Music-History & Criticism

"This is a brilliant book by a brilliant man. A magician with perfect taste. Thank God I met him. He is gold dust!" -- Elton JohnFrom the Beatles to Elton John and the Rolling Stones, Tony King has been a confidante and creative muse...

Timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the album's release, this book looks at the making of one of the biggest albums of all time and shows how it catapulted Pink Floyd to super-stardom. Well-known music figures, including Don Brewers, Billy Corgan, and...

The Rosary and the Microphone explores U2 as a politically engaged band that manifests a particular brand of Christianity through the band's mediation in a global context and for a global audience. Through the primarily semiotic study of U2's various mediations, this book maps...

Through engaging scholarly essays written by various authors, American Popular Culture and the Beatles illuminates the synergetic relationship between American popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s and the iconic rock band The Beatles. In Part I of the collection, students learn how the...

The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript from musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick, whose research on blues icon Robert Johnson's mysterious life and death became as much of a myth as the musician himself...

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,...

The Symphonies of Anton Bruckner is a comprehensive book written by Gabriel Engel that explores the life and work of the famous Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part providing a detailed biography of Bruckner and...

Sounds Of The Lake And Forest: Michigan Folk Songs is a book by Virginia Goodin that explores the rich musical heritage of Michigan. The book is a collection of traditional folk songs that have been passed down through generations in the state. The songs...

Depeche Mode, an 80's synth pop band that is still going strong will release their 15th album, entitled MEMENTO MORI, in March 2023.This book only focuses on 1990s Depeche Mode and the three studio albums released during the decade, which culminated with their 9th...

Practical Harmony: Especially Designed For The Use Of Piano-Forte Students (1888) is a comprehensive guide to the study of harmony, written by Frederic Louis Ritter. The book is specifically designed for piano students who want to learn the principles of harmony and how to...

K-Pop phenomenon NCT 127 is currently a nine member boy band who released their first single in 2016. Since then, they have released numerous EPs, four Korean language studio albums, and one Japanese language studio album. This project simply pairs the alphabet with 26...

Lyrics and Love Songs is a book written by Albert Pike that is a collection of various love poems and lyrics. The book is filled with romantic and sentimental verses that express the various emotions and feelings that come with love. The poems are...

The Great Piano Virtuosos Of Our Time is a book written by Wilhelm Von Lenz in 1899. The book is a comprehensive account of the lives and works of some of the greatest piano virtuosos of the time. It includes detailed biographies of renowned...

""The Repairing and Restoration of Violins"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by Horace Petherick in 1903. The book is a detailed manual on how to repair and restore violins, covering topics such as the selection of tools and materials, the identification of different types...

The formative early ballets of West Side Story creators Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins explored in detail for the very first time. 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner. Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins stand as giants of the musical-theatre world, but it was...

This book critically addresses the conventional practices of studies on music, while taking readers through various global examples of musical expression.Author: Steven LozaISBN-10: 1666932965ISBN-13: 9781666932966Publisher: Lexington BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2023Pages: 252Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Finding Fogerty: Interdisciplinary Readings of John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival, edited by Thomas M. Kitts, begins to correct the scholarly neglect of John Fogerty, one of America's great songwriters, one of the rock era's great vocalists, and one of its underrated guitarists and...

It is likely that most fans of bluegrass music would concede that no state should be more associated with bluegrass music than Kentucky--and rightly so. Bluegrass music draws its name from the band that Kentuckian Bill Monroe formed during the late 1930s and 1940s....

This definitive study takes as its subject a group of melodies copied many times, even within single manuscripts. Professor Randel is therefore able to base his conclusions about the relationship of the manuscript sources to one another on twenty-six separate Spanish manuscripts. He shows...

In Experimental Otherwise, Benjamin Piekut takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by "experimental" in avant-garde music. Focusing on one place and time--New York City, 1964--Piekut examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic's disastrous performance of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis;...

The Blues, that unique form of African-American music, continues to hold a fascination with each successive generation of young people. Scots-born Londoner Robert Nicholson is just one such person. Grabbed first as a teenager by the white blues sounds of the Rolling Stones and...

King of the Queen City is the first comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most influential independent record companies in the history of American music. Founded by businessman Sydney Nathan in the mid-1940s, this small outsider record company in Cincinnati, Ohio, attracted...

Nevin Grant, avid record collector and musician, left law school in the 1960s to pursue a career in radio - and became part of music history, leading one of the nation's most influential stations to become an acclaimed hit-maker on Top 40 CKOC radio....

In the Cape Breton Fiddle, Glenn Graham, an accomplished Cape Breton fiddler, explores the rootes of the Cape BReton fiddling tradition, an art firmly rooted in Scottish Gaelic cultural forms, through an evolution that has made Cape BReton an icon of creativity recognized throughout...

Jazz as an instrument of global diplomacy transformed superpower relations in the Cold War era and reshaped democracy's image worldwide. Lisa E. Davenport tells the story of America's program of jazz diplomacy practiced in the Soviet Union and other regions of the world from...

