweeping impact on the
world. The first brief, stand-alone volume to explore the music of
these three islands, Music in the Hispanic Caribbean provides a
vibrant introduction to diverse musical styles including salsa,
merengue, reggaeton, plena, Latin jazz, and the bolero.
Ethnomusicologist Robin Moore employs three themes in his survey of
Hispanic Caribbean music: - The cultural legacy of the slave trade
- The creolization of Caribbean musical styles - Diaspora,
migration, and movement Each theme lends itself to a discussion of
the region's traditional musical genres as well as its more
contemporary forms. The author draws on his extensive regional
fieldwork, offering accounts of local performances, interviews with
key performers, and vivid illustrations. A compelling,
comprehensive review, Music in the Hispanic Caribbean is ideal for
introductory undergraduate courses in world music or
ethnomusicology and for upper-level courses on Caribbean and Latin
American music and/or culture. Packaged with a 70-minute CD
containing musical examples, the text features numerous listening
activities that actively engage students with the music. The
companion website (www.oup.com/us/globalmusic) includes
supplementary materials for instructors.
In Musicians in Transit Matthew B. Karush examines the
transnational careers of seven of the most influential Argentine
musicians of the twentieth century: Afro-Argentine swing guitarist
Oscar Aleman, jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri, composer Lalo
Schifrin, tango innovator Astor Piazzolla, balada singer Sandro,
folksinger Mercedes Sosa, and rock musician Gustavo Santaolalla. As
active participants in the globalized music business, these artists
interacted with musicians and audiences in the United States,
Europe, and Latin America and contended with genre distinctions,
marketing conventions, and ethnic stereotypes. By responding
creatively to these constraints, they made innovative music that
provided Argentines with new ways of understanding their nation's
place in the world. Eventually, these musicians produced
expressions of Latin identity that reverberated beyond Argentina,
including a novel form of pop ballad; an anti-imperialist,
revolutionary folk genre; and a style of rock built on a pastiche
of Latin American and global genres. A website with links to
recordings by each musician accompanies the book.
Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not
only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and
creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of
contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of
hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres,
including reggae, ragga, and gospel music, and the continued
vitality of drumming. Covering Senegal, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana,
Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa, this volume
offers unique perspectives on the presence and development of hip
hop and other music in Africa and their place in global music
culture."
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.
Rebelling against the Elvis-based, American-imported rock scene in
late '60s Brazil, Caetano Veloso suffused lyrical Brazilian
folksongs with fuzz guitar, avant-jazz, and electronic music-and in
doing so blew apart the status quo of Brazilian culture. Caetano
and the movement he catalyzed, "tropicalia," urged an adoption of
personal freedom in politics, music, and lifestyle. His
"rabble-rousing," as the government saw it, would get Caetano and
his comrade Gilberto Gil arrested and exiled to London to wait out
the military dictatorship. His fame increasing by the year, Caetano
focused on writing songs about his homeland, returning to Brazil as
a national hero-a mantle he still wears today. His most recent
album, "Live in Bahia," was released to international critical and
popular acclaim.
Music in North India is a volume in the Global Music Series, edited by Bonnie Wade and Patricia Campbell. This volume, appropriate for use in undergraduate, introductory courses on world music or ethnomusicology, introduces the musical traditions of North India. Through the vivid eyewitness accounts of performances and retelling of conversations with performers, this volume not only describes the form, structure, and expression of North Indian music, but also illuminates its pronounced religious and cultural significance.
!Canta Conmigo! is a practical guide for music educators looking to
teach music from Central America. Suitable for use in families,
schools, or community centers, this resource contains a playful
collection of 90 songs, singing games, chants, and games author
Rachel Gibson learned from teachers, children, and families while
living in several communities in both countries. While the majority
of the songs are in Spanish, the book also includes a few in a
Mayan language, Kaqchikel. A comprehensive companion website offers
field video, audio recordings, and select song histories to help
readers witness the music in authentic contexts. Ethnographic
descriptions of locations where songs were learned and personal
biographies written by the singers in Kaqchikel or Spanish and
translated to English allow the reader to develop a connection to
the land and the musicians. Culturally responsive and sustaining
teaching pedagogies are discussed alongside strategies to
responsibly include the music into school curriculums. A brief
history of Central America and an overview of music genres in the
region are included to frame this song collection within historic,
cultural, and musical contexts. !Ven a cantar y jugar! Come sing
and play!
Authors Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari take students around
the world to experience the diversity of musical expression. World
Music: A Global Journey, now in its third edition, is known for its
breadth in surveying the world's major cultures in a systematic
study of world music within a strong pedagogical framework. As one
prepares for any travel, each chapter starts with background
preparation, reviewing the historical, cultural, and musical
overview of the region. Visits to multiple `sites' within a region
provide in-depth studies of varied musical traditions. Music
analysis begins with an experimental "first impression" of the
music, followed by an "aural analysis" of the sound and prominent
musical elements. Finally, students are invited to consider the
cultural connections that give the music its meaning and life.
