Nation Marathi Devotional Performance and Nationalism

A view of creativity as learning

Music Wisdom Teaching and Politics in Perikles' Athens

Experience Meaning and Work

Philosophical Psychological and Cultural Perspectives

The Dozens Snaps and the Deep Roots of Rap

in Music Education

in 21st Century Music Teacher Education

Globalization Cultural Communities and Pop Music in France 1958-1980

and the Soundtrack of Israeli History

Confronting Life in the Nazi Ghettos and Camps

The Culture of Mousike in the Classical Athenian City

Coming to Know Medieval Song and How it Was Made

Emotion and its Role in Literature Music and Art

Human Evolution Archaeology and the Origins of Musicality

The Unheard Pakistan

Origins and Development of Musical Competence

The Psychology of Performance Improvisation and Composition

Fugal Improvisation through Figured Bass

Experiencing Music Expressing Culture- These captivating case studies include eyewitness accounts of performances interviews with performers and vivid illustrations. Each volume is packaged with a 70-minute CD that contains representative examples of the music discussed in the book. Ngoma is the hallmark of music in East Africa and a performance that incorporates drumming singing and dancing. Using several towns and villages as examples this case study discusses how Ngoma performances function as important means of mediating conflicts solidifying community and ethnicity and communicating traditional values and social histories.