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Moteatea (sung laments) are at the heart of matauranga Maori or Maori cultural knowledge. They are the central strand of Maori poetry and song, a source of knowledge about tribal history and whakapapa (genealogy), and a living art form. Nga Moteatea: An Introduction / He Kupu Arataki is a short, accessible introduction to Apirana Ngata's classic collection of moteatea and to the power and meaning of traditional Maori song. After outlining the origins of Ngata's four volume NgaMoteatea collection...

This study covers the origins, development through the centuries, and continued progress of Armenian Monodic music alongside polyphonic and harmonic music. The subject is treated in two parts. The first part deals with Monodic music as one of the phenomena of Armenian culture, and reviews the principle stages of development of monody, and the basic problems concerning its style and composition. The second part is devoted to theoretical analysis of the modes in Armenian music.

THE PERFECT BOOK FOR FESTIVAL-GOERSWellies? Check. Tent? Check. Glitter? Check. A go-to festival survival guide? We've got it covered. With the answer to all of your festival questions, you will not want to leave home without this!The Festival Book is packed full of hilarious anecdotes, a guide to the very best festivals on offer and tips and tricks to get you festival ready. And if you want to learn to play the nose-flute or attend a wedding conducted by a priestess called Glenda, well, that's...

"Traditional Notes" is a stunning pictorial guide to contemporary traditional Irish music, focusing on both famous and little known Irish musicians, the instruments they play as well as traditional Irish instrument makers. Musicians profiled include established professional performers such as Martin Hayes, Frankie Gavin, Kevin Crawford, John Spillane, Sharon Shannon, Denis Liddy and Eoin O'Neil, contemporary traditional Irish groups such as Lunasa and Ceili bands, as well as young up and coming...

Composer, folklorist, and performer Bela Bartok (1881-1945) is internationally renowned as one of the most important and influential musicians of the twentieth century. Throughout his life, he wrote lectures and essays that dealt with virtually every aspect of East European folk music. Many of those essays, previously scattered in specialist journals in four different languages, are collected here for the first time. All are concerned with that branch of musicology within which Bartok was most i...

A consumer's critical guide to the music of Paul Simon, both as a solo artist and as part of Simon & Garfunkel, examining every song released. Part of a series, the book is specially designed to sit alongside a CD collection.

An account of the unique century-old reconciliation of two disparate traditions: black Australia and American country music.

Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival explores the lives and song traditions of two of the most influential English traditional singers: Sam Larner and Harry Cox. Using extensive primary evidence, including recorded interviews with both men, the book provides the first detailed biographies of these great singers, placing their singing and repertoires within the social and cultural contexts in which they lived. Larner and Cox were born within six years and 15 miles of each other, in la...

Following the success of I'm Your Man and Just Kids, legendary Canadian singer and songwriter Bruce Cockburn delivers his long-awaited memoir-a chronicle of faith, fear, and activism that is also a lively cultural and musical tour through the late twentieth century. Award-winning songwriter and pioneering guitarist Bruce Cockburn's life has been shaped by politics, protest, romance, and spiritual discovery. For more than five decades he has toured the globe, visiting far-flung places such as Gu...

This biography of 97-year old Richard Seaman, who grew up in Kissimmee Park, Florida, relies on oral history and folklore research to define the place of musicianship and storytelling in the state's history from one artist's perspective. Gregory Hansen presents Seaman's assessment of Florida's changing cultural landscape through his tall tales, personal experience narratives, legends, fiddle tune repertory, and descriptions of daily life. Seaman's childhood memories of fiddling performances and...

Philippe Bruneau est un interprete exceptionnel de musique traditionnelle pour accordeon diatonique, principalement d'origine canadienne-francaise et liee a la danse. Cette etude presente quatre-vingt-cinq pieces de son repertoire dont dix-sept sont ses propres compositions. La contribution de Philippe Bruneau a la musique traditionnelle est exposee dans les transcriptions musicales qui presentent les elements necessaires a la definition de son style propre.