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The Music of India The Music of India Reginald Massey,Jamila Massey The classical music of the India-Pakistan-Bangladesh subcontinent is one of the ancient art forms still widely practised today. This book will be invaluable to the student and specialist alike. In hi… OL1053090W
Song of Goa Song of Goa José Pereira,Jose Pereira,Jose Pereiar,Micheal Martins,Antonio Da Costa Dance song typically consisting of quatrains, frequently having appended choruses, set in six-four time; includes music with letter notation and lyrics in romanized Konkani. OL1072569W
The Books of American negro spirituals The Books of American negro spirituals James Weldon Johnson,Lawrence Brown HISTORICAL TEXTS PLUS 2 SONGBOOKS: THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO SPIRITUALS & THE SECOND BOOK OF NEGRO SPIRITUALS IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM OL11589805W
Songs for the spirit Songs for the spirit Barley Norton "Songs for the Spirits is the first in-depth study of the Vietnamese practice of communing with spirits through music and performance. During rituals dedicated to a large pantheon of indigenous spiri… OL12048868W
The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls Mimlu Sen One woman's extraordinary adventure into the rural heart of India, uncovering a fascinating, hidden world.Mimlu Sen is living a bohemian life in Paris when she witnesses an electrifying performance b… OL14981617W
From sea to shining sea From sea to shining sea Molly Bang,Amy L. Cohn A compilation of more than 140 folk songs, tales, poems, and stories telling the history of America and reflecting its multicultural society. Illustrated by award-winning artists. OL15830725W
First Violin Concerto and Scottish Fantasy in Full Score First Violin Concerto and Scottish Fantasy in Full Score Max Bruch 1 score (233 p.) ; 30 cm OL1666569W
Brìgh an Òrain = Brìgh an Òrain = John Shaw "A penetrating look at the life and work of a twentieth-century Gaelic singer-storyteller from Nova Scotia, Brigh an Orain - A Story in Every Song situates the inherited art of a fourth-generation Ca… OL18247812W
American roots music American roots music Holly George-Warren,Robert Santelli "American roots music - encompassing blues, country & western, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Tejano, Native American, and other uniquely American genres of folk music - originated and was nurtured in small … OL19053289W
An Elizabethan songbook An Elizabethan songbook Lorraine Lee 52 p. of music : 28 cm OL19684163W
They came singing They came singing Karen Arlen,Margaret Batt,Nancie Kester,Mary Ann Benson Collection of over sixty traditional songs from California's history. Begins with songs of Native California tribes and continues through European exploration, Spanish and Mexican rule, U.S. explorat… OL19699748W
Dylan goes electric! Dylan goes electric! Elijah Wald One of the music world's preeminent critics takes a fresh look at the day Dylan "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary in 1965. OL20006578W
Songs of the Empty Place Songs of the Empty Place James F. Weiner For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. This book contains the transcriptions,… OL20932635W
Social Harp Social Harp Daniel Patterson,John Garst,John G. McCurry Reprint of Philadelphia Edn, 1855 OL21736078W
In search of the blues In search of the blues Marybeth Hamilton A revisionist account which claims that, archaic and primeval though the music may sound, “Delta blues” emerged in the late twentieth century, the culmination of a longstanding white fascination with… OL2641772W
Making people's music Making people's music Peter David Goldsmith "As the founder of Folkways Records in 1948 and its director for nearly forty years, Moe Asch was committed to preserving the entire range of the world's musical and oral traditions. By his death in … OL2710170W
Vidas paralelas Vidas paralelas José Guadalupe Ojeda Aguilar El texto reúne los testimoniales de los dos últimos arpistas que, acompañados con arpa diatónica, interpretan canciones y corridos de los periodos de la Revolución Mexicana y de la Rebelión Cristera … OL2816205W
Der Kampf des Hundes mit dem Jaguar Der Kampf des Hundes mit dem Jaguar Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann The book is on the music of the *Bandas de Pífanos* in the Northeast of Brazil, a region of excellent conservation of an oral music culture. It is based on field work carried out in 1988, 1989, and 1… OL2843279W
CHANSONS EN MÉMOIRE- MÉMOIRE EN CHANSON - Hommage à Jérôme Bujeaud CHANSONS EN MÉMOIRE- MÉMOIRE EN CHANSON - Hommage à Jérôme Bujeaud Collectif Le colloque Chansons en mémoire-Mémoire en chanson, Hommage à Jérôme Bujeaud, l'un des premiers folkloristes euquêteurs français, fut l'occasion de dresser un état concret de la situation de cette tr… OL31741700W
Folk Favorites Folk Favorites Hal Leonard Corp. 47 p. ; 31 cm OL8234860W
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