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Aladdin and Imperial, two independent recording labels, emerged on the West Coast following World War II. An entire chapter is devoted to single numerical listings and includes seven Aladdin Series labels and eight Imperial Series labels along with foreign series, Liberty/UA Series, 78 rpm albums, and 45 rpm albums.

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Francis James Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published in ten parts from 1882 to 1898, contained the texts and variants of 305 extant themes written down between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries. Unsurpassed in its presentation of texts, this exhaustive collection devoted little attention to the ballad music, a want that was f

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This is the musical counterpart to the famous Francis James Child collection of English and Scottish ballads from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Professor Child's canon established the texts; Professor Bronson's work provides both tunes and texts. Originally published in 1959. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technolo

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With this volume, incorporating Ballads 244-305, Bertrand Harris Bronson completes his epic task of providing the musical counterpart to Francis James Child's collection of English and Scottish ballads. As in the previous volumes, the texts are linked with their proper traditional tunes, systematically ordered and grouped to show melodic kinship an

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Offers an introduction to the underlying principles of non-Western music and to encourage the reader to explore rich and fascinating sounds and rhythms from around the world. This book covers the traditional music of five continents, namely Sub-Saharan Africa, the Islamic world, the Indian subcontinent, China and the Far East.

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This book is a substantial and thorough musicological analysis of Turkish folk music. It reproduces in facsimile Bartok's autograph record of eighty seven vocal and instrumental peasant melodies of the Yuruk Tribes, a nomadic people in southern Anatolia. Bartok's introduction includes his annotations of the melodies, texts, and translations and est

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We Shall Overcome: Essays on a Great American Song, edited and compiled by Victor V. Bobetsky, comprises essays that explore the origins, history, and impact of this great American folk song.

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An illuminating account of Ismaili music, spiritual poetry and social change in Badakhshan.

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Features an annotated collection of waiata. Suitable to Maori and non-Maori, nationally and internationally,this title presents the beauty of the poetic language of the waiata and information about Maori life. It also includes two CDs of waiata drawn from the Archive of Maori and Pacific Music at the University of Auckland.

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This is the first volume of a new edition of this national treasure, the largest and most comprehensive collection of Maori waiata and a unique contribution to New Zealand poetry.

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Offers a collection of waiata. This edition includes a CD of waiata, and is useful for scholars, teachers and students of Maori or Polynesian or Pacific traditional music, culture language, literature and tribal history. It also features notes from Maori scholars.

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The annotated collection of waiata made by a distinguished Maori leader and scholar.

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Redtails in the Sunset tells the gripping story of an Aussie rules football team from Central Australia fighting to enter the game's final frontier. Launching an ambitious bid to play in the Premier League in Darwin, the team faced daunting obstacles in their efforts to successfully represent Alice Springs and the surrounding communities.

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Including a discography of the artists featured in the book, this is a comprehensive book on contemporary Aboriginal music in Australia.

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A reissue of three classic volumes of Hebridean Folk Songs

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Brings together a range of contemporary explorations of Indigenous music and dance in the Torres Strait and the tropical regions of the Northern Territory. This title shows how traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control and to other forces beyond local control. It offers an understanding of the history of Torres Strait music.

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Pipers takes the reader inside the world of the performer community of Scottish piping, introducing the instrument itself and the various different repertories.