Music Books

Book SynopsisBy the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is a culmination of Peter Guralnick's remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed the full sweep of blues, gospel, country, and rock 'n' roll.

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Book SynopsisIn his first collection of essays, Peter Guralnick dives deep into question at the heart of his body of work: What is the source of creativity? Spanning his decades-long career as America''s foremost music scholar, this book brings us into the minds of the artists who inspire him.Looking to Get Lost brings the reader into Guralnick''s one-of-a-kind relationships with his subjects, and we peek into how he was able to engage with musicians, writers, and creators as only he can: as a fan, a student, a peer, and in many cases as a friend.

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Book SynopsisToday, Vinyl is shorthand for cool. Even with millions of songs available at the click of a mouse, music fans know that there''s nothing like the tactile pleasure of a record. And, rather than killing vinyl, digital technology has elevated the art of record collecting into a new and vibrant age.Vinyl Age is the definitive record collecting guidebook for the digital era. Written by expert Max Brzezinski and his highly experienced colleagues at Carolina Soul, Vinyl Age combines an engaging narrative, incisive analysis, and a modern design to reveal the joys and explain the complexities of the contemporary vinyl scene. For aspiring crate diggers, this guide will provide an invaluable big-picture understanding of the vinyl economy, while OG vinyl heads will discover nascent musical genres, new breeds of collector, and models for adapting to the future of record collecting. To the rest of us, Vinyl Age offers an anatomy of an iconic medium and its growing sub

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Book Synopsis"An utterly satisfying examination of the business of popular music." —Nathaniel Rich, The AtlanticTrade Review"Through immersive anecdotes and witty observations…we learn it’s not just the ‘song machine’ that’s brilliant but also the people churning the gears." -- Isabella Biedenharn - Entertainment Weekly"Well researched…[Seabrook] takes us inside the troubled modern music business." -- Touré - New York Times Book Review"Fascinating…lively, entertaining and often insightful, of interest both to pop mavens and to those who couldn’t imagine caring about the latest hits." -- Christopher Carroll - Wall Street Journal"Copy editors will rejoice at Seabrook’s well-written and deeply researched book. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and his book fits into that magazine’s penchant for telling very detailed stories about things you might not notice about pop culture" -- Charles R. Cross - Seattle Times"A fascinating history, one that encompasses everything from the Brill Building and Phil Spector to Afrika Bambaataa to American Idol. Running underneath the human stories like a bassline is the inexorable flow of technology." -- Kate Tuttle - Boston Globe"Invaluable." -- Louis Bayard - Washington Post"Brilliant." -- Michael Hann - The Guardian"A fascinating look at how the catchiest pop hits are manufactured…You’ll never hear Katy Perry the same way again." -- People"Revelatory. This thorough dissection of the anatomy of a hit belongs on any listener’s bookshelf." -- FADER

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Book SynopsisMusic education is a well-established and flourishing area of research and study. It is also a complex and contested area in which there is a considerable variety of published work, ranging from the justificatory to the critical, and from advice on pedagogical practice to provocative alternative paradigms. The proliferation and range of these publications stems from the complexity of music and music education itself. Along with multiple perspectives on the nature and value of music, music education is much more socially interwoven than most school subjects. It is also very complex organizationally, with multiple sources of funding.This new four-volume collection from Routledgeâs acclaimed Major Themes in Education series meets the need for an authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference work to make sense of the areaâs voluminous literature. Indeed, the dizzying scale of the research outputâand the breadth of the fieldâmakes this new Routledge title especially welcome. It provides a one-stop collection of classic and contemporary contributions to facilitate ready access to the most influential and important scholarship.Fully indexed and with an introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Music Education is an essential work of reference. It is destined to be valued by specialists in music education and scholars working in related areasâas well as by educational policy-makers and professionalsâas a vital research tool.

