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This is an academic journal containing a collection of articles by country music scholars on a variety of topics with an emphasis on historical country music. Contributors include Don Cusic, Dave Sichak, Mari Nagatomi, Tim Dodge, Linda J. Daniel, Christina Lynn, Boll Nowlin, David...

Editing Music in Early Modern Germany argues that editors played a critical role in the transmission and reception of Italian music outside Italy. Like their counterparts in the world of classical learning, Renaissance music editors translated texts and reworked settings from Venetian publications, adapting...

Exploring both the theoretical background of stylus phantasticus (or "fantastic style") and its application by composers and performers, Paul Collins surveys the development of Athanasius Kircher's original concept and its influence, and highlights the intriguing relationship between composition and performance, the concept of fantasy,...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

First published in 1986, this is the first of two volumes devoted to the evolution of the Allemande, the Balletto, and the Tanz from 1540 to 1750. This first volume traces the history of the dances from the time of the Renaissance to the...

This study highlights the connections between power, cultural products, resistance, and the artistic strategies through which that resistance is voiced in the Middle East. Exploring cultural displays of dissent in the form of literary works, films, and music, the collection uses the concept of...

Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that navigates the vast scholarly resources on the composer with the most updated compilation since 1989. The guide will serve both as a foundational starting point and as a gateway for future inquiry...

Clifford K. Madsen's Contributions to Music Education and Music Therapy summarizes the life and work of Dr. Clifford Madsen, a luminary in music education and author of a dozen books, first recipient of the Senior Researcher Award from the Music Educators National Conference, and...

This thesis concerns music educators' pathways from early-life musical-training contexts, through a Graduate Diploma course at a College of Advanced Education, and into practice as music educators; these three key periods also shaped the data analysis. The methodology employed was life-story research, and methods...

This is a book about my fifty years as a survivor, even a thriver in the music business. Fifty years as a keyboardist, bandmember, background singer, lead singer, songwriter, solo artist, music director, producer, orchestral arranger, A&R executive, worship leader, sideman, main man, playing...

"Grandma's Hands" is a timeless, universal song originally featured on Bill Withers' 1971 album, "Just As I Am." With soulful lyrics, the song captures the significant impact that Withers' grandmother had on his life as a child. Multiple award-winning artist R. Gregory Christie has...

Punk Rock Revisited brings together a combination of leading academics, writers and journalists in the first comprehensive assessment of punk; it's place in popular music history, culture and myth.Author: Roger SabinISBN-10: 041517029XISBN-13: 9780415170291Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/1999Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.42h x 6.32w x 0.83d

U2 is a band from the north side of Dublin that became a global phenomenon-and while its four members have traveled the world over for almost fifty years, some of the most critical points on their journey have been in Southern California.The Joshua Tree...

From the moment a melody exists only as a feeling to the instant it becomes a finished, export-ready track, music creation has entered a new era. This book opens the door to that transformation. Mastering Music Creation with AIVA invites you into a world...

Relive The Beatles' last live public concert through the eyes of the ultimate rock 'n' roll photographer Jim Marshall. This deluxe volume collects over 150 photos and proof sheets, half of them never before seen. Jim Marshall's photographs of The Beatles' 1966 concert in...

In the urban landscape of Côte d'Ivoire, where modern rhythms and traditional sounds collide, popular music is more than just entertainment. It is a vital force for social and political expression. In "There are no crocodiles in Cocody," Aghi Bahi dives into the history,...

In great joy, excitement, and curiosity Ann describes a rediscovered world of sound and music after she retired from busy careers in trial law followed by a business career in fashion corset design and image consulting to the trans community. Seeking solace during the...

The historic encounter around 1911 between the composer Arnold Schönberg and the painter Wassily Kandinsky occurred at a moment when the first wild revolts against traditional art, Dada and Futurism, had just manifested themselves. Independently of those sometimes spectacular activities, both Schönberg and Kandinsky...

This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.Author: Maxwell SteerISBN-10: 371865931XISBN-13: 9783718659319Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1997Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d

This handbook for advanced students explains the various applications to music of methods derived from linguistics and semiotics. The book is aimed at musicians familiar with the ordinary range of aesthetic and theoretical ideas in music; no specialized knowledge of linguistic or semiotic terminology...

This book addresses the issues of radicalism and terrorism. Each of the two phenomena are analyzed from a multidisciplinary perspective. The book contains articles which explore legal, political, psychological, economic and social aspects of radicalism and terrorism. Author: Stanislaw SulowskiISBN-10: 3631675429ISBN-13: 9783631675427Publisher: Peter Lang...

This book refers to the question of cultural normativity. The texts of the book present the diverse profiles of cultural normativity: from philosophical assumptions and indications relating to the sources of axiology and normativity in general to analyses of selected examples of social practices...

