The conventional way of understanding what musicians do as performers is to treat them as producers of sound; some even argue that it is unnecessary to see musicians in performance as long as one can hear them.
The conventional way of understanding what musicians do as performers is to treat them as producers of sound; some even argue that it is unnecessary to see musicians in performance as long as one can hear them.
Sound Changes responds to a need in improvisation studies for more work that addresses the diversity of global improvisatory practices and argues that by beginning to understand the particular, material experiences of sonic realities that are different from our own, we can address the host of other factors that are imparted or sublimated in performance.
Sound Changes responds to a need in improvisation studies for more work that addresses the diversity of global improvisatory practices and argues that by beginning to understand the particular, material experiences of sonic realities that are different from our own, we can address the host of other factors that are imparted or sublimated in performance.
Fleetwood Macs iconic album Rumours is more popular and acclaimed now than ever and attracts listeners across generationsthis deft analysis (Houston Press) celebrates the albums unlikely creation, surprising longevity, and enduring cultural impact.
Die Schrift ist als Beispiel für das entworfen worden, was der Autor, von Jaspers beeinflußt, "Situationsgeschichte" nennt, also die Veranschaulichung eines Ereignisses durch Darstellung aller den Gegenstand berührenden Klein- oder Einzelereignisse.
This book will provide an exploration of how popular songs have been analysed in the past, before detailing how an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to appreciate the multimodal format of the medium.
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.
This book will provide an exploration of how popular songs have been analysed in the past, before detailing how an interdisciplinary approach is necessary to appreciate the multimodal format of the medium.
"e;His aim is true"e; — Greil MarcusFor more than a decade, readers of New York magazine and its Vulture website have been delighted—and occasionally outraged—by Bill Wyman's exhaustive and unapologetically opinionated rankings of the songs of some of the greatest artists in rock and pop history.
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan.
This interesting and authoritative book includes essential facts about the various forms of Japanese music and musical instruments and their place in the overall history of Japan.
A wide variety of essays by colleagues and former students reflect Professor Strunk's particular role as music historian, teacher, and a pre-eminent musicologist.
Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday presents a rich historical survey of violin performance, tracing the instrument's rise from modest beginnings to a central place in classical music.
As a distinguished scholar of Renaissance music, James Haar has had an abiding influence on how musicology is undertaken, owing in great measure to a substantial body of articles published over the past three decades.
Over the past fifty years Roger Sessions has developed, in articles, lectures, and addresses, various themes that reflect the stages of his own musical and intellectual growth.
After the Mass Ordinary, the Magnificat was the liturgical text most frequently set by Renaissance composers, and Orlando di Lasso's 101 polyphonic settings form the largest and most varied repertory of Magnificats in the history of European music.
In 1983, an Ohio radio station called WOXY launched a sonic disruption to both corporate rock and to its conservative home region, programming an omnivorous range of genres and artists while being staunchly committed to local independent art and media.
When Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he dreamed of inspiring a race of singers who would celebrate the working class and realize the promise of American democracy.
When Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he dreamed of inspiring a race of singers who would celebrate the working class and realize the promise of American democracy.
As the twentieth century draws to a close, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is being acknowledged as one of its most significant and multifaceted composers.
During the 1830s and 1840s the remarkably versatile composer-pianist-organist-conductor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy stood at the forefront of German and English musical life.
Joseph Haydn's symphonies and string quartets are staples of the concert repertory, yet many aspects of this founding genius of the Viennese Classical style are only beginning to be explored.
When Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he dreamed of inspiring a race of singers who would celebrate the working class and realize the promise of American democracy.