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Book SynopsisThis token provides access to the companion website and streaming audio anthology for Richard J. Lawn''s Experiencing Jazz.Course componentsThe complete course comprises the textbook and Online Access to Music token, which are available to purchase separately. The textbook and Online Access to Music Token can also be purchased together in the Experiencing Jazz Book and Online Access to Music Pack.Book and Online Access to Music Pack: 978-0-415-65935-2 (Paperback and Online Access to Music)Book Only: 978-0-415-69960-0 (please note this does not include the Online Access to Music)Online Access to Music Token: 978-0-415-83735-4 (please note this does not include the textbook)eBook and Online Access to Music Pack: 978-0-203-37981-3 (available from the Taylor & Francis eBookstore)ebook: 978-0-203-37985-1 (please note this does not include the audio and is available Table of ContentsPart 1. Understanding Jazz 1. The Nature of Jazz 2. The Elements of Jazz 3. Listening to Jazz 4. The Roots of Jazz Part 2. Classic Jazz 5. Jazz Takes Root 6. The Jazz Age: From Chicago to New York 7. The Swing Era: Jazz at Its Peak 8. Mid-West Swing and A Few More Among Many Part 3. Modern Jazz 9. The Bebop Revolution 10. Be Cool: Fifties and Early Sixties Cool, Intellectual and Abstract Jazz Part 4. Post-Modern Jazz 11. Tradition Meets the Avant-Garde: Moderns and Early Post-Moderns Coexist 12. Miles and Miles of Miles: Miles Davis and His Sidemen 13. The Electric 1970s and 1980s 14. The Unplugged, Eclectic 1970s and 1980s 15. Jazz At The Close Of The Century 16. The Afro-Latin and Caribbean Connection

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface • 1. Tittenhurst • 2. Recording Imagine • 3. Album Artwork • 4. Filming Imagine • 5. This Is Not Here • 6. Legacy

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Book SynopsisArguably, music can provide a richness of experience that can hardly be equalled by any other art form. So why do we confine it to little boxes and open only those that we already know so well? This book presents a cornucopia of musical snippets, sound-bites and knowledge gems that can grow your appreciation of new music.

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Book SynopsisBACK TO A SHADOW IN THE NIGHT MUSIC WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS 1968-2001

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Book SynopsisALL ABOUT MUSIC TECHNOLOGY IN WORSHIP

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn Mr. Ebrecht’s book we have the first exhaustively researched and documented account of a plan to build the world’s largest organ in the world’s most famous church. There is also a plethora of historic and relative information regarding organ builders, organists, venues, composers, and dignitaries in several countries during the mid-late 19th century. This book should be in every academic library, and anyone involved in teaching, studying, or simply learning about pipe organs will find it a fascinating as well as a significant read. -- Frederick Swann, University Organist and Artist Teacher of Organ, University of RedlandsRonald Ebrecht’s book about the Cavaillé Coll Organ Project in Rome is a must for every pipe organ enthusiast, organ player, organ builder, and everyone interested in this monumental building. The story behind the vision of one of the greatest organ builders of the world, who conducted an organ project for one of the greatest church buildings of the world, gives insight to a previously unknown dimension. -- Philipp C.A. Klais, organbuilder and president of Orgelbau Klais, Bonn GermanyThis is a very well-researched book about a spectacular and unfortunately not realized organ project. Illustrating the historical context, Ebrecht makes the reader understand the path to this terrific project and the reasons why it did not happen. An excellent reading that tells us a fascinating story of a genius organ builder and his time. -- Stefan Stürzer, Managing Director, Glatter-Götz OrgelbauTable of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Chapter I - An Auspicious Début, a Difficult Era Chapter II - One Hundred Stops, Saint-Sulpice, Paris' Greatest Organ Chapter III - Willis' One Hundred Eleven Stops, and Cavaillé-Coll's Septet of Secular Organs Chapter IV - The Rome Project and Book Chapter V - The Scene: How Developments in France Impacted Italy, and the Organs in Rome Chapter VI - The Vedette: the Model, Its Evaluation and Exhibition Chapter VII - The Jubilee Chapter VIII - Others Build Ever Bigger; Cavaillé-Coll's Final Gloies and Impoverished Death Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. It brings together chapters that are concerned with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts.Trade ReviewThe strength of Film's Musical Moments is unltimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film. -- Guy Barefoot, University of Leicester Journal of British Cinema and Television The strength of Film's Musical Moments is unltimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film.Table of ContentsIntroduction; PART I: MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE; 1. Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon; 2. A Short History of the Big Band Musical; 3. Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical; 4. The Operatic in New German Cinema; PART II: STARS, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION; 5. Jack Buchanan and the British Musical Comedy of the 1930s; 6. Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic; 7. Stardom, Reception and the ABBA 'Musical'; PART III: THE POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL; 8. Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience; 9. The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption; 10. Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment; 11. Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity; PART IV: BEYOND HOLLYWOOD; 12. Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931-1939; 13. Film Musicals in the GDR; 14. The Bollywood Musical.

