Sounds of Crossing

Sounds of Crossing

Author: Alex E. Chávez

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2017-11-16

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 0822372207

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In Sounds of Crossing Alex E. Chávez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in the sounds and poetics of huapango arribeño, a musical genre originating from north-central Mexico. Following the resonance of huapango's improvisational performance within the lives of audiences, musicians, and himself—from New Year's festivities in the highlands of Guanajuato, Mexico, to backyard get-togethers along the back roads of central Texas—Chávez shows how Mexicans living on both sides of the border use expressive culture to construct meaningful communities amid the United States’ often vitriolic immigration politics. Through Chávez's writing, we gain an intimate look at the experience of migration and how huapango carries the voices of those in Mexico, those undertaking the dangerous trek across the border, and those living in the United States. Illuminating how huapango arribeño’s performance refigures the sociopolitical and economic terms of migration through aesthetic means, Chávez adds fresh and compelling insights into the ways transnational music-making is at the center of everyday Mexican migrant life.


Crossing Traditions

Crossing Traditions

Author: Babacar M'Baye

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2013-07-29

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0810888289

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In Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts, a wide range of scholarly contributions on the local and global significance of American popular music examines the connections between selected American blues, rock and roll, and hip-hop music and their equivalents from Senegal, Nigeria, England, India, and Mexico. Contributors show how American popular music promotes local and global awareness of such key issues as economic inequality and social marginalization while inspiring cross-cultural and interethnic influences among regional and transnational communities. Specifically, Crossing Traditions highlights the impact of American popular music on the spread of sounds, rhythms, styles, and ideas about freedom, justice, love, and sexuality among local and global communities, all of which share the same desires, hopes, and concerns despite geographic differences. Contributors look at the local contexts of Chicago blues, early rock and roll, white Christian rap, and Frank Zappa alongside the global influence of Mahalia Jackson on Senegalese blues, the transatlantic character of the British Invasion’s relationship to African American rock, and the impact of Latin house music, global hip-hop, and Bhangra in cross-cultural settings. Essays also draw on a broad range of disciplines in their analyses: American studies, popular culture studies, transnational studies, history, musicology, ethnic studies, literature and media studies, and critical theory. Crossing Traditions will appeal to a wide range of readers, including college and university professors, undergraduate and graduate students, and music scholars in general.


Crossing the Blvd

Crossing the Blvd

Author:

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 9780393057379

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A collection of first-person narratives and anecdotes, close-up portrait photographs, and the author's personal and historical reflections capture the rich ethnic diversity of the people and landscapes of the borough of Queens in New York City, in a volume that comes complete with an audio rendition of the oral histories and music by composer Scott Johnson. Original.


Country Crossing

Country Crossing

Author: Jim Aylesworth

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785755302

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On a long-ago summer night in the country, an old man and a little boy stop at a railroad crossing to watch and listen as a freight train roars past and then disappears into the quiet night. This poetic and evocative picture book is perfect for reading aloud. Full color.


Sound Figures

Sound Figures

Author: Theodor W. Adorno

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780804735582

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Theodor Adorno is one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers in the areas of social theory, philosophy, aesthetics and music. This volume of essays contains Adorno's thoughts on music and its wider social implications.


Crossing the Unknown Sea

Crossing the Unknown Sea

Author: David Whyte

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002-04-02

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1573229148

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Crossing the Unknown Sea is about reuniting the imagination with our day to day lives. It shows how poetry and practicality, far from being mutually exclusive, reinforce each other to give every aspect of our lives meaning and direction. For anyone who wants to deepen their connection to their life’s work—or find out what their life’s work is—this book can help navigate the way. Whyte encourages readers to take risks at work that will enhance their personal growth, and shows how burnout can actually be beneficial and used to renew professional interest. He asserts that too many people blindly trudge through a mediocre work life because so many “busy” tasks prevent significant reflection and analysis of job satisfaction. People often turn to spiritual practice or religion to nurture their souls, but overlook how work can actually be our greatest opportunity for discovery and growth. Crossing the Unknown Sea combines poetry, gifted storytelling and Whyte’s personal experience to reveal work’s potential to fulfill us and bring us closer to ultimate freedom and happiness.


The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence

Author: Katrina Goldsaito

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0316271292

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"Do you have a favorite sound?" little Yoshio asks. The musician answers, "The most beautiful sound is the sound of ma, of silence." But Yoshio lives in Tokyo, Japan: a giant, noisy, busy city. He hears shoes squishing through puddles, trains whooshing, cars beeping, and families laughing. Tokyo is like a symphony hall! Where is silence? Join Yoshio on his journey through the hustle and bustle of the city to find the most beautiful sound of all.


Making Music with Sounds

Making Music with Sounds

Author: Leigh Landy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 041580678X

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Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music. It introduces the elements of making compositions with sounds and facilitates creativity in school age children, with the activities primarily for 11-14 year old students. It can also be used by people of all ages becoming acquainted with this music for the first time. Sound-based music is defined as the art form in which the sound, rather than the musical note, is the basic unit and is closely related to electronic music and the sonic arts. The art of sound organisation can be found in a number of forms of music--in film, television, theatre, dance, and new media. Despite this, there are few materials available currently for young people to discover how to make sound-based music. This book offers a programme of development starting from aural awareness, through the discovery and organisation of potential sounds, to the means of generating and manipulating sounds to create sequences and entire works. The book's holistic pedagogical approach to composition also involves aspects related to musical understanding and appreciation, reinforced by the author's online pedagogical ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS II).


The Crossing Gate

The Crossing Gate

Author: Asiel R. Lavie

Publisher: A Waltz of Sin and Fire

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781649532664

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The Crossing Gate is about a teenager coping with adulthood through the lens of a dystopian society.


Crossing

Crossing

Author: Philip Booth

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0763666645

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Illustrations and text capture the rhythm and notion of a moving freight train.