 Traditional
World Music Influences in
Contemporary Solo Piano Literature -
A Selected Bibliographic Survey and Review
By Elizabeth C. Axford (Scarecrow Press, 1997)
This reference book for solo piano literature is "Everything
But Bach, Beethoven and Brahms." It is a multicultural
repertoire guide for pianists, composers, music teachers and students,
world music enthusiasts and scholars. The book identifies pieces
in the contemporary solo piano literature which show world music
influences not traditionally associated with the standard repertoire
of Western European Art Music. The resulting annotated bibliography
therefore includes pieces which use or attempt to emulate non-Western
scales, modes, folk tunes, rhythmic, percussive or harmonic devices
and timbres.
Axford highlights the music cultures of the Middle or Near East
and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, the Far East, Indonesia,
Oceania, Ethnic North America, Latin America and Spain, Eastern
Europe, Russia and Scandinavia. Separate bibliographies for each
world music region show examples of contemporary solo piano pieces
which demonstrate some of the traditional music influences associated
with the region, as they are interpreted for the piano. This book
can be purchased directly from the publisher at http://www.scarecrowpress.com
or 1-800-462-6420.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations of Music Publishers
Acknowledgments
Chapter Introduction
Chapter 2 World Music Overview
Chapter 3 The Middle or Near East and North Africa
Chapter 4 Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 5 India
Chapter 6 The Far East: China, Japan and the Orient
Chapter 7 Indonesia: Bali and Java
Chapter 8 Oceania: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and Polynesia
Chapter 9 Native North American Indian
Chapter 10 North American Folk Songs, Themes and Dances
Chapter 11 African-American Slave Songs and Spirituals
Chapter 12 Blues, Ragtime, Boogie Woogie and Jazz
Chapter 13 Latin America and Spain
Chapter 14 Folk Music Elements of Eastern Europe, Russia and
Scandinavia
Chapter 15 Conclusion
Selected Bibliography: Books and Periodicals
Index of Countries and Regions
Index of Composers, Arrangers, Publishers and Distributors
About the Author
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