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1	Ear Training for the Body: A Dancer's Guide to Music more books like this by Katherine Teck add to wishlist An approach to music from the dancer's viewpoint. It offers a two-part exploration of music as it relates to dance, beginning with an introduction to aspects of musicality that dancers (and other music lovers) can explore and put into practice immediately. see all copies from £7.40! new only from £30.87!
2	The Mexican American Orquesta: Music, Culture, and the Dialectic of Conflict (Title Page Only) more books like this by Manuel H Pedna, Manuel H Pena, Manuel H Peena add to wishlist The Mexican American orquesta is neither a Mexican nor an American music. Relying on both the Mexican orquesta and the American dance band for repertorial and stylistic cues, it forges a synthesis of the two. The ensemble emerges historically as a powerful artistic vehicle for the expression of what Manuel Pena calls the 'dialectic of conflict'. ... see all copies from £4.21! new only from £4.21! \| first editions
3	Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large more books like this by Carolyn Cooper add to wishlist "Sound Clash" is the first in-depth look at Jamaican dancehall music and culture, a feisty and dynamic music featuring bawdy "sound clashes" in which DJs battle to win the glory of the dance hall. This is the first accessible book on a music form that is drawing more and more attention in the United States. see all copies from £13.62! new only from £13.62!
4	Writings on Ballet and Music more books like this by Fedor Lopukhov, Stephanie Jordan (Introduction by), Dorinda Offord (Translator) add to wishlist Although little-known in the West, Fedor Lopukhov was a leading figure in Russia's dance world for more than 60 years and an influence on many who became major figures in western dance, such as George Balanchine. As a choreographer, he staged the first post-revolutionary productions of traditional ballets like "Swan Lake" and "The Sleeping Beauty" ... see all copies from £11.76! new only from £13.61! \| first editions
5	Dancing Prophets: Musical Experience in Tumbuka Healing more books like this by Steven M Friedson add to wishlist For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Tumbuka healers diagnose diseases by enacting divination trances in which they "see" the causes of past events and their consequences for patients ... see all copies from £7.51! new only from £18.28!
6	Iroquois Music & Dance: Ceremonial Arts of Two Seneca Longhouses more books like this by Gertrude P Kurath add to wishlist Descriptions, analysis, and diagrams of dance variants; words and music for dozens of songs and dances. Illustrations. Linguistic note. Songs and texts. see all copies from £7.54! new only from £9.01! \| first editions
7	Trance Formation: The Spiritual and Religious Dimensions of Global Rave Culture more books like this by Sylvan Robin add to wishlist The first book to provide a comprehensive exploration of the spiritual and religious dimensions of global rave culture," Trance Formation "is a fascinating study of the rich spiritual subcultures which continue to flourish across the world, from Nevada, to London and Berlin. From warehouse raves and clubs, to "Burning Man" and the "Love Parade", ... see all copies from £17.64! new only from £19.84! \| signed copies
8	Dance music programming secrets more books like this by Roger James Brown add to wishlist This is a guide to composing contemporary dance music with Cubase. Jungle, techno, house, garage and ambient hip-hop are all introduced and artists such as Orbital, Dave Angel and Alex Reece have made contributions. A CD-ROM and disk are included which contain Midi files, audio samples for jungle drum sounds, groove templates, mixer maps and demos ... see all copies from £2.91! new only from £26.62! \| first editions
9	Heartbeat of the People: Music and Dance of the Northern POW-Wow more books like this by Tara Browner add to wishlist The inter tribal pow-wow is the most widespread venue for traditional Indian music and dance in North America. Now in paperback, Tara Browner's "Heartbeat of the People" is an insider's journey into the dances and music, the traditions and regalia, and the functions and significance of these vital cultural events. see all copies from £13.95! new only from £13.95! \| first editions
10	Old-Time Music and Dance: Community and Folk Revival more books like this by John Bealle add to wishlist In the summer of 1972, a group of young people in Bloomington, Indiana, began a weekly gathering with the purpose of reviving traditional American old-time music and dance. In time, the group became a kind of accidental utopia, a community bound by celebration and deliberately void of structure and authority. In this joyful and engaging book, John ... see all copies from £8.65! new only from £14.51!
11	The Twist: The Story of the Song That Changed the World more books like this by Jim Dawson add to wishlist Jim Dawson traces the roots of the 1960s dance craze from Africa to North Carolina, from the song's author Hank Ballard to is popularizer Chubby Checker, in a story that involves racism, copyright infringement, the Mafia, and payola. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £26.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	The bands Canadians danced to more books like this by Helen McNamara, Jack Lomas add to wishlist see all copies from £5.85! signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Mel Bay's Irish Session Tune Book: Over 300 Favorite Session Tunes more books like this by Cari Fuchs add to wishlist This book is the ideal primer for anyone wishing to participate in an "Irish session." This musical gathering is apparently quite different than a blues, jazz or bluegrass jam session in that it is customary at Irish sessions to play in tight unison with the other musicians, adapting appropriate tempos, rhythms, and ornaments in an attempt to fit ... see all copies from £8.55! new only from £8.55!
