Folk & Traditional

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626195806Author Ronald JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 155Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

In 2003, the Korean singing tradition of p'ansori joined the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a distinctive honor bestowed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. P'ansori is a music...

The Appalachian dulcimer is one of America's major contributions to world music and folk art. Homemade and handmade, played by people with no formal knowledge of music, this beautiful instrument entered the post-World-War-II Folk Revival with virtually...

Sampling virtually all of the old-time styles within the musical traditions still extant in north Georgia, Folk Visions and Voices is a collection of eighty-two songs and instrumentals, enhanced by photographs, illustrations, biographical sketches of...

This book takes a radical approach to the study of traditional songs. Folk song scholarship was originally obsessed with notions of completeness and narrative coherence; even now long narratives hold a privileged place in most folk song canons. Yet field...

Sound Relations delves into histories of Inuit musical life in Alaska to register the significance of sound as integral to self-determination and sovereignty. Offering radical and relational ways of listening to Inuit performances across a range of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881521842Author Bell YungPage Count 104Imprint MCCM CreationsPublisher MCCM CreationsWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 229mm * 8mm

The islands of Chiloe, in southern Chile, have developed a distinct culture over several centuries, blending indigenous traditions and Spanish settler heritage to create a vibrant pattern of folklore, music, dance, and related creative practices. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825636677Author Amy ApplebyFormat PaperbackPage Count 319Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO MusicWeight(grams) 1202gDimensions(mm) 305mm * 229mm * 25mm

Music and tourism, both integral to the culture and livelihood of the circum-Caribbean region, have until recently been approached from disparate disciplinary perspectives. Scholars who specialize in tourism studies typically focus on issues such as...

How do marginalized communities speak back to power when they are excluded from political processes and socially denigrated? In what ways do they use music to sound out their unique histories and empower themselves? How can we hear their voices behind...

Melodious panpipes and kena flutes. The shimmering strums of a charango. Poncho-clad musicians playing "El Condor Pasa" at subway stops or street corners while selling their recordings. These sounds and images no doubt come to mind for many "world music"...

Musical Minorities is the first English-language monograph on the performing arts of an ethnic minority in Vietnam. Living primarily in the northern mountains, the Hmong have strategically maintained their cultural distance from foreign invaders and...

In 1908 a local rancher and surveyor by the name of N Howard 'Jack' Thorp walked into the cramped offices of the Estancia News in Estancia, New Mexico, and inquired of the printer about publishing a small book of 'cowboy songs'. For at least nineteen...

Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574242201Author Jim Bob TinsleyPage Count 242Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953206889Author Robert GoganPage Count 164Imprint Music IrelandPublisher Music Ireland

Based on extensive archival research and oral history, Staging Tradition traces the parallel careers of the creators of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and the National Folk Festival. Through their devotion to the staging of traditional culture, including...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804673898Author Mihails SaitersFormat PaperbackPage Count 29Imprint Bookvault PublishingPublisher Bookvault PublishingWeight(grams) 99gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942155553Author Thomas CurrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Thomas CurrenPublisher Thomas CurrenWeight(grams) 354g

In a tradition extending from the medieval era to the early twentieth century, visually disabled Japanese women known as goze toured the Japanese countryside as professional singers and contributed to the vitality of rural musical culture. The goze sang...

Musical Intimacies and Indigenous Imaginaries explores several styles performed in the vital aboriginal musical scene in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, focusing on fiddling, country music, Christian hymnody, and step dancing. In considering...

Over the past two decades, a steady stream of recordings, videos, feature films, festivals, and concerts has presented the music of Balkan Gypsies, or Roma, to Western audiences, who have greeted them with exceptional enthusiasm. Yet, as author Carol...

for CCBar and piano This entertaining three-part arrangement of the popular sea shanty was written for Cambiata North West. The humorous lyrics are complemented by a jovial piano accompaniment and the piece includes several key changes, allowing...

for bass This exciting new collection by Bob Chilcott gives a jazzy twist to nine favourite folk songs from around the world. The bass part, which forms part of the jazz-trio accompaniment, is notated with chord symbols and can be played as written or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061807336Author Daniel Mark EpsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 431g

Richly ethnographic and a compelling read, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declared...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467105392Author Karl AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877459972Author Sandra Louise DyasPage Count 88Imprint University of Iowa PressPublisher University of Iowa PressWeight(grams) 669g

Joe Wilson served for twenty-eight years as executive director of the National Folk Festival and National Council for Traditional Arts. Throughout his impressive career, Wilson wrote extensively and colorfully about many facets of vernacular music in...

Homegrown Music offers an introductory primer for newcomers to bluegrass and provides a novel perspective for fans already captivated by the music. Award-winning bluegrass writer Stephanie P. Ledgin writes about topics ranging from the music's...

Life Flows on in Endless Song explores American folk songs as a frame for the American experience. Robert V. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one region to another. Crafting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783205214090Author Ulrich MorgensternFormat HardbackPage Count 319Imprint Bohlau VerlagPublisher Bohlau VerlagWeight(grams) 764g

In Roma Music and Emotion, author Filippo Bonini Baraldi forges a much-needed theory of music, emotion, and empathy from an anthropological perspective, addressing the failure of the prevailing psychological theories on music and emotion to account for...

Ewan MacColl is widely recognized as a key figure in the English folk revival, who tried to convey traditional music to a mass audience. Dominant in the movement during the 1950s and much of the 1960s, his position has come under attack in more recent...

Diverse musical cultures of migrant and minority communities have existed in Europe for centuries and shaped its countries significantly. As part of an EU-funded project this volume deals with the musical activities of minorities and their impact on...

The similarities between the chanson franAaise and the canzone d'autore have been often noted but never fully explored. Both genres are national forms which involve the figure of the singer-songwriter, both experienced their golden age of production in...

Taiwan aboriginal song has received extensive media coverage since the launch and settlement of a copyright lawsuit following pop group Enigma's allegedly unauthorized use of Amis voices in the 1996 Olympics hit, Return To Innocence. Taking as her...

for SATB choir and piano This exciting collection gives a jazzy twist to nine favourite folk songs from around the world, including 'Scarborough Fair', 'A la claire fontaine', and 'Waltzing Matilda' as you've never heard them before! Each song is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385520508Author Liam ClancyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...