Music-History & Criticism

In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has...

An urgently needed guide to understanding medieval music to be used as a text for the university undergraduate, graduate students in music and interdisciplinary medieval studies, and for the professional musicologist and medievalist. This book will also be appreciated by everyone interested in early...

San Francisco and the Long 60s tells the fascinating story of the legacy of popular music in San Francisco between the years 1965-69. It is also a chronicle of the impact this brief cultural flowering has continued to have in the city - and...

Wendy Heller's Music in the Baroque traces the production and consumption of music in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Going beyond a history of styles, the text explores patronage, education, religious and civic ritual, theater, and visual culture. Heller focuses not only on...

A revelatory examination of Emo Rap, from its inception to its incendiary ascent into the mainstream, including the critical artists that defined its sound and ethos, from Kid Cudi to Lil Peep, Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion, and Juice WRLD. When Kid Cudi dubbed himself...

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and '70s told through the story of the period's most important forgotten comedy group. This expansive book reclaims the Firesign Theatre (hazily remembered as a comedy act for stoners) as critically engaged artists working in the heart...

Treatments of synesthesia in the arts and humanities generally assume a clear distinction between the neurological condition and the literary device. Synesthetes' descriptions of colors seen in connection with music, for example, are thought to differ fundamentally from common expressions that rely on transpositions...

Since the magazine's first issue in 1964, TeenSet's role in popular music journalism has been overlooked and underappreciated. Teen fan magazines, often written by women and assumed to be read only by young girls, have been misconstrued by scholars and journalists to lack "seriousness"...

Dub reggae and the techniques associated with it have, since the late-1980s, been used widely by producers of dance and ambient music. However, the term was originally applied to a remixing technique pioneered in Jamaica as far back as 1967. Recording engineers produced reggae...

Explaining the meaning or affect of a piece of music is by no means an easy task. However, some success has been found through the work of Philip Tagg, whose technique consists of breaking down a musical example into minimal units of musical meaning...

The Complete System of Natural Harmonics by H. Spencer Lewis is a comprehensive guide to understanding and utilizing the principles of natural harmonics. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part covering the basics of harmonic theory, including the properties of...

The book ""Music Of The Maidu Indians Of California: Publications Of The Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund"" by Frances Densmore is a comprehensive study of the music of the Maidu Indians of California. The book is a part of the Frederick Webb Hodge...

Double Counterpoint and Canon is a book written by Ebenezer Prout and first published in 1893. The book is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of double counterpoint and canon, two important techniques in classical music composition. The book begins with a...

Famous Pianists Of Today And Yesterday is a book written by Henry C. Lahee and published in 1900. The book is a comprehensive guide to the most famous pianists of the time, as well as those who had achieved fame in the past. The...

Ranging chronologically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries and thematically from Latin to vernacular literary modes, this book challenges standard assumptions about the musical cultures and philosophies of the European Middle Ages. Engaging a wide range of premodern texts and contexts, from the...

In a lively exploration of Jacques Offenbach's final masterpiece, Heather Hadlock shows how Les Contes d'Hoffmann summed up not only the composer's career but also a century of Romantic culture. A strange fusion of irony and profundity, frivolity and nightmare, the opera unfolds as...

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...

An exploration of the world's most famous and challenging song cycle, Schubert's Winter Journey (Winterreise), by a leading interpreter of the work who teases out the themes--literary, historical, psychological--that weave through the twenty-four songs that make up this legendary masterpiece. Drawing equally on his...

Author: Sheila M. NelsonISBN-10: 0393336263ISBN-13: 9780393336269Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1972Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d

Homegrown Music offers an introductory primer for newcomers to bluegrass and provides a novel perspective for fans already captivated by the music. Award-winning bluegrass writer Stephanie P. Ledgin writes about topics ranging from the music's predecessors to its innovators to contemporary figures. Interviews with...

Author: Roman KozakISBN-13: 9798989828333Publisher: Trouser Press BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2024Pages: 230Format: Paperback

Serge Gainsbourg is arguably the Francophone songwriter whose contribution to the international appeal of French popular music has been the most significant in the post-war era. Sampled by Beck, De La Soul, Massive Attack and Fatboy Slim, remixed by Howie B. and David Holmes,...

"The Beyonc? Phenomenon: From Destiny's Child to Queen Bey" by Fiona Sterling takes readers on a transformative journey through the life and career of one of the most influential artists of our time. Beyonc?, an unparalleled icon in the American music industry, has risen...

Schubert's Workshop offers a fresh study of the composer's compositional technique and its development, rooted in the author's experience of realising performing versions of Franz Schubert's unfinished works. Through close examination of Schubert's use of technical and structural devices, Brian Newbould demonstrates that Schubert...

Schubert's Workshop offers a fresh study of the composer's compositional technique and its development, rooted in the author's experience of realising performing versions of Franz Schubert's unfinished works. Through close examination of Schubert's use of technical and structural devices, Brian Newbould demonstrates that Schubert...

The electroacoustic works of the Greek-French composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) captivate with their radical ideas, sounds and compositional models. They were often conceived as multimedia works for specific locations and architectures. The richness of the approaches and processes gave rise to an extensive body...

