Voices of the Country

Interviews with Classic Country Performers

By Michael Streissguth

Voices of the Country presents interviews with innovative musicians, producers, and songwriters who shaped the last 50 years of country music. From Eddy Arnold's new,...

Published April 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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The Gypsy Caravan

From Real Roma to Imaginary Gypsies in Western Music

By David Malvinni

A formidable challenge to the study of Roma (Gypsy) music is the muddle of fact and fiction in determining identity. This book investigates "Gypsy music"...

Published April 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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Shaped by Japanese Music

Kikuoka Hiroaki and Nagauta Shamisen in Tokyo

By Jay Davis Keister

Shaped by Japanese Music is an in-depth analysis of the musical world of an individual performer, composer, and teacher. Using an ethnographic approach, this study...

Published April 7th 2004 by Routledge.

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Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me

African-American Narrative Poetry from the Oral Tradition, Includes CD

Edited by Bruce Jackson

Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me is considered one of the great, classic collections of African-American literature and folklore. Originally...

Published March 18th 2004 by Routledge.

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Breaking Records

100 Years of Hits

By William Ruhlmann

The music industry is in crisis. Sales are down, artists restless with long-term contracts, and consumers angry at escalating CD prices. New technologies are rapidly...

Published March 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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Ray Charles

Man and Music, Updated Commemorative edition

By Michael Lydon

Ray Charles: Man and Music is a complete biography of this seminal singer/pianist who has been active on the American music scene since the mid-'50s....

Published January 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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Popular Music

Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

Edited by Simon Frith

Popular music studies is a rapidly expanding field with changing emphases and agendas. The music industry has changed in recent years, as has governmental involvement...

Published January 22nd 2004 by Routledge.

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19th-Century Piano Music

By R Larry Todd

19th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 19th-century repertoire, beginning with 2 chapters giving a general overview of the repertoire and...

Published January 12th 2004 by Routledge.

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Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music

Russian and Soviet Music and Composers

By Nicolas Slonimsky

Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was an influential and celebrated writer on music. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1894, in his 101 years he taught...

Published December 29th 2003 by Routledge.

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Early Musical Borrowing

Edited by Honey Meconi

A timely addition to Routledge's "Criticism and Analysis of Early Music" series, this collection of essays examines the common compositional practice of borrowing or...

Published December 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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