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Book SynopsisThe scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music''s role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to ''non-musical'' films. By bringing together chapters that are concerned both with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts, Film''s Musical Moments will be of equal importance to students of film studies, cultural studies and music. The book is organised into four sections: Music, Film, Culture focuses on cinema representations of music forms; Stars, Performance and Reception explores stars, fan cultures and intertextuality; The Post-Classical Hollywood Musical considers the importance of popular music to contemporary cinema; and Beyond Hollywood looks to specific national contexts.Trade ReviewFilm's Musical Moments will be of use to film and TV scholars, as well as scholars whose work is more directly focused on music in media. It is a promising first entry in the Edinburgh University Press's 'Music & the Moving Image' series. -- Paul N. Reinsch, University of Southern California Film International The strength of Film's Musical Moments is ultimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film... [a] welcome addition to the literature on film's musical nature. -- Guy Barefoot Journal of British Cinema and Television Film's Musical Moments is a refreshing look at music in film, specifically musical performance within film... [It] is the first from the 'Music and the Moving Image' series edited by Kevin Donnelly, and if this book is any indication of what the later books in this series will be like, the study of music, film, popular culture, and other media will continue to open up, offering new or fresh perspectives within each respected field while being complementary and interrelated with one another. -- Lara Hrycaj, Wayne State University SCOPE: An Online Journal of Film Studies Covers a wide variety of cinematic texts and traditions in its attempts to dissect the various guises and effects of the musical moment, and its genuiniely interdisciplinary nature makes it a valuable resource for researchers working in many different areas of scholarship. -- Catherine Haworth Music, Sound and the Moving Image Film's Musical Moments will be of use to film and TV scholars, as well as scholars whose work is more directly focused on music in media. It is a promising first entry in the Edinburgh University Press's 'Music & the Moving Image' series. The strength of Film's Musical Moments is ultimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film... [a] welcome addition to the literature on film's musical nature. Film's Musical Moments is a refreshing look at music in film, specifically musical performance within film... [It] is the first from the 'Music and the Moving Image' series edited by Kevin Donnelly, and if this book is any indication of what the later books in this series will be like, the study of music, film, popular culture, and other media will continue to open up, offering new or fresh perspectives within each respected field while being complementary and interrelated with one another. Covers a wide variety of cinematic texts and traditions in its attempts to dissect the various guises and effects of the musical moment, and its genuiniely interdisciplinary nature makes it a valuable resource for researchers working in many different areas of scholarship.Table of ContentsIntroduction; PART I: MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE; 1. Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon; 2. A Short History of the Big Band Musical; 3. Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical; 4. The Operatic in New German Cinema; PART II: STARS, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION; 5. Jack Buchanan and the British Musical Comedy of the 1930s; 6. Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic; 7. Stardom, Reception and the ABBA 'Musical'; PART III: THE POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL; 8. Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience; 9. The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption; 10. Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment; 11. Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity; PART IV: BEYOND HOLLYWOOD; 12. Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931-1939; 13. Film Musicals in the GDR; 14. The Bollywood Musical.

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Book SynopsisThis new study looks at the relationship of rhetoric and music in the era''s intellectual discourses, texts and performance cultures principally in Europe and North America. Catherine Jones begins by examining the attitudes to music and its performance by leading figures of the American Enlightenment and Revolution, notably Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. She also looks at the attempts of Francis Hopkinson, William Billings and others to harness the Orphean power of music so that it should become a progressive force in the creation of a new society. She argues that the association of rhetoric and music that reaches back to classical Antiquity acquired new relevance and underwent new theorisation and practical application in the American Enlightenment in light of revolutionary Atlantic conditions. Jones goes on to consider changes in the relationship of rhetoric and music in the nationalising milieu of the nineteenth century; the connections of literature, music and music theory to changing models of subjectivity; and Romantic appropriations of Enlightenment visions of the public ethical function of music.

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Book SynopsisThis witty, warm and altogether delightful look at the history of music hall in Preston will fascinate lovers of musical history everywhere. Travelling from back-street alehouses to palatial theatres and featuring internationally recognised stars of the genre and some unusual local acts - including a very well received lecture on ''the joy of oysters'' - this is a must for anyone who has ever felt the pull of the stage.

