The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music
Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow by 
Echoes of History by 
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: East Asia
Lives in Chinese Music by 
Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China by 
Music in China: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
Music in Japan: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
Music in Korea: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
Presence Through Sound: Music and Place in East Asia by
Presence Through Soundnarrates and analyses, through a range of case studies on selected music of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Tibet, some of the many ways in which music and 'place' intersect and are interwoven with meaning in East Asia. It explores how place is significant to the many contexts in which music is made and experienced, especially in contemporary forms of long-standing traditions but also in other landscapes such as popular music, in the design of performance spaces, and in environmentally-centred art music. It shows how music creates and challenges borders, giving significance to geographical and cartographic spaces at local, national and international levels, and illustrates how music is used to interpret relationships with ecology and environment, spirituality and community, and state and nation. The volume brings together scholars from Australia, China, Denmark, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the UK, each of whom explores a specific genre or topic in depth. Each nuanced account finds distinct and at times different aspects to be significant, and in demonstrating the ability of music to mediate the imaging of place, and how those who create and consume music use it to inhabit the intimate and project themselves out into their surroundings, points to interconnections across the region and beyond in respect to perception, conception, expression, and interpretation. In Presence Through Sound, ethnomusicology meets anthropology, literature and linguistics, area studies, and - particularly pertinent to East Asia in the twenty-first century - local musicologies. It serves a broad academic readership and provides an essential resource for all those interested in East Asia.
Sizhu Instrumental Music of South China: Ethos, Theory and Practice by 
Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion by 
Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan : Sources, Sentiment and Society by 
Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments by 
The Way of Taiko
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Southeast Asia
The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music by 
Music in Mainland Southeast Asia: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
Colonial Counterpoint: Music in Early Modern Manila by 
Context and Style in the Vocal Music of the Muranao in Mindanao, Philippines by 
Filipino Music: Indigenious, Folk, Modern by 
Places for Happiness: Community, Self, and Performance in the Philippines by
Places for Happiness explores two of the most important performance-based activities in the Philippines: the processions and Passion Plays associated with Easter and the mass-dance phenomenon known as "street dancing." The scale of these handcrafted performances in terms of duration, time commitment, and productive labor marks the Philippines as one of the world's most significant and undervalued performance-centered cultures. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork, William Peterson examines how people come together in the streets or on temporary stages, celebrating a shared sense of community and creating places for happiness.
The first half of the book focuses on localized and often highly idiosyncratic versions of the Passion of Christ. Peterson considers not only what people do in these events, but what it feels like to participate. The book's second half provides a window into the many expressions of "street dancing." Street dancing is inflected by localized indigenous and folk dance traditions that are reinforced at school and practiced in conjunction with religious civic festivals. Peterson identifies key frames that shape and contain the individual in the Philippines, while tracking how the local expands its expressive home by engaging in a dialogue with regional, national, and diasporic Filipino imaginaries. Ultimately Places for Happiness explores how community-based performance responds to and fulfills basic human needs. Many Filipinos rely on family members and immediate neighbors for support and sustenance, and community-based performance assumes a unique and leading role in defining, reinforcing, and celebrating shared belief systems. By bringing forth the internal, phenomenological, and embodied aspects of a range of community-based practices contributing to human happiness, the book offers a cultural framework that interweaves the individual experience with that of the collective, plotting out what resides inside the body through the coordinates of culture.
Gamelan: The Traditional Sounds of Indonesia by 
Gongs and Bamboo: A Panorama of Philippine Music Instruments by 
Music in Bali: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia
Indian Music for the Classroom by 
Music in North India: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
Music in South India: the Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East
Music in Turkey: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by 
