Forthcoming Music Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Masculinity in Opera

   Edited by Philip Purvis

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   This book addresses the ways in which masculinity is negotiated, constructed, represented, and problematized within operatic music and practice. Although the consideration of masculine ontology and epistemology has pervaded cultural and sociological studies since the late 1980s, and masculinity has...

   To Be Published May 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. On Music

   By Theodore Gracyk

   Series: Thinking in Action

   Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible...

   To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. International Dictionary of Music Therapy

   Edited by Kevin Kirkland

   The therapeutic uses of music can vary greatly from one part of a country to the next, from one therapist to the next and across national and continental lines. This groundbreaking work is the first to bring together the expertise of an international array of contributors into one resource. The...

   To Be Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge
4. Radio's New Wave

   Global Sound in the Digital Era

   Edited by Jason Loviglio, Michele Hilmes

   Radio’s New Wave explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age. Extending and updating the focus of their widely acclaimed 2001 book The Radio Reader, Hilmes and Loviglio gather together innovative work by both established and rising scholars to explore the ways...

   To Be Published June 4th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music

   Edited by Theodore Gracyk, Andrew Kania

   Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions

   The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over fifty entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six clear sections: general issues emotion...

   To Be Published June 16th 2013 by Routledge
6. Made in Spain

   Studies in Popular Music

   Edited by Sílvia Martinez, Héctor Fouce

   Series: Routledge Global Popular Music Series

   Made in Spain: Studies in Popular Music will serve as a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the history, sociology and musicology of 20th century Spanish popular music. The volume will consist of 16 essays by leading scholars of Spanish music and will cover the major figures, styles and...

   To Be Published June 26th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music

   Edited by Jonathan C. Friedman

   The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition. By comparing and contrasting musical offerings in a number of countries and in different contexts from the 19th century...

   To Be Published June 27th 2013 by Routledge
8. Music, Science, and the Rhythmic Brain

   Cultural and Clinical Implications

   Edited by Jonathan Berger, Gabe Turow

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   This book studies the effects of repetitive musical rhythm on the brain and nervous system, and in doing so integrates diverse fields including ethnomusicology, psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, religious studies, music therapy, and human health. It presents aspects of musical rhythm and...

   To Be Published June 30th 2013 by Routledge
9. Beauty, Violence, Representation

   Edited by Lisa Dickson, Maryna Romanets

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   This volume explores the relationship among beauty, violence, and representation in a broad range of artistic and cultural texts, including literature, visual art, theatre, film, and music. Charting diversifying interests in the subject of violence and beauty, dealing with the multiple inflections...

   To Be Published July 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications

    By Tanvi Bajaj, Swasti Shrimali Vohra

    Analysing the ethnographic, social, historical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual facets of performing arts, this book highlights the deep therapeutic impact these have on the psyche of the practitioners and audience, using case studies from dance, music and drama, as also interviews and life...

    To Be Published July 30th 2013 by Routledge India