The George Peabody Institute and Conservatory of Music

Abstract We often think of music in terms of sounds intentionally organized into patterns, but music performed in signed languages poses considerable challenges to t...

Abstract Theorizing Music Evolution is a critical examination of ideas about musical origins, emphasizing nineteenth-century theories of music in the evolutionist wr...

The first in-depth study of David Bowie’s music videos across a sustained period takes on interweaving storyworlds of an iconic career. Remarkable for their capacity to conjure ela...

"This book introduces us to the world of contemporary Japanese music and it guides us towards a better understanding of their world."—Luciano Berio Yogakudiscusse...

Timothy Dodge explores African American interest in and participation in country music dates from the earliest days of the recording industry’s racial segregation of vernacular mus...

Music therapy is an evidence-based profession. Music therapy research aims to provide information about outcomes that support music therapy practice including contributing to theor...

In Ethnomusicologizing: Essays on Music in the New Paradigms, composer and musicologist brings together a series of essays on music making in contemporary culture. More specificall...

This chapter focuses on Harry T. Burleigh's music experience and training in Erie. Burleigh demonstrated his love for music and his gifts as a singer long before he left Erie to st...