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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Edmund Rubbra: Symphonist
Book SynopsisLeo Black, a pupil of Rubbra in the 1950s, presents a full-scale study of his symphonies (the first for twenty years). A biographical sketch throws light on legends about the BBC and Rubbra; there are full programme notes on eachsymphony, with accounts of important non-symphonic works. The music of Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) has been unjustly neglected - arguably because its wide-ranging nature makes it difficult to categorise. He is perhaps best known as a symphonist; his eleven symphonies covered a period of musical and political upheaval [1934 - 1980], the first four reflecting the uneasy later 1930s, with a second global conflict no longer avoidable. The immediately-post-war ones document new emotional depths and his conversion, whilethe final symphonies show a man still in search of peace and reconciliation, overlooked by the world but certain he was on the right path. Leo Black, a pupil of Rubbra at Oxford in the 1950s, here presents a sympatheticfull-scale study of these works (the first for some twenty years). A succinct biographical sketch throws light on legends about the BBC and Rubbra; there are full programme notes on each symphony, with shorter accounts of important non-symphonic works, in particular a 'triptych' of concertos from the 1950s and major liturgical pieces composed around the time of the Second Vatican Council, after Rubbra's conversion to Catholicism. He also deals with the vexed question of Rubbra's mysticism. LEO BLACK is a former BBC chief producer for music and author of the highly-acclaimed Franz Schubert: Music and Belief [2003].Trade ReviewThis handsomely produced volume can be read with profit by amateurs, connoisseurs, and scholars alike ...Thoughtful, erudite and compelling. A labor of love, it is also the brief of a skilled advocate; Rubbra's music, now lost in the twilight of musical limbo, fully merits such a committed redeemer. * NOTES *The reader is treated to a wide-ranging discussion that is stylishly written and invitingly presented. * MUSICAL TIMES *[An] excellent new biography. * TLS *Such are [Black's] skill and insights that there are few works about which he does not have something penetrating to say. His discussion of individual works engages the interest of the lay reader in a way that eludes...most other writers on matters musical. He brings the music and the issues it raises alive...This is an important book that should be in the library of every self-respecting music lover. -- Robert Layton * INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW *
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Music in Elizabethan Court Politics
Book SynopsisMusic and musical entertainments are here shown to be used for different ends, by both monarch and courtiers. Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) had a strong reputation for musicality; her court musicians, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, even suggested that music was indispensable to the state. But what roles did music play in Elizabethan court politics? How did a musical image assist the Queen in projecting her royal authority? What influence did her private performances have on her courtships, diplomatic affairs, and relationships with courtiers? To what extent did Elizabeth control court music, or could others appropriate performances to enhance their own status and achieve their ambitions? Could noblemen, civic leaders, or even musicians take advantage of Elizabeth's love of music to present their complaints and petitions in song? This book unravels the connotations surrounding Elizabeth's musical image and traces the political roles of music at the Elizabethan court. It scrutinizes the most intimate performances within the Privy Chamber, analyses the masques and plays performed in the palaces, and explores the grandest musical pageantry of tournaments, civic entries, and royal progresses. This reveals how music served as a valuable means for both the tactful influencing of policies and patronage, and the construction of political identities and relationships. In the late Tudor period music was simultaneously a tool of authority for the monarch and an instrumentof persuasion for the nobility. KATHERINE BUTLER is a Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, Newcastle.Trade ReviewA fascinating book. * THE CONSORT *No one who reads this fine study will again treat music as a background to the Elizabethan court. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *[A] major undertaking of importance, a careful and thorough study of numerous examples of secular music that is undergirded by a keen understanding of music's role in the political life of a fascinating era. * EARLY MUSIC *Tightly organized and impeccably researched, this engaging study triangulates the disciplines of musicology, literary history, and iconography to present the political roles music could play within Elizabeth's court, and adds welcome nuance to the preexisting scholarly narratives of monarchial control over the arts. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *[O]ffers a ... detailed and focused look at the application of music to the specific context of the world of the Elizabethan court. * NORTHERN RENAISSANCE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Music, Authority, and the Royal Image The Politics of Intimacy The Royal Household and its Revels Noble Masculinity at the Tournaments Politics, Petition, and Complaint on the Royal Progresses Conclusion Appendices Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Performance and the Middle English Romance
