This wide-ranging, ambitiously interdisciplinary study traces jazz's influence on African American poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary spoken wor

How a 19th century instrument helped to shape New World culture.

This volume examines the various ways popular music has been deployed as anti-establishment and how such opposition both influences and responds to the music pr

The Entrepreneurial Muse: Inspiring your Career in Classical Music explores principles of entrepreneurship in a classical music setting, inspiring students, eme

A dynamic multimedia introduction to the global connections among peoples and their music