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'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artistIn 2016 it was...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2021-04-08
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Ethnomusicologists face complex and challenging professional landscapes for which graduate studies in the field do not fully prepare them. The essays in Voices of the Field: Pathways in Public Ethnomusicology, edited by León F. García Corona and Kathleen Wiens, provide...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-04-06
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Nothing strikes the ear quite like a soprano singing in the sonic stratosphere. Whether thrilling, chilling, or repellent to the listener, the reaction to cascades of coloratura with climaxing high notes is strong. Coloratura-agile, rapid-fire singing-was originally...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-04-06
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Fascinating, never-before-published interviews with Broadway's leading men offer behind-the-scenes looks at the careers of some of the most beloved perfomers today.
In A Wonderful Guy, a follow up to Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-04-03
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Throughout his life, German-Jewish composer Kurt Weill was fascinated by the idea of America. His European works depict America as a Capitalist dystopia. But in 1935, it became clear that Europe was no longer safe for Weill, and he set sail for New World, and his...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-03-27
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Before Antonín Dvo%rák's New World Symphony became one of the most universally beloved pieces of classical music, it exposed the deep wounds of racism at the dawn of the Jim Crow era while serving as a flashpoint in broader debates about the American ideals of freedom...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-03-12
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More than 50 years after their breakup, the Beatles are still attracting fans from various generations, all while retaining their original fan base from the 1960s. Why have those first-generation fans continued following the Beatles and are now introducing their...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-02-26
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Drawing on the concept of hypermediacy from media studies, this book situates opera within the larger context of contemporary media practices, and particularly those that play up the multiplicity, awareness and enjoyment of media. It is driven by the underlying question...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-02-15
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There are many biographies and histories of early country music and its creators, but surprisingly little attention has been given to the actual songs at the heart of these narratives. In this groundbreaking book, music historian Tony Russell turns the spotlight on...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-02-01
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An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's universally acclaimed history of jazz, with a wealth of new insight on this music's past, present, and future.
Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz has been universally hailed as the most comprehensive and accessible history of the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-02-01
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In diesem Open-Access-Buch widmet sich Anna Maria Olivari der Forschungslücke der Vertonung von Thomas Manns Doktor Faustus. Sie untersucht ein Korpus von 13 unterschiedlichen Kompositionen aus dem Bereich der Neuen Musik (Opern, Monodramen, instrumentale Werke), die...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2021-01-22
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„Wo die Sprache aufhört, fängt die Musik an.“ Was der Dichterkomponist E. T. A. Hoffmann aussprach, verfolgen die in diesem Band versammelten Essays zunächst an literarischen Beispielen: Schiller, Tieck, Hölderlin, Balzac, Jahnn und anderen. Die Perspektive ist...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2021-01-15
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As children, many of us learn to sing, "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." But despite the familiarity of this tune, few of us realize that what we're singing is actually part of a pervasive - and centuries-old - musical scheme. This particular pattern,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-01-14
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Coping with trauma and the losses of World War I was a central concern for French musicians in the interwar period. Almost all of them were deeply affected by the war as they fought in the trenches, worked in military hospitals, or mourned a friend or relative who had...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-01-08
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Iconic drummer Stephen Morris presses play once more to the tune of the long-awaited second volume of memoirs . . .Poised on the brink of success, the dizzying heights of the unknown lying ahead, Ian Curtis had taken his own life. Grieving yet determined, Stephen Morris...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2020-12-03
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Ignaz Franz von Beecke (1733–1803), von den Zeitgenossen gefeierter Pianist und Komponist, diente zeitlebens dem fürstlichen Haus Oettingen-Wallerstein. Geboren in Wimpfen/Neckar, formierte Beecke als Intendant der Hofmusik die Wallersteiner Hofkapelle zu einem der...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2020-11-30
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Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? In this book, author Alexandra Wilson traces La Bohème's rise to fame and demonstrates that its success grew steadily through stage...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-11-20
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Der vorliegende Doppeljahrgang ist ein Abbild der reichen und vielfältigen Musikkultur Baden-Württembergs. Die geschichtliche Bandbreite reicht vom 17. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart. Insgesamt 29 Autorinnen und Autoren haben zur mehrhundertjährigen Musikgeschichte...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2020-11-03
Collection :
Musik in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch
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By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick’s remarkable work, which from the...
Editeur :
Little, Brown and Company
Parution :
2020-10-27
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Please note: this edition is text only and does not contain images.The most in-depth exploration of Springsteen's songs ever written.Spanning nearly 50 years of albums, EPs, B-sides, and more, this is the full story behind every single song that The Boss has ever...
Editeur :
Mitchell Beazley
Parution :
2020-10-06
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