Song means : analysing and interpreting recorded popular song by Moore, Allan F.

“…Ashgate popular and folk music series.…”
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Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself. by Plasketes, George

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Bodies of Sound : Studies Across Popular Music and Dance. by Cook, Susan C.

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Cultural seeds : essays on the work of Nick Cave

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The Highland bagpipe : music, history, traditon

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White boys, white noise : masculinities and 1980s indie guitar rock by Bannister, Matthew

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Kate Bush and Hounds of love by Moy, Ron, 1956-

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British rock modernism, 1967-1977 : the story of music hall in rock by Faulk, Barry J.

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Musical rhythm in the age of digital reproduction

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Music, national identity and the politics of location : between the global and the local

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Wax trash and vinyl treasures : record collecting as a social practice by Shuker, Roy

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Dark side of the tune : popular music and violence by Johnson, Bruce, 1943-

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Countercultures and popular music

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Arab music : a survey of its history and its modern practice by Plenckers, Leo J.

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Recasting Folk in the Himalayas Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility by Fiol, Stefan Patrick

Table of Contents: “…""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Geneologies of the Folk Concept in Colonial Uttarakhand""; ""2 Mohan Upreti and the Assimilation of Folk Music in Nehruvian India""; ""3 Turning Dying Folk into Living Folk: The Musical Activism of Narendra Singh Negi""; ""4 The Folk Sound without the Folk Body: Sohan Lal and the Rhizophonics of Dhol-Damaun""; ""5 Professional Female Singers and the Gendering of Folk""; ""6 The Goddess Plugged In: Pritam Bhartwan and the Commodification of Possession Rituals""…”
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Rousseau among the moderns : music, aesthetics, politics by Simon, Julia, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Performance, rhythm, and the constitution of community -- Singing democracy : music and politics -- Rameau and Rousseau on absolute and relative value : the theory/practice problem -- Folk music : authenticity, primitivism, and the uses of roots music -- Rousseau and aesthetic modernity : music's power of redemption -- Conclusion : Rousseau sings the blues.…”
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Nordic art music : from the Middle Ages to the third millennium by Smith, Frederick Key, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Early art music in Northern Europe -- Nordic music in the classical era -- Nordic romanticism -- Into the modern era -- Northern Europe in the modern era -- Old complexities and new simplicities -- Contemporary trends and Nordic composers -- Epilogue -- Glossary of Nordic folk music -- Selected Nordic composers and discography -- Addresses, journals, and record companies and distributors.…”
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The most musical nation : Jews and culture in the late Russian empire by Loeffler, James Benjamin

Table of Contents: “…Emancipating sounds : Anton Rubinstein and the rise of the Russian Jewish musician -- National voices, imperial echoes : Joel Engel and the Russian Jewish musical fin de siècle -- The most musical nation : the birth of the Society for Jewish Folk Music -- Frozen folk songs : modern Jewish culture between art and commerce -- The neighbors' melodies : the politics of music in war and revolution.…”
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The most musical nation : Jews and culture in the late Russian empire by Loeffler, James Benjamin

Table of Contents: “…Emancipating sounds : Anton Rubinstein and the rise of the Russian Jewish musician -- National voices, imperial echoes : Joel Engel and the Russian Jewish musical fin de siècle -- The most musical nation : the birth of the Society for Jewish Folk Music -- Frozen folk songs : modern Jewish culture between art and commerce -- The neighbors' melodies : the politics of music in war and revolution.…”
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Women musicians of Uzbekistan : from courtyard to conservatory by Merchant, Tanya

Table of Contents: “…Beyond the canon : feminizing the national project through traditional music -- Ancient treasures, modernized : women's dutar ensembles and arranged folk music -- Like Tereshkova in the cosmos : women at the forefront of Western art music -- "Greetings to the Uzbek people!" …”
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Celtic Modern : Music at the Global Fringe. by Stokes, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Shared Imaginations: Celtic and Corsican Encounters in the Soundscape of the Soul; 2: Celtic Australia: Bush Bands, Irish Music, Folk Music, and the New Nationalism; 3: Diasporic Legacies: Place, Politics, and Music among the Ottawa Valley Irish; 4: Policing Tradition: Scottish Pipe Band Competition and the Role of the Composer; 5: Tradition and Imaginary: Irish Traditional Music and the Celtic Phenomenon; 6: ""Home is Living Like a Man on the Run"": John Cale's Welsh Atlantic.…”
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Music from the true vine : Mike Seeger's life & musical journey by Malone, Bill C.