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Book SynopsisThe UK's biggest-selling classical artist reveals how her angelic voice has shot her to superstardom...Trade ReviewInspiring... If you are already a fan of Jenkins then this book is a must. For everyoe else, it's a heartwarming read * BIG ISSUE *Sweet and charming to the last note * MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS *Told with Katherine's unique charm * SOUTH WALES ARGUS *told with Katherine's unique charm * SOUTH WALES ARGUS *Sweet and charming to the last note * MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS *inspiring... If you are already a fan of Jenkins then this book is a must. For everyoe else, it's a heartwarming read * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *

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Book SynopsisMax Weber is a magisterial figure in the social sciences. His fundamental contributions to the methodological and conceptual apparatus of sociology remain of continuing relevance to contemporary debates. His astonishing range and quality of work on topics ranging from the comparative sociology of religion to political sociology, and the sociology of law to the sociology of music, have established Weber as a permanent point of reference for modern scholarship. Scholarly debates on the nature, significance and purpose of Weber''s work demonstrate a significance for sociology''s self-image that extends beyond their immediate interpretive importance. This volume, edited by one of the world''s leading Weber scholars, offers an unparalleled selection of key Weber scholarship organized thematically and spanning the range of his sociological influence.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the unending appeal of Max Weber within a globalized sociology; Part I Biography and General Assessments: The life and work of Max Weber, Carl Diehl; Authority and autonomy in marriage, Marianne Weber; How well do we know Max Weber after all?, Lutz Kaelber; The changing picture of Max Weber’s sociology, Richard Swedberg. Part II Early Work: Max Weber’s dissertation, Lutz Kaelber; Max Weber as rural sociologist, Q.J. Munters; Max Weber and the theory of ancient capitalism, John Love. Part III The Protestant Ethic: Part I: Calvinism and the infallible assurance of grace: the Weber thesis reconsidered, Malcolm H. MacKinnon; Part II Weber’s exploration of Calvinism: the undiscovered provenance of capitalism, Malcolm H. MacKinnon; The vanishing mediator: narrative structure in Max Weber, Fredric Jameson; Max Weber’s idea of ’puritanism’: a case study in the empirical construction of the Protestant ethic, Peter Ghosh. Part IV Methods: Max Weber, methods and the man, John Torrance; The ontology of the questionnaire: Max Weber on measurement and mass investigation, Robert Michael Brain; Instrumentum vocale: a note on Max Weber’s value-free polemics and sociological aesthetics, Thomas M. Kemple. Part V Religion: Max Weber and the comparative study of religious ethics, David Little; Max Weber’s Ancient Judaism, Tony Fahey; Max Weber and world-denying love: a look at the historical sociology of religion, Robert N. Bellah. Part VI Economics and Law: Max Weber’s 'grand sociology' :the origins and composition of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Soziologie, Wolfgang J. Mommsen; Max Weber: precursor of economic sociology and heterodox economics?, Helge Peukert; Max Weber and economic sociology: a response to Peukert, Stephen D. Parsons; Max Weber’s critical response to theoretical economics, Patrick Mardellat; Formal justice and the spirit of capitalism: Max Weber’s sociology of law, Sally Ewing. Part VII Culture: Flaubert and Weber: post-he

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Book SynopsisThis volume of essays references traditional and contemporary thought on theory and practice in music education for all age groups, from the very young to the elderly. The material spans a broad range of subject areas from history and philosophy to art and music, and addresses issues such as curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and evaluation, as well as current issues in technology and performance standards. Written by leading researchers and educators from diverse countries and cultures, this selection of previously published articles, research studies and book chapters is representative of the most frequently discussed and debated topics in the profession. This volume, which documents the importance of lifelong learning, is an indispensable reference work for specialists in the field of music education.Trade Review’This volume of critical essays in music education documents the uniqueness of the discipline, assists in imparting knowledge of and instruction in music, and supports research and advocacy in its justification of music for all people. It is a vital publication for the preservation, safeguard and continuation of the profession.’ Australian Journal of Music EducationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Philosophy: Praxial philosophy and educational praxis, Polyvios Androutsos; Music Education: giving children a voice, Martin Comte; Communicating and accentuating the aesthetic and expressive dimension in choral conducting, Colin Durrant; Musicing, David J. Elliot; Philosophy of music education, Charles Leonhard; The evolution of music education philosophy from utilitarian to aesthetic, Michael L. Mark; Alternative views about art on which a philosophy can be based, Bennett Reimer. Part II Research: Qualitative research methodology in music education, Liora Bresler and Robert E. Stake; Quantitative analysis, Edward P. Asmus and Rudolf E. Radocy; Measurement and evaluation in music, Edwin E. Gordon; Talking about music: interviews with disabled and nondisabled children, Judith A.Jellison and Patricia J. Flowers; Demonstration and recognition of high and low contrasts in teacher intensity, Clifford K. Madsen, Jayne M. Standley and Jane W. Cassidy; On 'American music for American children'. The contribution of Charles L. Seeger, Marie McCarthy. Part III Pedagogy/Curriculum: Methodologies in music education, Peter Costanza and Timothy Russell; Music for children and young people, David Forrest; Teacher-artist partnership in teaching Cantonese opera in Hong Kong schools: student transformation, Bo Wah Leung and Eddie C.K. Leung; Musical connections, Mary Palmer; Arts education and the curriculum: joining the mainstream, Scott C. Shuler; Computer-based technology and music teaching and learning, Peter R. Webster. Part IV Assessment and Evaluation: Measuring musical aptitude and ability, J. David Boyle and Rudolf E. Radocy; Teaching problem solving in practice, James L. Byo; Assessment's potential in music education, Richard Colwell; Measuring musical talent, Robert A. Cutietta; The power of the national standards for music education, Paul R. Lehman; The development and validation of a measurement tool for assessing students' ability to keep

