Music-History & Criticism

A revealing history of the Beatles' experimental record label, as told by the label's manager, Barry Miles.In August 1968, the Beatles launched their greatest business enterprise, Apple Records, to international fanfare. The less well-known story is the introduction of their Zapple label about nine...

In Blutopia Graham Lock studies the music and thought of three pioneering twentieth-century musicians: Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton. Providing an alternative to previous analyses of their work, Lock shows how these distinctive artists were each influenced by a common musical and...

Bill Malone, noted historian and author of Country Music USA, calls the Louvin Brothers 'the most important vocal duet in the history of country music'. This book pays tribute to the Louvins, placing their music in perspective and context. The author conducted extensive interviews...

This book explores the work of three significant American women composers of the twentieth century: Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer and Miriam Gideon. It offers information on both their lives and music and skillfully interweaves history and musical analysis in ways that both the specialist...

A composer and lyricist of enormous innovation and influence, Marc Blitzstein remains one of the most versatile and fascinating figures in the history of American music, his creative output running the gamut from films scores and Broadway operas to art songs and chamber pieces....

Down On The Corner is the story of music performed on the streets, in subways, in parks, in schoolyards, on the back of flatbed trucks, and beyond, from the 1920s to the present day.One day around 1970, my father announced to me that he'd...

Abba, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Blondie, David Bowie, Carpenters, Eagles, Al Green, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin, Dolly Parton, Pink Floyd, Queen, Kenny Rogers, the Sex Pistols, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Village People, Stevie Wonder,...

Offers a unique perspective in to what it takes to perform Richard Wagner's operas. Performing Wagner studies each of the iconic Wagnerian heldentenor roles from the unique perspective of the performer. Stephen Gould studied and acted them hundreds of times in scores of productions...

A comprehensive guide to the history, design, and playing techniques of medieval stringed instruments such as the lyre, harp, gittern, and vielle. The author's expertise as a performer and scholar is evident in the detailed descriptions of the instruments, as well as their musical...

This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike-in all its facets-in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is...

Modern Violin Playing is a book written by Samuel B. Grimson in 1920. The book provides a comprehensive guide to playing the violin, covering various aspects of technique, including posture, bowing, fingering, and vibrato. It also includes exercises and practice routines designed to improve...

The Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music covers the history of this period through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on the most important traditions, famous pieces, persons, places, technical terms, and institutions of...

In his own words-from rock's most legendary bad boy. Rock 'n' roll legend and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has quite a few things to say: about Mick Jagger, the Stones, sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and life itself. Sample these nuggets of wit...

To witness war is, in large part, to hear it. And to survive it is, among other things, to have listened to it--and to have listened through it. Listening to War: Sound, Music, Trauma, and Survival in Wartime Iraq is a groundbreaking study of...

"Taylor Made: My Life, My Story" is an evocative autobiography by Dr. Will Harris, chronicling his journey from the small town of Taylor, Mississippi, to becoming a celebrated gospel musician and educator. This deeply personal memoir reveals the challenges and triumphs of Harris's life,...

"Taylor Made: My Life, My Story" is an evocative autobiography by Dr. Will Harris, chronicling his journey from the small town of Taylor, Mississippi, to becoming a celebrated gospel musician and educator. This deeply personal memoir reveals the challenges and triumphs of Harris's life,...

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,...

At the turn of the century, visionary composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes synthesized highly diverse elements from other musical traditions into his distinct artistic voice. As American as he was far ranging in his interests, Griffes was an aesthetic polyglot, combining elements of literature, visual...

David Bowie passed away in 2016 at age 69 in New York City. He left behind 26 solo studio albums and numerous projects. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. This project simply pairs the alphabet with...

Where does music come from? What kind of agency does a song have? What is at the root of musical pleasure? Can music die? These are some of the questions the Greeks and the Romans asked about music, song, and the soundscape within which...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians." - Scott JoplinDespite a general dearth of African American names rising to musical prominence during the...

To date, scholars have paid little attention to the role that music played at political rallies and protests, the political activism of right-wing and left-wing musicians, and the emergence of musical performances as sites of verbal and physical confrontations between Allende supporters and the...

The Spiritual Harp is a compilation of vocal music that is intended for use in various settings, including choirs, congregations, and social gatherings. The book is authored by J. M. Peebles, and it contains a diverse range of spiritual songs that are designed to...

The Oxford History of English Music, Volume 2 takes the story of English Music from c.1715 to the present day. Apart from discussing the music of the principal composers, it focuses to a certain extent on the work of lesser musicians, and includes developments...

A composer and lyricist of enormous innovation and influence, Marc Blitzstein remains one of the most versatile and fascinating figures in the history of American music, his creative output running the gamut from films scores and Broadway operas to art songs and chamber pieces....

