This volume provides a transnational study of the impact of musicalcultures in the Eastern Baltics Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Russia at the end of theCold War and in the early post-Communist period.
The life of the unparalleled purveyor of the Great American Songbook, Marian McPartland, is celebrated in this engrossing biographyFrom Bobby Short to Esperanza Spalding, across the 33-year run of the acclaimed radio show Piano Jazz, Marian McPartland conversed and played piano duets with jazz greats and, via National Public Radio syndication, brought the best of jazz standards to listeners.
Así como el rock es producto de otros géneros musicales, pero con un fuerte componente de origen africano, las distintas vertientes de la música española también tienen su origen en los ritmos que llegaron con los esclavos africanos en la Edad Media, los cuales se fueron amalgamando con los primitivos ritmos ibéricos, las sensuales danzas paganas de las puellae gaditanae, los cantos árabes y judíos, y posteriormente con las canciones gitanas.
Las paginas de este libro muestran los resultados de una investigacion sobre el son jarocho y jazz, especificamente, de su musica a partir de las semejanzas.
In September 1968, four English lads gathered together for the first time in a small, stuffy London rehearsal room in a basement filled with wall-to-wall amplifiers.
Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Siva documents the musical practices of the periya melam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the rituals and festivals of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Siva - an important patron of music since at least the tenth century.
Music and Temple Ritual in South India: Performing for Siva documents the musical practices of the periya melam, a South Indian instrumental ensemble of professional musicians who perform during the rituals and festivals of high-caste (Brahmanical) Tamil Hindu temples dedicated to the Pan-Indian god Siva - an important patron of music since at least the tenth century.
A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycleThe scale and grandeur of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor.
Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years.
In this masterful compilation, world-recognized discographer Chris Sheridan draws together the most comprehensive reconstruction of Thelonious Monk's performances and recordings.
Jazz Theory Workbook accompanies the second edition of the successful Jazz Theory-From Basic to Advanced Study textbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students studying jazz.
From Charlie Parker to Max Roach to Valaida Snow to Monk to Contemporary MAN and Contemporary WOMAN to Zora Neale Hurston to Langston Hughes, the plays tap into the heart of Laurence Holder and worldview past and present.
New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archiveOn 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27.
For the three forces competing for political authority in France during World War II, music became the site of a cultural battle that reflected the war itself.
During their golden years of 1977 to 1982, The Jam's frontman Paul Weller was their outspoken leader, but it was drummer Rick Buckler who was the beating heart of the band, and it is his fascinating story that is told in his autobiography, That's Entertainment: My Life In The Jam, replete with insights into his life and music.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERImagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of our lives started to quiet, and the beautiful, unique pieces of who we are were to rise.
A firsthand look into Kim Walker-Smith's journey from a place of shame and fear to stages around the world where she boldly proclaims the unconditional love of God.
Kaiolan (En la Jaula en Euskera) es una reflexiónsobre la obra de la escultora Louise Bourgeois, fallecidaen mayo de 2010, y especialmente de sus"Cells" (Celdas o Jaulas).
Aquesta obra va ser composta el 1998 per encàrrec del Govern d'Andorra i va ser estrenada per Gerard i Lluís Claret en un concert d'homenatge a Narciso Yepes.
La serie de obras titulada Ametsak («Sueños», eneuskera), que consta de tres partes separadas,refleja mi continuado interés por los procesosmentales, y muy especialmente por aquellos queafectan a la memoria y su funcionamiento.
