World Music, Ethnomusicology


Beyond the Roof of the World

Music, Prayer, and Healing in the Pamir Mountains
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Paperback May 2011 ISBN13: 9780199798216ISBN10: 0199798214 A benchmark in the new field of Medical Ethnomusicology
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Louisiana Hayride

Radio and Roots Music along the Red River
$45.00
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Hardback Nov 2004 ISBN13: 9780195167511ISBN10: 0195167511 Shreveport's Louisiana Hayride played a pivotal role not only in launching the careers of performers such as Elvis, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Slim Whitman, Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, and Kitty Wells, but also in transforming American popular music as we know it.

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Holy Brotherhood

Romani Music in a Hungarian Pentecostal Church
$125.00
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Hardback Nov 2002 ISBN13: 9780195137231ISBN10: 019513723X
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Balkan Fascination

Creating an Alternative Music Culture in America
Includes CD/DVD
$40.00
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Hardback Dec 2006 ISBN13: 9780195178678ISBN10: 019517867X Lauševic uncovers a uniquely American cultural scene, one that tells us more about American musical life than it does about Balkan music.

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Music in China

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Includes CD
$24.95
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Mixed Media Oct 2007 ISBN13: 9780195301243ISBN10: 0195301242

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When Blood and Bones Cry Out

Journeys through the Soundscape of Healing and Reconciliation
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Hardback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199837106ISBN10: 0199837104 An inspiring study that explores sound, music and poetry as metaphors to shed light on how communities traumatized by violence heal and seek reconciliation
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Music in Korea

Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
$24.95
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Paperback Oct 2011 ISBN13: 9780195368277ISBN10: 0195368274 The first brief, single-volume text to provide a thematic, succinct introduction to the music of Korea

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Nor-tec Rifa!

Electronic Dance Music from Tijuana to the World
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Paperback Feb 2008 ISBN13: 9780195342628ISBN10: 0195342623 In Nor-tec Rifa!, Alejandro L. Madrid crafts a fascinating account of this music and the city that fostered its birth.
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Transnational Encounters

Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
$35.00
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Paperback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199735938ISBN10: 019973593X Offers a unique perspective on the diversity and complexity of borderland culture
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Transnational Encounters

Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
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Hardback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199735921ISBN10: 0199735921 Offers a unique perspective on the diversity and complexity of borderland culture
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