Music-History & Criticism

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Traversing power metal, acoustic introspect and finally settling on their breakthrough cinematic sound, Finnish heavyweights Nightwish are the leading name in the sumptuous world of symphonic metal. Having tackled numerous high-profile line-up changes, each threatening to derail the grand vehicle of spirit curated by...

Since their formation in the early 1970s, Earth, Wind & Fire have been at the forefront of popular music. Led by the fearless Maurice White, the band imprinted their funky style onto the world's psyche, with tracks like 'September', 'Let's Groove', 'That's The Way...

Leipzig is the city of books and music. Johann Sebastian Bach composed his cantatas in the St. Thomas Church; Martin Luther disputed the future of Christianity at Germany's second oldest university; and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust" got into a brawl at Auerbach's Keller,...

100 pieces of classical music to bring joy, tears, solace, laughter, inspiration, empathy & everything else in between "Thank you to Tim Bouverie for this book which can be enjoyed as much by the hard-nosed professional as the beginner, anxious to learn something of...

A beautifully-written illustrated history of one of the most important instruments in music cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. According to a literary tradition of Iraq, the origin of the oud lies in the grief of Lamak, a descendent of Cain, son...

MEG-EEG Primer presents the basic A-to-Z of two non-invasive human electrophysiological methods, magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG). These methods are used to study human brain dynamics, tracking the brain's responses to sensory, cognitive, and social stimuli. This book, now in its second edition, remains...

The 1990s were a significant period of change for the music industry. The rise of digital technology brought both opportunities and challenges to artists and musicians. One of the most significant challenges was the emergence of online piracy, which allowed people to easily download...

Morgan Wallen was eliminated from the sixth season of The Voice in 2014. Fast forward nine years to early 2023 and he has since released three studio albums. This project simply pairs the alphabet with 26 songs from the era of 2016 - 2021,...

The Great Piano Virtuosos Of Our Time is a book written by Wilhelm Von Lenz and originally published in 1899. The book is a comprehensive guide to the most celebrated pianists of the late 19th century, including Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, and Ignacy Paderewski....

How the creative use of pop music in film--think Saturday Night Fever or Apocalypse Now--has shaped and shifted music history since the 1960s Quick: What movie do you think of when you hear "The Sounds of Silence"? Better yet, what song comes to mind...

The enduring achievement and legacy of a rock movementFlorida Book Awards, Bronze Medal for Florida Nonfiction The Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd helped usher in a new kind of southern music from Jacksonville, Florida. Together, they and fellow bands like Blackfoot, 38 Special,...

Almost 70 years since the birth of rock, this book honors the legends that gave it sound. Rock is not just a genre of music. It is a way of being, it's an attitude. It is a movement that has swept around the world...

Are you a fan of Marilyn Manson's music or just fascinated by his controversial persona? Either way, you won't want to miss out on "Uncover the Enigma of Marilyn Manson: A Journey Through the Life and Career of a Controversial Icon." This comprehensive book...

A critic's notebook on sparkle and spectacle. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the magazine's 165-year archive. A collection of essays on musicians, celebrities, and aesthetic movements and moments that, taken together, characterize...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Research and Information Guide presents the most extensive annotated bibliography of its subject yet produced. It offers comprehensive coverage of the English composer's prose works and accounts for over 1,000 secondary sources from all critical and scholarly eras. A single-numbering...

Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland. In addition to attempting more balanced assessments of the achievements of British composers of this period, scholars have begun to explore the web of reciprocal relationships between the societal, economic...

When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. After the...

Bringing together the most recent research on the Cultural Revolution in China, musicologists, historians, literary scholars, and others discuss the music and its political implications. Combined, these chapters, paint a vibrant picture of the long-lasting impact that the musical revolution had on ordinary citizens,...

Offering a one-of-a-kind approach to music and literature of the Americas, this book examines the relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by writers such as Gabriel Garc? M疵quez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada.Author: Kenneth...

An A - Z selection of 26 of her songs from the 1980's, a decade that the phenomenal Tina Turner simply dominated.Author: Primo ScagnettiISBN-10: 839598099XISBN-13: 9798395980991Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2023Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.13d

A review of Prince's discography from the 1980's, and a pairing of 26 songs from this era with the alphabet.Author: Primo ScagnettiISBN-10: 8396367051ISBN-13: 9798396367050Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2023Pages: 66Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.14d

During the years 1500-1800, European performing arts reveled in a kaleidoscope of Otherness: Middle-Eastern harem women, fortune-telling Spanish 'Gypsies', Incan priests, Barbary pirates, moresca dancers, and more. In this prequel to his 2009 book Musical Exoticism, Ralph P. Locke explores how exotic locales and...

The astonishing creative genius of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) produced an extraordinary quantity of music: song cycles, symphonies, piano and chamber works - all now recognised as masterpieces. Such acclaim did not exist in the years immediately after his death, and it was only later,...