This book is an empirical study of a central European city focused on the political process. The authors use the example of the city of Wroclaw to present a condition of the urban public sphere in the context of local governance. Contemporary specificity of...

Families are actors and drivers in migration and refugee crises. However, the current protection frameworks privilege the individual over the family unit. Consequently, the stories of families in migration have remained under-researched and their challenges under-addressed. This volume explores the interplay between family, separation,...

This comparative study at hand has been the result of a two-year research project on floods in 2014 in the Western Balkans engaging eight research teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia. Representing quite different disciplines, the authors of this volume have analysed...

Offering new perspectives on the role of broadcasting in the construction of cultural memory, this book analyses selected instances in relation to questions of French identity at the BBC during the Second World War. The influence of policy and ideology on the musical and...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Felix MendelssohnISBN-10: 1447441494ISBN-13: 9781447441496Publisher: Classic...

This book contains a wealth of information on African folk music, detailing it's importance within African society and taking an in depth look at it's use within the church. In this book Henry Weman has covered the structure and composition of the music, music...

In the aftermath of World War I, a sense of impasse and thwarted promise shaped the political and cultural spheres in Britain. Writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Hilda Doolittle, T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis were among the literary figures who responded by...

Issue VIII of Half Mystic Journal is a stunning compilation of contemporary art, lyrics, poetry, and prose in celebration of music in all its forms. This issue showcases the theme of sforzando: the car-struck dissonance-the backslide into wreckage-the single note of shattering. As the...

This book develops ways of discussing musical practices to articulate a new approach to understanding connections between recordings, singers, and singing. Centred around materials from the mid-twentieth century, this book focuses on a time when composers and performers were questioning the idea of authorship...

Explore the profound connection between sound and healing in Sidney Licht's "Music in Medicine." This historically significant work delves into the physiological effects of music and its therapeutic applications within medicine. A pioneering exploration of music therapy, the book examines the use of music...

This study is the first to consider all three of Rachmaninoff's careers in detail. After surveying his place in Russian musical history and his creative activity, the author examines, with musical examples, each working chronological order against the background of the composer's life. Among...

Knowing your arpeggios is essential to becoming a complete guitarist. In this book you will find written out all of the arpeggios that you will need to learn and commit to memory.Author: Frank VignolaISBN-10: 0786613629ISBN-13: 9780786613625Publisher: Mel Bay PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/08/2003Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize:...

In this book, Grassi explores the importance of music in psychoanalysis and the place of listening for rhythm within it, arguing that music is a basic working tool for psyche, as words are composed of sound, rhythm and intonation more than lexical meaning. Author:...

Drawing on perspectives from music psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, musicology, clinical psychology, and music education, Music and Mental Imagery provides a critical overview of cutting-edge research on the various types of mental imagery associated with music. The four main parts cover an introduction to...

Thirteen musicians from diverse cultures, time periods, and stations in life are presented here as examples of what gifted and determined young people have achieved in their artistic careers before they turned 25 years old. Students will be inspired as they read the life...

This annotated bibliography is an excellent starting point for studying Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the great Polish composers of the 20th century. It is comprised of over 1,400 books, articles, and other writings that were published in North America, England, Poland, Germany, and France...

Spoiler: You might have to practice... just a little.Ever dreamed of dazzling a crowd on the piano without lifting a finger in rehearsal? So have most of my students.In this refreshingly honest (and slightly rebellious) take on the musical journey, we toss the metronome...

Jon Tolansky outlines the formation and development of the Music Research Centre (MPRC) in London and the many hurdles that had to be surmounted before its inauguration. He also provides, in the final article, a selective catalogue of the current MPRC holdings of archive-recordings,...

Addressing a range of music examples and texts, the fifteen essays in this volume explore the interaction between both conceptions of time and space and the intermedial relationship between words and music. This intermedial experimentation may serve to adopt the spatio-temporal attributes of the...

Beep: Interviews from the Documentary is an edited-down (but still massive!) set of interviews that formed the backbone of Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound. Transcribed interviews from around the world with game sound visionaries like Marty O'Donnell, Nobuo Uematsu, Grame Norgate, Alexander...

Take a journey in entertainment with Down Lovers' Lane, where you will be cognizant of the humorous side of life as well as the mundane. Here you are reminded that jokes amuse the soul and satisfy the heart, profound expressions are designed to engross...

The plight of the fallen woman is one of the salient themes of nineteenth-century art and literature; indeed, the ubiquity of the trope galvanized the Victorian conscience and acted as a spur to social reform. In some notable examples, Julia Grella O'Connell argues, the...

Enjoy discovering different eco-systems while searching for the answer to the question: "Where do notes belong?" As you read this story you will be introduced to different names of music rhythms, what they look like, and where they belong. You will also discover who...

The Metric System is a book written by Robert Goltman and published in 1903. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the metric system, which is a system of measurement used in most of the world today. The metric system is based on the...