Book SynopsisAn examination of if and how medieval romance was performed, uniquely uniting the perspective of a scholar and practitioner. Although English medieval minstrels performed gestes, a genre closely related to romance, often playing the harp or the fiddle, the question of if, and how, Middle English romance was performed has been hotly debated. Here,the performance tradition is explored by combining textual, historical and musicological scholarship with practical experience from a noted musician. Using previously unrecognised evidence, the author reconstructs a realistic model of minstrel performance, showing how a simple melody can interact with the text, and vice versa. She argues that elements in Middle English romance which may seem simplistic or repetitive may in fact be incomplete, as missing an integral musical dimension; metrical irregularities, for example, may be relics of sophisticated rhythmic variation that make sense only with music. Overall, the study offers both a more accurate comprehension of minstrel performance, and a deeper appreciation of the romances themselves. Linda Marie Zaerr is Professor of Medieval Studies at Boise State University.Trade Review[O]ffers the first comprehensive list of references to minstrel performances in the Middle English romances. . . . Zaerr's vivid account . . . provides a strong sense of how much we have lost now that we can only read the romances on the page. * EARLY MUSIC *Offer[s] a fresh perspective on Middle English romances not just as texts but also as performance acts. * COMITATUS 44 *[T]his is a splendid book, presenting a fine collection of textual evidence and commentary, which is a most valuable contribution to the field of medieval musicology. * THE CONSORT *This is a fascinating book, a sort of dialogue between scholar and performer, both being the same person [. . .] stimulating. * EARLY MUSIC REVIEW *With huge experience in performing Middle English romances, Professor Zaerr brings her valuable perspective as a performer to current textual, historical and musicological scholarship, in order to understand better how medieval minstrels performed romances with music. She shows how a broader, more fluid concept of romance can lead us to more profound understanding, and exciting revelations. -- Professor Marilyn Lawrence, New York University.Table of ContentsIntroduction Continental Traditions of Narrative Performance The English Minstrel in History and Romance Musical Instruments and Narrative Meter, Accent, and Rhythm Music and the Middle English Romance Conclusions Appendix A: Minstrel References in the Middle English Verse Romances Appendix B: Medieval Fiddle Tuning and Implications for Narrative Performance Glossary of Terms Bibliography
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York Medieval Press The Songs and Travels of a Tudor Minstrel:
Book SynopsisA reconstruction of the life and works of a sixteenth-century minstrel, showing the tradition to be flourishing well into the Tudor period. Richard Sheale, a harper and balladeer from Tamworth, is virtually the only English minstrel whose life story is known to us in any detail. It had been thought that by the sixteenth century minstrels had generally been downgradedto the role of mere jesters. However, through a careful examination of the manuscript which Sheale almost certainly "wrote" (Bodleian Ashmole 48) and other records, the author argues that the oral tradition remained vibrant at this period, contrary to the common idea that print had by this stage destroyed traditional minstrelsy. The author shows that under the patronage of Edward Stanley, earl of Derby, and his son, from one of the most important aristocratic families in England, Sheale recited and collected ballads and travelled to and from London to market them. Amongst his repertoire was the famous Chevy Chase, which Sir Philip Sidney said moved his heart "more than witha trumpet". Sheale also composed his own verse, including a lament on being robbed of 60 on his way to London; the poem is reproduced in this volume. ANDREW TAYLOR lectures in the Department of English, University of Ottawa.Trade Review[A] carefully researched study of one minstrel, one manuscript, and a social world in which they were both living and already taking on an antiqued patina. * JOURNAL OF FOLKLORE RESEARCH *Impressive, productive and insightful. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Contains a wealth of information useful to any student of early modern musical traditions. * HISTORY, December 2013 *Provides a fascinating insight into a transitional moment in the history of English balladry. . This is an intriguing book, highly recommended. * FOLK MUSIC JOURNAL *Offers important revisions to our understanding of the sixteenth century musician and his relationship to the various communities he served. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *[A] stimulating and well written study. [...] Historians, literary scholars, folklorists, anthropologists, and singers will all find [...] material to set them thinking. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *[A] valuable study. * REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES *Taylor's piecing together of Sheale's life and work adds greatly to our understanding of late minstrelsy and the social and political world that formed its background. * EARLY MUSIC *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Minstrel Rides Out The Minstrel of Tamworth and His Audiences The Stanleys, The Stanley Poem, and the Campaign of 1558 Ashmole 48 and Its History The Hunting of the Cheviot and the Battle of Otterburn 'More than with a Trumpet': Tudor Responses to the Cheviot Ballads The Lay of the Last Minstrel Appendix: Five Poems Bearing the Name of Richard Sheale Bibliography
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Henry Bradshaw Society The Rosslyn Missal: An Irish manuscript in the
Book SynopsisA manuscript rather obliquely named from its once having been at Rosslyn Castle, but that at the time of this edition had come to the Advocates' Library at Edinburgh, which since 1925 is part of the National Library of Scotland (MS Advocates 18.5.19). Lawlor dated it to the late 13th or early 14th century, and saw it as an English copy of an Irish exemplar in turn descended from a book belonging to the Benedictine nuns of St Werbugh, Chester, in the 12thcentury.
