[PDF] Balkan Fascinationcreating An Alternative Music Culture In America Includes Cd Dvd eBook

Author : Mirjana Lausevic
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 24,69 MB
Release : 2007-01-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195178678

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In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no family or ethnic connection. Going beyond traditional interpretations, she challenges the notion that participation in Balkan culture in North America is merely a specialized offshoot of the 1960s American folk music scene. Instead, her exploration of the relationship between the stark sounds and lively dances of the Balkan region and the Americans who love them reveals that Balkan dance and music has much deeper roots in America's ideas about itself, its place in the world, and the place of the world's cultures in the melting pot.

Author : Mirjana Laušević
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 22,73 MB
Release : 2015-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 0190269421

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In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.

Author : Kip Lornell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 1617032646

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The perfect introduction to the many strains of American-made music

Author : Christine Lucia
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 50,9 MB
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 1443807796

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The present Reader is a selection of texts on South African music which are chosen not only for their importance or the frequency of citations, but with the express purpose of providing the reader with a deep understanding of the music itself. Consequently, there are readings that are chosen because they have been influential, but there are also many which, though published, have not enjoyed very wide circulation. There are those which are of obvious historic interest, and others which speak to contemporary issues. Among other things, the volume provides an excellent sense of the varying ideologies and approaches that determine the relationship between author and subject. The reader is indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts of South African music and it is of great interest to ethnomusicologists more generally. It is also an excellent resource for those who do not have immediate access to harder-to-find articles, and is perhaps most vital to those who are looking to find a way into the world of South African music.

Author : Kenneth D. Weiss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,76 MB
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1118044991

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This bestselling, up-to-date guide shows you how to start your own import/export business, from researching a raw idea to a successful launch to ongoing, profitable business operations. Complete with real-life examples from importers and exporters, it helps you every step of the way, from targeting a market and preparing a business plan to dealing with foreign currencies, shipping procedures, customs requirements, and more. It also shares tips to help you take advantage of NAFTA and other trade pacts, plus online resources to help you start and grow your business.

Author : Dr Eckehard Pistrick
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 1472449533

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How do migrants express and imagine themselves through musical practice? How does music help them to construct social imaginaries and to cope with longings and belongings? In this study of migration music in postsocialist Albania, Eckehard Pistrick identifies links between sound, space, emotionality and mobility in performance, provides new insights into the controversial relationship between sound and migration, and sheds light on the cultural effects of migration processes. Central to Pistrick’s approach is the essential role of emotionality for musical creativity which is highlighted throughout the volume.

Author : David Malvinni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 37,95 MB
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1135879141

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A formidable challenge to the study of Roma (Gypsy) music is the muddle of fact and fiction in determining identity. This book investigates "Gypsy music" as a marked and marketable exotic substance, and as a site of active cultural negotiation and appropriation between the real Roma and the idealized Gypsies of the Western imagination. David Malvinni studies specific composers-including Liszt, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Janacek, and Bartók-whose work takes up contested and varied configurations of Gypsy music. The music of these composers is considered alongside contemporary debates over popular music and film, as Malvinni argues that Gypsiness remains impervious to empirical revelations about the "real" Roma.

Author : Kip Lornell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 2010-01-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 1496800885

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The Beat! was the first book to explore the musical, social, and cultural phenomenon of go-go music. In this edition, updated by a substantial chapter on the current scene, authors Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson, Jr., place go-go within black popular music made since the middle 1970s—a period during which hip-hop has predominated. This styling reflects the District's African American heritage. Its super-charged drumming and vocal combinations of hip-hop, funk, and soul evolved and still thrive on the streets of Washington, DC, and in neighboring Prince George's County, making it the most geographically compact form of popular music. Go-go—the only musical form indigenous to Washington, DC—features a highly syncopated, nonstop beat and vocals that are spoken as well as sung. The book chronicles its development and ongoing popularity, focusing on many of its key figures and institutions, including established acts such as Chuck Brown (the Godfather of Go-Go), Experience Unlimited, Rare Essence, and Trouble Funk; well-known DJs, managers, and promoters; and filmmakers who have incorporated it into their work. The Beat! provides longtime fans and those who study American musical forms a definitive look at the music and its makers.