Following on from the his first well-received book 'The Kaisers First POWs' Philip Chinnery now turns his attention to the attempts by allied prisoners of war to escape the Kaiser's clutches and return to their homeland.
Cornwall has a rich and diverse history stretching from prehistoric times to the Norman Conquest and beyond, including the turbulent Tudor period, the English Civil War and the First and Second World Wars.
Many writers have written about the delights of the former kingdom of the South Saxons, its Downs, villages, countryside, people and their ways but Visitors' Historic Britain - West Sussex_ is the first book to take readers on a tour of discovery of each of the county's historic eras in turn.
Twice voted Top British Female Singer by readers of Melody Maker, name-checked in a Kate Bush song, photographed by David Bailey, she is the only guest vocalist ever to appear on a Led Zeppelin album, and was described by Zeppelin's Robert Plant as 'my favourite singer out of all the British girls that ever were'.
Descubre la magia de la música con 'Primer álbum Cecilia: recopilación de motivos populares', una encantadora colección de piezas musicales especialmente seleccionadas para niños.
Más que un elemento accesorio que cambia con la moda, la música popular durante el siglo XX fue un aspecto esencial a través del cual América Latina construyó narraciones de sí misma y de lo que significa ser "colombiano", "paisa", o cualquier otra adscripción que es a la vez geográfica y afectiva.
El presente trabajo comprende, en dos volúmenes, la voz actual de investigadores que abordan, desde variadas perspectivas, disciplinas, metodologías y marcos teóricos, el estudio y análisis de diversas músicas y prácticas sonoras en el Caribe colombiano.
El presente trabajo comprende, en dos volúmenes, la voz actual de investigadores que abordan, desde variadas perspectivas, disciplinas, metodologías y marcos teóricos, el estudio y análisis de diversas músicas y prácticas sonoras en el Caribe colombiano.
"(Lorica, 1920 - Bogotá, 2004) Manuel ha sido uno de los más importantes reivindicadores de los aportes de las comunidades afrodescendientes a la cultura colombiana y latinoamericana.
Este álbum se propone ofrecer al principiante trozos de música que desde el comienzo de la enseñanza despierten el interés por la música y animen las horas de estudio.
La antropología de la música o etnomusicología estudia las expresiones musicales de las sociedades tradicionales o de las culturas que hasta hace no mucho tiempo se consideraban "exóticas", "primitivas" o "diferentes".
This VSI offers readers something no other introduction to folk music does: a cross-cultural, comparative approach, a survey of the basic issues as they have unfolded over time, and specific examples from widely differing sites of how folk musicians themselves, as well as corporations, non-governmental organizations, and governments have made full use of the available resources, older and newer strategies, and multiple agendas that keep the folk music process alive in an increasingly interconnected, yet still localized world.
This VSI offers readers something no other introduction to folk music does: a cross-cultural, comparative approach, a survey of the basic issues as they have unfolded over time, and specific examples from widely differing sites of how folk musicians themselves, as well as corporations, non-governmental organizations, and governments have made full use of the available resources, older and newer strategies, and multiple agendas that keep the folk music process alive in an increasingly interconnected, yet still localized world.
The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years.
California Gold offers a compelling cultural snapshot of a diverse California during the 1930s at the height of the New Deal, drawing on the career of folk music collector Sidney Robertson and the musical culture of often-unheard voices.
First published in 1980 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this classic compilation of New Mexico folk music is based on thirty-five years of field research by a giant of modern music.
The Ballad as Song is a collection of essays tracing the authors decades-long exploration of the intersection between traditional ballads and their accompanying tunes.
Cipriano Frederico Vigil is the most important performer of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Recording technologies shaped the sound and meaning of 20th-century folk music in Britain, constructing a sonic aesthetics of authenticity in an era of rapid technological and social transformation.
Recording technologies shaped the sound and meaning of 20th-century folk music in Britain, constructing a sonic aesthetics of authenticity in an era of rapid technological and social transformation.
The Ballad as Song is a collection of essays tracing the authors decades-long exploration of the intersection between traditional ballads and their accompanying tunes.
Die Argonauten Franz Grillparzer - Wie bereits im ersten Teil der Trilogie "Das goldene Vlies", wird auch hier der Leser in die sagenumwobene Welt der griechischen Mythologie gezogen und möchte sie am liebsten gar nicht mehr verlassen.
The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has had its own distinctive identity since the district was first settled in medieval times.