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Henry Bradshaw Society The Processional of the Nuns of Chester, Edited
Book SynopsisThis manuscript, now now Huntington Library, MS EL 34 B 7, contains a fifteenth- century Latin text interesting for its admixture of English rubrics, as well as prayers and hymns. Chester was in the Lichfield diocese, and thus inthe Province of Canterbury, so it is no surprise that the text is closer to Sarum than York usage.
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Henry Bradshaw Society Three Coronation Orders
Book SynopsisThe order for the coronation of William III and Mary at Westminster on 11 April 1689 (from London, College of Arms, MS L.19; Lambeth Palace, Misc.MS 1077) with a fourteenth century Anglo-French text (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 20) and an eleventh century rite for the coronation of an Anglo-Saxon kingfrom an English pontifical (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 44). With apparatus and considerable notes.
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Henry Bradshaw Society Ordinale Sarum, sive Directorium Sacerdotum:
Book SynopsisThe Directorium Sacerdotum is a sort of ordinal or directory for the Sarum Use, which though a private compilation by the Brigittine Clement Maydeston, acquired a de facto official status. The text here is taken from the quarto edition published by Wynkyn de Worde in 1495 (Duff, n. 294; GW 8460; STC 17724), and is furnished with indices. Vol. 20 in the present series is the first part, this volume is the second part.
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Henry Bradshaw Society The Hereford Breviary, Edited from the Rouen
Book SynopsisThe Rouen edition of 1505 published by Inghelbert Haghe (BB 2275; STC 15793; copies in Worcester, Cathedral Library, I.k.14; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gough Missals, 69, pars aestivalis only) with use of MSS London, British Library, Harley MS 2983; Hereford, Cathedral Chapter Library, P.9.VII; Oxford, Balliol College, MS 321; Oxford, University College, MS 7; Worcester, Cathedral Chapter Library, MS Q.86. See also volumes 40 and 46 in the present series.
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Henry Bradshaw Society Ordinale Exoniense III: Appendix: Exeter Chapter
Book SynopsisThe Exeter Ordinale is a huge ordinal issued by John de Grandisson, bishop of Exeter [1327-69], in 1337; it is edited on the basis of manuscripts that belonged to, and were annotated by, the bishop himself. The compilationmarked an important point in medieval study of the liturgy, and the Legenda [liturgical readings for saints' days] which it contains are regarded as one of the most important sources for the study of English medieval hagiography, particularly for saints of English origin.
