Gypsy music : the Balkans and beyond
Ashton-Smith, Alan2017
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Gypsies have for centuries been simultaneously vilified and romanticized - associated with criminality and dirt, but at the same time with colour, magic, and music. Gypsy music is popular around the world and often performed with gusto at major events, including at weddings in Bulgaria, jazz bars in Paris, and festivals in the United States. In 'Gypsy Music,' Alan Ashton-Smith explores why this music has such wide appeal, surveying the varied styles that are considered to be gypsy music and asking what links them together. The book begins in the Balkans, home to the world's largest Romani populations and a major site of gypsy music production.
Main title:
Gypsy music : the Balkans and beyond / Alan Ashton-Smith.
Author:
Ashton-Smith, Alan, author
Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2017.
Collation:
248 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781780238234 (pbk)
Dewey class:
781.6291497781.62914
LC class:
ML3600
Language:
English
BRN:
1975508
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