Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) is the central figure in Mexican music of the twentieth century and among the most eminent of all Latin American modernist composers.
An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley.
The world-renowned musicologist Richard Taruskin devoted much of his career to helping listeners appreciate Russian and Soviet music in new and sometimes controversial ways.
From his upbringing as a "e;red-diaper baby"e; among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with such figures as Charles Mingus and Billie Holiday, Chuck Israels has witnessed over a half-century of change and innovation in American jazz music.
For nearly 25 years, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune has been reviewing all parts of the popular music world: from indie up-and-comers and underground hip-hop artists to arena-filling rock-and-rollers and celebrity pop superstars.
Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom is, like New York's CBGB's and Los Angeles's Whiskey a Go-Go, one of the most venerated rock clubs in the world; originally built in 1930, it's hosted a who's-who of music greats before they made it big: The Police, The Clash, Blondie, Talking Heads, Nirvana, New York Dolls, U2, and, more recently, Lady Gaga and the White Stripes.
This collection of new interviews with twenty-five accomplished female composers substantially advances our knowledge of the work, experiences, compositional approaches, and musical intentions of a diverse group of creative individuals.
Exploring and celebrating individual lives in diverse situations, Women Singers in Global Contexts is a new departure in the study of women's worldwide music-making.
Hinton's latest book takes readers on an enthralling journey to explain the diverse music that has come to be known as country, starting with Celtic myth and mystery, traveling to the Appalachian mountains, and taking a few unexpected turns along the way with such disparate personalities as Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley.
In When Rock Met Reggae, Steven Blush takes a spirited, cross-genre perspective in this "e;illuminating chronicle"e; (Booklist) of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the face of popular music.
Whether you're a lifelong collector or have only just gotten hip to the vinyl revival, navigating the vast landscape of rock albums can be a daunting prospect.
In 1959, Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed "e;Ne me quitte pas"e; (Don't leave me), a visceral and haunting plea for his lover to come back.
Published for a decade, from 1974 to 1984, Trouser Press — once billed as "e;America's Only British Rock Magazine"e; but later called by some "e;the bible of alternative rock"e; — provided enthusiastic and knowledgeable coverage of independently made and released music as well as artists from many genres: classic rock, glam, pub rock, art rock and prog, punk, new wave, reggae, techno-pop and post-punk, many of them early in their now-legendary careers.
The American musical has long provided an important vehicle through which writers, performers, and audiences reimagine who they are and how they might best interact with the world around them.
Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West-Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the day it was released.
Between present and past, visible and invisible, and sensation and idea, there is resonance-so philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty argued and so Jessica Wiskus explores in The Rhythm of Thought.
This book charts the emergence of Kate Bush in the early-to-mid-1980s as a courageous experimentalist, a singularly expressive recording artist and a visionary music producer.
Steel Drums and Steelbands: A History is a vivid account of the events that led to the "e;accidental"e; invention of the steel drum: the only acoustic musical instrument invented in the 20th century.
Making New Music in Cold War Poland presents a social analysis of new music dissemination at the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, one of the most important venues for East-West cultural contact during the Cold War.
Stravinsky in the Americas explores the ';pre-Craft' period of Igor Stravinsky's life, from when he first landed on American shores in 1925 to the end of World War II in 1945.
Este libro consagrado a las relaciones entre el tango, la subjetividad y la sociedad aborda particularmente el análisis entre la singularidad artística del género como síntesis sociocultural prefiguradora de relaciones sociales y políticas.
A través de 22 entrevistas a primeras figuras de la balada romántica argentina, el autor construye una memoria -una perspectiva a través de la cual se mira al pasado- que no solo caracteriza la industria discográfica de la época, sino que interpreta su contexto social, cultural y político.
Down On The Corner is the story of music performed on the streets, in subways, in parks, in schoolyards, on the back of flatbed trucks, and beyond, from the 1920s to the present day.
An award-winning account of the importance of semiotic play in Classic instrumental music, including that of Mozart, Haydn, and BeethovenOf all the repertories of Western Art music, none is as explicitly listener-oriented as that of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Método detallado, con ilustracionesLa única diferencia existente entre estos dos instrumentos reside en la forma de la boquilla, la que para el trombón es de dimensiones más pequeñas que para el bombardino.
"Por qué Beethoven tiró el estofado" es un apasionante recorrido por la vida y la obra de seis compositores geniales, Johann Sebastián Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms e Igor Stravinsky, por los cuales el gran violonchelista siente una especial admiración.
Recurriendo a un análisis imaginativo pero sin perder un ápice de rigor, el presente libro reconstruye el repertorio de la música medieval recurriendo a un amplio abanico de fuentes, que suple, en muchos casos, la carencia de fuentes primarias.
El presente libro propone al lector un absorbente grand tour por los grandes centros musicales de la Europa del siglo XVIII, de Nápoles a Londres, pasando por Berlín, Viena, Praga y San Petersburgo, con una incursión en el Nuevo Mundo colonial.
