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Chopin Through His Contemporaries
Friends, Lovers, and Rivals
Inbunden, 1999
1131 kr
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Dual natures comprised Chopin's personality. On one hand, he was a highly creative romantic idealist and on the other, a realist trying to cope with the world at large. Documentary evidence illustrates the disparities in his personality as a reflection of these two diverse aspects of his psyche. Of …
Cultivation of Body and Mind in Nineteenth-Century American Delsartism
Av Nancy Ruyter
E-bok, 1999
1204 kr
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This study chronicles the American adaptation of the theory and practice of the French acting, singing, and aesthetics teacher, Francois Delsarte. Delsartism was introduced in the United States by Steele Mackaye, Delsarte's only American student. American Delsartism, with its emphasis on physical …
Perspectives on the Grateful Dead
Critical Writings
E-bok, 1999
1204 kr
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The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture. Its popularity has endured for three decades despite mixed critical reception. Jerry Garcia, thought of among many as a musical icon and spokesperson for more than one …
Whose Master's Voice?
The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures
E-bok, 1997
1204 kr
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What are the interactions between transnational communication and national cultures? This work attempts to answer this critical question in the study of culture and communication. It takes as its vehicle of study the music industry and music making in 13 different cultures, presenting an insider's …
Wind and Wind-Chorus Music of Anton Bruckner
Av Keith Kinder
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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This comprehensive study treats the wind works of Anton Bruckner as a complete genre and uses them to illustrate how the composer evolved in style throughout his career. A major nineteenth-century composer, organist, and church musician, Bruckner's compositional style changed dramatically in the …
Virtue or Virtuosity?
Explorations in the Ethics of Musical Performance
Av Jane O'Dea
E-bok, 2000
1169 kr
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Drawing upon the past two decades of burgeoning literature in philosophy of music, this study offers a comprehensive, critical analysis of what is entailed in performance interpretation. It argues that integrity and other virtues offset the harm that virtuosity and rigid historical authenticity can …
Fugal Composition
A Guide to the Study of Bach's '48'
E-bok, 2003
1321 kr
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Eminently readable despite the complexity of its subject, Fugal Composition: A Guide to the Study of Bach's 48 guides the reader in studying the 48 fugues of the composer's Well-Tempered Clavier . Author Joseph Groocock analyzes each of the fugues individually, both verbally and diagrammatically, …
Feminist Aesthetics in Music
E-bok, 2001
1169 kr
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Is there such a thing as women's music? Do women write and listen to music differently than men do? While recognizing that the differences among women are as distinct as the differences between genders, this bold new study examines gender's influence on music. The author's unique analytical …
Electroacoustic Music
Analytical Perspectives
E-bok, 2002
1481 kr
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Electroacoustic music, a flourishing medium for over half a century, remains today, in a wide array of technological forms, one of the major areas of creative activity in music. However, it has long been overlooked in theoretical studies—possibly in part because it does away with traditional scores …
Discordant Melody
Alexander Zemlinsky, His Songs, and the Second Viennese School
E-bok, 2002
1204 kr
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Esteemed by many of his most distinguished contemporaries, including Arnold Schoenberg , Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) was a protégé of Brahms and Mahler. Despite this, he was overshadowed by the composers of the second Viennese school, and for many years after his death was remembered merely as …
Busoni and the Piano
The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings
Av Larry Sitsky
Inbunden, 1986
1098 kr
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Music as Propaganda
Art to Persuade, Art to Control
Inbunden, 1985
1098 kr
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Perris examines the past and present uses of music as a means for political and social change, overt or disguised. He presents evidence of music as propaganda ranging from Broadway to the official compositions of the totalitarian regimes of Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and Communist China, as well …
Mozart in Person
His Character and Health
Inbunden, 1989
1281 kr
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The real key to this distinctive book lies in its subtitle. The book's core is an astonishingly detailed medical history of Mozart, spanning his entire life, compiled with great ingenuity and skill from varied and sometimes surprising sources. Davies, a British physician specializing in internal …
Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900-1929
Av Larry Sitsky
Inbunden, 1994
1098 kr
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Soviet and Russian music of the first third of the 20th century--with the exception of the music of a few high-profile composers who were officially sponsored by the State--is still largely unexplored territory, known only to a few specialists. Nevertheless, the music has considerable intrinsic …
20th-Century Microtonal Notation
Av Gardner Read
Inbunden, 1990
1316 kr
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No other book has covered the subject of 20th-century microtonal notation in such depth as this comprehensive guide book. 20th-Century Microtonal Notation surveys the many attempts to notate various microtonal divisions of the octave in our western music. The concerts, festivals, and journals …
