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by Prof Jayson Beaster-Jones ...

Series series 33 1/3 South Asia
The 2001 buddy film Dil Chahta Hai (dir. Farhan Akhtar), had arguably the first rock soundtrack in Bollywood. The award-winning soundtrack is an entry point into the relationship between Bollywood film songs, Hindi language music, and the Indi-pop movement of the '80s and '90s.Beaster-Jones draws from reviews by music critics and fans, industry interviews, and his own close analysis of the... ... Read more

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The 2001 buddy film Dil Chahta Hai (dir. Farhan Akhtar), had arguably the first rock soundtrack in Bollywood. The award-winning soundtrack is an entry point into the relationship between Bollywood film songs, Hindi language music, and the Indi-pop movement of the '80s and '90s.Beaster-Jones draws from reviews by music critics and fans, industry interviews, and his own close analysis of the...
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How Music Works

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”
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The Other Classical Musics

Fifteen Great Traditions

by Michael Church, Scott DeVeaux, Ivan Hewett, Dwight Reynolds, Scott Marcus, Robert Labaree, Ameneh Youssefzadeh, Will Sumits, Terry E. Miller, Neil Sorrell0, David Hughes1, Frank Kouwenhoven2, Richard Widdess3, Jonathan Katz4, Roderic Knight5 ...

Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Creative Communication 2015There is a treasure trove of underappreciated music out there; this book will convince many to explore it. The EconomistWhatis classical music? This book answers the question in a manner never before attempted, by presenting the history of fifteen parallel traditions, of which Western classical music is just one. ... Read more

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Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Creative Communication 2015There is a treasure trove of underappreciated music out there; this book will convince many to explore it. The EconomistWhatis classical music? This book answers the question in a manner never before attempted, by presenting the history of fifteen parallel traditions, of which Western classical music is just one.
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This Woman's Work

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Edited by iconic musician Kim Gordon and esteemed writer Sinéad Gleeson, this powerful collection of award-winning female creators shares their writing about the female artists that matter most to them.This book is for and about the women who kicked in doors, as pioneers of their craft or making politics central to their sound: those who offer a new way of thinking about the vast spectrum of women ... Read more

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Edited by iconic musician Kim Gordon and esteemed writer Sinéad Gleeson, this powerful collection of award-winning female creators shares their writing about the female artists that matter most to them.This book is for and about the women who kicked in doors, as pioneers of their craft or making politics central to their sound: those who offer a new way of thinking about the vast spectrum of women
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Learn Raga Bhimpalashri in 60 Minutes (Exotic Guitar Scales for Solo Guitar)

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About the eBook Series (Exotic Guitar Scales for Solo Guitar):If you are a creative guitarist and are seeking to expand your musical horizons, then you will love playing Indian Ragas.Ragas are millennia-old musical constructs that originated in Indian music. They are widely used in Indian and Asian music, and were first introduced to Western audiences in the 1950s and 1960s by Ravi Shankar and the ... Read more

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About the eBook Series (Exotic Guitar Scales for Solo Guitar):If you are a creative guitarist and are seeking to expand your musical horizons, then you will love playing Indian Ragas.Ragas are millennia-old musical constructs that originated in Indian music. They are widely used in Indian and Asian music, and were first introduced to Western audiences in the 1950s and 1960s by Ravi Shankar and the
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Drumming at the Edge of Magic

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Delve into the world of drums, rattles, and gongs through the course of human evolution, and uncover the primal hypnotic power of rhythm!"Learn the difference between noise and music, and between music and magic. Read it and weep!"—Jerry Garcia"You pick up this book wondering what there is to say about drums ... You put it down roundly initiated into humanity's second oldest pastime."—Robert ... Read more

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Delve into the world of drums, rattles, and gongs through the course of human evolution, and uncover the primal hypnotic power of rhythm!"Learn the difference between noise and music, and between music and magic. Read it and weep!"—Jerry Garcia"You pick up this book wondering what there is to say about drums ... You put it down roundly initiated into humanity's second oldest pastime."—Robert
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Gangs of Wasseypur

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'With unforgettable performances... Gangs has a certain rawness that we haven't seen in Hindi cinema in the recent past. This... should be an interesting read for anyone who enjoyed the films, as the authors take you through what went on in the director's mind and life during the making of this epic' Vishal Bhardwaj, film-maker. Running close to five hours and thirty minutes, and boasting of no ... Read more

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'With unforgettable performances... Gangs has a certain rawness that we haven't seen in Hindi cinema in the recent past. This... should be an interesting read for anyone who enjoyed the films, as the authors take you through what went on in the director's mind and life during the making of this epic' Vishal Bhardwaj, film-maker. Running close to five hours and thirty minutes, and boasting of no
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Indian Sun

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A Times, Spectator, TLS and BBC Music Magazine Book of the YearOver eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India's greatest cultural ambassador who took Indian classical music to the world's leading concert halls and festivals, charting the map for those who followed. Renowned for his association with The Beatles - teaching George Harrison sitar - Shankar turning the Sixties generation on to Indian music ... Read more

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An Introduction to Hindustani Classical Music: A Beginners Guide

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Vijay Prakash Singha studied at Mayo College, Ajmer and Rajasthan University, Jaipur before joining the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in 1967. He got infatuated with Hindustani classical music in his teens, and was able to indulge in it throughout his career postings all over India. This guidebook is an effort to share his passion with others. He now lives in Kolkata with his wife and ... Read more

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Vijay Prakash Singha studied at Mayo College, Ajmer and Rajasthan University, Jaipur before joining the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun in 1967. He got infatuated with Hindustani classical music in his teens, and was able to indulge in it throughout his career postings all over India. This guidebook is an effort to share his passion with others. He now lives in Kolkata with his wife and
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On Minimalism

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A revisionist history of minimalism's transformative rise, through the voices of the musicians who created it.When composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich began creating hypnotically repetitive music in the 1960s, it upended the world of American composition. But minimalism was more than a classical phenomenon—minimalism changed everything. Its static harmonies and groovy pulses swept through ... Read more

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A revisionist history of minimalism's transformative rise, through the voices of the musicians who created it.When composers like Philip Glass and Steve Reich began creating hypnotically repetitive music in the 1960s, it upended the world of American composition. But minimalism was more than a classical phenomenon—minimalism changed everything. Its static harmonies and groovy pulses swept through
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Punk Ethnography

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