The Power Of Song

Author : Guntis Smidchens
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295804890
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Song written by Guntis Smidchens and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Song shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic �Singing Revolution.� When attacked by Soviet soldiers in public displays of violent force, singing Balts maintained faith in nonviolent political action. More than 110 choral, rock, and folk songs are translated and interpreted in poetic, cultural, and historical context. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh7vFFjK0rc

Author : Luke E. Lassiter
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816544972
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Kiowa Song written by Luke E. Lassiter and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Kiowas believe that song is a gift from God. Its power, argues Luke E. Lassiter, rests in the many ways that community members hear, understand, and feel it: "Song has power. As I begin to understand what this means for my mentors, I am just beginning to understand what this means in my life. They are not just singers. They are vehicles for something greater than all of us. Indeed, I now understand that I am not just a singer. But . . . I will sing until I die." As a boy, Lassiter had an early fascination with pow wows. This interest eventually went from a hobby to a passion. As Lassiter made Kiowa friends who taught him to sing and traveled the pow wow circuit, serving many times as a head singer, he began to investigate and write about the pow wow as an experiential encounter with song. The Power of Kiowa Song shows how song is interpreted, created, and used by individuals, how it is negotiated through the context of an event, and how it emerges as a powerfully unique and specific public expression. The Power of Kiowa Song presents a collaborative, community-wide dialogue about the experience of song. Using conversations with Kiowa friends as a frame, Lassiter seeks to describe the entire experience of song rather than to analyze it solely from a distance. Lassiter's Kiowa consultants were extremely active in the writing of the book, re-explaining concepts that seemed difficult to grasp and discussing the organization and content of the work. In a text that is engaging and easily read, Lassiter has combined experiential narrative with ethnological theory to create a new form of collaborative ethnography that makes anthropology accessible to everyone. This book is designed for anyone interested in Native American studies or anthropology, and it also serves as a resource written by and for the Kiowa themselves. Hear the Power of Kiowa Song

Author : Kristin Mann
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804773815
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Song written by Kristin Mann and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Song explores the music and dance of Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities throughout the entire northern frontier of New Spain. Its purpose is to examine the roles music played: in teaching, evangelization, celebration, and the formation of group identities. There is no other work which looks comprehensively at the music of this region and time period, or which utilizes music as a way to study the cultural interactions between Indians and missionaries.

Author : Duane L. Christensen
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9780931464744
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Song of Power and the Power of Song written by Duane L. Christensen and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1993 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deuteronomy (Sources for Bibical and Theological Study 3).

Author : Elena Mannes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802719961
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Music written by Elena Mannes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning creator of the documentary The Music Instinct traces the efforts of visionary researchers and musicians to understand the biological foundations of music and its relationship to the brain and the physical world. 35,000 first printing.

Author : Rita Roth
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 0827610378
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Song written by Rita Roth and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hanina, the daughter of a Jewish tailor who cures a sultan's only child by taming a lioness to get her milk, to Nahum Bilbas, the brave rabbi-in-training who dares to confront the great warrior El Cid in order to secure peace for the Jews of Valencia, the folktales in this delightful collection contain lessons, truths, surprises, and happy endings. To add to the reader's enjoyment and understanding, each story is accompanied by Roth's own commentary on its origin and meaning and a definition of some of the foreign words that appear in the tale. The author's introduction gives a special insight into the history of Jewish folktales and specifically those of the Sephardic Jews. When the Jews fled the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 and scattered all over Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, they took with them the folktales that had become an integral part of their unique heritage. As they settled into their new homelands, they borrowed many of the literary devices and motifs from their adopted countries and added a unique flavor to the traditional Jewish story.

Author : Luke E. Lassiter
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816518357
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Kiowa Song written by Luke E. Lassiter and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ca. .06 cubic ft

Author : Walter SOMERS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stradella: Or, The Power of Song written by Walter SOMERS and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wilbur Fisk Crafts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
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Download or read book Trophies of Song written by Wilbur Fisk Crafts and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Allan M. Winkler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199886660
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "To Everything There is a Season" written by Allan M. Winkler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author or coauthor of such legendary songs as "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Turn, Turn, Turn," Pete Seeger is the most influential folk singer in the history of the United States. In "To Everything There Is a Season": Pete Seeger and the Power of Song, Allan Winkler describes how Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere. This book uses Seeger's long life and wonderful songs to reflect on the important role folk music played in various protest movements of the twentieth century. A tireless supporter of union organization in the 1930s and 1940s, Seeger joined the Communist Party, performing his songs with banjo and guitar accompaniment to promote worker solidarity. In the 1950s, he found himself under attack during the Red Scare for his radical past. In the 1960s, he became the minstrel of the civil rights movement, focusing its energy with songs that inspired protestors and challenged the nation's patterns of racial discrimination. Toward the end of the decade, he turned his musical talents to resisting the war in Vietnam, and again drew fire from those who attacked his dissent as treason. Finally, in the 1970s, he lent his voice to the growing environmental movement by leading the drive to clean up the Hudson River. The book seeks to answer such fundamental questions as: What was the source of Seeger's appeal? How did he capture the attention and affection of people around the world? And why is song such a powerful medium? Richly researched and crisply written, "To Everything There Is a Season": Pete Seeger and the Power of Song is an ideal supplement for U.S. history survey courses, as well as twentieth-century U.S. history and history of American folk music courses. To purchase Pete Seeger songs discussed in the text, visit the following link for an iTunes playlist compiled by Oxford University Press: (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix? id=375976891)