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Fela: This Bitch of a Life by Carlos Moore Publisher Comments African superstar, composer, singer, and musician, as well as mystic and political activist, Nigerian Fela Kuti, born in 1938, was controversy personified. He was swept to international celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance, and when he died of... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Listening to Salsa (Music/Culture) by Frances R Aparicio Publisher Comments For Anglos, the pulsing beats of salsa, merengue, and bolero are a compelling expression of Latino/a culture, but few outsiders comprehend the music's implications in larger social terms. Frances R. Aparicio places this music in context by combining the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms by John Chernoff Publisher Comments "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,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper by Donal O'sullivan Publisher Comments The life Times and Music of an Irish Harper.A must for Irish musicians.... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Trade Paper
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Balinese Gamelan Music [With CD (Audio)] by Michael Tenzer Publisher Comments This authoritative book, newly revised and updated with an audio CD of recordings, presents an introduction to the basic types of Balinese gamelan ensembles, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and context. The instruments and basic... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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World Music (2ND 12 Edition) by Michael Bakan Publisher Comments From jeliya to cha cha cha, Shandong to sean nos, and the Beatles and beleganjur to Bollywood and belly dance, the second edition of World Music: Traditions and Transformations takes students on an exciting global journey of musical and cultural... (read more) List Price $92.20 Your price: $74.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World (African Expressive Cultures) by Eric S. Charry Publisher Comments Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of African performers andmusicians who are not only consumers of global music but also active participants inthe worldwide culture of hip hop and rap. Eric Charry and an international group ofcontributors look... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $31.50 New - Trade Paper 
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Music in Eighteenth-Century England by Christopher Hogwood Publisher Comments English eighteenth-century music is comparatively neglected as an academic topic despite its increasing popularity with listeners, both on record and in the concert hall. Yet England in the eighteenth century was the scene of the liveliest and most... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Trade Paper
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Interpreting the Musical Past: Early Music in Nineteenth-Century France by Katharine Ellis Publisher Comments This study of the French early music revival gives us a vivid sense of how music's cultural meanings were contested in the nineteenth century. It surveys the main patterns of revivalist activity while also providing in-depth studies of repertories... (read more) Your price: $74.25 New - Hardcover
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The Art of Compassion by Martin Smith Publisher Comments There are two amazing forces that exist in the world: Compassion for those in need and Art that helps us see beyond ourselves. THE ART OF COMPASSION brilliantly brings the two together by gathering the top songwriters in Christian music to help raise... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century by Lewis Lockwood Publisher Comments Based on extensive documentary and archival research,Music in Renaissance Ferrarais a study of the rise of music at a vital center of Italian Renaissance culture, focusing on the patrons and musicians whose efforts gave Ferrara a primary role in European... (read more) Your price: $56.95 New - Trade Paper
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Music of the African Diaspora #15: Funky Nassau: Roots, Routes, and Representation in Bahamian Popular Music by Timothy Rommen Synopsis This book examines the role music has played in the formation of the political and national identity of the Bahamas. Timothy Rommen analyzes Bahamian musical life as it has been influenced and shaped by the islands' location between the United States and... (read more) List Price $31.25 Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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Russians on Russian Music, 1830-1880 by Stuart Campbell Publisher Comments Tchaikovsky not only composed, he also wrote about music. This substantial anthology of Russian writing on Russian music features the most influential critics of music in nineteenth-century Russia.... (read more) Your price: $74.95 New - Trade Paper
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Global Minstrels by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments As the fastest growing sector of the U.S. music market, world music has embedded itself in the fabric of American life. Artists such as Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon and the Talking Heads have all utilized characteristics of the world sound in their music... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cuban Counterpoints: The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz by Mauricio Augusto Font Publisher Comments While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $26.90 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650 by Robert L. Kendrick Publisher Comments In this book, a follow-up to his 1996 monograph Celestial Sirens, Robert Kendrick examines the cultural contexts of music in early-modern Milan. This book describes the churches and palaces that served as performance spaces in Milan, analyzes the power... (read more) List Price $140.00 Your price: $129.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Charango Method/Metodo de Charango [With CD (Audio)] by Horacio Duran Synopsis Starting our children in a world of music at an early age is one of the most valuable things we can give our kids today. This is book is designed to take a special approach to beginning younger bass players in a way that makes it interesting and fun for... (read more) Your price: $22.99 New - Trade Paper
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O'Neill's Music of Ireland (Fiddle) by Music Sales Corporation Publisher Comments Over 1,000 fiddle tunes! A newly revised and corrected collection of the dance music of Ireland. Jigs, reels, hornpipes, long dances, and marches, with an introduction to the history of Irish music and tips on playing with an authentic feeling.... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Trade Paper
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Focus : Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe (10 Edition) by Philip Vilas Bohlman Publisher Comments Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europea from participation in... (read more) List Price $61.75 Your price: $38.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Musics of Many Cultures : an Introduction (80 Edition) by Elizabeth (ed.) May Publisher Comments Please note: this book was originally published with records. The edition available now does not include the records. We are hoping to make the original recordings available in some other way.... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $30.50 Used - Trade Paper
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