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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information
This growing digital hub provides access to exclusive reference content, cutting edge scholarship, and a variety of learning resources across a range of subject areas in music and sound studies.
The hub currently offers four collections: Bloomsbury Popular Music, Sound Studies, Sound Design and Etnomusicology. Future modules will include opera and classical collections.
Content Highlights
- Bloomsbury Popular Music
The original collection, Bloomsbury Popular Music, provides unrivalled scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide, covering the mid-20th century to the present day, through the Bloomsbury Enyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, an expanding range of scholarly books and the 33 1/3 and Global 33 1/3 series. It supports courses in ethnomusicology, the performing arts, media and communication, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology.
- Sound Studies
The Sound Studies collection is the first digital resource to provide wide-ranging, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary scholarly content in the study of sound. It contains 112 titles from across Bloomsbury and Taylor & Francis, including comprehensive reference works, as well as works by key sound studies authors including Michael Bull, Brandon LaBelle, Holger Schulze, Jonathan Sterne and Salomé Voegelin. Subject areas covered include art, aesthetics, architecture, contemporary music, history, philosophy, technology, and cultural studies and the growing literature of sonic and auditory theory, methodology, and practice.
- Sound Design
The collection of 51 eBooks from Routledge offers practice-led and technical content for practitioners, scholars, and students, providing professional insight with key titles on all aspects of sound design practice, including:
Audio production and mastering
The music and sound of films
Video game music and sound
Radio and podcast audio
Theatrical sound design
Music composition and recording
- Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology, a new collection of 79 eBooks, will support courses on ethnomusicology, music history and music from around the globe including Caribbean music, Native American and African American music and Latin music. The collection overs all five continents and contains in-depth studies of the musical cultures of over 30 nations and regions and includes the landmark multi-volume work Music Around the World. It also includes reference works that serve as foundational resources on Caribbean popular music, Native American and African American music, ethnic and border music, Latin music, and hip hop around the world.
- Classical and Opera
This must-have collection of 63 key works will give students an essential grounding in the history of classical and operatic music, from the fifteenth century through to the present day.
The selected texts provide a detailed insight into the place and power of classical music across history, analysing individual composers and their works alongside studies of the cultural reception and ongoing influence of classical music and its genres.
- Jazz and Blues
Support students in their study of jazz and blues music with this collection of 53 eBooks that range widely over its development and global impact.
Essential histories, biographies, and listeners’ companions provide a strong foundation for studying the genres, while ethnomusicology texts allow students to focus on their research interests and investigate how the music has impacted the cultural and political landscape.
- Music Industry and Business
Supercharge career development with practical insights from music industry experts covering topics from management to musician welfare, and classical music to AI.
This collection supports both prospective musical artists and students preparing for a wide range of roles in the music industry, covering key subjects such as:
Management, from opera to pop
Practical advice for musicians, from networking to finance
Music marketing
Music copyright and international trade
Live music and production
Artificial intelligence in music
The collection includes 59 eBooks from Rowman & Littlefield and Taylor & Francis.
- Music Technology
The Music Technology collection covers both the theory and practice of audio and music production, integrating foundational theory, hands-on technical instruction, creative practice, and music industry insights. Topics covered include:
Instrumental and vocal recording
Mixing and mastering
Live sound
Electronic music
Production methods
Studio and recording histories
Featuring authoritative voices from production legends, encyclopaedic reference works, and software-specific texts covering Ableton Live, Logic Pro and more, the collection offers students and researchers a curated resource to support teaching, research, and interdisciplinary study in music technology, popular music, sound studies, and creative industries.
Featuring 48 titles originally published by Rowman and Littlefield.
Features and Benefits
- Connect information and navigate directly to relevant material – all content is cross-searchable and linked to related material
- Browse seamlessly: on Bloomsbury Popular Music you can browse between influential artists, albums, musical eras, and genres from across the globe
- Discover interactive features such as a Timeline of Popular Music to develop contextual understanding of albums and artists, and a World Map for navigation by region of interest
- Refer to materials and search for information on the go, making use of the site's intuitive interface for desktop, tablet and mobile
- Cite, share, save, or print content easily, including books, chapters, or searches —perfect for research or group projects
Editorial Advisory Board
The Bloomsbury Popular Music editorial advisory board includes academics and experts from around the world who specialize in popular music studies.
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