Let's take it back to the seventiesWhen Rap was born and made emcees. But before they could even bless the MicIt would be the DJ that rocked the night From the Message that rained down from Sugar HillTo the beat from chic that spun...

Hip-Hop at it's core is authentic and unapologetic without those two attributes, you ain't Hip-Hop If you feel like you're disrespecting someone, when you say the word nigga, you're definitely not Hip-Hop. So, don't even put yourself in that space, especially if you feel...

It is hard to imagine two composers more different in talent and temperament than the French, mostly self-taught Hector Berlioz and German, highly cultivated Felix Mendelssohn. The two were an "odd couple": Berlioz grew up in provincial France, the son of a country doctor;...

The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic is a non-fiction book written by Florence Howe Hall. The book is an in-depth exploration of the origins and history of one of the most famous patriotic songs in American history, the Battle Hymn of...

Originally published London, 1924. Contents Include: The Serenade at Caserta "Les Indes Galantes" The King and the Nightingale Biography etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books...

The untold story of a British institution'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson'Compelling.' David Kynaston'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the YearPete Brown is a convivial guide on this journey through the intoxicating history of the working men's clubs. From the...

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,...

Remediating Sound studies the phenomena of remixing, mashup and recomposition: forms of reuse and sampling that have come to characterise much of YouTube's audiovisual content. Through collaborative composition, collage and cover songs to reaction videos and political activism, users from diverse backgrounds have embraced...

The turn of the millennium has heralded an outgrowth of culture that demonstrates an awareness of the ephemeral nature of history and the complexity underpinning the relationship between location and the past. This has been especially apparent in the shifting relationship between landscape, memory...

""A Pedal Method For The Piano"" is a book written by Albert F. Venino and published in 1894. The book is a comprehensive guide to using the pedal on the piano, covering various techniques and exercises to help pianists improve their pedal skills. The...

Chords of the Zither is a book written by Clinton Scollard and published in 1910. The book is a collection of poems that explore the themes of love, nature, and spirituality. The title of the book is a reference to the zither, a musical...

Ten Provencal Carols is a collection of ten traditional Christmas carols from the Provence region of France, compiled and arranged by Nicholas Saboly. Originally published in 1918, the book features the lyrics and sheet music for each carol, as well as a brief introduction...

Belle 駱oque Paris adored dance. Whether at the music hall or in more refined theaters, audiences flocked to see the spectacles offered to them by the likes of Isadora Duncan, Diaghilev's flashy company, and an embarrassment of Salom駸. After languishing in the shadow of...

Learning Jazz: Jazz Education, History, and Public Pedagogy addresses a debate that has consumed practitioners and advocates since the music's early days. Studies on jazz learning typically focus on one of two methods: institutional education or the kinds of informal mentoring relationships long associated...

Learning Jazz: Jazz Education, History, and Public Pedagogy addresses a debate that has consumed practitioners and advocates since the music's early days. Studies on jazz learning typically focus on one of two methods: institutional education or the kinds of informal mentoring relationships long associated...

Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane chronicles the origins and evolution of a folk tune beloved by millions worldwide. Dan Gutstein delves into the trajectory of the "Liza Jane" family of songs, including the most popular variant "Li'l Liza Jane." Likely...

The first in-depth historical overview of spectral music, which is widely regarded, alongside minimalism, as one of the two most influential compositional movements of the last fifty years. Charting spectral music's development in France from 1972 to 1982, this ground-breaking study establishes how spectral...

Profound transformations in the composition, performance and reception of modernist music have taken place in recent decades. This collection brings fresh perspectives to bear upon key questions surrounding the forms that musical modernism takes today, how modern music is performed and heard, and its...

Drawing on a range of sources and fields, the rich life story of this polymathic composer. This groundbreaking biography offers fresh perspectives on the life, ideas, and music of French twentieth-century composer, organist, and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen. Drawing from previously unexplored sketches and archival...

Solid Rock is a visual celebration of the evolution of heavy guitar music. A larger format, landscape, coffee table feature book with a unique commentary drawn from our 'In-conversation' sessions with K.K. Downing - Grammy award-winning guitarist and a founding member of classic heavy...

The String Quartet in E flat major (1834) by Fanny Hensel, n馥 Mendelssohn, is one of the most important works by a female composer written in the nineteenth century. Composed at a turning point in her life (as Hensel was not only grappling with...

Laurel Canyon was the neighborhood perched above the clubs and record companies of Sunset Strip where Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Don Henley, and Peter Tork, just to name a few, lived and collaborated to make an indelible mark...

In this first English-language history of the origins and impact of the Japanese pop music industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment, epitomized by ryūkōka ("popular songs"), with Japan's transformation into a middle-class society in the years after World War II. With...

This is a guide to both the music and the poetry of Schubert's much-loved song cycle, set to poems by the Prussian poet Wilhelm Mﾜller. Composed in 1823, this work is one of the greatest masterpieces of the song repertoire. The genesis of both...

During the two centuries before 841, the Japanese Court borrowed a large amount of secular entertainment music from China, chiefly music of the Sui and Tang Courts. This music, known as 'Tang Music' is preserved in manuscripts written between the eighth and thirteenth centuries...