Music-Essays

Music, physics, or ice hockey . . . or maybe all three?This singular question perplexes Adam Brock as he exits the stage at his high school graduation. Although he leaves home for college with a set of structured plans for the future, Brock faces...

Neil Young, also known as The Godfather Of Grunge, acquires this title by releasing...a mellow, mostly acoustic album name-checking his most famous, middle of the road singer-songwriter effort from two decades earlier. Meanwhile, before almost anyone ever heard the term "grunge," a groundbreaking road...

Remember 1996? Nintendo 64 and Sony's PlayStation ushered in the era of true 3D gaming. Saturday Night Live's Adam Sandler teed up his movie career with Happy Gilmore. Bill Clinton was re-elected for a second term as the incumbent US president. The Macarena was...

Throughout the 1960s and '70s, Nashville was known as the "home" of country music. Although several significant rock 'n' roll albums were recorded in the 'Music City' by artists like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and others, the growing metropolis had little or...

Tastykakes, Soul Songs and Shining Stars is a rich and passionate record of a life-long obsession with soul music and Rhythm & Blues from music industry stalwart Joe McEwen, legendary A&R man for acts including Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, K.D. Lang, Wilco, Nick Lowe,...

Legendary music critic Penman reaches for a vanished moment in musical history when cultures collided and a certain kind of cross-generational and "cross-color" awareness was born in these essays exploring the work of James Brown, Charlie Parker, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, and...

"For Every Music Lover: A Series of Practical Essays on Music" by Aubertine Woodward Moore offers a comprehensive exploration of music history and criticism. Delve into the captivating world of musical forms, insightful composer analyses, and timeless discussions on music appreciation. This meticulously prepared...

Author: Ryan BrasseauxISBN-10: 1887366717ISBN-13: 9781887366717Publisher: University of LouisianaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2016Pages: 535Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d

A radical history of music in experimental film. Focusing on sound in experimental film, Wavelengths investigates how sound and music have broadened avant-garde cinema's boundaries, exploring the mutual influence and relationship between some of the most exciting independent filmmakrers and composers/musicians (Paul Clipson with...

Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author's love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop's complex coming-of-age through some of its biggest idols....

Explore the world of music through the insightful lens of "Critical & Historical Essays: Lectures delivered at Columbia University" by Edward MacDowell. This collection offers a fascinating journey through music history, theory, and criticism, presenting MacDowell's lectures in a meticulously prepared print republication. Dive...

Described by New York Times critic John Rockwell as "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer," Ben Johnston reconceives familiar idioms--ranging from neoclassicism and serialism to jazz and southern hymnody--using just intonation. Johnston studied with Darius Milhaud, Harry Partch, and...

The Tooth that Nibbles at the Soul brings together Marshall Brown's new and previously published writings on literature and music. These essays engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative...

**Are you ready to unleash your inner artist?** Feeling creatively stifled? Do you long to tap into the wellspring of inspiration that lies dormant within you? Then "Unlocking the Muse: Fifty-Two Actions to Ignite Your Creativity" is the key you've been searching for. This...

1984 was Nik Kershaw's year. From unknown to household name, his meteoric rise to fame epitomised eighties pop at its most thrilling. But beyond the snood, synthesizers, and that gravity-defying hair lay something more substantial: a songwriter crafting sophisticated pop music.This unofficial and unauthorised...

New essays on the Mendelssohns and their circle, illuminating their lives, works, and influence.Perspectives on Mendelssohn presents newly commissioned essays by a group of distinguished international music historians on the Mendelssohns' life, work, and influence on their contemporaries. In four sections, the book addresses...

Music Education, Social Justice, and the Global South provocatively explores the complex, multidimensional nature of social justice and the challenges adapted in educational music contexts around the world. The tensions created by critical engagement with its concepts and practices provide unique opportunities for music...

My journey through modern Montreal in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen - retracing the poet's old haunts, navigating love and heartbreak, and discovering how his life, legacy, and art illuminate a path to self-discovery. Through the lens of Dante's Divine Comedy, Cohen's story becomes...

Author: George GriffithsISBN-10: 1398728497ISBN-13: 9781398728493Publisher: Seven DialsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2026Format: Hardcover

Author: Sylvie SimmonsISBN-13: 9798989908998Publisher: Third Man BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2026Pages: 268Format: Paperback

Decode the Myths Behind the MusicOne creator's viral deep dives become a definitive, thought-provoking tour through the music world's most persistent conspiracy theories--inviting readers to listen closer and decide for themselves.Bold, balanced, and wildly entertaining, Song Theory unpacks the myths, symbols, and hidden messages...

A lively compendium of musical practices and compositions that upend notions of creativity and expressivity while diversifying our sense of the musical canon. An artist draws two octaves of pitches randomly from a hat, just enough to set each syllable of the dictionary definition...

A richly illustrated volume exploring the social potential of architecture and musicChristopher Dell (born 1965) transposes into book form the research on music and architecture undertaken by the Dialogue Concerts series he curated. Bringing together prominent figures of both disciplines, this book vividly demonstrates...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. From one of the most original, creative, and provocative culture critics comes an eye-opening collection of essays and tales about American...