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Book SynopsisThis study of Music and Music Activities in Ibero-America to 1850 emphasizes historical data rather than musical analysis. Folk and popular music are mentioned only to the extent that they have affected the cultivated strains of Ibero-American music. Of interest to music historians and students of Ibero-American culture.Trade Review...fills an important lacuna, in presenting a broad historical survey of the cultivation of music in Latin America from its discovery and settlement by Europeans to the beginnings of the modern age in 1850....Mendoza de Arce has made an important contribution in presenting in English so much information that was hitherto inaccessible to those who do not read Spanish and Portuguese, and indeed this book is indispensable for those interested in the musical history of the Western hemisphere. * Luso-Brazilian Review *...an extensive and detailed summary of the entire range of European and Creole musical life in Spanish and Portuguese America...no other publication has ever covered the colonial and early independent periods in Latin America with the same immense breadth of geographical coverage...Music in Ibero-America to 1850 is a pioneering effort that is certain to be of use to a wide range of individuals and institutions and should spark additional interest in the topic. * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *Table of ContentsChapter 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter 2 PREFACE Chapter 3 INTRODUCTION Chapter 4 PART 1 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, 1492-1700 Chapter 5 CHAPTER 1 Music from the Age of Discovery to 1700: Missionary Activity Chapter 6 CHAPTER 2 Cathedral Music Chapter 7 CHAPTER 3 Secular Music Chapter 8 PART 2 The Eighteenth Century, 1700-1800 Chapter 9 CHAPTER 4 Music in the Eighteenth Century: Military, Ceremonial, and Stage Music Chapter 10 CHAPTER 5 Chamber and Domestic Music, Public Concerts and Orchestral Music Chapter 11 CHAPTER 6 Religious Music: Music in the Cathedrals Chapter 12 CHAPTER 7 Music in the Confraternities and Missions Chapter 13 PART 3 The First Half of the Nineteenth Century, 1800-1850 Chapter 14 CHAPTER 8 Music in the Nineteenth Century to 1850: Outdoor, Patriotic, and Military Music Chapter 15 CHAPTER 9 Public Concerts and Orchestral Music, Salon and Chamber Music Chapter 16 CHAPTER 10 Theatrical Music Chapter 17 CHAPTER 11 Religious Music Chapter 18 CHAPTER 12 Music Education, Music Business, and Music Printing Chapter 19 NOTES Chapter 20 SOURCES Chapter 21 NAME INDEX Chapter 22 SUBJECT INDEX Chapter 23 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Book SynopsisDmitri Shostakovich was one of the great composers of the 20th century, the first major Soviet composer and a figure of some controversy. This third edition is an up-to-date catalogue of the composer;s works.Trade ReviewReviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade... * Music & Letters *Hulme's combing of secondary sources, Soviet and Western, has been laudably thorough...Where Hulme has already performed a heroic and indispensable service is in the compilation of an exhaustive discography. In its comprehensiveness and detail, it far surpasses any previous efforts; the book amply justifies its claim to usefulness by this feature alone. * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *A massive work of scholarship and organisation. * Inverness Courier *Derek Hulme's labour of love has turned into an essential reference work for scholars, publishers, performers, and of course, the ever growing number of concert goers whose love of Shostakovich's music goes beyond the superficial....this compendium deserves to be bought by libraries, both general and specialist. * The Slavonic and East European Review *Reviews from the Second Edition Derek Hulme has produced an exuberantly encyclopedic work that expands the concept to include an extensive bibliography and discography and-as if it were not enough-a listing of BBC broadcasts on the composer plus seven appendices...As a diligent amplification and updating of Macdonald's catalogue, the discography and bibliography alone-to say nothing of the appendix of BBC broadcasts-would make it indispensable to any person or organization concerned with the composer. All in all, it is a formidable achievement, which fully deserves Mme. Shostakovich's prefatory accolade. * Music & Letters *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword to the Second Edition Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Preface to the Third Edition Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Abbreviations Chapter 6 Introduction Chapter 7 CATALOGUE Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 BBC Broadcasts Chapter 10 APPENDICES: I Collections of Shostakovich's Music and Addresses of Music Publishers Chapter 11 II Television and Theatre Productions Chapter 12 III Information of the History of Recording, Four Special USSR Recordings, the Composer on Records, and Samplers of Shostakovich's Music Chapter 13 IV Chronological Chart of Main Works and Historical Events Chapter 14 V Abandoned Projects and Obscure and Doubtful Works Chapter 15 VI DSCH—the Composer's Monogram Compositions Based on DSCH by Other Hands, and Tributes Chapter 16 VII Index of Russian Titles Chapter 17 Postscript Chapter 18 Index of Names (figures refer to opus numbers) Chapter 19 Index of Compositions (figures refer to page numbers)