This volume provides a transnational study of the impact of musical
cultures in the Eastern Baltics-Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and
Russia-at the end of the Cold War and in the early post-Communist
period. Throughout the book, the contributors explore and
conceptualize transnational musical collaboration and the diffusion
of information, people, and ideas focusing on musical activity
which shaped the moral and artistic outlook of several generations.
The volume sheds light on the transformative power of politically
and socially engaged music and offers a deeper understanding of the
artistic potential of societies and its impact on social and
political change.
The Gurindji people of the Northern Territory are best known for
their walk-off of Wave Hill Station in 1966, protesting against
mistreatment by the station managers. The strike would become the
first major victory of the Indigenous land rights movement. Many
discussions of station life are focused on the harsh treatment of
Aboriginal workers. Songs from the Stations describes another side
of life on Wave Hill Station. Among the harsh conditions and
decades of mistreatment, an eclectic ceremonial life flourished
during the first half of the 20th century. Constant travel between
cattle stations by Aboriginal workers across north-western and
central Australia meant that Wave Hill Station became a crossroad
of desert and Top End musical styles. As a result, the Gurindji
people learnt songs from the Mudburra who came further east, the
Bilinarra from the north, Western Desert speakers from the west,
and the Warlpiri from the south. This book is the first detailed
documentation of wajarra, public songs performed by the Gurindji
people. Featuring five song sets known as Laka, Mintiwarra, Kamul,
Juntara, and Freedom Day, it is an exploration of the cultural
exchange between Indigenous communities that was fostered by their
involvement in the pastoral industry.Songs from the Stations
presents musical and textual analysis of the five sets of wajarra
songs below. These five song sets were recorded at Kalkaringi in
1998, 2007, 2015 and 2016, and can be streamed by visiting
https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/songs-stations.html
Want the word on Buffy Sainte-Marie? Looking for the best powwow
recordings? Wondering what else Jim Pepper cut besides "Witchi Tai
To"? This book will answer those questions and more as it opens up
the world of Native American music. In addition to the widely heard
sounds of Carlos Nakaias flute, Native music embraces a wide range
of forms: country and folk, jazz and swing, reggae and rap. Brian
Wright-McLeod, producer/host of Canadaas longest-running Native
radio program, has gathered the musicians and their music into this
comprehensive reference, an authoritative source for biographies
and discographies of hundreds of Native artists. "The Encyclopedia
of Native Music" recognizes the multifaceted contributions made by
Native recording artists by tracing the history of their
commercially released music. It provides an overview of the
surprising abundance of recorded Native music while underlining its
historical value. With almost 1,800 entries spanning more than 100
years, this book leads readers from early performers of traditional
songs like William Horncloud to artists of the new millennium such
as Zotigh. Along the way, it includes entries for jazz and blues
artists never widely acknowledged for their Native roots--Oscar
Pettiford, Mildred Bailey, and Keely Smith--and traces the
recording histories of contemporary performers like Rita Coolidge
and Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group" in the original
Mothers of Invention. It also includes film soundtracks and
compilation albums that have been instrumental in bringing many
artists to popular attention. In addition to music, it lists
spoken-word recordings, including audio books, comedy, interviews,
poetry, and more. With thisunprecedented breadth of coverage and
extensively cross-referenced, "The Encyclopedia of Native Music" is
an essential guide for enthusiasts and collectors. More than that,
it is a gateway to the authentic music of North America--music of
the people who have known this land from time immemorial and
continue to celebrate it in sound.
When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come
to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing. These perceptions
are rooted in emblematic African and African-derived genres such as
West African drumming, funk, salsa, or samba and, more importantly,
essentialized notions about Africa which have been fueled over
centuries of contact between the "West," Africa, and the African
diaspora. These notions, of course, tend to reduce and often
portray Africa and the diaspora as primitive, exotic, and
monolithic. In Africanness in Action, author Juan Diego Diaz
explores this dynamic through the perspectives of Black musicians
in Bahia, Brazil, a site imagined by many as a diasporic epicenter
of African survivals and purity. Black musicians from Bahia, Diaz
argues, assert Afro-Brazilian identities, promote social change,
and critique racial inequality by creatively engaging essentialized
tropes about African music and culture. Instead of reproducing
these notions, musicians demonstrate agency by strategically
emphasizing or downplaying them.
A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto
originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music
and became a powerful form of regional identity. Today, listeners
and musicians around the world have embraced the genre and the work
of conjunto masters like Flaco Jimenez and Mingo Saldivar. Erin E.
Bauer follows conjunto from its local origins through three
processes of globalization--migration via media, hybridization, and
appropriation--that boosted the music's reach. As Bauer shows,
conjunto's encounter with globalizing forces raises fundamental
questions. What is conjunto stylistically and socioculturally? Does
context change how we categorize it? Do we consider the music to be
conjunto based on its musical characteristics or due to its
performance by Jimenez and other regional players? How do similar
local genres like Tejano and norteno relate to ideas of
categorization? A rare look at a fascinating musical phenomenon,
Flaco's Legacy reveals how conjunto came to encompass new people,
places, and styles.
Globetrotters brings together twelve toe-tapping original tunes in
styles from around the world-from Arabic to Chinese and from
klezmer to the Cuban cha-cha-cha- for the budding saxophonist. This
unique book presents a kaleidoscope of musical traditions, with
supporting background information and backing tracks that capture
each sound-world. To help with technique and interpretation, every
piece includes tailored warm-ups and stylistic tips from the
authors. With options for saxophone or piano accompaniment, and an
inspirational CD, Globetrotters is the ultimate resource for
aspiring musicians looking to go travellin' ...
Gamelan and American academic institutions have maintained their
close association for more than sixty years. Elizabeth A.
Clendinning illuminates what it means to devote one's life to world
music ensemble education by examining the career and community
surrounding the Balinese-American performer and teacher I Made
Lasmawan. Weaving together stories of Indonesian and American
practitioners, colleagues, and friends, Clendinning shows the
impact of academic world music ensembles on the local and
transnational communities devoted to education and the performing
arts. While arguing for the importance of such ensembles,
Clendinning also spotlights how performers and educators use them
to create stable and rewarding artistic communities. Cross-cultural
ensemble education emerges as a worthy goal for students and
teachers alike, particularly at a time when people around the world
express more enthusiasm about raising walls to keep others out
rather than building bridges to invite them in.
In Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles,
Revised Edition, Kenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to
life-from their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group and their
apprenticeship in the nightclubs and mean streets of Hamburg
through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the
massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself. By mapping the group's
development as an artistic fusion, Womack traces the Beatles'
creative arc from their first, primitive recordings through Abbey
Road and the twilight of their career. In this revised edition,
Womack addresses new insights in Beatles-related scholarship since
the original publication of Long and Winding Roads, along with
hundreds of the group's outtakes released in the intervening years.
The updated edition also affords attention to the Beatles' musical
debt to Rhythm and Blues, as well as to key recent discoveries that
vastly shift our understanding of formative events in the band's
timeless story.
Manikay are the ancestral songs of Arnhem Land, passed down over
generations and shaping relationships between people and the
country.Singing Bones foregrounds the voices of manikay singers
from Ngukurr in southeastern Arnhem Land and charts their
critically acclaimed collaboration with jazz musicians from the
Australian Art Orchestra, Crossing Roper Bar. It offers an overview
of WAgilak manikay narratives and style, including their social,
ceremonial and linguistic aspects, and explores the Crossing Roper
Bar project as an example of creative intercultural collaboration
and a living continuation of the manikay tradition."Through song,
the ancestral past animates the present, moving yolAu (people) to
dance. In song, community is established. By song, the past enfolds
the present. Today, the unique voices of WAgilak resound over the
ancestral ground and water, carried by the songs of old." Audio
examples are available at:
https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/singing-bones.html.
As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the
soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still
resonates widely today. Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of
the pioneering artistes of West Africa's vibrant music scene from
the 1920s onwards. It is packed full of inside information from
interviews with stars including E.T Mensah, Kofo Ghanaba, Bobby
Benson and Ignace De Souza, revealing priceless behind-the-scene
moments such as Louis Armstrong giving Eddie Okonta a trumpet with
a golden mouthpiece after seeing him perform. Together with an
illuminating account of Highlife's instruments, rhythms and
influences, Highlife Giants comprehensively charts the development
of this rich and varied popular music, which has come to influence
contemporary West African music such as Afrobeat and hiplife.
Highlife remains crucial in generating social commentary and
protest, and contributing to the consolidation of a pan-African
musical identity. This book will enthrall readers wishing to delve
into the rich musical history of West Africa.
The fifteen essays of Performing History glimpse the diverse ways
music historians "do" history, and the diverse ways in which music
histories matter. This book's chapters are structured into six key
areas: historically informed performance; ethnomusicological
perspectives; particular musical works that "tell," "enact," or
"perform" war histories; operatic works that works that "tell,"
"enact," or "perform" power or enlightenment; musical works that
deploy the body and a broad range of senses to convey histories;
and histories involving popular music and performance. Diverse
lines of evidence and manifold methodologies are represented here,
ranging from traditional historical archival research to
interviewing, performing, and composing. The modes of analyzing
music and its associated texts represented here are as various as
the kinds of evidence explored, including, for example, reading
historical accounts against other contextual backdrops, and reading
"between the lines" to access other voices than those provided by
mainstream interpretation or traditional musicology.
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