The Incredible Rags-to-Riches Story of One of the Bestselling Female Artists of All Time Shania Twain has risen from humble beginnings in a dirt-poor mining town in Northern Canada to amazing heights of superstardom.
Show Tunes fully chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of the major composers of the American musical theatre, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway.
In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against the religious right on questions of church and state in America today.
American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) has gone from being a virtual unknown to become one of the most respected and lauded composers in American music.
Originally published in 1967, in this book the author delves deeply into the fascinating field of Bach's music and the reasons for his 'borrowing', and adaptation within his oeuvre.
Examining the cultural significance of the rap album Jarmark (2020) as a reflection of Polish politics and history during the country's populist turn and migration following EU enlargement.
Those who choose to make the orchestra enterprise their life's work face a host of challenges that have beset orchestra managers since the very beginning of the art form, alongside new challenges that continue to arise in the twenty-first century.
This book, first published in 1934, contains the recollections of the varied and coloured life of a great pianist and composer, who is one of the most striking figures of the musical world.
Dont Look Back, a documentary film of Bob Dylan's 1965 England tour, is recognised as a landmark work in the field of documentary film-making, contributing to the cultural life of an era.
Church, nation and race compares the worldviews and factors that promoted or, indeed, opposed antisemitism amongst Catholics in Germany and England after the First World War.
This vintage book contains a selection of effective exercises that can be done on a daily basis to improve piano playing, by seminal English pianist Tobias Matthay.
Music in Chopin's Warsaw examines the rich musical environment of Fryderyk Chopin's youth--largely unknown to the English-speaking world--and places Chopin's early works in the context of this milieu.
After a string of commercial disappointments, in 1986 Australian rock band The Church were simultaneously dropped by Warner Brothers in the US and EMI in Australasia.
This intimate, revealing portrait of Frank Sinatrafrom the man closest to the famous singer during the last decade of his lifefeatures never-before-seen photos and new revelations about celebrities like Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Sam Giancana, Madonna, and Bono.
This study of Dylan's mission-driven music reveals a functional approach to art that not only sustained his 60-year career but forever changed an art form.
On an exciting journey into the depths of the brilliant mind, the French orientalist "Cara de Vaux" takes us between the covers of this book to dive into the sea of the life of "Ibn Sina," or as he was called, "the chief sheikh.
American organist David Craighead's influence in the United States and abroad is widespread and extensive: 37 years as professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music, 48 years as church organist at St.
Why did the Stalin era, a period characterized by bureaucratic control and the reign of Socialist Realism in the arts, witness such an extraordinary upsurge of musical creativity and the prominence of musicians in the cultural elite?
The British composer, conductor, and pianist Thomas Ads has achieved a level of recognition and celebrity within the world of classical music today that is almost unmatched.
Richard Hell may best be known as a punk icon, a founding member of seminal bands Television, the Heartbreakers, and The Voidoids, but for decades he’s been a prominent voice in American letters.
Carl Goldmark (1830–1915) war ein sowohl in Österreich als auch international über seine Lebenszeit hinaus hoch anerkannter und berühmter Komponist – in Nachrufen wurde er als "Mittelpunkt" und "Herz" des Wiener Musiklebens gerühmt.
This biography reveals the life story, musical style, personality, lyrics, and fashion of Katy Perry-the elements that have catapulted her to stardom and made her a 21st-century pop music icon.
Während in Venedig die Tradition der öffentlichen Oper begründet wurde, betrat die junge Sängerin und Komponistin BARBARA die private Bühne der Accademia degl unisoni ihres Adoptivvaters Giulio Strozzi, um ihre Stimme für avancierte, hoch expressive Vokalmusik zu erheben.
Fanny Hensel created some of the most imaginative and original music of her era, making her arguably the most gifted female composer of the nineteenth century.
Victor Lederer surveys the music of Hector Berlioz, one of the most pioneering orchestrators in history, and introduces the general music lover to both his masterpieces such as Les Troyens and lesser known gems.
The last of the Spanish Romantics, composer, conductor, and impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) left his mark on virtually every aspect of Spanish musical culture during a career that spanned six decades and saw tremendous political and cultural upheavals.
This book's central claim is that a close reading of Augustine's epistemology can help political theologians develop affirmative accounts of political liberalism.