This book studies Crumb's Winds of Destiny and Black Angels as artefacts of collective memory and cultural trauma. It situates these two pieces in Crumb's output and unpacks the complex methodologies needed to understand these pieces as contributions and challenges to traditional narratives of...

Beloved theatre critic Peter Filichia has created a treasure for the ages with A Show Tune for Today, a whimsical day-by-day calendar--one that can be used again and again, in any year--for musical theatre buffs. Across 366 bite-size entries, Filichia dispenses anecdotes, observations, fun...

The volume on a standard amp goes to 10. But, sometimes, that's just not high enough. Sometimes, you need to rock even harder than that--all the way to 11. Goes to 11 books are short, opinionated introductions to the catalogs of major musical acts...

"Looking at opera from the standpoint of its texts, as only a gifted poet and librettist can do, Dana Gioia examines why a surprisingly small number of operas have attained a secure place in the repertory. His insight into the workings of this uniquely...

This book embraces the multiplicity of forms of writing inspired by rock and roll.Exploring a diverse range of formats including rock autobiography and gender, race and class in American rock journalism, rock obituaries, rock literature and spirituality, rock writing and promotion/packaging, and more, this...

recorded their self-titled first album over three weekends. It is now regarded as the quintessential punk record. Over the next five years, they recorded another fourteen sides of long-playing vinyl including the platinum-selling double-LP London Calling, which was voted the best album of the...

Originally published under the title Οἱ ἀναγραμματισμ¬ οὶ καὶ τὰ μαθήματα τῆς βυζαντινῆς μελοποιίας (1979), this publication reveals for the first time the entire magnitude of Byzantine kalophony serving as a systematic introduction to the Greek Byzantine music culture, that of the Byzantine Psaltic...

Excerpt from Bluebeard: A Musical Fantasy More than a dozen years ago musical scholars and critics began to illuminate the musical darkness of New York with lecture-recitals explanatory of the more abstruse German operas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...

The music scene in Austin is known the world over, but it can place a considerable portion of its roots in a little-known but prolific indie label: Sonobeat Records. A small, independent label founded by father-and-son duo Bill Josey Sr. and Bill Josey Jr.,...

The Sentimental Song Book is a collection of popular songs from the late 19th century, compiled by Julia A. Moore and originally published in 1878. The book features over 100 sentimental ballads, love songs, and hymns, many of which were written by well-known composers...

The Art of Breathing and the Act of Expiration During Singing is a comprehensive guide written by Leo Kofler that teaches singers how to properly breathe and exhale while singing. The book explains the importance of proper breathing techniques in singing and how it...

""Healing And Regeneration Through Music"" by Corinne D. Heline is a comprehensive guide to the transformative power of music on the human body, mind, and spirit. The book explores the various ways in which music can be used to heal and regenerate the body,...

This book serves as an introduction to the work of Godfrey Winham, an influential figure in American music theory circles in the 1960s. Little published in his lifetime, Winham left behind, at his premature death in 1974, a massive collection of notes: correspondence, unfinished...

The untold story of the West-Eastern Divan, an orchestra reaching across the Israeli-Arab divide.Author: Elena CheahISBN-10: 1844674088ISBN-13: 9781844674084Publisher: VersoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2009Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.22h x 5.58w x 0.94dReview Citation(s): Library Journal Annex 10/13/2009

Presenting a remarkable selection of songs ranging from vintage rock 'n' roll to today's electronic dance music, this book analyzes in fine detail the writing and recording techniques behind 100 selected singles and album cuts to see exactly what makes a great track great....

Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years. In order...

Authoritatively written and lavishly packaged, Fender Stratocaster(R) 70 Years: Deluxe Box Edition is the ultimate visual celebration of the company and its legendary instruments. This stunning collector's edition is packaged in a Fender-inspired presentation case that also includes a custom envelope featuring two exclusive...

Greil Marcus once said to an interviewer, "There is an infinite amount of meaning about anything, and I free associate." For more than four decades, Marcus has explored the connections among figures, sounds, and events in culture, relating unrelated points of departure, mapping alternate...

Herbert Thompson (1856-1945) was chief music critic at The Yorkshire Post from 1886 until 1936, as well as being the Yorkshire correspondent for the Musical Times. This volume includes a critical edition of his Reminiscences, and a substantial selection of his published music criticism....

Through a combination of musical-textual analysis with critical theory and with four interconnected studies of the characters of Walther, Sachs, Beckmesser, and Eva, this book interrogates the ideological underpinnings of Die Meistersinger's narrative.Author: Christopher KimbellISBN-10: 1032390328ISBN-13: 9781032390321Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/02/2024Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.21h...

The best-known songs in the world are violent, sexist, and religious -- so why do we celebrate national anthems when we should be rewriting them?"Fascinating and thoughtful ... showcases how anthems divide us even as they promise to bring communities together." -- MARK CLAGUE,...

Listening to British Nature: Wartime, Radio, and Modern Life, 1914-1945 reveals for the first time how the sounds and rhythms of the natural world were listened to, interpreted and used amid the pressures of early twentieth century life. The book argues that despite and...

Drums Through The Ages: The Story Of Our Oldest And Most Fascinating Musical Instruments is a comprehensive exploration of the history, evolution, and cultural significance of drums. Written by Charles Lafayette White, this book delves into the origins of drums, tracing their development from...

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...