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The Complete Abba (40th Anniversary Edition) by Simon Sheridan Publisher Comments For four decades ABBA - the combined talents of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - has been a global music phenomenon, clocking up record sales of over 360 million. For the very first time The... (read more) Your price: $17.95 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mel Bay's Celtic Encyclopedia: Fingerstyle Guitar Edition by Glenn Weiser Publisher Comments This comprehensive book contains over 100 Celtic tunes arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. This edition is derived from a collection of nearly 300 arrangements Glenn Weiser has created over the last twenty years. The book is divided into 4 sections: 1)... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $25.75 New - Trade Paper
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No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf by Carolyn Burke Publisher Comments The iconic French singer comes to life in this biography, which captures Edith Piafs immense charisma along with the time and place that gave rise to her international career. Raised by turns in a brothel, a circus caravan, and a working-class Parisian... (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 $113.25 Your price: $80.00 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 and musicians who are not only consumers of global music but also active participants in the worldwide culture of hip hop and rap. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors 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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Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo by Ned Sublette Publisher Comments This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It offers a behind-the-scenes... (read more) Your price: $36.00 New - Hardcover
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Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum by Alan Dworsky Publisher Comments "All you need is one drum. It can be a Djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CD's, this book will show you how, step by step. This... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Singing for Life: Hiv/Aids and Music in Africa by Gregory F. Barz Synopsis "Singing for Life: HIV/AIDS and Music in Uganda "presents a cultural analysis of hope and healing. A pioneering work in the growing field of medical ethnomusicology, "Singing for Life" shows how music, dance, drama, and the visual arts have been enlisted... (read more) List Price $54.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 Publisher Comments 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) 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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World Music: A Global Journey by Terry E. Miller Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $87.95 New - Trade Paper
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