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Henry Bradshaw Society Chant, Liturgy, and the Inheritance of Rome:
Book SynopsisThe influence of Rome on medieval plainsong and liturgy explored in depth. Containing substantial new studies in music, liturgy, history, art history, and palaeography from established and emerging scholars, this volume takes a cross-disciplinary approach to one of the most celebrated and vexing questions about plainsong and liturgy in the Middle Ages: how to understand the influence of Rome? Some essays address this question directly, examining Roman sources, Roman liturgy, or Roman practice, whilst others consider the sway ofRome more indirectly, by looking later sources, received practices, or emerging traditions that owe a foundational debt to Rome. Daniel J. DiCenso is Assistant Professor of Music at the College of the Holy Cross; Rebecca Maloy is Professor of Musicology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Contributors: Charles M. Atkinson, Rebecca A. Baltzer, James Borders, Susan Boynton, Catherine Carver, Daniel J. DiCenso, David Ganz, Barbara Haggh-Huglo, David Hiley, Emma Hornby, Thomas Forrest Kelly, William Mahrt, Charles B. McClendon, Luisa Nardini, Edward Nowacki , Christopher Page, Susan Rankin, John F. Romano, Mary E. WolinskiTrade ReviewOverall this book is a fitting tribute to Joseph Dyer and will be of interest to a wide variety of medieval scholars. * SPECULUM *Impressive.. For students of medieval liturgy, especially relating to the continent, this is an important volume. * PARERGON *Table of ContentsDoxa en ipsistis Theo: Its Textual and Melodic Tradition in the 'Missa graeca' - Charles M Atkinson The Changing Roles of Old Saint Peter's in Late Antique and Early Medieval Rome - Charles McClendon The Archdeacon, Power, and Liturgy before 1000 - John Romano The Earliest Antiphons of the Roman Office - Edward Nowacki The Paschal Vigil in Medieval Rome - Thomas Kelly As the Bells Toll: Parish Proximity in Medieval Rome - Catherine Carver McCurrach The Moment of Scrutiny in the Missale Gallicanum Vetus and the Instruction of Catechumens in Merovingian and Carolingian Francia - David Ganz Melodic Style and the Transmission History of the Beneventan Easter Vigil Canticles - Emma Hornby Fitting New Texts into Old Melodies: The Diffusion and Technique of Prosulas for Tracts and Graduals - Luisa Nardini Singing the Psalter in the Early Middle Ages - Susan K Rankin The Tonality of the Numerical Offices in Cambrai, Médiathèque municipale, MS 38 - Barbara Haggh-Huglo Revisiting the Admonitio generalis - Daniel J. DiCenso An Overlooked Source of the Pontifical romain du XIIe siècle and its Chants: Lyon, Bibliothèque des Facultés catholiques, MS Réserve 1/0011 [olim MS 2] - James Borders Music and the Cluniac Vision of History in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 17716 - Susan Boynton To Chant in a Vale of Tears - Melodic Trope as Modal Rhetoric - William Mahrt Proper Office Chants for St George in South German Manuscripts - David Hiley Notre-Dame and the Challenge of the Sainte-Chapelle in Thirteenth-Century Paris - Rebecca Baltzer Music for the Confraternity of St James in Paris - Mary Wolinski Publications by Joseph Dyer
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South Dakota State Historical Society Dancing With Welk: Music, Memory, and Prairie
Book SynopsisIn the early 2000s, the Brickhouse Boys, an indie-rock ensemble based in Vermillion, South Dakota, tried to become famous from the middle of nowhere. Over fifty years prior, Lawrence Welk, a young accordionist and bandleader from Strasburg, North Dakota, had managed to do just that. Dancing with Welk follows Christopher Vondracek, the pianist and songwriter for the Brickhouse Boys, as he recounts his attempt to follow in the footsteps of Welk, whose brand of "champagne music" garnered him legions of dedicated fans and a long-running television series.Dancing with Welk blends memoir, travelogue, and cultural history to create a nuanced and often hilarious ode to the landscapes and musical traditions of the Northern Great Plains. A portrait of a young person navigating both personal and professional crossroads while traversing a vividly rendered landscape, the book chronicles Vondracek's efforts to mine inspiration from Lawrence Welk's autobiography while puzzling over the prairie troubadour's unlikely journey to stardom. Along the way, he struggles to keep his band together, delves into his family history, and questions what it means to be a musician. In addition to offering new insights into Welk's life and career, Vondracek's narrative takes readers on a one-of-a-kind tour through the region, with stops at dive bars, historic sites, and the World's Only Corn Palace.Music lovers, fans of regional literature, and Welk enthusiasts alike are sure to enjoy Dancing with Welk. Vondracek's fluid prose and uncanny storytelling ability make this unique book a must read.
