At the intersection of music, philosophy, and religion, Sensational Rhythms of the Ineffable explores intimate collabora......more

At the intersection of music, philosophy, and religion, Sensational Rhythms of the Ineffable explores intimate collabora......more

"A powerful expression of Indigenous and Mexican identity, Aztec dance has become a part of Mexican and Mexican American......more

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Music as Agency: Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship focuses on the concept, application, interpretation......more

Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé Repercussions examines how the highly percussive carn......more

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Unsound Supplies explores the complex and often hidden provenance of the raw materials that underpin the rich musical cu......more

Musical Argonauts of Central Asia tells the story of the Aga Khan Music Programme (AKMP) and its sustained efforts to re......more

Musical Argonauts of Central Asia tells the story of the Aga Khan Music Programme (AKMP) and its sustained efforts to re......more

Alice Gerrard, an award-winning and storied folk and bluegrass musician for over 50 years, is one of the notable few wom......more

What makes sounds religious? How are communities shaped by the things they hear, play, or listen to? This book foregroun......more

Music Worlding in Palau: Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness is a detailed study of the performing arts in Palau, ......more

This book investigates choreomusical aspects of tango argentino in translocal practice, in particular its current manife......more

Like biological species and languages, many musical and other cultural practices around the world are at risk. In some c......more

Like biological species and languages, many musical and other cultural practices around the world are at risk. In some c......more

An unprecedented portrait of Sikh devotional music demonstrating how musical traditions shift to meet changing needs. Ki......more

Original historical and analytical research into the Israeli music scene, treating important composers as well as broade......more

This volume brings together prominent scholars, artists, composers, and directors to present the latest interdisciplinar......more

In The Aesthetic Character of Blackness, Jemma DeCristo theorizes the means by which black art liberates the free world ......more

Mattering Voices explores the intersection of voice studies and new materialisms, examining how voices materialize as me......more

Based on more than thirty years’ fieldwork, this book aims to increase the understanding of music played on elaborate wo......more

As permafrost in Siberia continues to melt and the steppe in the Gobi turns to desert, people in Mongolia are faced with......more

A vivid bridge to a vanishing world Indian Story and Song, from North America revives the voices, songs, and myths of In......more

Cultural Perspectives in Video Game Audio explores the fundamental role of sound - specifically sound effects, music, an......more

Cultural Perspectives in Video Game Audio explores the fundamental role of sound - specifically sound effects, music, an......more

Boy choirs are one of the oldest musical traditions in the Western world. While audiences admire boy singers for their d......more

For decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations......more

For decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations......more

"Drawing on two years of multi-sited ethnography in Santiago, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires, the author documents the cen......more

When Europeans and North Americans listen to music by Latin American composers, what do they hear? What, for that matter......more

You may have heard it at a football game, in an advertisement, or on the radio on a road trip far from home. You may hav......more

The Art of Persian Music offers a richly layered introduction to the music and culture of Iran through a compelling mult......more

For the first time, this groundbreaking songbook collaboration by music writer Kristina R. Gaddy and Grammy Award winner......more

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing......more

In her memoir, Anna Maria Gehnyei, better known as singer, rapper, and producer Karima 2G, reveals the challenges she fa......more

In her memoir, Anna Maria Gehnyei, better known as singer, rapper, and producer Karima 2G, reveals the challenges she fa......more

Using the concept of musical effervescence, a collective state of synchronized and focused intersubjectivity through mus......more

Music Making in Iran from the 15th to the Early 20th Century looks at the change and evolution of music in Iran from bot......more

This book charts the transoceanic history of South Asian women in California through their speech and songs across the t......more

This volume brings together leading voices from the new wave of research on musical instruments to consider how we can c......more

In Alive in the Sound, Ronald Radano proposes a new understanding of US Black music by focusing on the key matter of val......more

Composer and sound artist Brian Harnetty explores the remarkable everyday stories of sound recordings and shows us a new......more

Composer and sound artist Brian Harnetty explores the remarkable everyday stories of sound recordings and shows us a new......more

In The Archive and the Aural City, Alejandro L. Madrid examines the possibilities for retrieving from the archive sounds......more

In The Archive and the Aural City, Alejandro L. Madrid examines the possibilities for retrieving from the archive sounds......more

Brilliant lectures by the most influential experimental music composers of our time In this brilliant collection, path-b......more

Traces the position, experiences and reception of women in Irish traditional music through detailed ethnographic and sta......more

In Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap "Crisis," author Heidi R. Lewis interrogates the ways Mumble Rap......more

In Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap "Crisis," author Heidi R. Lewis interrogates the ways Mumble Rap......more

In The Pop Documentary Since 1980, Richard Wallace examines the representation of pop music, musicians and music-making ......more

A critical interpretation of essential Kiganda royal court songs that examines how the meanings of their lyrics enter in......more

A critical interpretation of essential Kiganda royal court songs that examines how the meanings of their lyrics enter in......more

This new collection suggests that we are experiencing an activist turn in music research. The idea is explored in a seri......more

This new collection suggests that we are experiencing an activist turn in music research. The idea is explored in a seri......more

In Arab culture, at the ineffable point where music meets emotion, lies ṭarab. Often glossed as the ecstasy experienced ......more

"An important presence through centuries of musical and social change, gamelan angklung is a small, four-tone bronze-key......more

Afrikaans art song literature is a fascinating but neglected genre, largely inaccessible to non-native speakers outside ......more

Afrikaans art song literature is a fascinating but neglected genre, largely inaccessible to non-native speakers outside ......more

The first collection to show the full range of ways in which the Bible was mediated through both popular and elite music......more

Over My Head: The Power of Ancestral Music to Future the Black Church explores how sacred music genres of the Black chur......more

Over My Head: The Power of Ancestral Music to Future the Black Church explores how sacred music genres of the Black chur......more

An empathetic and eye-opening portrait of Muslim migrants in England that debunks many misperceptions about their music ......more

Cabo Verdean Rhythms examines the rhythms, movements and performances of Kolá San Jon, a performative tradition central ......more

The Irish frame drum that we know as ’bodhrán’ first entered modern-day Irish consciousness in 1959 with John B. Keane’s......more

"An ethnography of copyright law in Turkish music, integrating this information into broader narratives about Turkish so......more

"An ethnography of copyright law in Turkish music, integrating this information into broader narratives about Turkish so......more

Discover the vibrant journey of music from New York’s melting pot to the mystical shores of the Bosphorus From the Bronx......more

In Fiddling Is My Joy, Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje examines the history of fiddling among African Americans from the seven......more

The Routledge Handbook of Music and Migration: Theories and Methodologies is a progressive, transdisciplinary paradigm-s......more

This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-......more

Few politicians produced the musical reaction that Ronald Reagan did. His California-branded conservatism inspired count......more

Symphonic music of the early twentieth century reflects the complex, cosmopolitan world it inhabited. In a time of wanin......more

Sir Walter Scott’s "The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" is a seminal collection of ballads and folklore from the bord......more