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music--from Beyonc? to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton--featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.Turning the Tables, launched in...

Our favorite records don't live in isolation. Each one has a story. Insisting that an infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made (as long as they take turns), writer and DJ Carl Cafarelli's book THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE!...

A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes.Author: Fumi TomitaISBN-10: 1438496370ISBN-13: 9781438496375Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2024Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac--the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures--Dreams evokes the band's entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story. Fleetwood Mac has had a ground-breaking career spanning...

The definitive history of the rise and heyday of the revolutionary Greenwich Village music scene, based on new research and first-hand interviews with many of its legendary performers Although Greenwich Village encompasses less than a square mile in downtown New York, rarely has such...

In Proust's Songbook, Jennifer Rushworth analyzes and theorizes the presence and role of songs in Marcel Proust's novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). Instead of focusing on instrumental music and large-scale forms such as symphonies and opera, as...

Japan was the first non-Western nation to compete with the Western powers at their own game. The country's rise to a major player on the stage of Western music has been equally spectacular. The connection between these two developments, however, has never been explored.How...

Servanthood of Song is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today. The gulf which...

Servanthood of Song is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today. The gulf which...

Garth Brooks was the best-selling country artist of the 1990s. Actually, he was the best-selling artist of the '90s period. So why did he close out that triumphant decade by transforming into a fictional rocker named Chris Gaines? He devised an outrageous backstory for...

Put your boy band expertise to the test with nearly 500 trivia questions, accompanied by entertaining illustrations capturing your favorite musical moments. A true love letter to boy bands, the Boy Bands Ultimate Trivia Book is the perfect way to show off your knowledge...

In this rich study of noise in American film-going culture, Meredith C. Ward shows how aurality can reveal important fissures in American motion picture history, enabling certain types of listening cultures to form across time. Connecting this history of noise in the cinema to...

Japan was the first non-Western nation to compete with the Western powers at their own game. The country's rise to a major player on the stage of Western music has been equally spectacular. The connection between these two developments, however, has never been explored.How...

Phil Ochs was the 'The Prince of Protest' in the sixties. The only real rival to Bob Dylan, he was the archetypal Greenwich Village topical songwriter. Whether protesting the Vietnam War or campaigning for civil rights, workers' rights and social justice, Phil was always...

Listen to Psychedelic Rock! contains more than 50 entries covering the people, records, places, and events that shaped one of the most exciting and influential periods in popular music. This addition to the Exploring a Music Genre series concentrates solely on psychedelic rock music....

A half-century of previously unpublished interviews with legendary musicians, in a brand-new book from America's foremost oral historian ""I'm one of these people that thinks that everybody has certain gifts, you know, when they're born...I used to play the guitar when I was ten,...

With unprecedented access and unsparing analysis, this is the definitive investigation into Spotify, weaving interviews with incisive cultural criticism, and illuminating how streaming has reshaped music for listeners and artists alike. Flush with testimony from over a hundred industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and...

A significant collection of interviews with the defiant, controversial, and ground-breaking singer, songwriter, and activist throughout her turbulent career . . . Brilliant, loveable, mercurial, troubled: Sin?ad O'Connor was one of the most important Irish artists of the past 50 years. Her voice inspired...

In this engaging and original book Abel explains the rise to prominence in Western Music of a new rhythm: Groove.Author: Mark AbelISBN-10: 1608464849ISBN-13: 9781608464845Publisher: Haymarket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2016Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

In Biblical Daughters and Queens, Helen Leneman continues her sustained approach to biblical reception in music traversing several centuries. She offers a immersive reading of two types of biblical women-daughters and queens-in a wide range of musical representations spanning over 300 years (1648-1993). Music,...

(Book). There are few musical instruments that have given the world more joy than the ukulele. Ever since it evolved from a pair of small Portuguese instruments introduced to Hawaii in the late 1800s, this little guitar-liked four-string has significantly impacted American musical tastes...

Author: Bj?rn HeileISBN-10: 1009491709ISBN-13: 9781009491709Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/2024Pages: 286Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.44lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.69d

What does it mean to be human in a world where machines, too, can be artists? What is this "uncanny valley," and how did we get here? As the field of art made by artificial intelligence begins to expand dramatically, questions about the role...

Perhaps the best musical encapsulation of the Cold War as experienced in the walled city of West-Berlin, Kollaps is a product of its time while remaining as vital, exhilarating and surprising as the day it was released. The book explores the contexts, themes and...

A lively collection of essays that re-examines the extraordinary legacies of the four Canadian women who dominated '90s music and changed the industry forever Fully revised and updated, with a foreword by Vivek Shraya In this of-the-moment essay collection, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner...