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ISBN: 9780415938549 - Alan Lomax Alan Lomax
Cohen, Ronald

ISBN10: 9780203492550  ISBN13: 9780203492550
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
Alan Lomax is a legendary figure in American folk music circles. Although he published many books, hundreds of recordings and dozens of films, his contributions to popular and academic journals have never been collected. This collection of... More

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ISBN: 9780141187228 - Bound for Glory Bound for Glory
Guthrie, Woody

ISBN10: 9780141911359  ISBN13: 9780141911359
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin
Format: Electronic Book
Bound for Glory is the autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the founder of modern American folk music. It is a funny, cynical, earthy and tragic account of his life in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, of the Depression that followed,and of his subsequent... More

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ISBN: 9780195158786 - Electric Folk The Changing Face of English Traditional Music Electric Folk The Changing Face of English Traditional Music
BRITTA, SWEERS

ISBN10: 9780198038986  ISBN13: 9780198038986
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
In Electric Folk - Revival and Transformation of English Traditional Music, Britta Sweers chronicles the history of the genre and explores its cultural implications. She characterizes electric folk as both a result of the American folk revival... More

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ISBN: 9780415969727 - Shaped by Japanese Music Shaped by Japanese Music
Keister, Jay Davis

ISBN10: 9780203496558  ISBN13: 9780203496558
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
Shaped by Japanese Music is an in-depth analysis of the musical world of an individual performer, composer, and teacher. Using an ethnographic approach, this study situates musical analysis in the context of its creation, demonstrating that... More

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ISBN: 9780285638655 - Song of Leonard Cohen Song of Leonard Cohen
Rasky, Harry

ISBN10: 9780285639645  ISBN13: 9780285639645
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Format: Electronic Book
With previously unpublished songs and poemsof LEONARD COHEN"e;Exploring the vagaries of a topic that, for Cohen, was a poetic cosmos unto itself: romance."e; 'Rolling Stone'In 1979 Leonard Cohen set off on his Field Commander Cohen world... More

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ISBN: 9780195395020 - Folk Music A Very Short Introduction Folk Music A Very Short Introduction
MARK, SLOBIN

ISBN10: 9780199753314  ISBN13: 9780199753314
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. More

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ISBN: 9780195395020 - Folk Music A Very Short Introduction Folk Music A Very Short Introduction
Slobin, Mark

ISBN10: 9780199753086  ISBN13: 9780199753086
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. More

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ISBN: 9780825673245 - Klezmer! Klezmer!
Sapoznik, Henry

ISBN10: 9780857125057  ISBN13: 9780857125057
Publisher: Music Sales Limited
Format: Electronic Book
Klezmer! is the fascinating story of survival against the odds, of a musical legacy so potent it can still be heard dispite assimilation and near annihilation. The scratchy, distant sound of the early recordings discovered and studied by Henry... More

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ISBN: 9780691074887 - Performing Africa Performing Africa
Ebron, Paulla A

ISBN10: 9781400825219  ISBN13: 9781400825219
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Electronic Book
The jali--a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers--is a charismatic but contradictory figure. He is at once the repository of his people's history, the voice of contemporary political authority, the inspiration for... More

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ISBN: 9781840187793 - John Denver John Denver
Collis, John

ISBN10: 9781780573304  ISBN13: 9781780573304
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Mainstream Digital
Format: Electronic Book
John Denver was America's biggest-selling solo star of the '70s. In commercial terms he was on a par with Sinatra in the '40s, Elvis in the '50s and the Beatles in the '60s. He experimented with a variety of styles and won fans from such diverse... More