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Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil

By Larry Crook

Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil examines the historical and contemporary manifestations of the music of Brazil, a country with a musical landscape that is layered…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96065-6 (Routledge)

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World Music

A Global Journey

By Terry Miller, Andrew Shahriari

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…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98878-0 (Routledge)

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The Garland Handbook of African Music

By Ruth M. Stone

The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96102-8 (Routledge)

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SchenkerGUIDE

A Brief Handbook and Web Site for Schenkerian Analysis

By Thomas Pankhurst

SchenkerGUIDE is an accessible overview of Heinrich Schenker's complex but fascinating approach to the analysis of tonal music. The book has emerged out of the…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97398-4 (Routledge)

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Electronic and Experimental Music

Technology, Music and Culture

By Thom Holmes

Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture is a revised and expanded edition of this classic work, providing a thorough treatment of the relevant…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95782-3 (Routledge)

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Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia

By Henry Spiller

Focus on Gamelan Music of Indonesia is an introduction to the familiar music from Southeast Asia's largest country—both as sound and cultural phenomenon. An archipelago…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96068-7 (Routledge)

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Focus: Music of South Africa

By Carol Muller

Focus on Music of South Africa provides an in-depth look at the full spectrum of South African music, a musical culture that epitomizes the enormous…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96071-7 (Routledge)

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The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music

By Terry Miller, Sean Williams

The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 4, Southeast Asia (1998). Largely revised…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96075-5 (Routledge)

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The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

By Rob C. Wegman

In the final decades of the fifteenth century, the European musical world was shaken to its foundations by the onset of a veritable culture war. read more

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96474-6 (Routledge)

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The Digital Musician

By Andrew Hugill

The Digital Musician examines cultural awareness, artistic identity and musical skill through the prism of recent technological innovations. New technologies, and especially the new digital…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96216-2 (Routledge)

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