Ethnic and Cultural Identity in Music and Song Lyrics looks at a variety of popular and folk music from around the world, with examples of British, Slovene, Chi

How are national identities constructed and articulated through music? Popular music has long been associated with political dissent, and the nation state has c

Symphony and Song takes its title from Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan,” and explores the relation between words and music from a variety of critical and pra

This book provides a broad introduction to the scientific and psychological study of music, exploring how music is processed by our brains, affects us emotional

Musicians, teachers and those who love music will find in this volume some answers to the question of how gender affects its practice, performance and reception