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1	Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples more books like this by Jeff Todd Titon add to wishlist New edition of a text that studies music as a way of life for people around the world. Rather than surveying all music, musicologists from leading universities discuss a small number of representative human groups. Through geographical and historical context, biography and autobiography, discussion see all copies from $1.99! new only from $67.70! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Excursions in World Music more books like this by Bruno Nettl add to wishlist For one semester/ quarter courses in World Music and Introductory Ethnomusicology, and for use as a supplementary text in general Music Appreciation courses. This dynamic introductory text takes students on a vivid exploration into the major musical cultures of the world by first presenting a lively vignette of a musical occasion, and then placing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Blues people; Negro music in white America. more books like this by LeRoi Jones add to wishlist The author traces the influence of jazz and blues on white America, not only in the context of music and pop culture but also in terms of the values and perspectives passed on through the music. He aims to illuminate the influence of African Americans on American culture and history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture more books like this by Bonnie C Wade add to wishlist "Thinking Musically", the first volume in a textbook series on global music, is designed as the core text for undergraduate, introductory courses on world music. Supported by case studies from a variety of cultures, the text defines musical terms and concepts and discusses how musical organization and structure differ across cultures. It also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.55! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World more books like this by Kay Kaufman Shelemay add to wishlist In its first edition, Soundscapes broke new ground by organizing the study of world music according to its cultural significance, rather than by geography alone. see all copies from $13.93! new only from $41.95! \| SVS
6	World Music: A Global Journey more books like this by Terry E Miller add to wishlist The second edition of "World Music: A Global Journey" introduces students to the diversity of musical expression around the world. It takes the reader across the globe to experience cultural traditions that challenge the ear, the mind, and the spirit. It presents a systematic study of varied traditions in a non-technical language accessible to any ... see all copies from $7.80! new only from $66.49! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas more books like this by Elijah Wald add to wishlist In this book that is part travelogue and part musical history, Wald traces the roots of the contemporary Latin-American folk music known as corrido. While hitchhiking throughout the southwestern US and Mexico, Wald interviewed singers and fans of this style of music which often explores the lives of drug dealers and other outlaws, and often ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.06! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Official Price Guide to Records more books like this by Jerry Osborne add to wishlist From ABBA to the Zombies, this official price reference lists every single and album by every charted artist from 1926 to 1992--including crossover jazz, country, R&B, soul, gospel, and classical hits, Includes tips on grading and caring for collections, a complete buyer-seller dictionary, and more. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.61! \| SVS
9	African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms more books like this by John Miller Chernoff add to wishlist "We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."--Andrew Tracey, "African Music" "John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing, and his first-person narratives should be easily understood by any reader, while ringing ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States more books like this by Samuel A Floyd, Jr. add to wishlist The Power of Black Music offers a new way of listening to the music of black America, and appreciating its profound contribution to all American music. Striving to break down the barriers that remain between high art and low art, it illuminates the centuries-old linkage between the music, myths and rituals of Africa and the continuing evolution ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond more books like this by Ed Morales add to wishlist For everyone who has fallen in love with Latin music, a guide to its many styles that also traces its place in American music and culture . The Latin explosion of Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, and the Buena Vista Social Club may look like it came out of nowhere, but the incredible variety of Latin music has been transforming the United States since ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	New York: Songs of the City more books like this by Nancy J Groce add to wishlist The subject of an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York to be held in the fall of 1999, this lushly illustrated celebration of the sounds, sophistication, and stimulation of New York life as captured in music brings together pieces of the more than 1,000 songs written about the Big Apple. 100 illustrations, many in color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
13 view cover	A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America more books like this by Craig Werner add to wishlist This work chronicles more than 40 years of black music: from the hopeful, angry refrains of the Freedom Movement to the slick pop of Motown; from Woodstock and the "Summer of Love" to Vietnam and the race riots; from disco inferno to the Million Man March. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
14	The fabulous phonograph, 1877-1977 more books like this by Roland Gelatt add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! signed copies \| first editions
15	Ring Resounding more books like this by John Culshaw add to wishlist see all copies from $7.75! first editions \| SVS
16	Exploring the World of Music: An Introduction to Music from a World Music Perspective more books like this by Dorothea E Hast add to wishlist see all copies from $2.14! new only from $14.50!
17 view cover	Worlds of Music more books like this by Jeff Todd Titon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $85.90!
18 view cover	Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples more books like this by David P McAllester (Editor), Jeff Todd Titon (Editor), Mark Slobin (Editor) add to wishlist Worlds of Music is a unique introduction to ethnomusicology, the ideal text with which to experience and understand the meanings of music in the lives of diverse human communities. Writing about cultures they have studied at first hand, the authors describe and analyze the indigenous musics of Africa, North and South America, Eastern Europe, India ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.75!
19 view cover	Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction more books like this by Elizabeth May add to wishlist Twenty essays on ethnic music around the world, illustrated with maps, diagrams, drawings, and music. see all copies from $7.99! new only from $54.46! \| first editions
20 view cover	Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression more books like this by Steven Feld add to wishlist Now in its second edition, Sound and Sentiment is an ethnographic study of sound as a cultural system--that is, a system of symbols--among the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea. It shows how an analysis of modes and codes of sound communication leads to an understanding of life in Kaluli society. By studying the form and performance of weeping, ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $188.99!
21 view cover	Duende: A Journey Into the Heart of Flamenco more books like this by Jason Webster add to wishlist Jason Webster is an American who moved to Spain in order to find "duende," an indefinable but integral part of flamenco. In this passionate memoir, Webster describes his devotion to flamenco guitar and his involvement with a distinctly dangerous woman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.30! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Echoes from Dharamsala: Music in the Life of a Tibetan Refugee Community more books like this by Keila Diehl add to wishlist In "Echoes from Dharamsala", Keila Diehl uses music to understand the experiences of Tibetans living in Dharamsala, a town in the Indian Himalayas that for more than forty years has been home to Tibet's government-in-exile. The Dalai Lama's presence lends Dharamsala's Tibetans a feeling of being 'in place', but at the same time they have ... see all copies from $2.79! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Bg on the Record: A Bio-Discography of Benny Goodman, more books like this by D Russell Connor add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	No Man Can Hinder Me: The Journey from Slavery to Emancipation Through Song more books like this by Velma Maia Thomas add to wishlist In this book and CD package, the charismatic author of "Lest We Forget" chronicles the harsh realities of slavery and brilliantly brings to life the spirit of a people determined to be free. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	Listening to Salsa more books like this by Frances R Aparicio add to wishlist Portrays the complex politics of gender, sex, class, and race in Puerto Rican salsa music. see all copies from $5.94! new only from $18.07! \| first editions \| SVS

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