This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Don Byas (1913-1972) may be lesser known than the counterparts he played with-Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others-but he was an enigma.
Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry.
Jerome Kern's Jewel Box shows how the integration of spoken and sung performances in Kern's early musicals reveals new connections between musical theater scores and "e;straight"e; (spoken) theater.
Antonio Salieri war in seiner langen Karriere am Wiener Kaiserhof in vielen Rollen aktiv: Er leitete die italienische Oper und die Hofkapelle; er schrieb Kirchenmusik und schuf glänzende Bühnenwerke; er verwaltete ein großes Ensemble, leitete Wohlfahrtseinrichtungen für Musikerfamilien und gründete ein Konservatorium.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Graeme Lawson nimmt uns mit auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die Geschichte der Musik, die tief in die Vergangenheit der Menschheit eintaucht: Er erkundet die magische Welt der Jagdgemeinschaften vor vierzigtausend Jahren, beleuchtet die Bedeutung der antiken Musik für unsere Vorfahren und zieht Vergleiche zu modernen Popfestivals und Streaming-Musik.
Laurenz Lüttekens pointierte Essays, gerichtet an ein breites Publikum, laden zu Erkundungen und Reflexionen über den unendlichen Gegenstand Musik vom späten Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart ein.
California Gold offers a compelling cultural snapshot of a diverse California during the 1930s at the height of the New Deal, drawing on the career of folk music collector Sidney Robertson and the musical culture of often-unheard voices.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Singing through Struggle: Music, Worship, and Identity in Postemancipation Black Churches offers an innovative look at the vital role music and worship played in nurturing Black citizenship and identity during the Reconstruction era.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry.