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A memoir by the master pianist, conductor and internationalist Daniel Barenboim - 'the closest thing that classical music can offer to Nelson Mandela' [THE TIMES]'The power of music lies in is its ability to speak to all aspects of the human being-the animal, the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-12-09
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Audio recordings are the calling card with which musicians share and promote their work so a knowledge of recording techniques and technologies is essential to the 21st century musician. Recording On a Budget provides a comprehensive introduction to the recording arts...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-12-06
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How is the Beatles' "Help!" similar to Stravinsky's "Dance of the Adolescents?"How does Radiohead's "Just" relate to the improvisations of Bill Evans? And how do Chopin's works exploit the non-Euclidean geometry of musical chords?
In this groundbreaking work, author...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-12-03
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'People say I made the Stones. I didn't. They were there already. They only wanted exploiting. They were all bad boys when I found them. I just brought out the worst in them.' Andrew Loog Oldham was nineteen years old when he discovered and became the manager and...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-11-30
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«Carmen» ist für uns der Inbegriff der andalusischen Zigeunerin. Entspricht sie dem Frauenbild, das wir in den Liedertexten des Flamenco finden? In dieser Arbeit werden zuerst die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse gegen den «Mythos Flamenco» abgegrenzt. Es wird...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2010-11-23
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Kurt Blaukopf (1914-1999) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Musiksoziologen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ausgehend von einer empiristischen Tradition österreichischer Kunst- und Kulturforschung begründete Blaukopf die «Wiener Schule der Musiksoziologie», zu deren Zielsetzung...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2010-11-23
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Though the distance between opera and popular music seems immense today, a century ago opera was an integral part of American popular music culture, and familiarity with opera was still a part of American "cultural literacy." During the Ragtime era, hundreds of humorous...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-18
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Harmony and Discord: Music and the Transformation of Russian Cultural Life explores the complex development of Russian musical life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the heart of this cultural history lies the Russian Musical Society, as both a...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-17
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David Lewin's Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations is recognized as the seminal work paving the way for current studies in mathematical and systematic approaches to music analysis. Lewin, one of the 20th century's most prominent figures in music theory,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-16
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'A flaming juggernaut of heavy-metal biog' GUARDIAN'This is the definitive account of heavy metal's biggest band of all' CLASSIC ROCK 'Truly enlightening' ROCK SOUND'ENTER NIGHT, Mick Wall's biography of Metallica confirms this grizzled veteran to be as engaged and...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2010-11-11
ePub
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Best Music Writing has become one of the most eagerly awaited annuals out there. Celebrating the year in music writing by gathering a rich array of essays, missives, and musings on every style of music from rock to hip-hop to R&B to jazz to pop to blues and more, it is...
Editeur :
Da Capo
Parution :
2010-11-09
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2010-11-04
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You have a passion for making beautiful music, but when it comes to understanding and speaking the musical language, you need a little help. The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Music Theory Must-Know Terms compiles dozens of the most important and commonly used terms in...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2010-11-02
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The Culture of AIDS in Africa enters into the many worlds of expression brought forth across this vast continent by the ravaging presence of HIV/AIDS. Africans and non-Africans, physicians and social scientists, journalists and documentarians share here a common and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-01
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IF YOU REMEMBER THE NINETIES...YOU WERE THERE!The Rock 'N' Roll Fifties. The Swinging Sixties. The trashy Seventies. The money-grabbing Eighties. There is a neat bunch of clichés for every era, but THE NINETIES...What the f**k was that all about?John Robb takes us on a...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-10-31
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The band, the lifestyle, the revolution. This classic biography charts the phenomenal rise ofThe Stone Roses to the icons they are today, using interviews, rehearsal tapes and the archives of author John Robb who was with them from the beginning.Robb's exclusive inside...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-10-31
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Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.'Electrifying' New York Times'A masterpiece' The Word'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' Sunday TelegraphWith the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-10-26
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Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans.
In Hi-de-ho, author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-10-11
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Clad in white tie and tails, dancing and scatting his way through the "Hi-de-ho" chorus of "Minnie the Moocher," Cab Calloway exuded a sly charm and sophistication that endeared him to legions of fans.
In Hi-de-ho, author Alyn Shipton offers the first full-length...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-10-11
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KISS has released thirty-seven records and sold 80 million albums worldwide. Gene Simmons has also acted in films and on television, has written and produced albums for other recording artists, has managed the recording career of, among others, Liza Minelli, and was...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2010-09-30
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