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Book SynopsisThe Jazz Itineraries series, a new format based on Ken Vail''s successful Jazz Diaries, charts the careers of famous jazz musicians, listing club and concert appearances with details of recording sessions and movie appearances. Copiously illustrated with contemporary photographs, newspaper extracts, record and performance reviews, ads and posters, the series provides fascinating insight into the lives of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. No.1 in the series, Dizzy Gillespie: The Bebop Years 1937?1952, chronicles Dizzy''s life from his early struggles, through the birth of bebop, the demise of his first big band, up to his departure for France in 1952.Trade ReviewDizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie are separate 100 page books presenting a chronological listing of performance dates and locations for these artists…if any of these is among your favorites you'll certainly spend a few hours following their travels with these books. * In The Groove *Like cracking a scrapbook from the '40s…plastered with period photographs, newspaper articles, concert and record reviews…a fun and contextual perspective for listening and investigating as well as a window into the life and times of [Dizzy Gillespie]. * JazzTimes Magazine *A well-referenced scrapbook, a collage of facts and contemporary reviews that is a pleasure to read yet visually satisfying, too. * New Orleans Music *All three paperbacks make for fascinating reading, whether you start at the beginning or read random pages....these book are terrifically entertaining to read... * The Mississippi Rag *A serious study resource and an eccentric delight. * The Jazz Rag *

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Book SynopsisAlthough he wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, P. G. Wodehouse''s (1881-1975) long and influential career as a lyricist has been almost completely forgotten and unheralded - until now. Highly regarded by literati for his rich, sardonic Wooster and Jeeves books (among his more than ninety novels and volumes of short stories), Wodehouse broke new ground by writing songs that were cohesively integrated into the narrative action of musicals rather than presented as a string of unrelated tunes, which was the then-standard format. Particularly in the shows he wrote with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, Wodehouse transformed the musical from a poor man''s Gilbert and Sullivan-style operetta into a more idiomatic and respectable form based on contemporary life. This book sets the lyrics from his nearly forty theatrical productions within the context of each individual show, providing incisive and informative commentary for each. Lavishly illustrated with photos and memorabilia, Barry Day establishes why, throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Wodehouse was considered a top-tier theatrical figure on both sides of the Atlantic.Trade ReviewBefore Larry Hart, only P. G. Wodehouse has made any assault on the intelligence of the song-listening public. . . . Larry always said he was 'inspired' by Wodehouse. -- Richard RodgersOne day, in fifty, a hundred years' time, the words of Porter, Hart, Wodehouse, Gershwin, Coward, maybe a few of my own, will be published, recited, analyzed, codified. -- Johnny MercerWodehouse is the father of the modern theatre lyric, and it is a true delight to read as well as sing his marvelous creations. Ira Gershwin idolized him, and it is easy to understand why. -- Michael FeinsteinThe Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse is a wonderful way to get acquainted with one of the forefathers of musical theater. * Talkinbroadway.Com *Ira Gershwin would have loved this book. Not only was P. G. Wodehouse one of his literary heroes, but to Ira he was also a master lyricist. . . . All who cherish the best of musical theatre should be grateful to Barry Day for gathering together and sharing with us this treasure trove of wit and sensibility. -- Robert Kimball, Musical theatre historian and artistic advisor to the estates of Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin * Musical Theatre Historian *