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Rutgers University Press Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice,
Book SynopsisHonorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards - Performing Arts & MusicHonorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition Popular music has long been a powerful force for social change. Protest songs have served as anthems regarding war, racism, sexism, ecological destruction, and so many other crucial issues. Music Is Power takes us on a guided tour through the past one hundred years of politically conscious music, from Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie to Green Day and NWA. Covering a wide variety of genres, including reggae, country, metal, psychedelia, rap, punk, folk, and soul, Brad Schreiber demonstrates how musicians can take a variety of approaches— angry rallying cries, mournful elegies to the victims of injustice, or even humorous mockeries of authority—to fight for a fairer world. While shining a spotlight on Phil Ochs, Gil Scott-Heron, the Dead Kennedys and other seminal, politicized artists, he also gives readers a new appreciation of classic acts such as Lesley Gore, James Brown, and Black Sabbath, who overcame limitations in their industry to create politically potent music Music Is Power tells fascinating stories about the origins and the impact of dozens of world-changing songs, while revealing political context and the personal challenges of legendary artists from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley.Supplemental material (Artist and Title List): https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/24001955/Music_Is_Power_Supplementary_Artist_Title_List.doc Trade Review“Brad Schreiber understands both music and politics, as well as the jagged lines where they overlap and intersect. His clarity, intelligence, and insight provide lasting rewards.” -- Anthony DeCurtis * Grammy Award–winning journalist, for Rolling Stone, author of Lou Reed: A Life *“An inspiring tour through the history of making change with music and an important call for retrieving music’s intrinsic ability to challenge power.” -- Douglas Rushkoff * documentarian, professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at CUNY/Queens, author of Team Human *“A stirring survey of the sometimes sad, sometimes joyful, sometimes angry but ever hopeful music that is the soundtrack for America’s struggle to become a more fair and just society.” -- Seth Rosenfeld * journalist, winner of the George Polk Award, author of Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radical *Interview on "Deep Dish Radio with Tim Powers" with Brad Schreiber https://play.acast.com/s/deepdishradio/7424927b-bdc3-4183-a884-a84f4ba85c5f * Deep Dish Radio with Tim Powers *Law and Disorder Radio interview with Brad Schreiber https://lawanddisorder.org/2019/11/law-and-disorder-november-25-2019/ * Law and Disorder *Interview with Brad Schreiber on The Stuph File Program * The Stuph File *"Music is Power: Author Brad Schreiber digs into he history and power of protest music" interview with Brad Schreiber https://wgnradio.com/2019/12/10/music-is-power-author-brad-schreiber-digs-into-he-history-and-power-of-protest-music/ * Nick Digilio Show - WGN *Music Is Power mention in Planet Proctor, December 2019 issue * Planet Proctor *MWN Episode 136 – Popular Songs , Social Justice, and the Will to Change with Brad Schreiber * Midnight Writer News *"A fun read. It provides the old timer with a quick sail down the streams of memory and the younger reader with a useful and concise look at the music of the West that helped form the culture of today." * CounterPunch *Louisiana Radio Network "Talk Louisiana" interview with Jim Engster and Brad Schreiber https://www.wrkf.org/post/monday-january-20th-faye-williams-daryl-glasper-brad-schreiber * Louisiana Radio Network *"Music Is Power covers the socio-political history of important music, from Bob Dylan to hip-hop, including genres like punk, comedy, folk, psychedelia, RB/soul and major musicals, and encourages listeners to respond to this powerful music with real world activism. It’s a timeless New Year’s gift!" * Planet Proctor *Unstructured Podcast interview with Brad Schreiber https://unstructuredpod.com/psychotically-eclectic-author-brad-schreiber/ * Unstructured Podcast *"Brad Schreiber talks about this topic perfectly...You did a lot of research."