A reissue of Greg Tate's classic, out-of-print collection of essays, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and a new foreword by Questlove. From one of the most original, creative, and provocative culture critics comes an eye-opening collection of essays and tales about American...

The Music Performers' Lived Experiences seeks to widen this research area through close investigations of a variety of rich, and nuanced experiences classical music performers have qua performers, as they interact with musical scores and wider artistic and cultural discourses, norms and beliefs.Author: Mine...

Author: Benjamin MarlinISBN-13: 9798232625573Publisher: Benjamin MarlinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2018Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Author: Benjamin MarlinISBN-13: 9798232363949Publisher: Benjamin MarlinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2024Pages: 396Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Roy Salmond is an award-winning music producer and the writer of Between the Notes, a weekly reflection on the wonder, heartache, and hope that finds us all as we journey through the days we have been given. The collection of his musings in this...

Roy Salmond is an award-winning music producer and the writer of Between the Notes, a weekly reflection on the wonder, heartache, and hope that finds us all as we journey through the days we have been given. The collection of his musings in this...

Author: Benjamin MarlinISBN-13: 9798232739966Publisher: Benjamin MarlinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2025Pages: 412Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d

Author: Benjamin MarlinISBN-13: 9798232683535Publisher: Benjamin MarlinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2017Pages: 186Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d

Roy Salmond is an award-winning music producer and the writer of Between the Notes, a weekly reflection on the wonder, heartache, and hope that finds us all as we journey through the days we have been given. The collection of his musings in this...

In We're Having Much More Fun Judith A. Peraino and Tom McEnaney celebrate the ways punks have built and documented their own misfit collectives since the mid-1970s, assembling alternative worlds of riotous music, art, fashion, and writing. This book ranges across the United States...

Serial Music: A Classified Bibliography of Writings on Twelve-Tone and Electronic Music by Ann Phillips Basart provides the first systematic and annotated guide to the burgeoning literature on serial composition and its extensions into electronic and experimental forms. Written at a moment when twelve-tone...

Author: Emma Alice JohnsonISBN-10: 164841611XISBN-13: 9781648416118Publisher: Microcosm PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2024Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.63d

An analytical study of the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, including the influence of Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck on the opera. Musical examples are Schenkerian "graphs."Author: Arthur MaiselISBN-13: 9798218798529Publisher: Sub Sole PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2025Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d

In this nationally bestselling "delightful compendium of everything you ever wanted to know about" (The Washington Post) Joni Mitchell, the eternal singer-songwriter is seen anew, portrayed through a witty and comprehensive exploration of anecdotes, quotes, lyrics by Henry Alford, "the most graceful of humorists"...

Author: Arthur MaiselISBN-13: 9798218798536Publisher: Sub Sole PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/26/2025Pages: 396Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.81d

A popular fascination with fame and stardom has existed in Western culture since the late eighteenth century; a fascination that, in the twenty-first century, reaches into almost every facet of public life. The pervasive nature of stardom in modern society demands study from the...

A Note To The Reader: I am hoping to make this enjoyable for Michael Jacksonhimself. And for anyone else who many be reading this.That includes Michael's relatives, fans, friends, andanyone else as well. Why I'm Doing This: Why am I doing this? That's simple...

Imagine a world where The Beatles were known as The Quarrymen forever, or where Nirvana went by the name of Pen Cap Chew. Michael Pollick's "The Name Game" takes us on a whimsical journey through the forgotten names of legendary rock groups, revealing the...

Sounds in Translation: Intersections of music, technology and society joins a growing number of publications taking up R. Murray Schafer's challenge to examine and to re-focus attention on the sound dimensions of our human environment. This book takes up his challenge to contemporary audiologists,...

Experience the dramatic conclusion of Richard Wagner's epic "Ring of the Niblung" with this meticulously prepared print edition of "Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods." As the final two parts of the four-opera cycle, these librettos showcase Wagner's unparalleled ability to weave together...

'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times 'One of the finest writers in the world' David Quantick How does the big stuff in life truly change us? In late 2019, Sylvia Patterson was a celebrated pop journalist, still merrily writing about...

This book offers a series of thought-provoking essays about music and the performing arts viewed from current Anthropocene-aware perspectives. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences, as well as a broader readership involved in art...

This collection brings together fifteen years of notes, essays, and compositions from a working life in experimental music. Originally intended as academic research, it became a personal project driven by curiosity rather than credentials. The texts explore music-making across tools and formats: from live...

Kristofferson: 67 Astounding Songs explores the depth and artistry of Kristofferson's lyrics with a special focus on his masterful use of sound and repetition. His lyrics use rhythm and tone to shape stories-heightening a character's anger, joy, or excitement, slowing a line for impact,...

Kristofferson: 67 Astounding Songs explores the depth and artistry of Kristofferson's lyrics with a special focus on his masterful use of sound and repetition. His lyrics use rhythm and tone to shape stories-heightening a character's anger, joy, or excitement, slowing a line for impact,...