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245 00 a| Musics of multicultural America :b| a study of twelve musical communities /c| edited by Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen.;

300 a| xii, 348 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Music and community in multicultural America / Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen -- Czech American polka music in Wisconsin / James P. Leary -- Klezmer music: the first one thousand years / Henry Sapoznik -- The music of Arab Detroit: a musical mecca in the midwest / Anne K. Rasmussen -- "Pan is we ting": West Indian steelbands in Brooklyn / Gage Averill -- Mexican mariachi music: made in the U.S.A. / Daniel Sheehy -- Cultural interaction in New Mexico as illustrated in the matachines dance / Brenda M. Romero -- Waila: the social dance music of the Tohono O'odham / James S. Griffith --Triangles, squares, circles, and diamonds: the "fasola folk" and their singing tradition / Ron Pen -- The Memphis African American sacred quartet community / Kip Lornell -- Sansei voices in the community: Japanese American musicians in California / Susan M. Asai -- Just being there: making Asian American space in the recording industry / Deborah Wong -- Constructing communities and indentities: riot grrrl New York City / Theo Cateforis and Elena Humphreys.;

520 a| This interdisciplinary text introduces the student to the diverse musical cultures that constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover twelve communities, from the West Indian steel drum bands of Brooklyn, to Mexican-American mariachi music. This is a collection of fifteen essays on music in the United States that, together, present a sample of music making in a variety of American communities. One of our goals is to introduce the diversity of musical styles, genres, and repertoires that constitute the contemporary American soundscape; another is to highlight the role of music making in community life. Using the methods of historical research, oral history, and ethnographic fieldwork with musicians and their audiences, all of the contributors to this volume investigate how people make and experience music on a local level.;

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Musics of multicultural America : a study of twelve musical communities / edited by Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen.

Other author	Lornell, Kip, 1953- editor.
Other author	Rasmussen, Anne K., editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1997.
Description	xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Popular music--United States. --History and criticism. Music--Social aspects. --United States.

Contents	Music and community in multicultural America / Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen -- Czech American polka music in Wisconsin / James P. Leary -- Klezmer music: the first one thousand years / Henry Sapoznik -- The music of Arab Detroit: a musical mecca in the midwest / Anne K. Rasmussen -- "Pan is we ting": West Indian steelbands in Brooklyn / Gage Averill -- Mexican mariachi music: made in the U.S.A. / Daniel Sheehy -- Cultural interaction in New Mexico as illustrated in the matachines dance / Brenda M. Romero -- Waila: the social dance music of the Tohono O'odham / James S. Griffith --Triangles, squares, circles, and diamonds: the "fasola folk" and their singing tradition / Ron Pen -- The Memphis African American sacred quartet community / Kip Lornell -- Sansei voices in the community: Japanese American musicians in California / Susan M. Asai -- Just being there: making Asian American space in the recording industry / Deborah Wong -- Constructing communities and indentities: riot grrrl New York City / Theo Cateforis and Elena Humphreys.
Abstract	This interdisciplinary text introduces the student to the diverse musical cultures that constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover twelve communities, from the West Indian steel drum bands of Brooklyn, to Mexican-American mariachi music. This is a collection of fifteen essays on music in the United States that, together, present a sample of music making in a variety of American communities. One of our goals is to introduce the diversity of musical styles, genres, and repertoires that constitute the contemporary American soundscape; another is to highlight the role of music making in community life. Using the methods of historical research, oral history, and ethnographic fieldwork with musicians and their audiences, all of the contributors to this volume investigate how people make and experience music on a local level.
Local note	Little-309923--305131013527V
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	97019860
ISBN	0028645855 (alk. paper)

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