"Music History" downloads

This present work had it's origin in two series of twelve public lectures on music as part of the general...

This extensively revised and expanded fifth edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the...

Seattle is a music town with rich, deep roots that have influenced the culture and identity of its civic life...

In the Central Himalayan region of Garhwal, the gods (devtas) enjoy dancing. Musicians - whether ritual specialists or musical specialists...

Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening,...

Two and a half decades on, Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (1993-94) is the rare album to have lost none...

He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the most dynamic author of his time, but Jack...

Sonic Rupture applies a practitioner-led approach to urban soundscape design, which foregrounds the importance of creative encounters in global cities....

Released when ELP and Elton John were plodding from one packed stadium to the next, Radio City was a radical...

Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers...

In Europe the tradition of secular dance has continued unbroken until the present. In the late Middle Ages it was...

New designs for flowers and "friends" - the wonderful bugs and beasties that bring a garden to life. 42 hand...

Metzger provides sustenance for your inner being by showing off the baroque improvisatory style. This disc is the 1st recording...

Classical flute arrangements of holiday favorites from an award-winning flutist. 9 MP3 Songs CLASSICAL: Traditional, EASY LISTENING: Background Music Show ......

A penetrating and entertaining exploration of New York’s music scene from Cubop through folk, punk, and hip-hop. From Tony Fletcher,...

This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the...

Until recently, most scholarly work on Chinese music in both Chinese and Western languages has focused on genres, musical structure,...

In Music at the Gonzaga Court in Mantua, Donald C. Sanders examines the history of musical composition and performance at...

From colonial times to the present, American composers have lived on the fringes of society and defined themselves in large...

Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to...