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American Routes: Songs and Stories From the Road FREE DOWNLOAD

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Publisher: HighBridge Company; Original radio broadcast; 2.25 hours on 2 CDs edition (October 14, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1598876252
ISBN-13: 978-1598876253

In his weekly radio program heard on NPR, folklorist Spitzer leads listeners on a lively journey through American music and the evolution of its many styles from A (avant-garde) to Z (zydeco). Even in divisive times, there’s one thing about America everyone loves: its music. Produced in New Orleans, American Routes embraces and explores all kinds of American music: blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.
Each week, program host and creator Nick Spitzer talks with well-known artists, lesser-known studio musicians, and little-known buskers. Songs, stories, interviews, and conversations reveal the origins of American music, musicians, and cultures (the roots) and the many directions they have taken over time (the routes). The show pays tribute to historic heroes, celebrates great musicians of today, and hits the road, traveling from street parades to juke joints, bayous to beltways.

Violin Varnish and How to Make It (Classic Reprint)FREE DOWNLOAD

Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Forgotten Books (September 8, 2012)
Language: English
ASIN: B009CACOM6

Varnish that will equal in quality and beauty that of the great masters of the Middle A ges, I have, with the kind assistance of Mr. EDGAR PENNING, endeavoured, in the following chapters, to describe, in the simplest manner possible, the properties and effects of the principal components of Varnish and the best means of employing them. G. FOUCHER, SENR.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

The Origins of Music FREE DOWNLOAD

Series: Bradford Books
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: A Bradford Book; New Ed edition (September 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0262731436
ISBN-13: 978-0262731430

What biological and cognitive forces have shaped humankind's musical behavior and the rich global repertoire of musical structures? What is music for, and why does every human culture have it? What are the universal features of music and musical behavior across cultures? In this groundbreaking book, musicologists, biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, ethologists, and linguists come together for the first time to examine these and related issues. The book can be viewed as representing the birth of evolutionary biomusicology -- the study of which will contribute greatly to our understanding of the evolutionary precursors of human music, the evolution of the hominid vocal tract, localization of brain function, the structure of acoustic-communication signals, symbolic gesture, emotional manipulation through sound, self-expression, creativity, the human affinity for the spiritual, and the human attachment to music itself.
Contributors: Simha Arom, Derek Bickerton, Steven Brown, Ellen Dissanayake, Dean Falk, David W. Frayer, Walter Freeman, Thomas Geissmann, Marc D. Hauser, Michel Imberty, Harry Jerison, Drago Kunej, François-Bernard Mâche, Peter Marler, Björn Merker, Geoffrey Miller, Jean Molino, Bruno Nettl, Chris Nicolay, Katharine Payne, Bruce Richman, Peter J.B. Slater, Peter Todd, Sandra Trehub, Ivan Turk, Maria Ujhelyi, Nils L. Wallin, Carol Whaling.

The Anthropology of Music FREE DOWNLOAD

Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: Northwestern University Press; 1 edition (December 1, 1964)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810106078
ISBN-13: 978-0810106079

This is one of those classics in the field of Ethnmusicology. Merriam is one of the "big names" in the field; in this work he does a great job of linking Musicology and Anthropology. If you can find a copy, I'd recommend it!

How to Play the Hawaiian Ukulele: 10 Easy Lessons FREE DOWNLOAD

Paperback: 66 pages
Publisher: Mutual Pub Co (January 9, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1566472989
ISBN-13: 978-1566472982

How to Play the Hawaiian Ukulele is an easy-to-follow guide for anyone interested in this popular Hawaiian musical instrument. In ten easy lessons, readers will learn how to read music, strumming techniques, finger exercises, accompaniments and songs that they can sing along to. A glossary and chord chart are included for easy reference.

Music in Brazil: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music) FREE DOWNLOAD

Series: Global Music
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 26, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195166841
ISBN-13: 978-0195166842

Music in Brazil is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study.
As the largest nation in Latin America, Brazil is home to some of the most celebrated music in the world. Music in Brazil covers a wide spectrum of this music, including samba, bossa nova, Tropicália, and MPB (Música Popular Brasileira); regional traditional and popular music; Brazilian rock, rap, and electronica; and such genres as sertaneja (similar to country-and-western music) and brega (sentimental pop).
Music in Brazil is organized the themes of unity, diversity, cosmopolitanism, and verbal artistry. It shows how Brazilian music expresses the unity of the country's culture, discussing, for example, how samba plays a major part in annual Carnaval celebrations and provides a focus for nationalist sentiment. In contrast, the book also demonstrates how music represents the diversity of Brazilian culture, describing how each of Brazil's regions is home to unique genres of music, and how the audiences for various types of music reflect class distinctions. In addition, author John P. Murphy presents examples of cosmopolitan Brazilian music and emphasizes the connections between music and other aspects of Brazilian culture, especially language and gender. Enhanced by vivid illustrations and guided listening activities, this book is a captivating introduction to the music of Brazil. It is packaged with a 60-minute audio CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book, many of which are taken from the author's field recordings.

Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music Series) FREE DOWNLOAD

Series: Global Music Series
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195147375
ISBN-13: 978-0195147377

Music in Central Java is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study.
Music in Central Java offers a vivid introduction to the region's musical and cultural landscape, showing how three themes--flexibility, appropriateness, and interconnectedness--characterize Javanese musical practices and traditions. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork, author Benjamin Brinner takes an in-depth look at gamelan music--a traditional musical ensemble tradition that typically features metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs--providing readers with a sense of what it means to be a musician performing gamelan. Building from fundamental Javanese concepts of time and melody, the book covers gamelan's instruments, musical idioms, and central interactions and also surveys contrasting performance contexts. It examines both the theatrical and musical aspects of the vibrant tradition of shadow-puppet plays (Wayang kulit) and offers a broad survey of other music found in Central Java. In addition, Music in Central Java provides an engaging portrait of a leading Javenese musician, traces musical responses to radical social, political, and cultural changes over the past century, and considers Javanese music in relation to Indonesia and the rest of the world.
Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with key performers, vivid illustrations, and hands-on listening activities, this book is a captivating introduction to the music of Central Java. It is packaged with a 78-minute audio CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book.