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gaim6C8E3wfeature=youtu.be * The Allan Handelman Show interview with Brad Schreiber: Music Is Power" *Brad Schreiber's Playlist for His Book "Music is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change" * Largehearted Boy *"Brad Schreiber Visits Madame Perry's Salon" podcast interview https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brad-schreiber-visits-madame-perrys-salon/id1063919048?i=1000465223311 * Madame Perry's Salon *"In-Depth Interview: Author Brad Schreiber Talks..." interview on the Peter B. Collins Show https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/peter-b-collins-newscomment/e/66984975 * The Peter B. Collins Show *"A fun and informative read from first page to last." * Midwest Book Review *"Brad Schreiber, 'Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice And The Will To Change'" https://www.wortfm.org/brad-schreiber-music-is-power-popular-songs-social-justice-and-the-will-to-change/ * Madison Bookbeat *Parallax Views with J.G. Michael interview with Brad Schreiber https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/schreiber/ * Parallax Views *"Passing Through" KAAD-LP 103.5 FM interview with Brad Schreiber * Passing Through *"An intensively researched yet rollicking tour of socially charged music...A compelling read on the intersection of popular music and social activism, from Pete Seeger to Zappa to Public Enemy and beyond." * American Songwriter *INTERVIEW WITH BRAD SCHREIBER ON ‘MUSIC IS POWER’: PART 1—DIXIE CHICKS, MARVIN GAY https://shadowproof.com/2020/03/31/music-is-power-interview-schreiber-dixie-chicks-marvin-gaye/ * Shadowproof *"What’s better than a book you didn’t know you needed? Music Is Power is a history of the nexus of music and protest, from Wobbly-turned-musician Joe Hill to Green Day, from folk to hip-hop." * Razorcake *"INTERVIEW WITH BRAD SCHREIBER ON ‘MUSIC IS POWER’: PART 2—JIMI HENDRIX, PINK FLOYD" * Shadowproof, Part 2 *“Music Is Power - Part 3: Black Sabbath, Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy” https://shadowproof.com/2020/04/28/music-is-power-schreiber-gil-scott-heron-black-sabbath/ * Shadowproof, Part 3 *"Much has been written about these artists elsewhere, but Schreiber’s focus sets this study apart. He goes beneath the surface to detail how their social consciousness evolved during the course of their careers, and how they came to understand their music’s power to address social ills. This carefully researched book is suitable for fans and scholars alike. Recommended." * Choice *"Madame Perry's Salon" interview with Brad Schreiber, part two https://www.blogtalkradio.com/madameperryssalon/2020/05/14/writer-producer-brad-schreiber * Madame Perry's Salon, part two *Brad Schreiber interview on “Passing Through” on KAAD-LP 103.5 FM * Passing Through, part 2 *"Coast to Coast AM" interview with Brad, Schreiber, part 1 * Coast to Coast AM, part 1 *"Coast to Coast AM" interview view Brad Schreiber, part 2 * Coast to Coast AM, part 2 *"Coast to Coast AM" interview with Brad Schreiber, part 3 * Coast to Coast AM, part 3 *"MWN Episode 144 – Music is Power (Part 2) with Brad Schreiber" https://midnightwriternews.com/mwn-episode-144-music-is-power-part-2-with-brad-schreiber/ * Midnight Writer News *"Chatting with Sherri," BlogTalkRadio interview with Brad Schreiber https://www.blogtalkradio.com/rithebard/2020/06/25/chatting-with-sherri * Chatting with Sherri - Blog Talk Radio *Music's Connection to Societal Issues The Patty Hearst/SLA Case - interview with Brad Schreiber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AHdxbXK6Ys * Beyond Reality Radio *"Talk with Ted" interview with Brad Schreiber https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s3b37-e5cbf5 * Talk with Ted podcast *"Brad Schreiber interview – Episode 288" http://readingandwritingpodcast.com/brad-schreiber-interview/ * Reading and Writing podcast *High Road to Humanity - Music Is Power! Popular Songs, Social Justice, with Guest Brad Schreiber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55j15fa54NIfeature=youtu.be * Nancy Yearout's High Road to Humanity *"Episode 37: "Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and The Will to Change" with Brad Schreiber" https://allmusicbooksdeepdive.podbean.com/e/episode-37-music-is-power-popular-songs-social-justice-and-the-will-to-change-with-brad-schreiber/ * Deep Dive podcast *Beyond Reality Paranormal Podcast - Hidden History episode interview with Brad Schreiber https://anchor.fm/brparanormal/episodes/Hidden-History---Brad-Schreiber---102020-elclvh * Beyond Reality Paranormal podcast *"Tuesday, December 8th: Andrea Gallo, Brad Schreiber" * "Talk Louisiana," WRKF *The Stuph File Program interview with Brad Schreiber * The Stuph File Program *"How Tom Odell’s Another Love became an unlikely anthem for Ukraine," by James Hall * The Telegraph **Special episode * Music is Power: Donna and Dr Adam in conversation with author Brad Schreiber * Love's A Secret Weapon podcast *"In Music Is Power, Brad Schreiber argues that socially or politically conscious music emerges from practically every genre of popular music, and he takes the reader on a journey through the various ways that musicians have addressed the issues of their day." -- Shalon Van Tine * Western