Table of Contents: “…Cover Page; MUSIC FROM THE TRUE VINE; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Seeger Heritage; 2 Folk Music and Politics; 3 Discovering Bluegrass; 4 The New Lost City Ramblers; 5 Music from the True Vine; 6 Lexington and Alexia; 7 The Mike Seeger Legacy; Notes; Note on Sources; Selected Works by Mike Seeger; Index.…”
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Bartók, Hungary, and the renewal of tradition : case studies in the intersection of modernity and nationality by Schneider, David E., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Tradition rejected : Bartók's polemics and the nineteenth-century Hungarian musical inheritance -- Tradition maintained : nationalism, verbunkos, Kossuth and the Rhapsody, op. 1 -- Tradition transformed : "The night's music" and the pastoral roots of a modern style -- Tradition challenged : confronting Stravinsky -- Tradition transcribed : the Rhapsody for violin no. 1, the politics of folk-music research and the artifice of authenticity -- Tradition restored : the Violin concerto, verbunkos and Hungary on the eve of World War II.…”
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I wonder as I wander : the life of John Jacob Niles by Pen, Ronald

Table of Contents: “…Overture : sunrise in Clark County -- The families gather at the river -- The move to rural Jefferson County -- Independence and adventure -- Jack Niles goes off to war -- Life after the war -- Creating a life in the Big Apple -- Kerby and Niles present folk music on the concert stage -- Doris Ulmann -- Transitions and new beginnings -- Life in Lexington -- Settled in Kentucky -- Dean of American balladeers -- Consolidation of a life in music -- Do not go gentle -- Coda.…”
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Theological Interpretation of Culture in Post-Communist Context : Central and East European Search for Roots. by Noble, Ivana

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Culture as a Theological Theme; Part I: The World; 1 Images of the World in Karel Capek and Isaac Bashevis Singer; 2 Theologies of the World; Part II: Memory; 3 Heritage of Totalitarian Cultures in Folk Music; 4 Redemptive Memory in Theology; Part III: The Ultimate Fulfilment; 5 Figuring the Ultimate Fulfilment in Central European Cinema; 6 Love as the Ultimate Fulfilment in Theology; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Thinking about music from Latin America : issues and questions by González Rodríguez, Juan Pablo

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface to the English Edition; Introduction; 1 Musicology and Latin America; 2 The Multidisciplinary Turn; 3 Postcolonial Listening; 4 Popular Music Studies; 5 From Object-Song to Process-Song; 6 Multiple Origins; 7 Women Take the Stage; 8 Tradition, Modernity, and the Avant-Garde; 9 Primitive Avant-Garde; 10 Mass Counterculture under Military Dictatorships; 11 Folk Music and Globalization; Afterword to the English Edition; Works Cited; Index; About the Author and Translator.…”
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American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 by Starr, Larry, Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…The Mambo Craze (1949-1955) -- Southern Music in the Postwar Era -- Rhythm & Blues -- Vocal Harmony Groups -- R&B Women: Ruth Brown and Big Mama Thornton -- Country and Western Music -- The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll -- Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll -- The Rock 'n' Roll Business -- Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side -- Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side -- Wild, Wild Young Women: Female Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers -- The Latin Side of Rock 'n' Roll -- Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll -- Other Currents: The Standard and Folk Music in the Rock 'n' Roll Era -- The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies" -- Berry Gordy and Motown -- Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys -- The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response -- Meanwhile, Back in California -- Latin Sounds in 1960s Pop: A Tall Man, a Tanned Girl, and a Taste of Honey -- Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound -- Ray Charles and Soul Music -- Sam Cooke, the "King of Soul" -- James Brown and Aretha Franklin -- The Broadway Musical in the Age of Rock -- Urban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob Dylan -- The Counterculture and Psychedelic Rock -- Sgt. …”

