An Attempt to View Musical Subjects in the Light of Spiritual Science
The unique scholarship and artstc sensitvity of Prof. Dr Hermann Beckh (1875–1937) is in the process of being rediscovered. The great linguist, Orientalist and Chris1an priest – an ac1ve music-lover who also composed – penned pioneer works on our musical system that are respected by musicians and musicologists.
The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities. This entertaining book charts the journey of the cassette from ......
Engaging with sensory experience provides a gateway to the contemplation and cultivation of creativity and ideas. Tomie Hahns workshopping recipes encourage us to incorporate sensory-rich experiences into our research, creative processes, and understanding of people.
Arthel ""Doc"" Watson (1923-2012) is arguably one of the most influential musicians Appalachia has ever produced. A musician's musician, Doc grew up on a subsistence farm in the North Carolina mountains during the Depression, soaking up traditional music and learning to play guitar even though he was blind. Rising to fame in the 1960s as part of ......
China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) produced propaganda music that still stirs unease and, at times, evokes nostalgia. Lei X. Ouyang uses selections from revolutionary songbooks to untangle the complex interactions between memory, trauma, and generational imprinting among those who survived the period of extremes. Interviews combine with ......
Musical Entrepreneurs and the Cultural Politics of Inequality in Northeastern Brazil
Institutions in Recife, Brazil, have restructured subsidies in favor of encouraging musicians to become more entrepreneurial. Falina Enriquez explores how contemporary and traditional musicians in the fabled musical city have negotiated these intensified neoliberal cultural policies and economic uncertainties.
A work-by-work guide to the composers groundbreaking music Robert Wannamakers monumental two-volume study explores the influential music and ideas of American composer, theorist, writer, performer, and educator James Tenney.
A performance culture of illness and wellness In southern Uganda, ritual healing traditions called kusamira and nswezi rely on music to treat sickness and maintain well-being. Peter J. Hoesing blends ethnomusicological fieldwork with analysis to examine how kusamira and nswezi performance socializes dynamic processes of illness, wellness, and ......
