Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology

Author: Helen Myers

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 9780393033786

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Complementing Ethnomusicology: An Introduction, this volume of studies, written by world-acknowledged authorities, places the subject of ethnomusicology in historical and geographical perspective. Part I deals with the intellectual trends that contributed to the birth of the discipline in the period before World War II. Organized by national schools of scholarship, the influence of 19th-century anthropological theories on the new field of "comparative musicology" is described. In the second half of the book, regional experts provide detailed reviews by geographical areas of the current state of ethnomusicological research.

Popular Music
Popular Music

Author: Roman Iwaschkin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 1317223446

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This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.

Negro Slave Songs In The United States
Negro Slave Songs In The United States

Author: Miles Mark Fisher

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2013-01-04

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1447483545

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This early work by Miles Mark Fisher is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the importance and meaning of slave songs in America. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all with an interest in slave music and the political history of the United States. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Folk Music in America
Folk Music in America

Author: Terry E. Miller

Publisher: New York : Garland Pub.

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13:

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This useful bibliography includes books, dissertations, scholarly articles in journals and Festschrifts, and some encyclopedia articlesalmost all published in English since 1900, with emphasis on recently published items. Annotations are succinct and helpful. Short essays introduce each section of the book, allowing Miller to defend his inclusion of topics like "the singing school'' and "the folk revival.'' The listing includes works on numerous ethnic musics, in addition to the literature on Anglo, black, and Indian music. There are both subject and author indexes.

American Folk Music and Left-wing Politics, 1927-1957
American Folk Music and Left-wing Politics, 1927-1957

Author: Richard A. Reuss

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780810836846

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The 1930s and 1940s represented an era in United States history when large groups of citizens took political action in response to their social and economic circumstances. The vision, attitudes, beliefs and purposes of participants before, during, and after this time period played an important part of American cultural history. Richard and JoAnne Reuss expertly capture the personality of this era and the fascinating chronology of events in American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957, a historical analysis of singers, writers, union members and organizers and their connection to left-wing politics and folk music during this revolutionary time period. While scholarship on folk music, history, and politics is not unique in and of itself, Reuss' approach is noteworthy for its folklorist perspective and its long, encompassing assessment of a broad cross-section of participants and their interactions. An innovative and informative look into one of the most evocative and challenging eras in American history, American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957 stands as a historic milestone in this period's scholarship and evolution.

Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U.S.A.
Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U.S.A.

Author: Clarence Gohdes

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780822305927

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This fifth revised edition features approximately 1,900 items, most of which are annotated. It addresses several interdisciplinary studies that have become prominent in the last decade, especially on popular culture, racial and other minorities, Native Americans and Chicanos, and literary regionalism. It allots more space to computer aids, science fiction, children's literature, literature of the sea, film and literature, and linguistic studies of American English and includes a new section on psychology. The appendix lists the biography of each of 135 deceased American authors. ISBN 0-8223-0592-5 : $22.50 (For use only in the library).

Negro Folk Music U. S. A.
Negro Folk Music U. S. A.

Author: Harold Courlander

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2019-09-18

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0486836495

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This thorough, well-researched exploration of the origins and development of a rich and varied African American musical tradition features authentic versions of over 40 folk songs. These include such time-honored selections as "Wake Up Jonah," "Rock Chariot," "Wonder Where Is My Brother Gone," "Traveling Shoes," "It's Getting Late in the Evening," "Dark Was the Night," "I'm Crossing Jordan River," "Russia, Let That Moon Alone," "Long John," "Rosie," "Motherless Children," three versions of "John Henry," and many others. One of the first and best surveys in its field, Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. has long been admired for its perceptive history and analysis of the origins and musical qualities of typical forms, ranging from simple cries and calls to anthems and spirituals, ballads, and the blues. Traditional dances and musical instruments are examined as well. The author — a well-known novelist, folklorist, journalist, and specialist in African and African American cultures — offers a discerning study of the influence of this genre on popular music, with particular focus on how jazz developed out of folk traditions.