Composers and songwriters

In a career that spanned 60 years, Paul Whiteman changed the landscape of American music, beginning with his million-selling recordings in the early 1920s of "e;Whispering,"e; "e;Japanese Sandman,"e; and "e;Three O'Clock in the Morning.

The anthology La donna e mobile is the follow-up volume to the best-seller Eine kleine Nachtmusik with masterpieces of classical music (ED 20764).

The first decade of the twenty-first century finds the American people divided along a great, half-century-old fault line.

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Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards-including Best Picture-and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute's 100 Films survey.

Classical composers seeking to create an American sound enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1930s and 1940s.

A history of Hindi film music recounted from a list of 50 of Lata Mangeshakar's songs that she chose as her favorites.

A reader-friendly, comprehensive, and innovative single volume introduction to Schoenberg''s life, works, and ongoing legacy.

Take your music production to the next level with the ultimate FL Studio resource.

Pentecostals and Nonviolence explores how a distinctly Pentecostal-charismatic peace witness might be reinvigorated and sustained in the twenty-first century.

In When Rock Met Reggae, Steven Blush takes a spirited, cross-genre perspective in this "e;illuminating chronicle"e; (Booklist) of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the face of popular music.

Hans von Bulow (1830-1894) is a towering figure of late 19th-century music.

In Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer, Norman Harris tells how he became the world's leading seller of vintage guitars.

An international team of scholars presents historic, philosophic, philological and theoretical perspectives on Carter''s extensive musical repertoire.

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When Joseph II placed his opera buffa troupe in competition with the re-formed Singspiel, he provoked an intense struggle between supporters of the rival national genres, who organized claques to cheer or hiss at performances, and encouraged press correspondents to write slanted notices.

You know the songs by heart.

In 1925, MGM produced a screen version of Lew Wallace's best-selling novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, which became a classic of silent cinema.

Concerto Grosso no.

This book addresses key historical, scientific, legal, and philosophical issues surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide in the United States as well as in other countries and cultures.

Among the topics explored in David Bowie and Philosophy are the nature of Bowie as an institution; Bowies work in many platforms, including movies and TV; Bowies spanning of low and high art, and his relation to Warhol; the influence of Buddhism and Kabuki theater; the recurring theme of Bowie as a space alien, including Space Oddity and The Man Who Fell to Earth; the dystopian element in Bowies thinking, displayed in 1984 and the album Outside; the role of fashion in Bowies creativity; personal identity as preserved over various divergent personae; the aesthetics of theatrical rock and glam rock; Bowies public identification with bisexuality and his influence within the LGBTQ community.

In this original study, Christopher Alan Reynolds examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann.

The Beatles and Black Music discusses the influence that Black music and culture has had over the Beatles throughout their collective and solo careers.

Alfred Brendel nannte Peter Gülke einmal "den sehr seltenen Fall eines praktischen Musikers, der zugleich Musikwissenschaftler ist und dazu ein Literat von hohen Graden".

Documents the contexts for The Beatles'' cultural achievements, exploring the significance of their lives and works.

An essential reference work which provides comprehensive coverage of Mozart''s life and works.

Mendelssohn and the Organ is the first comprehensive historical-critical study in any language to examine the role of the organ in Mendelssohn's personal and professional career.

Whisperin' Bill: An Unprecedented Life in Country Music presents a revealing portrait of Bill Anderson, one of the most prolific songwriters in the history of country music.

A firsthand look into Kim Walker-Smith's journey from a place of shame and fear to stages around the world where she boldly proclaims the unconditional love of God.

This long-awaited, authoritative account of Bartok's compositional processes stresses the composer's position as one of the masters of Western music history and avoids a purely theoretical approach or one that emphasizes him as an enthusiast for Hungarian folk music.

Paulos Mar Greogorios: A Reader is a compilation of the selected writings of Paulos Mar Gregorios, a metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India and a former President of the World Council of Churches.

A thematic exploration of Schubert''s style, applied in readings of his instrumental and vocal literature by international scholars.

This book explores why the metaphor of the church as a family is insufficient.

Call it batida, kuduro, Afro house, Lisbon bass: anyone with a keen ear for contemporary developments in global electronic dance music can't fail to have noticed the rise in popularity and influence of Lisbon-based DJs such as DJ Marfox, DJ Nervoso and Nidia.

A new and fascinating biography of the most outstanding composer in musical history, covering Bach's earliest efforst in Eisenach, his cultural inheritance, his series of posts as organist or musician, and his stormy career in Leipzig.

This book is about Lady Gaga's branding-the stories that inform it and the ideas that shape her public image.

Penetrating, innovative analyses of numerous compositions by Chopin, integrating Schenkerian principles and a fresh perspective on harmony.

Should we believe in God?

In histories of music, producers tend to fall by the wayside--generally unknown and seldom acknowledged.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Neidharts Sangweisen I" verfügbar.

Every muscle in my body ached.

An unprecedented exploration of Stravinsky''s use of the piano as the genesis of all his music - Russian, neoclassical and serial.

Our image of Beethoven has been transformed by the research generated by a succession of scholars and theorists who blazed new trails from the 1960s onwards.