Ashgate Publishing

This is the first book to focus on the art (gei) of the geisha and to position musical skills at the center of geisha life and identity ... Much of the material about geisha repertoire and history... — Choice More…

[Stroud] does an excellent job of teasing out the various polemics related to Brazilian popular music — World of Music More…

this collection is an invaluable general introduction to a well-developed literature on Cultural Geography, sound and music — The Journal of Popular Music More…

Kenneth Smith superbly brings together philosophical and psychoanalytical approaches to Scriabin's music. ... It is an important book for a music scholar or a performer alike who wants to truly... — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

a significant achievement that provides a number of penetrating insights into the performance practice of the French piano tradition... a timely reminder that scores rarely give us all the information... — Music and Letters More…

Nearly all you need to know about that lush string sound ... this book is a readable and comprehensive history of the music (and politics) of Zanzibar ... she concludes with an excellent history... — Songlines More…