Music

21

Mar

Sound as a Path to Knowledge

By Lawrence Kramer, author of The Hum of the World: A Philosophy of Listening If you had been taking a walk and when you came back I asked you what you had …

20

Mar

Announcing Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture

University of California Press will launch Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture (ISSN 2688-867X), a new quarterly online journal, in 2020. Aims and Scope Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture …

10

Jan

Spring Book Tour with Maxine Gordon

This Spring author Maxine Gordon continues her extensive tour of speaking engagements and presentations around the release of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, the highly-acclaimed official biography of her late …

04

Jan

Musical Devotions, Past and Present

by Robert L. Kendrick, author of Fruits of the Cross: Passiontide Music Theater in Habsburg Vienna Over the course of researching my book on musical devotion sparked by the ritual adoration of …

27

Nov

University of California Press Welcomes the Incoming Editorial Team of the Journal of the American Musicological Society

University of California Press is pleased to welcome the incoming editorial team of the Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS). The first issue of the new editorial team will be Volume …

27

Nov

NPR’s Fresh Air Reviews Dexter Gordon

“Dexter Gordon’s deep tone, relaxed delivery—even the frequent witty musical quotations—seemed like extensions of his gravely playful speaking voice. That voice carries over on the page too. You can hear it when …

27

Nov

UC Press partners with the Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games to launch the Journal of Sound and Music in Games

University of California Press is pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games (JSMG), to be published in partnership with the Society for the Study of Sound and …

16

Nov

The Relationship Between Sound and Devotional Practice

This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to this week’s annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association, the Middle Eastern Studies Association, and the American Academy of Religion. …

14

Nov

Save 40% on Ethnomusicology Titles for #SEM_2018

Society for Ethnomusicology 63rd Annual Meeting November 15-18, 2018 – Albuquerque, New Mexico We’ll be in Albuquerque in spirit only this week, but are pleased to offer a conference discount on new …

12

Nov

A Tradition of Excellence in Musical Scholarship: Karol Berger and Seth Brodsky

UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of University Press’s seventh annual University Press Week, whose overall theme this year is #TurnItUP: The university press community amplifies voices, disciplines, and …