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Known for her creative output and a distinctive merging of Chinese and Western influences, Chen built a musical language that references a breathtaking range of sources and crisscrosses geographical and musical borders without eradicating them.  Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards provide an accessible guide to the composer's background and her more than 150 works. Extensive interviews with Chen complement in-depth analyses of selected pieces from Chen's solos for Western or Chinese instruments, chamber works, choral and vocal pieces, and compositions scored for wind ensemble, chamber orchestra, or full orchestra. The authors highlight Chen's compositional strategies,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable addition to biographies of living women composers essential for any library's collection. The book's appeal to a variety of readers and its uses from score study to music appreciation present a wealth of musical, cultural, and personal context about the composer's life and artistic voice.\" --\u003ci\u003eMusic Reference Services Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The publication of \u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e, an illuminating book by American scholars Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards, is by no means a small accomplishment. . . . \u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e presents a captivating narrative of the composer's career and highlights her unique musical identity through concise and insightful readings of nearly thirty selected works. . . . Miller and Edward's examination of Chen Yi's life journey and compositional strategies is quite informative and revealing, drawing on current scholarship, the authors' own research and analysis, and their own extensive interviews with Chen Yi conducted in 2015 and 2016.\" --\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards's book \u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed study of the composer's music and provides an excellent guide for those interested in programming and engaging in further research on her work.\" --\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Society for American Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To say that \u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive guide to the life and works of Chen Yi is to say something true but not nearly enough. Not only is it a fascinating and insightful account of the journey of one extraordinary woman composer and her music, but it is also a primer on the history of twentieth-century China, a resource on Chinese music, and a volume to which readers will return again and again for both its utility as a reference book and the pleasure of a good read.\" --\u003ci\u003eInternational Alliance of Women in Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable addition to biographies of living women composers and is essential to any library's collection. The book's appeal to a variety of readers and its uses from score study to music appreciation present a wealth of musical, cultural, and personal context about the composer's life and artistic voice.\" --\u003ci\u003eMusic Reference Service Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intimate picture of Chen’s life and music. The incredible details, nuanced discussion, and dynamic analyses have made \u003ci\u003eChen Yi\u003c\/i\u003e an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of contemporary music.\" --\u003ci\u003eKapralova Society Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This welcome contribution to UIP’s landmark series chronicles Chen Yi’s inspiring journey from her childhood in Guangzhou and Shimen to her musical studies in Beijing and New York to her position as an internationally renowned composer and educator. A touching portrait of a remarkable person and a worthy guide to her incomparable music.”--Ellie M. Hisama, author of \u003ci\u003eGendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Biography and Framework\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Compositional Processes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Solo and Chamber Music Works\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Works for Large Instrumental Ensembles\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Choral and Solo Vocal Works\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Issues\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e List of Works\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733439459671,"sku":"9780252043543","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252043543.jpg?v=1720000085"},{"product_id":"rocking-the-closet-9780252042805","title":"Rocking the Closet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe all-embracing, whaddya got? nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assumebut not seetheir queerness. That these artists cultivated ambiguous sexual personas often reflected an understandable fear, but also a struggle to fulfill personal and professional expectations. Vincent L. Stephens confronts notions of the closetboth coming out and staying inby analyzing the careers of Liberace, Johnny Mathis, Johnnie Ray, and Little Richard. Appealing to audiences hungry for novelty and exoticism, the four pop icons used performance and queering techniques that ran the gamut. Liberace's flamboyance shared a spectrum with Mathis's intimate sensitivity while Ray's overwrought displays as Mr. Emotion seemed worlds apart from Little Richard's raise-the-roof joyousness. As Stephens shows, the quartet not only thrived in an era of gra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scholars interested in queer history, music history, race, and American popular culture generally will therefore learn much from this excellent book.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eAdvocate\u003c\/i\u003e Best Queer Non-Fiction Book of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Stephen's \u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how contemporary queer stars such as Little Richard navigated the mid-twentieth-century popular music landscape and, as important, how observers reacted to their unconventional gender presentation. . . . Stephens should be commended for the diverse range of primary sources marshalled in his study. . . . \u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e presents students and practitioners of queer cultural history, as well as those studying post-war cultural history, with fresher methods of examining popular culture and its legacies.\" --\u003ci\u003eCultural History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Distinguished by excellent writing \u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e achieves the admirable goal of being both a sound scholarly work and accessible to readers from all walks of life. It raises provocative ideas and arguments, challenging entrenched ways of thinking about the history of queerness in postwar America.\" --\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Well-argued and thoughtful.\" --\u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy contribution to better understanding the queering of postwar masculine identities and popular music. . . . As the barriers between folk and popular cultures continue to be dismantled, scholarship such as \u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e follows an interdisciplinary trajectory that will satisfy scholars across disciplines.\" --\u003ci\u003eWestern Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"The spirit of \u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e is enjoyed in how deftly Stephens illuminates those nuances. He is as lucid about the music as about the cultural moment, the entertainment business, and the lives of the musicians.\" --\u003ci\u003eOn the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"The contemporary mainstream LGBT narrative claims that artists should out themselves for the greater good. But \u003ci\u003eRocking the Closet\u003c\/i\u003e makes a persuasive case that 'open secrecy' helped make stars of Little Richard, Liberace, Johnny Mathis, and Johnny Ray in the decades prior to and after Stonewall. These (until now) academically under-examined, yet enormously successful and influential musicians used the surprising leeway of the glass closet to develop artistic personae that were both appealing and ambiguous, leading to commercial success that rivals that of our current musicians. Stephens' insightful intersectional book will liven the debate in identity and popular culture scholarship!\"--Shana Goldin-Perschbacher, Temple University\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733439590743,"sku":"9780252042805","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252042805.jpg?v=1720000085"},{"product_id":"high-school-a-memoir-9780349011981","title":"High School A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Genius'' Augusten Burroughs, author of \u003ci\u003eRunning with Scissors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gift'' Elliot Page, actor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Utterly charming'' Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore they became international musicians and LGBTQ+ icons, twin sisters Sara and Tegan Quin came of age in 90s Canada. 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