Explores how Black women have continually used sound to convey stories and forge community across generations.

The classic work on African American toasts, the predecessor of rap.

Celebrates over a half-century of the work of one of America's greatest folklorists.

A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes.

Makes a case for the power of music and sound in the face of fascistic forces, from modernism to the present.

The neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s–60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature.

The classic work on Levy’s theory of negative harmony.

Situates yoga practice within a musical context in the life and work of famed violinist Yehudi Menuhin

The classic text on Baroque Counterpoint, enlarged and revised, drawing from the master composers of the era.

The first music theory anthology to provide 255 topically arranged examples by 67 historical women and people of color

How jazz spurred a generational debate that reshaped American culture.

A compelling biography of virtuoso, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and how his life intersected with some of the greatest poets, writers, painters, and musicians of his time.

Illuminates the beginnings, downfall, and legacy of the acid-inspired, spontaneous, and playful approach to life and music in Haight-Ashbury from 1964–1967.

An unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of '50s rock and roll, from the biggest stars, like Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, to those who barely grabbed the spotlight.

Spearheads a new field for the combined study of religion and music, drawing upon theories and methods of the social sciences, ethnomusicology, philosophy, theology, liturgical studies, and cognitive studies.

The autobiography of one of the 20th century’s most innovative and wittiest composers/performers/authors who witnessed the birth of modern music.

Tells the story of classic blues singers from Ma Rainey to Bessie Smith.

The cultural history of one of rock's greatest masterpieces told through the eyes of its creator.

A Philosophy of Music Education is considered the classic text on the relation of aesthetics to the practical teaching and performing of music.

A walking tour and history of Bob Dylan's life and time in New York, from Greenwich Village to Woodstock.

A new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer.

Shows how punk rock shaped modern culture around the world.

Analyzes how White American mainline Protestants used the internal musical controversies of the turn-of-the-millennium Worship Wars to negotiate their shifting position within the nation's diversifying religious and sociopolitical ecosystems.

Highlights the original cast members—both the well-known and the (until now) wholly unknown—who staged the duo's comic operas in Britain and in America.

The incredible, true story of the twentieth century's greatest performing sea lion and the man who trained him.

The critical biography of a dynamic and under-represented figure who produced and starred in some of the most innovative works of her day.

A close examination of the complexity inherent in Michael Jackson's ambiguous racial identity.

Rock on Record shows students how to listen to and enjoy the rich repertory of rock records made between the 1950s and 1980s.

A complete introduction to musical theater from its roots in the eighteenth century through today, written by a master historian.

An accessible introduction to the centrality of word, chant, and song in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions.

Explores how modernist films use classical music in ways that restore the music’s original subversive energy.

Examines how African American jazz music was received in Germany both as a racial and cultural threat and as a partner in promoting the rise of Nazi totalitarian cultural politics.

An innovative approach to teaching Chinese language and culture, using folk and popular songs.

A transformative look at a popular instrument and a hidden chapter of American history.

How music functions as a metaphor and model for democracy.

Viewing hip-hop as the postmodern successor to African American culture's Jazz modernism, this book examines hip-hop music's role in the history of the African-American experience.

Music is performed, reproduced, and heard differently today as a result of twentieth-century technology. A new consideration of these changes is a practical and cultural necessity. In Conditions of Music ...