Music reviews and criticism

Reveals how in the culturally volatile 1930s the symphony, long associated with ideas of selfhood, was a flourishing transnational phenomenon.

The first full-length study of the English composer's complex interaction with his physical environment, and its new relevance in the 21st century.

Do you recognize any of these band names?

In an age of ubiquitous music and countless new songs releasing every minute, the Great American Songbook endures.

He didn't know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni's love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-tonkin' legends Bobby Bare and Shel Silverstein during an after-midnight "e;salvation"e; of the city.

Disco began as a gay, black, and brown underground New York City party music scene, which alone was enough to ward off most rockers.

After Syd Barrett departed Pink Floyd, the band that he had co-founded and fronted became a rudderless ship, releasing a series of nebulous (though highly inventive) jam albums and taking on touring expenses that nearly bankrupted them.

Why a monumental diary by an aunt and niece who published poetry together as ';Michael Field'and who were partners and lovers for decadesis one of the great unknown works of late-Victorian and early modernist literatureMichael Field, the renowned late-Victorian poet, was well known to be the pseudonym of Katharine Bradley (18461914) and her niece, Edith Cooper (18621913).

More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash.

More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash.

"e;Essential reading, plain and simple.

Una crítica potente y electrizante del movimiento feminista actual que anuncia una nueva voz del feminismo negro.

Esta es una investigación que explora enérgica y profundamente por qué el capitalismo es malo para las mujeres y cómo, cuando se desarrolla correctamente, el socialismo conduce a la independencia económica, a mejores condiciones laborales, a un mejor equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida y, sí, a un mejor sexo.

Cuando la escritora Roxane Gay se autodenominó –de broma– "mala feminista", reconocía que no podía cumplir con los requisitos de perfección del movimiento feminista.

Der Ton wird aggressiver, auch in der populären Musik: Die Texte werden hasserfüllter, die Musik martialischer.

Der Ton wird aggressiver, auch in der populären Musik: Die Texte werden hasserfüllter, die Musik martialischer.

Eldon Davis Rathburn (1916-2008), one of the most multi-dimensional, prolific, and endlessly fascinating composers of the twentieth century, wrote more music than any other Canadian composer of his generation.

Eldon Davis Rathburn (1916-2008), one of the most multi-dimensional, prolific, and endlessly fascinating composers of the twentieth century, wrote more music than any other Canadian composer of his generation.

ESG were one of the first bands to sign to British indie label Factory Records, working with famed producer Martin Hannett on their early EPs.

ESG were one of the first bands to sign to British indie label Factory Records, working with famed producer Martin Hannett on their early EPs.

De 1660 a 1991, este libro recorre más de tres siglos de ópera a través del estudio multidisciplinario de ocho títulos líricos, pertenecientes a otros tantos compositores de los más diversos orígenes y estilos.

Many have long found it difficult to take Rod Stewart seriously.

The Beatles produced five films during their time together: A Hard Day's Night, Help!

When did Russia become "e;modern?

Many have long found it difficult to take Rod Stewart seriously.

Few songs have captured the contradictions and ambiguities of the 1960s as memorably as "e;California Dreamin',"e; the iconic folk music single that catapulted the Mamas & the Papas into rock and roll history.

Once conduits to new music, frequently bypassing the corporate music industry in ways now done more easily via the Internet, record stores championed the most local of economic enterprises, allowing social mobility to well up from them in unexpected ways.

Once conduits to new music, frequently bypassing the corporate music industry in ways now done more easily via the Internet, record stores championed the most local of economic enterprises, allowing social mobility to well up from them in unexpected ways.

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC.

A comprehensive account of music in Florence from the late Middle Ages until the end of the Medici dynasty in the mid-eighteenth century.

The Story of Chamber Music is a non-fiction book written by Nicholas Kilburn and published in 1923.

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Students of pop music and pop culture as well as fans who have loved the music since it came into being will gain valuable insight into this genre of the 1970s and 1980s.

Bringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of nations since the late 19th century.

Long out of print, a new revised and expanded edition of AK's classic anarcha-feminist compendium!

The essential collection of jazz writing by the celebrated poet and author of Blues People-reissued with a new introduction by the author.

Drawing on the incredible wealth of diversity of languages, cultures and movements in which lesbian feminisms have been articulated, this book confronts the historic devaluation of lesbian-feminist politics within Anglo-American discourse and ignites a transnational and transgenerational discussion regarding the relevance of lesbian feminisms in today's world, a discussion that challenges the view of lesbian feminism as static and essentialist.

Demonstrating the intimate connections among our public, political, and personal lives, these essays by Robert Cantwell explore the vernacular culture of everyday life.

This collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing's long-running radio program Blues Before Sunrise, the nationally syndicated, award-winning program focusing on vintage blues and R&B.

This essential summation of Palisca's life work was nearly finished by his death in 2001, and it was brought to completion by Thomas J.

This path-breaking study of stage works in Italian musical performances reconsiders a crucial period of music history.

The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides.

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In Hymns for the Fallen, Todd Decker listens closely to forty years of Hollywood combat films produced after Vietnam.