Music: styles and genres

High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography.

My Chemical Romance are the most significant band in alternative rock for the last decade, selling 5 million albums and selling out arenas worldwide until their split after twelve years together.

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

This book vibrantly demonstrates how the study of music allows for identification and interpretation of the forces that form Taiwanese society, from politics and policy to reactions to and assertions of such policies.

An overview of blues and gospel music as an expression of twentieth-century black US experience.

This book explores the growing phenomenon of music tourism - instances of people visiting places because of a connection with music.

Starting with 1964's Goldfinger, every James Bond film has followed the same ritual, and so has its audience: after an exciting action sequence the screen goes black and the viewer spends three long minutes absorbing abstract opening credits and a song that sounds like it wants to return to 1964.

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, as well as the first major Soviet composer.

In this long-awaited memoir, illustrated with over 100 never-before-seen photos from his personal collection, the groundbreaking record producer chronicles his struggles, his success, and the celebrated artists that made him a legend.

For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture.

A bold re-examination of the religious and political history of Ottonian Germany through its musical and liturgical books.

The first study to explore the music of St Martin''s cult and its influence upon medieval religion, art and politics.

Published to coincide with Rostropovich's 80th birthday celebrationsMstislav Rostropovich, internationally recognised as one of the world's finest cellists and musicians, has always maintained that teaching is an important responsibility for great artists.

This pioneering study provides a critical appraisal of pop star Kylie Minogue.

Music in Wales has long been a neglected area.

This wide-ranging guide introduces (or reintroduces) readers to movie musicals past and present, enabling them to experience the development of this uniquely American art form-and discover films they'll love.

The American singer and guitarist Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1931- ) is a seminal figure in the folk music revivals of the United States and Great Britain.

The riot that erupted during the 1913 debut of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris has long been one of the most infamous and intriguing events of modern musical history.

The Triumph of Vulgarity in a thinker's guide to rock 'n' roll.

Examines Britten''s fusion of verbal and musical sound in opera and song.

Su-un and His World of Symbols explores the image which Choe Che-u (Su-un), the founder of Donghak (Eastern Learning) Korea's first indigenous religion, had of himself as a religious leader and human being.

This book aims to revisit the notion of subculture for the 21st century, reinterpreting it and extending its scope.

Men are bold.

This book explores what pulse phonation is, what it can do, and how it develops into a cultural practice.

Carl Schachter is the world's leading practitioner of Schenkerian theory and analysis.

Professional Music-Making in London is an engaging yet innovative study which examines the lives and work of Western art musicians from an ethnographic perspective.

Before the Nazis sent members of the Filar family to Treblinka, these were the last words Marian Filar's mother said to him: "e;I bless you.

Popular Music in Spanish Cinema analyses the aesthetics and stylistic development of soundtracks from national productions, considering how political instability and cultural diversity in Spain determined the ways of making art and managing culture.

Published three times per year by Indiana University Press for the Hutchins Center at Harvard University, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world.

Neugier auf das, was die Zukunft bringen wird, begleitet die Menschheitsgeschichte bis in die Gegenwart.

In this original and provocative book, Nahed Artoul Zehr explores the theological underpinnings of al-Qaeda and related Islamic movements such as ISIS.

Sarah Caldwell, the leader of the Opera Company of Boston from 1958-1990, was a groundbreaking and idiosyncratic woman who established her own career as a conductor and stage director in an environment resistant to change.

Exercise, Health and Mental Health provides an introduction to this emerging field and a platform for future research and practice.

Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts reveals the untold stories of his journey--from obscurity to becoming one of America's most successful and beloved country music artists--that will rally your own courage to find hope where you least expect it.

In this book, Nicolas Laos studies the meaning of the terms "e;world"e; and "e;order,"e; the moral dimensions of each world order model, and wider issues of meaning and interpretation generated by humanity's attempt to live in a meaningful world and to find the logos of the beings and things in the world.

Issues of identity have always been central to the American musical in all its guises.

This study of the French early music revival gives us a vivid sense of how music's cultural meanings were contested in the nineteenth century.

"e;Music triggered a healing process from within me.

What is American roots music?

Featuring the first extensive Hanna-Barbera discography ever published and over 140 photos and illustrations!

This book, first published in 1987, is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions.

In the World War II era, big bands and swing music reached the heights of popularity with soldiers as well as friends and loved ones back home.

Although Vince Guaraldi's playful jazz piano themes for the early Peanuts animated television specials are well known, the composer himself remains largely unheralded.

Mapping the Motet in the Post-Tridentine Era provides new dimensions to the discussion of the immense corpus of polyphonic motets produced and performed in the decades following the end of the Council of Trent in 1563.

Navigate the world's belief systems with this faith-filled resource!

As the Bride of Christ, the body of Christian believers has been called to serve Him.