This is the first of several in-depth studies of Wagner and his music by the renowned music critic Ernest Newman (1868-1959), leading up to the great four-volume biography The Life of Richard Wagner, published 1933-47. This 1899 work presents a thoroughly researched critical analysis...

The most informed reference book on nineteenth-century music currently available, this comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century draws on the most recent scholarship in the field. Essays investigate the intellectual and socio-political history of the time, and examine topics such as nations...

George Frideric Handel was born and educated in Germany, flourished in Italy, and chose to become British. One of the most cosmopolitan of the great composers, much of Handel's music has remained in the popular repertory since his lifetime, and a broad variety of...

The conventional way of understanding what musicians do as performers is to treat them as producers of sound; some even argue that it is unnecessary to see musicians in performance as long as one can hear them. But musical performance, counters Philip Auslander, is...

Modern scholars have often portrayed the method of hexachordal solmization - the sight-singing method introduced by the 11th-century monk Guido of Arezzo - as the diatonic foundation of early music. Stefano Mengozzi challenges this view by examining a representative sample of the primary sources...

Brahms in Context offers a fresh perspective on the much-admired nineteenth-century German composer. Including thirty-nine chapters on historical, social and cultural contexts, the book brings together internationally renowned experts in music, law, science, art history and other areas, including many figures whose work is...

The 1980s saw Alice Cooper release arguably his most diverse collection of albums, ranging from new wave to metal to full-on radio-friendly rock. They weren't all commercially successful, but all are worth listening to and some are excellent.This book (which follows on from the...

Author: Martin IddonISBN-10: 1108492525ISBN-13: 9781108492522Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2023Pages: 350Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.98lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.00d

Melomaniacs, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The...

If you've ever wondered what rock band is Satan's favorite, what makes Joe Walsh the Kurt Vonnegut of the electric guitar, if Laurence Fishburne has any tips on the art of seduction, or if Stevie Nicks was right about rulers making bad lovers, wonder...

The Life of Hector Berlioz as Written by Himself in His Letters and Memoirs, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present...

For over twenty seven years, music critic Bernard Holland reviewed the most celebrated classical artists of the twentieth century for The New York Times. Reporting both sides of the culture war between an honored past and radical change, Holland writes about Philip Glass to...

Explore the guitar as visual subject, enduring symbol, and storyteller's companion. Strummed everywhere from parlors and front porches to protest rallies and rock arenas, the guitar also appears far and wide in American art. Its depictions enable artists and their human subjects to address...

From 1970 to 1973 Underground Press rock critic Rick McGrath interviewed, reviewed and photographed many of the musicians who visited or lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the alternate newspapers The Georgia Straight, The Grape and The Terminal City Express. In Straight Man Rick...

Author: Stephen RodgersISBN-10: 1108834256ISBN-13: 9781108834254Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/06/2023Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.50d

The story of how love drove a women to her destiny to create Destiny Child. In 1997, a female group burst on the scene and catapulted into one of the most successful female groups of all time. For years the picture had been painted...

This Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music that reveals the secrets of why your favorite songs move you. But it's also a story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in...

Did you know that a composer signed the Declaration of Independence? America has a rich musical heritage, but it is in danger of falling into an undeserved oblivion. Classical music, jazz, film scores, and the masterpieces of musical theater are an essential part of...

For twenty-plus years, music critic Bernard Holland heard it all. He reviewed and interviewed many of the most celebrated classical artists - singers, conductors, instrumentalists, composers and the avant garde - of the twentieth century for the New York Times. Reporting both sides of...

More than 200 years after the first speaking machine, we are accustomed to voices that speak from any- and everywhere. We interact daily with voices that emit from house alarm systems, cars, telephones, and digital assistants, such as Alexa and Google Home. However, vocal...

Go deep inside N.W.A.'s culture changing album, Straight Outta Compton. Various writers dissect each song from the album analyzing the lyrics, beats and cultural significance. In addition, Straight Outta Compton features in-depth interviews with those involved with making the album.Author: K. B. DanielsISBN-10: 097614655XISBN-13:...

Young offers a marvelous account of the 150 years of successes and failures by a great many people and diverse organizations striving to create appreciative audiences for opera in Denver. (Music)Author: Allen YoungISBN-10: 0974959782ISBN-13: 9780974959788Publisher: Pilgrims' ProcessLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2006Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x...

This book is a journey back though time focusing on Kings County's (Brooklyn) Contribution to Hip Hop, a culture created by inner-city youth enduring the hardships of poverty. An incredible expedition into gang fights, train yards, block parties and sewing needles. Defining the term...

Most musicians only get one chance at fame. Daryl Braithwaite has managed to have three of them. He joined a band called Sherbet in 1970 and, a year later, they had their first hit - and there were an astonishing 19 more to come.But...

Music has played an important role throughout the island of Ireland since ancient times, and it continues to represent one of the principal cultural avenues for the expression and exploration of contemporary Irish identities. Beautiful Day: Forty Years of Irish Rock tells the story...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...