History & Criticism
1. 
How Rappers Flip the Beat
Reveals the deep roots, poetic structures, and uncommon artistry of rap poetry and performance
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1.
How Rappers Flip the Beat
Reveals the deep roots, poetic structures, and uncommon artistry of rap poetry and performance
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1.
How Rappers Flip the Beat
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2. 
An Episodic History of Art and Music in the 1960s
A new look at the intertwined histories of experimental art and music in the 1960s
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| Hardcover | 2020 | $70.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "In and Out of Phase" to Cart |
3. 
Rebel Songs, Resistance, and Irish Republicanism
In Belfast’s rebel music scene, Irish republican musicians and audiences engage in ritualized resistance against the British state
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3.
Rebel Songs, Resistance, and Irish Republicanism
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4. 
Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation
A bold exploration of how we define improvised music
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| Hardcover | 2019 | $80.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Intents and Purposes" to Cart |
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4.
Philosophy and the Aesthetics of Improvisation
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5. 
Selected Madrigals of Guarini
New translations and insightful commentary on art and courtly love in Renaissance Italy breathe fresh life into Guarini’s finest madrigals
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| Hardcover | 2018 | $70.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "A Poetry Precise and Free" to Cart |
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5.
Selected Madrigals of Guarini
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6. 
Toward a Tonal Theory for the Rock Era
An original, listener-based approach to harmony for popular music from the rock era of the 1950s to the present
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6.
Toward a Tonal Theory for the Rock Era
An original, listener-based approach to harmony for popular music from the rock era of the 1950s to the present
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6.
Toward a Tonal Theory for the Rock Era
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7. 
open access
Music, Representation, and Reception
A groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume exploring the phenomenon of the “Westernization” of contemporary Chinese music
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| Web | 2017 | Open Access | Available | Read Online |
7.
open access
Music, Representation, and Reception
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7.
open access
Music, Representation, and Reception
A groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume exploring the phenomenon of the “Westernization” of contemporary Chinese music
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| Hardcover | 2017 | $85.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "China and the West" to Cart |
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8. 
German Music in the Seventies
The first in-depth study of one of the most influential movements of contemporary popular music
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8.
German Music in the Seventies
The first in-depth study of one of the most influential movements of contemporary popular music
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German Music in the Seventies
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9. 
Making Jazz in Postwar France
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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| Paper | 2015 | $39.95 | Available | Add Paper for "After Django" to Cart |
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9.
Making Jazz in Postwar France
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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9.
Making Jazz in Postwar France
The first study to focus on jazz in postwar France, this book explores the ways that French musicians and critics received and remade an American music according to their own cultural concerns
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10. 
A critical examination of the ways in which music is understood and exploited in American law enforcement and justice
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10.
A critical examination of the ways in which music is understood and exploited in American law enforcement and justice
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11. 
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Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967
An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century
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11.
open access
Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967
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11.
open access
Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967
An exploration of the history of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century
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12. 
New Directions in Experimental Music Studies
Essays investigating and sparking new questions in experimental music
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| Hardcover | 2014 | $75.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Tomorrow Is the Question" to Cart |
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New Directions in Experimental Music Studies
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13. 
open access
Repurposing Music in the Digital Age
An examination of how musical activity has been transformed by contemporary production practices
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| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Bytes and Backbeats" to Cart |
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13.
open access
Repurposing Music in the Digital Age
An examination of how musical activity has been transformed by contemporary production practices
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13.
open access
Repurposing Music in the Digital Age
An examination of how musical activity has been transformed by contemporary production practices
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13.
open access
Repurposing Music in the Digital Age
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14. 
Music as Performance
Musicologists and performance studies scholars reach across their disciplines to examine the role of performance in musical culture
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Music as Performance
Musicologists and performance studies scholars reach across their disciplines to examine the role of performance in musical culture
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Music as Performance
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15. 
Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League
Examines the complicated history of a Jewish cultural organization supported by Nazi Germany
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Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League
Examines the complicated history of a Jewish cultural organization supported by Nazi Germany
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16. 
Watch the Throne and the New Gilded Age
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s death dance for capitalism
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Watch the Throne and the New Gilded Age
Jay-Z and Kanye West’s death dance for capitalism
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Watch the Throne and the New Gilded Age
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17. 
Performing Musical Persona
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Performing Musical Persona
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Performing Musical Persona
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18. 
Musical Reenactment and the Politics of Trauma
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Musical Reenactment and the Politics of Trauma
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Musical Reenactment and the Politics of Trauma
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19. 
GALA Choruses and Social Change
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GALA Choruses and Social Change
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Improvisation and Transcultural Difference
Extends the field of improvisation studies in a more global, transcultural direction
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Improvisation and Transcultural Difference
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