Music

Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Hinton's latest book takes readers on an enthralling journey to explain the diverse music that has come to be known as country, starting with Celtic myth and mystery, traveling to the Appalachian mountains, and taking a few unexpected turns along the way with such disparate personalities as Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley.

What, where, and when is jazz?

This book discusses the history of music warning labels, specifically the Parental Advisory Label (PAL), and the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC).

Christian Hymns & Chorals 2Twelve known Christian songsSheet Music for String QuartetInstrumentation: Double Violin, Viola & CelloDifficulty Level: AdvancedArranged and Produced by Viktor Dick

New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera from the unique perspectives of living practitioners (composers, librettists, directors, producers, singers, dramaturgs, and administrators) who provide valuable first-hand insight into the coming into being of an opera today.

What does it mean for poetry and music to turn to each other, in the shadow of the Holocaust, as a means of aesthetic self-reflection?

A thematically organised overview of the musical, social and cultural contexts for the multi-faceted career of this pivotal British composer.

This book provides in-depth analysis of the words, music, and recordings of Elvis Costello, one of the most enigmatic, eclectic, and critically acclaimed singer-songwriters of the rock era.

The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves.

K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea seeks at once to describe and explain the emergence of export-oriented South Korean popular music and to make sense of larger South Korean economic and cultural transformations.

Sounds, Screens, Speakers provides a broadly comprehensive survey of the emerging field of music and media.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was a seminal German composer.

In The Meaning of Soul, Emily J.

Made in Spain: Studies in Popular Music will serve as a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the history, sociology and musicology of 20th century Spanish popular music.

How did composers and performers use the lost art of pantomime to explore and promote the Enlightenment ideals of free expression?

Since its founding in 1924, the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has grown to span five synods across Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa.

George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) was a German baroque composer.

This book consists of over 1,500 citations to both primary sources and the burgeoning secondary literature of Heinrich Schenker, annotated and subdivided by category.

This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture.

Der Alphabetische Katalog, der mehr als 2600 Einträge verzeichnet, dient der Erschließung des schriftstellerischen und epistolographischen Lebenswerks Zelters und Nachforschungen nach dem Verbleib der Bibliothek der Berliner Singakademie: der größte Teil der Sammlung an Büchern, Handschriften und Musikalien ging nach Zelters Tod an diese Institution über und gilt seit 1945 als verschollen.

In the 21st century, Lutheran theology takes place on a global level.

Diese neue und innovative Gesangsschule bietet ein didaktisch und pädagogisch durchdachtes Aufbauprogramm zur Stimmbildung für alle Genres (Klassik, Musical, Pop oder Jazz).

Songs of Social Protest is a comprehensive companion guide to music and social protest globally.

In his eulogy of saxophonist Johnny Hodges (1907-70), Duke Ellington ended with the words, "e;Never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes--this was Johnny Hodges.

Is It Still Good to Ya?

At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire.

The main function of western musical notation is incidental: it prescribes and records sound.

The twelve essays by Kendall Walton in this volume address a broad range of theoretical issues concerning the arts.

The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus, the primordial Titan who defied the Olympian gods by stealing fire from the heavens as a gift for humanity, enjoyed unprecedented popularity during the Romantic era.

Positive Psychology for Music Professionals is a guidebook to the building blocks of positive psychology and character strengths, and the ways in which they can be used by music professionals throughout the industry to empower, celebrate, and leverage individuality.

On the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, this volume offers an in-depth look at the "e;Great Eighteen"e; organ chorales, among the most celebrated works for organ, and a milestone in the history of the chorale.

This book provides a multifaceted view on the relation between the old and the new in music, between tradition and innovation.

Based on years of detailed and extensive interviews, and supplemented by a wide range of archival material, Growing with Canada showcases the men and women who came to Canada and the roles they played in developing the country's musical culture.

This study highlights the connections between power, cultural products, resistance, and the artistic strategies through which that resistance is voiced in the Middle East.

Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo is the first book to address the question: How did a centuries-old, Swiss mountain tradition make its way into American country music?

In the seventeenth century, English Baptists existed on the fringe of the nation's collective religious life.

The Wind Band Music of Henry Cowell studies the compositions for wind band by twentieth-century composer Henry Cowell, a significant and prolific figure in American fine art music from 1914-1965.

A thematically organised overview of the musical, social and cultural contexts for the multi-faceted career of this pivotal British composer.

This book focuses on narrative forms of research and inquiry in music education.

Aspects of the 2017 Final Report of the South African Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) have drawn strong criticism, particularly from South African scholars, politicians and the public.

In this deep dive into the Jamaican music world filled with the voices of creators, producers, and consumers, Larisa Kingston Mann-DJ, media law expert, and ethnographer-identifies how a culture of collaboration lies at the heart of Jamaican creative practices and legal personhood.

Gerald Abraham's reputation as an authority on Russian music has tended to obscure his deep interest in the music of Poland and Czechoslovakia, and of the nineteenth-century generally.

Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary German popular music.

So, You're the New Musical Director!

'Hip Hop is Dead!