Music: styles and genres

Seine Popularität, seine musikalische Wiedererkennbarkeit wie auch der Reichtum ihn umgebender Bilder und Assoziationen machten den Walzer schon frühzeitig zum vielfältig einsetzbaren Versatzstück der Filmmusik – zu Stummfilm- wie zu Tonfilmzeiten.

"La música que agrada a Dios" encara el arduo reto de enlazar la música con la teología y el arte con la religión.

'An inspiring and necessary book that challenges the narratives we set for our lives and reveals the beauty beyond them' CLEMENTINE FORDAlexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved.

'Lush and lavish, Sing Me Forgotten hit all the right notes'Erin A.

The most celebrated of Western composers in the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky may have been the greatest as well.

The most celebrated of Western composers in the twentieth century, Igor Stravinsky may have been the greatest as well.

"e;Kat is a storyteller extraordinaire.

A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of mediaAn heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoch has been waiting to run his father Ruperts empire all his life.

For more than sixty years, Yoko Ono has fascinated us as one of the world's most innovative, radical artists.

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Norman Jewison directed some of the most iconic and beloved films of an era, from In the Heat of the Night and The Thomas Crown Affair to Jesus Christ Superstar and Moonstruck.

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

Let these 20 easy and modern piano pieces from the genres of pop and neoclassicism take you into a romantic dream world.

Examines post-colonial issues in Madama Butterfly, the historical background, conflicted representation of the heroine, and controversial reception in Japan.

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).

Can a band comprised of six very talented but very different musicians make a difference with their music?

Examines post-colonial issues in Madama Butterfly, the historical background, conflicted representation of the heroine, and controversial reception in Japan.

Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture.

Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture.

Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality is about sacred and secular choirs in Goa and Shillong across churches, seminaries, schools, auditoriums, classrooms, reality TV shows, and festivals.

Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality is about sacred and secular choirs in Goa and Shillong across churches, seminaries, schools, auditoriums, classrooms, reality TV shows, and festivals.

¿A qué suena la música que hoy está haciendo historia?

Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres - jazz, rock, and hip-hop - in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped the development of popular music in China and Taiwan, from imperialism to westernization and from modernization to globalization.

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.

This is about the life and times of a premier guitarist based on his experiences from the 1970s to the present.

As a young, soccer-mad boy living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, Robert Marawa listened to the commentary of local football derbies on a small, crackling FM radio.

Adapted for younger readers from Born a Crime: And Other Stories - the #1 South African and New York Times bestseller'If my mother had one goal, it was to free my mind.

"e;Essential reading, plain and simple.

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

Nada "se vuelve viral".

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.

This book explores art song as an emblem of musical modernity in early twentieth-century East Asia and Australia.

This book explores art song as an emblem of musical modernity in early twentieth-century East Asia and Australia.

A playwright, also known as a dramatist or dramaturg, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama.

A playwright, also known as a dramatist or dramaturg, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama.

A playwright, also known as a dramatist or dramaturg, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama.

He became famous with Genesis but simply to call Peter Gabriel a pop star would be to sell him very short indeed.

Was wir Zuschauer am Abend auf der Bühne sehen, ist das Ende eines langen Weges: Bis Primadonna und Heldentenor sich unter dem Jubel des Publikums verneigen, brauchen sie nicht nur Talent und Ausbildung, sondern auch Bühnenpräsenz, Marktgespür, Kondition und Selbstbewusstsein - eben viel mehr als nur eine schöne Stimme.