This study of the Latin American art song and its development in the context of musical nationalism shows how the song is a mirror in which the processes of conformation to Latin American national identity are reflected.
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.
Productivity and Cultural Competence in an Inuit Settlement
This book explores the sociocultural context surrounding two forms of traditional Inuit drum dancing in Ulukhaktok, an Inuit settlement in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
Musical Entrepreneurs and the Cultural Politics of Inequality in Northea
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.
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Deep Engagement in Music Education
Ruth Gurgel presents and analyzes the perspectives of eight students and their teacher in a pluralistic 7th grade choir classroom at Clark Middle School, located in a large Midwestern urban school district. Through the eyes of the students, music teachers gain insight into the complexity of the engagement cycle as well as interventions that ......
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Deep Engagement in Music Education
Ruth Gurgel presents and analyzes the perspectives of eight students and their teacher in a pluralistic 7th grade choir classroom at Clark Middle School, located in a large Midwestern urban school district. Through the eyes of the students, music teachers gain insight into the complexity of the engagement cycle as well as interventions that ......
Discover the power of song in James Campion's Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude. Music columnist and podcast host Campion shows why the Beatles' epic 1968 single Hey Jude transcends time, taking readers through the song's riveting personal story, its importance during the fractious days of a pop culture phenomenon, and its impact ......
Argues that aesthetic theories have often been deficient because they have tried to be too inclusive. This book provides an argument against the relativism of aesthetic judgement in auditory art.