Folklore journal *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Musical Workers of the World Unite: Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Pete SeegerChapter 2: There For More Than Fortune: Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, Bob DylanChapter 3: Caged Artists: Lesley Gore, Janis Ian, P.F. SloanChapter 4: Parody and Poetry: Tom Lehrer, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Smothers BrothersChapter 5: Psychedelicate Situation: Jimi Hendrix and Pink FloydChapter 6: Reason and Blues: Marvin Gaye and The TemptationsChapter 7: Say It Loud, We’re Blocked but Proud: James Brown and Curtis MayfieldChapter 8: Hard Rock Turns Metallic: The Who and Black SabbathChapter 9: More Than a Working Class Hero: John LennonChapter 10: Out of Place and In Your Face: The Dead Kennedys and The Sex PistolsChapter 11: Word: Gil Scott Heron and Grandmaster FlashChapter 12: Global Music Consciousness: Bob Marley and Peter GabrielChapter 13: Weird, Funny, Angry: Frank Zappa vs. EverybodyChapter 14: Rap, Not Hip Hop: N.W.A. and Public EnemyChapter 15: Weapons of Mass Deconstruction: Dixie Chicks and Green DayEpilogueBibliography
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Bruckner-Handbuch
Book SynopsisNeue Sicht auf Anton Bruckner. Zu Lebzeiten erst spät gewürdigt, zählt der Komponist heute zu den großen und einflussreichen Symphonikern des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Meinungen über Bruckners Werke gingen von Anfang an auseinander. Die widersprüchlichen Standpunkte zu seiner Person und seinem Schaffen setzen sich bis heute fort. Das ausführliche Handbuch zu Leben, Werk und Rezeption erleichtert den Zugang zu dem kontrovers rezipierten Komponisten und vermittelt neue Perspektiven jenseits von Stereotypen.
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Tulika Books Jalsa – Indian Women and Their Journeys from the
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Tulika Books The Radical Impulse – Music in the Tradition of
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University of the West Indies Press King Yellowman: Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican
Book SynopsisJamaican deejay Yellowman divided a country with his bawdy songs and his very body: he has been wildly popular among dancehall fans, yet widely despised by polite society. Even though his contribution to Jamaican musical culture is immense, scholars have ignored him and reggae histories have largely misunderstood him. King Yellowman: Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture is the first serious study of one Jamaica's most significant artists and dancehall’s first major international star. It is a critical biography designed to satisfy fans while furthering academic discourse on dancehall by offering a new perspective on the way Yellowman negotiates the slackness/culture binary in Jamaican music. Based on years of ethnographic fieldwork, Brent Hagerman begins with the compelling story of Winston Foster’s early life as an abandoned ghetto outcast and his hard-fought journey to become the King of Dancehall, then goes on to a critical exploration of the marginalization of people with albinism in Jamaica and the use of slackness in Caribbean music. Through slackness and his mobilization of Rastafarian symbols, Yellowman subverts embedded Jamaican cultural notions of sexuality, gender, and race to overcome his cultural displacement, promote his yellow body as sexually appealing and forge a place for himself among the Jamaican body politic.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1Part 1. The Life and Times of Yellowman1 Abandoned: The Early Life of Winston “Yellowman” Foster, 1957–1971 192 From Alpha to Eventide: The Teenage Years, 1971–1976 303 Ranking Dundus: Breaking into the Music Business, 1977–1978 464 Mad over Me: Tastee Talent Competition to Aces International, 1979–1981 745 Ram Jam Master, 1981 946 Jamaica Proud of Me, 1982 1277 King Yellowman, 1983–1984 1508 Can’t Hide from Jah: Encounters with Religion 1789 Sufferation, That’s All I Know: Cancer, 1985 19210 Message to the World: Prayer and More Slackness 200Part 2. Meaningful Bodies in Jamaican Dancehall Culture11 Yellowman, Race, Sex and Masculinity 22512 Yellowman in Reggae Histories and Scholarship 24813 Yellowman, Slackness and Social Critique 28614 Yellowman as Moral Regulator 29615 Yellowman, Sex and Religion 313Conclusion 335Appendix 1: “Galong Galong Galong” 339Appendix 2: Selected Album Covers 341Notes 347References 357Index 369
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Forgotten Books Defense de la Basse de Viole Contre les Entrprises du Violon Et les Prtentions du Violoncel Classic Reprint
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Forgotten Books Trait de Mtrique Grecque Classic Reprint
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