John Corry's chronicle of the Murrays and the McDonnells is the quintessential story of a successful Irish American clanperhaps the most successful in sheer numbers and influence.
From the BBC Proms to Bernsteins Young Peoples Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a pervasive feature of twentieth-century musical life.
From the BBC Proms to Bernsteins Young Peoples Concerts, initiatives to promote classical music have been a pervasive feature of twentieth-century musical life.
NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER We've had the time of our lives as Swifties, and now that storyfull of boundless joy, unexpected friendships, cherished memories, and wild theorieslives in this celebration of our fandom and the reason were all here: Taylor Swift.
Expositions and Developments brings readers into the collaborative reflections of Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft, offering an intimate portrait of one of the twentieth century's most influential composers.
Expositions and Developments brings readers into the collaborative reflections of Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft, offering an intimate portrait of one of the twentieth century's most influential composers.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BILLY BRAGGOver the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich.
Der Roman Schwammerl von Rudolf Hans Bartsch und das darauf basierende Singspiel Das Dreimaderlhaus sind oft dafur kritisiert worden, ein allzu suliches und verharmlosendes Bild des Komponisten Franz Schubert gezeichnet zu haben.
This book reclaims for Wales the history and culture of a music that eventually emerged as jazz in the 1920s, its tendrils and roots extending back to slave songs and abolition campaign songs, and Swansea's long-forgotten connection with Cincinnati, Ohio.
This book reclaims for Wales the history and culture of a music that eventually emerged as jazz in the 1920s, its tendrils and roots extending back to slave songs and abolition campaign songs, and Swansea's long-forgotten connection with Cincinnati, Ohio.
From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in fullTo the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova.
A veteran music journalist explores rock-n-roll's bayou roots in "e;a jolting 18-track joy ride [that] unlocks secrets and back-stories worth savoring"e; (The Wall Street Journal).
Welsh Ballads of the French Revolution provides for the first time an edition, with parallel English translations, of Welsh-language ballads composed in reaction to the momentous events of the Revolution in France and the two decades of war which followed.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER His storytelling is vivid, humorous, and refreshingly honest' DUA LIPA'Compelling, wry, self-aware, genuinely endearing' THE GUARDIAN A ride you have to take ZANE LOWE A heartfelt love letter to a bygone era BBC The most life-affirming coming-of-age story I ve read in an age' PETE PAPHIDESDISCOVER MARK RONSON S ELECTRIFYING MEMOIR ABOUT HIS DJ DAYS IN 90s NEW YORKMark Ronson was born a night person.
Legendary Rock Hall of Fame innovator shares the most lasting influences on his remarkable life a life that helped shape the last 60 years of rock and roll historyThe book features a prologue by Eric Clapton and a foreword by Paul Simon.
Legendary Rock Hall of Fame innovator shares the most lasting influences on his remarkable life a life that helped shape the last 60 years of rock and roll historyThe book features a prologue by Eric Clapton and a foreword by Paul Simon.
Unser Bild vom Norden Europas ist in der langen Begegnungsgeschichte von Projektionen und Sehnsüchten geprägt: Von Berserkern und Kriegsgräueln, vom schlechten Wetter, einer grandiosen Natur, stabilen Institutionen, von sozialer Vorsorge, Gleichheit und Wohlstand, von Friedfertigkeit, geringer Korruption, von Hygge und Bullerbü – all dies gehört zum Norden-Narrativ.
Ursprünglich ein Eintreibelied von Hirten zu milchwirtschaftlichen Zwecken, avanciert der Schweizer Kuhreihen (Ranz des vaches) in den Jahrzehnten um 1800 zum intellektuellen Anschauungsobjekt in Medizin und Ästhetik.
Um 1900 wird Rhythmus in der Wissenschaft sowie in Kunst und Literatur zu einem relevanten Phänomen: Nietzsche erhebt ihn zum wirkungsvollsten künstlerischen Mittel, bei den Untersuchungen über den Zeitsinn im Umfeld der Gestaltpsychologie spielt Rhythmuswahrnehmung eine zentrale Rolle und bei den auratischen Darbietungen des George-Kreises wurde ein besonderer Leserhythmus gepflegt.
In der Kulturgeschichtsschreibung zur Frühen Neuzeit stellt die Ausstrahlung Italiens auf die europäischen Länder unter Rekurs auf den Modellbegriff seit Fernand Braudels "Modèle italien" eine wirkmächtige Konstante dar.
Der italienische Schriftsteller Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938) und der deutsche Komponist Richard Wagner (1813–1883) waren bereits zu Lebzeiten höchst umstrittene und stark verehrte Persönlichkeiten.
In besonderer Deutlichkeit lassen sich an der Gründung der Gluck-Edition Spezifika von Musikforschung im "Dritten Reich" und ihrer bruchlosen Fortführung in der Nachkriegszeit rekonstruieren: Noch in der letzten Phase des Zweiten Weltkriegs erhielt der etablierte Gluck-Experte Rudolf Gerber vom Staatlichen Institut für deutsche Musikforschung den Auftrag, in Karl Vötterles Bärenreiter-Verlag eine Gesamtausgabe der Werke Christoph Willibald Glucks herauszugeben.
Following the creation of the United States, profound disagreements remained over how to secure the survival of the republic and unite its diverse population.
Following the creation of the United States, profound disagreements remained over how to secure the survival of the republic and unite its diverse population.
'Reveals the stories and the people behind your favourite film scores' - Nick de Semlyen, editor of Empire'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight' - Richard AyoadeHow can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air?
The first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of 'The Grass is Singing' and 'The Golden Notebook', and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.
A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding'It took me ten years to go from shy young girl to punk rocker, if I'd had this book I'd have got there much quicker Viv AlbertineFor millennia, women s raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous.
Transmission of Japanese Jiuta Sokyoku for Shamisen and Koto: Negotiating Musical Identity offers a rich and compelling exploration of Japan's refined chamber music tradition for voice, shamisen (3-string lute), and koto (13-string zither).
