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   Whose Master's Voice? The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures (Chap. 11 "Seeking the Best Integration: Popular Music in Taiwan") » Read Now

   by Alison J. Ewbank, Fouli T. Papageorgiou. 264 pgs.

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   What are the interactions between transnational communication and national cultures? This work attempts to answer this critical question in the study of culture and communication. It takes as its vehicle of study the music industry and music making in 13 different cultures, presenting an insider's...

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   What are the interactions between transnational communication and national cultures? This work attempts to answer this critical question in the study of culture and communication. It takes as its vehicle of study the music industry and music making in 13 different cultures, presenting an insider's view of a global cultural experience. Of interest to musicologists and sociologists alike, plus anyone fascinated by distant cultures and how they are affected by external as well as internal communication systems.

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   Ancient and Oriental Music » Read Now

   by Egon Wellesz. 540 pgs.

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   The New Oxford History of Music is an authoritative ten-volume survey of classical music from ancient times up to 1960. Each volume is devoted to a recognised period in music history, and is written by noted scholars in the field.
   
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   Festival of Oriental Music and the Related Arts » Read Now

   by Department of Music, University of California. 68 pgs.

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   ...Festival of Oriental Music and the Related Arts UNIVERSITY...participants in the first Festival of Oriental Music on the Los Angeles campus of the...Sincerely yours...
   
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   Dance of Life: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia (includes discussions of music in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore) » Read Now

   by Craig A. Lockard. 390 pgs.

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   ...Dance of Life Dance of Life Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia Craig...Lockard, Craig A. Dance of life: popular music and politics in Southeast Asia Craig...
   
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   "Traditional Music Weeps" and Other Themes in the Discourse of Music, Dance and Theater of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, in Journal of Southeast Asian Studies » Read Now

   by Margaret J. Kartomi. 35 pgs.

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   ...spiced with the archaic and exotic, including "primitive" and "oriental" elements from the colonies.(9) Since the European science...literature on the Southeast Asian...
   
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   Jockeying for Tradition: The Checkered History of Korean Ch'angguk Opera, in Asian Theatre Journal » Read Now

   by Andrew P. Killick. 30 pgs.

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   ...president of the Association for Korean Music Research. He received his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology...volume of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (2002). His research...