John Weinzweig (1913–2006) was the pre-eminent Canadian composer of his generation. Influenced by European modernists such as Stravinsky, Berg, and Webern, he was the first Canadian composer to employ ...

DanceHall combines cultural geography, performance studies and cultural studies to examine performance culture across the Black Atlantic. Taking Jamaican dancehall music as its prime example, DanceHall ...

Kwakwaka’wakw welcome songs, an aria from Joseph Quesnel’s 1808 opera Lucas et Cécile, rubbaboos (a combination of elements from First Peoples, French, and English music), the Tin Pan Alley hits ...

Includes CD with 40 selections of music and chants. See Table of Contents for CD track playlist. This innovative book explores religion through music, one of the most universally recognized forms of human ...

A lyrical analysis of the intersections between poetic speech and music, intertwined with the history of black/white relations in America. Digitopia Blues is a fluid narrative about orality and literacy ...