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1	A History of Western Music more books like this by Donald Jay Grout add to wishlist One of finest surveys of Western art music in the English language, now in its fifth edition and fully revised to incorporate recent scholarship. Includes a chapter added that is devoted to American music. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	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
3	Set Your Voice Free more books like this by Roger/ Frazier Love, Donna Frazier add to wishlist For anyone who wants to turn his dreams of singing into reality, for anyone who is self-conscious about speaking or singing in public, for anyone who hates the sound of her own voice on the answering machines - SET YOUR VOICE FREE offers the solution. With innovative techniques and enjoyable exercises that have worked wonders with his ... see all copies from $7.19! new only from $8.99! \| 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	Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Version more books like this by Jeff Todd Titon, Linda Fujie, David Locke add to wishlist No background or training in music? No problem. This shorter version of WORLDS OF MUSIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLES is written to make music accessible. Using the case-study approach, the text presents in-depth explorations of music of several cultures from around the world. The authors all ethnomusicologists working in ... see all copies from $26.99! new only from $79.98! \| SVS
6	Music in the Classic Period more books like this by Reinhard G Pauly add to wishlist For one-semester/quarter undergraduate and graduate courses in Music History in the department of Music. This comprehensive yet concise survey of music--part of the highly acclaimed Prentice Hall History of Music Series--traces the evolution of musical style through the Classic period--the late 18th and early 19th century--with an emphasis on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.21! \| first editions \| SVS
7	World Music: Traditions and Transformations more books like this by Michael B Bakan add to wishlist From cha cha cha to jeliya and Hindustani raga to hip-hop gamelan, this exciting new text takes students on a journey through diverse musical cultures and traditions of the world. With a clear and accessible presentation style and lively and engaging writing, it is an ideal introduction to world music for non-music and music majors alike. see all copies from $35.00! new only from $51.27! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples, Shorter Version more books like this by Linda Fujie, David Locke, David P McAllester add to wishlist Using a format that is accessible to students that have no background or training in music, this text presents an in-depth exploration of the music of several cultures from around the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $57.70! \| first editions
9	The Interpretation of Early Music more books like this by Robert Donington add to wishlist This survey of contemporaneous evidence of how early music was performed concentrates on the Baroque and Renaissance periods and may be used as a standard text for would-be performers of the music of this period. This edition has been revised to take stock of the latest research and theories. Robert Donington's many other books include "A ... see all copies from $20.25! new only from $44.16! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Twentieth-Century Music: An Introduction more books like this by Eric Salzman add to wishlist For courses in 20th Century Music, Modern Music and the Other Arts, and History of Music. Widely hailed for its complete, accurate coverage in a tightly condensed, simple format, this comprehensive exploration of modern music deals primarily with the music itself and musical ideas. It puts the whole century in a unified concept, helping students ... see all copies* from $1.99! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Baroque Music more books like this by Professor Claude V Palisca add to wishlist Now includes a chapter on French and English sacred music in the 17th and 18th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $74.69! \| first editions \| SVS
12	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!
13 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!
14 view cover	The Rough Guide to World Music: Volume 1 more books like this by Rough Guides (Creator) add to wishlist "The Rough Guide to World Music" is the unchallenged reference work on sounds from around the globe. This third edition is more comprehensive than ever - updated and expanded throughout and with a number of new countries added. "Volume 1: Africa & Middle East" has full coverage of genres from Afrobeat to Arabesque, and artists from Amadou & Mariam ... see all copies from $9.12! new only from $11.11! \| SVS
15 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!
16 view cover	German Modernism: Music and the Arts more books like this by Professor Walter Frisch add to wishlist In this pioneering, erudite study of a pivotal era in the arts, Walter Frisch examines music and its relationship to early modernism in the Austro-German sphere. Seeking to explore the period on its own terms, Frisch questions the common assumption that works created from the later 1870s through World War I were transitional between late ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $29.84! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Music in Terezín 1941-1945 more books like this by Jo'za Karas add to wishlist When Adolf Hitler created the model camp at Theresienstadt (Terezin in Czech) for the better-known of Europe's Jewish transportees, he gathered together many of the continent's finest musicians. This examination of the associations, the compositions, the performances, and above all, the people in Terezin accentuates the roles the active musical ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $39.28! \| first editions
18 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
19 view cover	The Making of Irish Traditional Music more books like this by Helen O'Shea add to wishlist "The Making of Irish Traditional Music" challenges the notion that Irish Traditional music expresses an essential Irish identity, arguing that it was an ideological construction of cultural nationalists in the nineteenth century, later commodified by the music and tourism industries. As a social process, musical performance is complicated by the ... see all copies from $38.20! new only from $50.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Music in the Medieval World more books like this by Albert Seay add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.98! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The music of Africa more books like this by J. H. Kwabena Nketia add to wishlist see all copies from $9.60! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America: 1888 to the Present more books like this by Robert Lissauer add to wishlist Three comprehensive volumes and 20,000 entries provide an accurate and fascinating portrait of the evolution of American popular music from 1888 to the present. see all copies from $53.27! new only from $136.80!
23	Nineteenth-century romanticism in music more books like this by Rey M. Longyear add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
24	Instrumentation/orchestration more books like this by Alfred Blatter add to wishlist see all copies from $12.90! new only from $180.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory Survey more books like this by Peter Manuel add to wishlist This volume sets out to examine non-Western urban music styles, from familiar genres like reggae and salsa to the lesser-known regional styles of Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, non-Western Europe, Asia and the near East. The author establishes parameters that distinguish popular music from both folk and classical music, ... see all copies from $2.29! new only from $2.29! \| first editions \| SVS

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