Philosophy and the Analysis of Music
Bridges to Musical Sound, Form, and Reference
Inbunden, 1991
1098 kr
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A musical experience is marked by the synthesis of passion and rationality, emotion and understanding, and body and mind. Ferrara demonstrates that each method of musical analysis confines musical significance to a single level: formal methods explain musical syntax; phenemonological methods …
Salsiology
Afro-Cuban Music and the Evolution of Salsa in New York City
Av Vernon W. Boggs, Vernon W. Boggs
Inbunden, 1992
1583 kr
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Boggs presents a readable, even exciting, history of Salsa, showing how Afro-Cuban music was embraced in New York City, how it has undergone cycles of popularity, and how it has been replicated abroad. Extensively illustrated with photographs of the bands and clubs as well as the key leaders and …
Voice of Nations
European National Anthems and Their Authors
Av F. G. Eyck
Inbunden, 1995
1098 kr
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This first in-depth study of European national anthems analyzes their evolution as indicative of the culture, characteristics, and histories of the 15 different nations. Beyond these specific features, The Voice of Nations explores common themes such as the quest for liberty, independence, …
Dancing Spirits
Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite
Av Gerdes Fleurant, Gerdes Fleurant
Inbunden, 1996
2043 kr
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The reflexive approach and the concept of bimusicality have made possible this in-depth study of the Rada rite, the foundation of the complex and sensationalized religion of Haiti, Vodun. Fleurant returned to his native Haiti to immerse himself in the socio-cultural life of those who practice the …
Music of Morton Feldman
Av Thomas Delio
Inbunden, 1996
1098 kr
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Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is today widely regarded as one of America's foremost experimental composers. His unique body of compositions, as well as his numerous writings and interviews, provide a vast amount of source material for scholarly research. Yet, few have seriously examined his work. This …
Music of Anthony Braxton
Av Mike Heffley
Inbunden, 1996
1131 kr
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For three decades, Anthony Braxton has been alternately celebrated, dismissed, and attacked for his musical innovations. His ambitious efforts to reconcile and personalize the historically divergent and often conflicting worldviews and principles of African-American (jazz), American Experimental …
Domenico Cimarosa
His Life and His Operas
Av Nick Rossi, Talmage Fauntleroy
Inbunden, 1999
1131 kr
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This is the first book in English about Domenico Cimarosa, his more than 65 operas and his sacred and secular vocal music, his keyboard music, and his various works for solo instruments and ensembles. This is also the first authoritative book on Cimarosa since an Italian biography published in …
Perspectives on the Grateful Dead
Critical Writings
Inbunden, 1999
1098 kr
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The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture. Its popularity has endured for three decades despite mixed critical reception. Jerry Garcia, thought of among many as a musical icon and spokesperson for more than one …
Cultivation of Body and Mind in Nineteenth-Century American Delsartism
Av Nancy Ruyter
Inbunden, 1999
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This study chronicles the American adaptation of the theory and practice of the French acting, singing, and aesthetics teacher, Francois Delsarte. Delsartism was introduced in the United States by Steele Mackaye, Delsarte's only American student. American Delsartism, with its emphasis on physical …
Feminist Aesthetics in Music
Inbunden, 2001
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Is there such a thing as women's music? Do women write and listen to music differently than men do? While recognizing that the differences among women are as distinct as the differences between genders, this bold new study examines gender's influence on music. The author's unique analytical …
Electroacoustic Music
Analytical Perspectives
Av Thomas Licata, Thomas Licata
Inbunden, 2002
1388 kr
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Electroacoustic music, a flourishing medium for over half a century, remains today, in a wide array of technological forms, one of the major areas of creative activity in music. However, it has long been overlooked in theoretical studies—possibly in part because it does away with traditional scores …
Virtue or Virtuosity?
Explorations in the Ethics of Musical Performance
Av Jane O'Dea
Inbunden, 2000
1066 kr
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Drawing upon the past two decades of burgeoning literature in philosophy of music, this study offers a comprehensive, critical analysis of what is entailed in performance interpretation. It argues that integrity and other virtues offset the harm that virtuosity and rigid historical authenticity can …
Beethoven in Person
His Deafness, Illnesses, and Death
Inbunden, 2001
1131 kr
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This critical reevaluation of the causes of many of Beethoven's illnesses offers detailed accounts of the treatments applied by his physicians and a comprehensive rendering of the composer's final illness, death, and burial. Separate chapters discuss the causes of many of Beethoven's illnesses, his …
Character of a Genius
Beethoven in Perspective
Inbunden, 2001
1131 kr
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Beethoven's often-discussed dark side--marked by paranoia, narcissism, and obsession--is brought into focus by Peter J. Davies, who examines both the composer's genetic roots and the familial cruelty and neglect that defined his childhood. But this book is more than a biography, eschewing facile …
