Non-Western Music: Traditional & Classical

for solo viola Conceived as a set, these eight songs are drawn from several Chinese regions (Shaanbei, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hunan, a...

We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challe...

Awards: Irving Lowens Award, Society for American Music (SAM), 2019Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Society (AMS), 2018Certi...

Martial Sound examines the performance and function of music in the martial arts traditions of Chinese Canadians. Author Colin P. McGuire's novel t...

Martial Sound examines the performance and function of music in the martial arts traditions of Chinese Canadians. Author Colin P. McGuire's novel t...

The essays in New Mansions for Music: Performance, Pedagogy and Criticism look at one of the most ancient and rigorous classical musical traditions...

Excursions in World Music is a comprehensive introductory textbook to the musics of the world, creating a panoramic experience for students by enga...

To witness war is, in large part, to hear it. And to survive it is, among other things, to have listened to it--and to have listened through it. L...

What do the power rock band Aegis, multimedia superstar Vice Ganda, queer zombie film Zombadings, and glocalized movement P-Pop have in common? The...

Jonathan E. Calvillo explores the rise of Hip Hop on the West Coast and the integral role the Los Angeles Latine community had on the movement - an...

Jonathan E. Calvillo explores the rise of Hip Hop on the West Coast and the integral role the Los Angeles Latine community had on the movement - an...

Titled for the influential singer left almost voiceless by a terrible syndrome, the poems bring sweet melodies and rhythms as the voices blend and ...

What do the power rock band Aegis, multimedia superstar Vice Ganda, queer zombie film Zombadings, and glocalized movement P-Pop have in common? The...

These are the letters of a great love story. In 1917, the Czech composer Leos Janacek met Kamila Stosslova while on holiday at Luhacovice, a spa re...

Batá identifies both the two-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of the Yoruba people and the culture and style of drumming, singing, and dancing associa...

The fifteen essays of Performing History glimpse the diverse ways music historians do history, and the diverse ways in which music histories matter...

Awards: Irving Lowens Award, Society for American Music (SAM), 2019Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Society (AMS), 2018Certi...

Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, an...

This book is an academic biography of Liu Ching-chih, a renowned musicologist and translation scholar, and a prolific music critic in Hong Kong. Th...

In today's technological and globalised world, music remains a basic dimension of society. Music, Encounter, Togetherness outlines a relational app...

A collection of Irelands greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Il...

Presenting a comprehensive overview of some major traditional Indian rhythms, this book adopts a novel visual approach towards representing these r...

Based on the popular Chinese story 'King Chu Doffs his Armour', this concerto is influenced by both Western and Eastern traditions. It is construct...

Cape Towns public cultures can only be fully appreciated through a recognition of its deep and diverse soundscape. We have to listen to what has ma...

Nothing but Noise: Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge explores how timbre shapes musical affect and meaning. Integrating perspectives from musi...

Preeminant gamelan performer and scholar Sumarsam explores the concept of hybridity in performance traditions that have developed in the context of...

Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, an...

The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina are the heart of a region where traditional music and dance are performed and celebrated as nowhere else...

The Mariachi Voice is a practical resource for all educational program directors, voice professors, historians, singers, and students of Mariachi w...

Contemporary popular musics such as hip hop, techno, grime, EDM, drill, house and so on are among the most listened to in the world and yet, typica...

 The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field rec...

Poetry puts intent into words; singing lengthens words--this is one of the earliest Chinese comments on artistic expression. Poetic language extend...

How does the state separate music from noise? How can such a filtering apparatus shape the content and form of sound production in the city? As a m...