Theory of music and musicology

Although Exile in Guyville was celebrated as one of the year's top records by Spin and the New York Times, it was also, to some, an abomination: a mockery of the Rolling Stones' most revered record and a rare glimpse into the psyche of a shrewd, independent, strong young woman.

From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James "e;J Dilla"e; Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform.

Inspired by its use in literary theory, film criticism and the discourse of game design, Salome Voegelin adapts and develops "e;possible world theory"e; in relation to sound.

Stereo is everywhere.

Although David Bowie has famously characterized himself as a "e;leper messiah,"e; a more appropriate moniker might be "e;rock god"e;: someone whose influence has crossed numerous sub-genres of popular and classical music and can at times seem ubiquitous.

A brilliant study of Oasis' debut album, highlighting the band's massive cultural impact and the raw, positive power of those early songs.

Finally, after all that waiting, The Future arrived in 1980.

Courtney Love has never been less than notorious.

To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970s wearing a T-shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of determined nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering into the pre-punk UK.

Stereo is everywhere.

From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James "e;J Dilla"e; Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform.

Outside his native France, the view of Serge Gainsbourg was once of a one-hit wonder lothario.

"e;It's Time To Party,"e; the first track off of I Get Wet, opens with a rapid-fire guitar line - nothing fancy, just a couple crunchy power chords to acclimate the ears - repeated twice before a booming bass drum joins in to provide a quarter-note countdown.

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Kanye West created the most compelling body of pop music by an American artist during the period.

Although Exile in Guyville was celebrated as one of the year's top records by Spin and the New York Times, it was also, to some, an abomination: a mockery of the Rolling Stones' most revered record and a rare glimpse into the psyche of a shrewd, independent, strong young woman.

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Kanye West created the most compelling body of pop music by an American artist during the period.

A brilliant study of Oasis' debut album, highlighting the band's massive cultural impact and the raw, positive power of those early songs.

"e;It's Time To Party,"e; the first track off of I Get Wet, opens with a rapid-fire guitar line - nothing fancy, just a couple crunchy power chords to acclimate the ears - repeated twice before a booming bass drum joins in to provide a quarter-note countdown.

In 1978, San Francisco, a city that has seen more than its share of trauma, plunged from a summer of political tension into an autumn cascade of malevolence that so eluded human comprehension it seemed almost demonic.

To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970s wearing a T-shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of determined nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering into the pre-punk UK.

For a few decades now, They Might Be Giants' album Flood has been a beacon (or at least a nightlight) for people who might rather read than rock out, who care more about science fiction than Slayer, who are more often called clever than cool.

Inspired by its use in literary theory, film criticism and the discourse of game design, Salome Voegelin adapts and develops "e;possible world theory"e; in relation to sound.

Smile is not merely a great unfinished album, but a living work of art that is all at once expansive, indeterminate, and resolutely pop.

Extravagantly opaque, willfully vaporous - Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II, released by the estimable British label Warp Records in 1994, rejuvenated ambient music for the Internet Age that was just dawning.

Courtney Love has never been less than notorious.

July, 1967: It seems the entire country stopped to listen to a husky voice steeped in the simmering secrets of the South tell a tragic tale of teenage suicide.

Extravagantly opaque, willfully vaporous - Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II, released by the estimable British label Warp Records in 1994, rejuvenated ambient music for the Internet Age that was just dawning.

An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progressions, addressing how and why it resonates emotionally and spiritually in the individual.

De la lectura a la ejecución.

El sistema C-A-G-E-D permite conocer y trasladar distintas posiciones de un acorde a lo largo de todo el diapasón de la guitarra.

Este libro es en principio un postulado: entender la música como una sola, para aproximarnos al universo creativo sin preconceptos.

Orlando propone poner en espejo el archivo de la memoria del tango con los momentos más notorios en que el país vive sus secuencias colectivas de índole política, de evidente dramatismo social.

New Orleans jazz thrilled the world in the twenties and traveled around the world in the thirties.

Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohens Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & beyond analyzes the lyrical poetry of Leonard Cohen through a post-secular lens.

Covering all the essentials of craft and marketing for launching and sustaining a long, successful writing career, this cutting-edge revision contains an exclusive interview with Oscar-winning songwriter Melissa Etheridge - "e;I Need to Wake Up"e; - and shows you, step by step, how to write a hit song.

Am Beispiel Beethovens und Schumanns untersucht Florian Kraemer den Zusammenhang zwischen Ironie und Illusionsbrechung in der Musik des 19.

Ein Arbeitsbuch für leidenschaftliche Musikhörer und Musikliebhaber ohne Notenkenntnisse.

Rooted in research and practice, Perspectives on Conducting presents a multi-faceted exploration of the role of the modern-day conductor.

Beyond its elucidation and critique of traditional 'notation-centric' musicology, this book's primary emphasis is on the negotiation and construction of meaning within the extended musical multimedia works of the classic British group Pink Floyd.

The singer tells her story from Scottish childhood to success on the Greenwich Village folk scene and beyond, and shares her passion for traditional music.

Student learning in school music ensembles is often focused on technical skill development.

Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation offers an innovative learning approach to music theory, centered on instrumental skills, improvisation, and composition.

This textbook enhances preservice and practicing music educators' understanding of ways to successfully engage children in music composition.

Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past 50 years.

Native American drumming and chant; Czech and German polka; country fiddling; African American spirituals, blues and jazz; cowboy songs; Mexican corridos; zydeco; and the sounds of a Cambodian New Year's celebration all are part of the amazing cultural patchwork of traditional music in Texas.

Presenting a range of ethnographic case studies from around the globe, this edited collection offers new ways of thinking about the interconnectivity of gender, place, and emotion in musical performance.

Preeminant gamelan performer and scholar Sumarsam explores the concept of hybridity in performance traditions that have developed in the context of Javanese encounters with the West.

This book is a philosophical tour through the experience of beauty: what it is, and how the composer, performer, and listener all contribute.