14 view cover	Choctaw music and dance more books like this by James Henri Howard, Victoria Lindsay Levine add to wishlist Since the removal of the greater part of the Choctaws to Oklahoma in the 1830s, Euro-American acculturation has become especially dominant among them, but among the isolated group of Choctaws that remained in Mississippi and a few individuals in Oklahoma, the old tribal dances and songs have been preserved. In Choctaw Music and Dance, James H. ... see all copies from £8.46! new only from £11.62!
15 view cover	Bravo, Livingstone Mouse! more books like this by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole (Illustrator) add to wishlist Cuter than Christopher Columbus and furrier than Lewis and Clark, Livingstone Mouse is the same intrepid explorer who won readers' hearts on his search for a new home. When he puts on his special exploring hat and goes out into the Wild Wood, Livingstone, the adorable mouse who searched for China, finds a different kind of adventure. The creatures ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £19.80!
16 view cover	Deluxe Anthology of Fiddle Styles more books like this by David Reiner add to wishlist A critically acclaimed book covering old-time, bluegrass, Irish, blues, Scandinavian, Cajun, Texas, swing and jazz, and twin fiddling styles. This book also covers bowing, chords, chord progressions, kickoffs and endings, and improvisation. The companion recording features David Reiner's solo performance of all the tunes in the book. see all copies from £7.65! new only from £10.40!
17 view cover	Texas Dance Halls: A Two-Step Circuit more books like this by Gail Louise Folkins, J Marcus Weekley (Photographer) add to wishlist Texas shows its best moves in dance halls that dot its landscape. Wherever they've found fiddlers and dance floors, Texans have been tickled into motion. And for a century and a half, they've been kicking up dust in dance halls across the state. Writing about the eighteen she knows best, Gail Folkins celebrates how these halls still bring people ... see all copies from £19.30! new only from £19.30! \| first editions
18	CD Voices Forgotten Worlds(bk/CD more books like this by Ellipsis Arts add to wishlist Celebrating the world's indigenous musical traditions, this book-and-music package spans all seven continents with tracks representing Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, Eskimos, and many other groups. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the United National Center for Human Rights. Produced on recycled paper. 80 photos, 60 in color. see all copies from £14.85! new only from £38.98! \| first editions
19 view cover	Complete Slavonic Dances for Piano Four Hands more books like this by Antonin Dvorak (Composer) add to wishlist Two series of piano duets that are among Dvorak's most famous compositions, and among the most performed works in the piano four hands repertoire. Reprinted from authoritative Czech editions. see all copies from £8.52! new only from £8.68!
20 view cover	Favorite Waltzes, Polkas, and Other Dances for Solo Piano more books like this by Johann Strauss (Composer) add to wishlist The 29 piano arrangements in this superb collection are complete, measure-for-measure transcriptions of the best-known waltzes and many favorite polkas, galops, quadrilles, and polka-mazurkas of Johann Strauss, Jr. see all copies from £9.23! new only from £9.67!
21	Music for the modern dance more books like this by Pia Gilbert add to wishlist see all copies from £8.14! first editions
22 view cover	Movement to Music: Musicians in the Dance Studio more books like this by Katherine Teck add to wishlist Long before any dance performance is presented, an artistic collaboration takes place in the studio between dance teachers, musicians, and dancers. This book, a companion to the author's "Music for the Dance: Reflections on a Collaborative Art", explores that collaboration, considering every level of training from creative movement for the very ... see all copies from £21.05!
23	Puritans & Music in England & New England more books like this by Percy A. Scholes add to wishlist see all copies from £24.93! first editions
24 view cover	Macarena & Party Time Favorites: Piano/Vocal/Chords more books like this by Alfred Publishing, Various (Composer), Carol Cuellar (Editor) add to wishlist The 32 titles include: Be My Lover * Celebration * Conga * Hava Nagila * Hokey Pokey * Hot, Hot, Hot * Macarena * Old Time Rock 'n' Roll * Shout * That's the Way (I Like It) * You'll Be Mine (Party Time), and these country line dance favorites: Don't Rock the Jukebox * Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best and many others. see all copies from £26.00! new only from £26.62!
25	Jewish holiday dances. more books like this by Corinne Chochem, Alfred Hayes, Trude Rittman add to wishlist see all copies from £16.71! signed copies \| first editions

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