Frankie and Johnny : race, gender, and the work of African American folklore in 1930s America by Morgan, Stacy I., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Frankie and Johnny take center stage : African American folk culture in 1930s America -- Lead Belly's Ninth Symphony : Huddie Ledbetter and the changing contours of American folk music -- Pistol Packin' Mama: imperiled masculinity in Thomas Hart Benton's a social history of the state of Missouri -- Whiteface Marionettes: John Huston's comic melodrama -- The finest woman ever to walk the streets : Mae West's outlaw exploits in She Done Him Wrong -- The lynching of Johnny : Sterling Brown's social realist critique -- Epilogue. …”
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Doo-Wop Acappella : a Story of Street Corners, Echoes, and Three-Part Harmonies. by Pitilli, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 History in the Making; 2 Harmony on an Urban Stage; 3 Nonsense Syllables, Echoes, and the Sweet Science of It All; 4 Where the Boys Were and the Girls Weren't; 5 From Street Corners to Vinyl; 6 Doo-Wop Acappella as Folk Art, Folk Music, and Performance Art; 7 Who's Got Talent?…”
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The Gypsy caravan : from real Roma to imaginary gypsies in Western music and film by Malvinni, David

Table of Contents: “…The relative neglect of Gypsy music : nationalism, interest, and advocacy in musicology -- Alms, virgins, and Feuerzeichen : literature's place in configuring gypsiness -- A nineteenth-century tale of two others : Gypsy improvisation and the exotic remainder -- Nomads and the Rhizome : becoming Gypsy -- Brahms's Hungarian dance no. 5 and the dynamics of exaggeration -- The poetics of gypsiness in Liszt's Hungarian rhapsodies -- Gypsies and vol'nost' in Russian music : Aleko -- Gypsy Pleroma : Janacek's Diary of one who disappeared -- The specter of Bartók : from Hungarian musicology to the folk-music revival -- Gypsiness in film music : spectacle and act -- O lunga drom : the digital migration of Gypsy music.…”
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Mountaineer Jamboree : Country Music in West Virginia. by Tribe, Ivan M.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. The Mountaineer Folk Music Heritage; 2. Pioneer Recording Artists; 3. …”
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Jewish identities : nationalism, racism, and utopianism in twentieth-century music by Móricz, Klára, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Jewish nationalism à la Russe : the Society for Jewish Folk Music. "Trifles of Jewish music" ; Zhidï and Yevrei in a neonationalist context -- Man's most dangerous myth : Ernest Bloch and racial thought. …”
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The smallest Slavonic nation : the Sorbs of Lusatia by Stone, Gerald

Table of Contents: “…TraditionNational costumes; Easter customs; The Spinning Evenings; Other customs; Folk-literature; Local legends; Folktales; Folk-art; Folklore and nationality; 5 Music; Folk-music; The collection of folk-songs and folk-music; Smoler''s classification; Characteristics of the Sorbian folk-song; External influences; Musical composition; Korla Awgust Kocor; The Sorbian choral movement; Other composers; 6 The Position Today; Political; Education; Higher education and teacher supply; The language; Publishing; Newspapers and periodicals; Radio and television; The theatre; The 'Domowina?…”
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Sons of Taiga

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A nation of outsiders : how the white middle class fell in love with rebellion in postwar America by Hale, Grace Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Lost children of plenty: growing up as rebellion -- Rebel music: minstrelsy, rock and roll, and beat writing -- Black as folk: the folk music revival, the civil rights movement, and Bob Dylan -- Rebels on the right: conservatives as outsiders in liberal America -- Romance in action. …”
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Jean Sibelius and his world

Table of Contents: “…Grimley ; Some viewpoints concerning folk music and its influence on the musical arts / Jean Sibelius, translated from the Swedish by Margareta Martin, introduced by Daniel M. …”
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Undercurrents : the Hidden Wiring of Modern Music. by Wire, The

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Peripheral Visions : From Galicia to the World by Colmeiro, José

Table of Contents: “…Peripheral Movidas : cannibalizing Galicia -- Smells like wild spirit : Galician Rock Bravu, between the Rurban and the Glocal -- Bagpipes, Bouzoukis, and Bodhrans : the reinvention of Galician folk music -- Coda: Leaving the periphery behind.…”
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Nature, Class, and New Deal Literature : the Country Poor in the Great Depression. by Fender, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Matter out of Place; 4. Who Stole the Folk's Music?; Part II: Geography: Social Stasis in the Southern Life Histories; 5. …”
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Sara and Maybelle : of the original Carter family

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