History of music

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What is agnosticism?

What is agnosticism?

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.

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and 70s told through the story of the periods most important forgotten comedy group.

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.

The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work.

Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry.

Belle epoque Paris adored dance.

On March 10, 1948, world-renowned composer and pianist Ernst von Dohnnyi (18771960) embarked for the United States, leaving Europe for good.

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.

What happened to baptism in Nordic countries?

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.

Who are the folk in folk music?

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.

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Gabriel Faure's melodies offer an inexhaustible variety of style and expression that havemade them the foundation of the French art song repertoire.

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 book is interdisciplinary in nature and examines the debate over beauty in twentieth-century art.

Who are the folk in folk music?

Few politicians produced the musical reaction that Ronald Reagan did.

Create, Produce, Consume explores the cycle of musical experience for musicians, professionals, and budding entrepreneurs looking to break into the music industry.