Traditional and folk music

A biography that doesn't quite exist, about a violinist who can't be found, as told by people who don't agree on much.

John Denver said, "e;I have a producer who looks like an accountant, and an accountant who looks like a producer.

Este libro reúne 15 canciones esenciales de María Elena Walsh, una de las voces más queridas y trascendentes de la música y la poesía argentina.

The Chieftains have become international superstars as well as being an institution in Folk Music.

A complete guide to interpretation of music and the rules and principles of playing and teaching the piano.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This wonderful collection by Erik Satie contains scores for the solo piano.

This wonderful collection of sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contains scores for the solo piano.

Featuring all 12 pages of sheet music for Frederic Chopin's remarkable solo piano piece 'Heroic'.

Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A virtuosic memoir .

Divi Zheni identifies itself as a Bulgarian women's chorus and band, but it is located in Boston and none of its members come from Bulgaria.

Newfoundlanders have long and lustily sung their folksongs, and the tradition remains strong today.

Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today.

This study of Dylan's mission-driven music reveals a functional approach to art that not only sustained his 60-year career but forever changed an art form.

The daughter of the Grand Ole Opry's official photographer reminisces about witnessing country music history alongside her father in this memoir.

You may be the next Hank Williams, Mozart, and Bob Dylan all rolled up into one.

Descubre la magia de la música con 'Primer álbum Cecilia: recopilación de motivos populares', una encantadora colección de piezas musicales especialmente seleccionadas para niños.

The guitarists' guitarist and the songwriters' songwriter, the legendary Bert Jansch has influenced stars as diverse as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Donovan, Pete Townshend, Neil Young, Bernard Butler, Beth Orton and Laura Marling.

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Discover the deeply personal story of one of American music's greatest icons, a remarkable tale of the utmost heights of fame and success, the deepest lows of life's sorrows, and a miraculous return from the brink of deathtold as only Randy Travis can.

As a book on allusion, this has interest for both the traditional literary or cultural historian and for the modern student of textuality and readership positions.

As a book on allusion, this has interest for both the traditional literary or cultural historian and for the modern student of textuality and readership positions.

Still today, in South Korea, many people pay for the services of mudang - the intermediaries of Korea's syncretic folk religion.

Still today, in South Korea, many people pay for the services of mudang - the intermediaries of Korea's syncretic folk religion.

Alison McQueen Tokita presents a series of case studies that demonstrate the persistence of Japanese sung narratives in a multiplicity of genres over ten centuries, including the way they flourished and declined, together with factors contributing to development and change in narrative performance.

Alison McQueen Tokita presents a series of case studies that demonstrate the persistence of Japanese sung narratives in a multiplicity of genres over ten centuries, including the way they flourished and declined, together with factors contributing to development and change in narrative performance.

For over a century, drummers have been turning to a variety of percussive traditions as prompts for the creation of new expressive possibilities on the drumset.

For over a century, drummers have been turning to a variety of percussive traditions as prompts for the creation of new expressive possibilities on the drumset.

This second volume of Stephen Jones' work on ritual and musical life in north China, again with accompanying downloadable resources, gives an impression of music-making in daily life in the poor mountainous region of Shaanbei, northwest China.

This second volume of Stephen Jones' work on ritual and musical life in north China, again with accompanying downloadable resources, gives an impression of music-making in daily life in the poor mountainous region of Shaanbei, northwest China.

Ballads are a fascinating subject of study not least because of their endless variety.

Ballads are a fascinating subject of study not least because of their endless variety.

The forest foragers of the Congo Basin, known collectively as "e;Pygmies,"e; are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world.

The forest foragers of the Congo Basin, known collectively as "e;Pygmies,"e; are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world.

This book is the literary legacy of a national music festival in St.

This book is the literary legacy of a national music festival in St.

We are surrounded by new musical encounters today as never before, and the experience of musics from elsewhere is progressively affecting all arenas of the human conscience.

We are surrounded by new musical encounters today as never before, and the experience of musics from elsewhere is progressively affecting all arenas of the human conscience.

From her unique standpoint as singer-songwriter-scholar, Polly Paulusma examines the influences of Carter's 1960s folk singing, unknown until now, on her prose writing.

From her unique standpoint as singer-songwriter-scholar, Polly Paulusma examines the influences of Carter's 1960s folk singing, unknown until now, on her prose writing.

The English folk revival cannot be understood when divorced from the history of post-war England, yet the existing scholarship fails to fully engage with its role in the social and political fabric of the nation.

The English folk revival cannot be understood when divorced from the history of post-war England, yet the existing scholarship fails to fully engage with its role in the social and political fabric of the nation.

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music engages methods from ethnomusicology, popular music studies, cultural studies, and media studies to explain how complex Scottish identities and culture are constructed in the traditional music and culture of Scotland.

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music engages methods from ethnomusicology, popular music studies, cultural studies, and media studies to explain how complex Scottish identities and culture are constructed in the traditional music and culture of Scotland.

This study provides new information regarding the instruction of American Indian music in Oklahoma, and shows the effect of demographic variables of teachers and students on pedagogical context and practice.

This study provides new information regarding the instruction of American Indian music in Oklahoma, and shows the effect of demographic variables of teachers and students on pedagogical context and practice.

Voice Studies brings together leading international scholars and practitioners, to re-examine what voice is, what voice does, and what we mean by "e;voice studies"e; in the process and experience of performance.