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Stomp and Shout
R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll
Long before the world discovered grunge, the Pacific Northwest was already home to a singular music culture. In the late 1950s, locals had codified a distinct offshoot of rockin' R&B, and a surprising number...
ISBN: 9780295751252
more detailsEmerald Street
A History of Hip Hop in Seattle
From the first rap battles in Seattle’s Central District to the Grammy stage, hip hop has shaped urban life and the music scene of the Pacific Northwest for more than four decades. In the early...
ISBN: 9780295747569
more detailsSailor Song
The Shanties and Ballads of the High Seas
Passed down in the oral tradition and sung as working songs, sea shanties tell the compelling human stories of life on the water: hard labor, battling the elements, pining for distant loves and far-away homes....
ISBN: 9780295747286
more detailsAmerican Sabor
Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music / Latinos y latinas en la musica popular estadounidense
Evoking the pleasures of music as well as food, the word sabor signifies a rich essence that makes our mouths water or makes our bodies want to move. American Sabor traces the substantial musical contributions...
ISBN: 9780295742625
more detailsClassical Seattle
Maestros, Impresarios, Virtuosi, and Other Music Makers
The past 50 years have seen a tremendous arts boom in Seattle, which has given the city not only internationally recognized classical music institutions but also great performance halls to showcase their work and that...
ISBN: 9780295742779
more detailsThe Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings
The Strachwitz Frontera Collection is the largest repository of commercially produced Mexican and Mexican American vernacular recordings in existence. More than 40,000 recordings, all produced during the first half of the 20th century, have been...
ISBN: 9780895511485
more detailsThe Tooth That Nibbles at the Soul
Essays on Music and Poetry
The Tooth that Nibbles at the Soul brings together Marshall Brown’s new and previously published writings on literature and music. These essays engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the...
ISBN: 9780295990064
more detailsAmelia
The Libretto
In the new opera Amelia, a first time mother-to-be, whose psyche has been scarred by the loss of her pilot father in Vietnam, must break free from anxiety to embrace healing and renewal for the...
ISBN: 9780295989396
more detailsJoel-Francois Durand in the Mirror Land
The second part of this volume comprises four essays on Durand’s music, contributed by three of his former composition students -- Christian Asplund, Eric Flesher, and Ryan M. Hare -- and by his colleague, music...
ISBN: 9780295985756
more detailsSeeing with Music
The Lives of Three Blind African Musicians
In the course of his ongoing study of the aesthetic world of the Limba of Sierra Leone, anthropologist Simon Ottenberg met three men from Wara Wara Bafodea chiefdom who played an instrument called the kututeng,...
ISBN: 9780295975252
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