Musicians, singers, bands and groups

Aspects of beauty in the music of MozartIt is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'THE ROCK 'N' ROLL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Essential for fans and great reading for anyone else' Classic RockBreak-ups, make-ups, groupies, band politics, court battles, the tragic death of Rick Parfitt .

The opera singer Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci was one of the most famous celebrities of the eighteenth century.

In this volume, Jason Radcliff offers an introduction, critical appreciation, and constructive extension of the Orthodox-Reformed Theological Dialogue spearheaded by Thomas F.

A pioneering study of how American composer Aaron Copland helped shape the sound of the Hollywood film industry and introduced the moviegoing public to modern musical styles.

Walter Aaron Clark's detailed and accurate account (the first in English) of one of the most intriguing figures of the Romantic period is now available in paperback.

Literature, images, and metaphor are often where most of a nation's history are embedded.

Atheism Revisited is a collection of essays that explore the multifaceted nature of atheism.

Frontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music.

- Links-politischer Rapper der ersten Stunde- Hintergründe zu seiner Musik- Anekdoten aus seinem politischen LebenEntgegen des allgemeinen Medienechos ist Rap nicht nur rechts, sondern auch links-politisch aktiv.

A detailed and long-overdue study of Frank Bridge's music and its socio-cultural and aesthetic contextsThe English composer, violist, and conductor Frank Bridge (1879-1941), a student of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, was one of the first modernists in British music, developing the most radical and lastingly modern musical languageof his generation.

This book explores Bruckner''s Eighth Symphony (1890) from several angles, offering an accessible guide to its musical design.

Von Oasis bis Primal Scream – das rasante Leben einer britischen Rocklegende und ein Stück Musikgeschichte.

The rollercoaster childhood story of the Icelandic comedian turned international celebrity whom Noam Chomsky called his "e;favorite mayor on Earth.

The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.

Russian Orthodoxy Resurgent is the first book to fully explore the expansive and ill-understood role that Russia's ancient Christian faith has played in the fall of Soviet Communism and in the rise of Russian nationalism today.

The Acts of Early Church Councils Acts examines the acts of ancient church councils as the objects of textual practices, in their editorial shaping, and in their material conditions.

Conversing with Cage draws on over 150 interviews with John Cage conducted over four decades to draw a full picture of his life and art.

A Companion to St.

In 21st century America, personhood is under daily assault, sometimes with dire consequences.

This delightfully illustrated exploration into 60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals y-y musics hip sensuality, humor, style and wit.

Drawing on a wealth of unpublished sources surrounding Kinkel, this book explores the extent to which Kinkel's Lieder reflect and transcend compositional-aesthetic, cultural, and socio-political facets typically associated with the first half of the nineteenth century.

A synchronic study that highlights the importance of printed packaging, rather than notes on the page, to the complex relationship between composers, publishers, and consumers of music.

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the long-awaited memoir from Elvis Costello, one of rock and roll's most iconic stars.

In dieser Dissertationsschrift wird das Textproblem des deuterokanonischen Buches Tobit neu aufgerollt.

The Next Great Rock and Roll NovelOn a September afternoon in Santa Barbara, a private jet carrying the members of Poor Ghostone of Americas most storied rock bandsplunges into the backyard of Caleb Crane, a retired insurance salesman.

This book breaks new ground in the social and cultural history of eighteenth-century music in Britain through the study of a hitherto neglected resource, the lists of subscribers that were attached to a wide variety of publications, including musical works.

Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time.

Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs.

How can one describe the pluralisation of the religious realm, which is of such significance for processes of social change?

This book examines the succession of events toward the potential standardization of the music for "e;The Star-Spangled Banner"e; from an initial letter to President Roosevelt in 1907 to the 1958 congressional hearings on the National Anthem, and the later work of the Swiss-Born American pianist, Rudolph Ganz.

Why is catalogue shopping responsible for Jonathan Ross's inimitable sense of style?

**A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022** **INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH** **GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY** **FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK** 'Incredibly moving.

If you want to be a rock and roll star, you've got to talk like a rock and roll star.

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Arthel Doc Watson (19232012) is arguably one of the most influential musicians Appalachia has ever produced.

This book constitutes the first book-length study of journalistic responses to poverty and protest during the Lancashire cotton crisis.

Robert Johnson did not sell his soul to the devil.

It's 2013.

Through its strength in numbers and remarkable presence in politics, Pentecostalism has become a force to reckon with in twenty-first-century Zambian society.

Arthur Schwartz (1900-1984), a premier composer of American Popular Song during the mid-20th century, has been overlooked by historians.

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A Grateful Dead concert, Ray Robertson argues, is life.

Described by music critic Alex Ross as "e;the most original musical thinker of our time"e; and having received innumerable accolades in a career spanning over fifty years, composer Steve Reich is considered by many to be America's greatest contemporary composer.

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.

This book illuminates the concept of disaster communities through a series of international case studies.