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Book SynopsisThis biography reveals the lost history of the life of the first Black female international superstar. Mills was lionized by the crowned heads in Europe and opened doors for generations of Black female stars from Lena Horn to Diana Ross.Trade ReviewThe book is methodically researched and carefully documented, using primary source material that has only recently become available; the latter includes numerous interviews with Mills and her husband. A fine addition to the "Studies in Jazz" series, this well-written biography provides rich insights into an important figure in American music. Recommended. * CHOICE *Suffice it to say that there are few individuals who have ever heard of Florence Mills, and that includes some resolute jazz enthusiasts. But through much persistence Bill Egan has changed that and has illuminated our awareness of this entertainment legend....Harlem Jazz Queen explores the association between Florence and the early beginnings of jazz and ragtime, her keen intelligence and strong social conscience, and her phenomenal success as the first black international female superstar. It also documents her association with classical music with noted composers William Grant Still and Constant Lambert. This is a history that was too long coming, but one that will captivate and enlighten readers. * The Rawsistaz Reviewers *I enjoyed Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz Queen, by Bill Egan. It's an exhaustively thorough biography of a woman who was arguably the first international African American female star of the entertainment world....Mills is largely forgotten today, but Mr. Egan's affectionate and scholarly and immensely entertaining biography should correct that. His book is a monument not only to Mills' memory, but to the history of popular theatre as it matured via jazz from vaudeville to Broadway. -- Eric Washington, National Public Radio, Summer Reading: The Listeners ChooseWelcome addition to the jazz canon...Mills' artistic contributions come to life again in Bill Egan's prose....documenting this entertainer par excellence...Egan also provides the reader with an always important historical context. * Ellingtonia *Elegantly written and illustrated, this fascinating volume, ten years in the making, is a worthy addition to Scarecrow's 'Studies in Jazz' series and a fine read at that. * Jazz Uk Magazine *Bill Egan has created a first-rate biography, researched with passion, scholarly detail and clear commitment to the documentation of jazz artistry and culture... -- Bill Banfield, Director, American Cultural Studies/Jazz, University of St. ThomasBy dint of dedicated and meticulous research, Bill Egan has managed to almost bring his subject back to life. She emerges from these pages not as a relic from the past but as a surprisingly contemporary and fully fledged human being, a woman not only of great beauty, charm and talent, but also of remarkable intelligence and humanity. -- Dan Morgenstern, director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University; dean of jazz historians; editor, Studies in Jazz seriesAs the first black female international superstar, jazz singer Florence Mills (1896-1927) changed the nature of black entertainment and opened doors for generations of performers. This text considers her influence on some important aspects of jazz singing and describes her connections with Duke Ellington. Independent scholar Egan concludes by examining Mills' association with classical music through composers William Grant Still and Constant Lambert. * Reference and Research Book News *...a unique biography of the African American entertainer of the 1920s from childhood to her death at age 31. * The Bookwatch *Florence Mills, who died tragically young in 1927, was undoubtedly the most influential female black entertainer of her day...Bill Egan's deeply rewarding book reflects his 10 years work by taking us through her life and career in meticulous detail...organised with clarity in an easy straightforward style. * The Jazz Rag *...this well written and comprehensive biography will be an invaluable reference as well as paying tribute to an extraordinary performer. * The Irish Echo *Recommended. -- Max Rodriguez * QBR: The Black Book Review *This is undeniably the best book on jazz I have ever read. * The Jazz Gazette *Bill Egan's excellent new biography Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz Queen brings this crucial figure back to life, showing her important role in jazz and indeed African-American history....Egan skillfully interweaves Mills' personal journey with historical background, showing the vitality and rough edges in this rich period of early jazz....thanks goodness for Egan, whose ten years of meticulous, tenacious research has at last given Mills a proper biography....the book's rich selection of photographs shows Mills shining with a vitality that's inspiring even eight decades after her death. * All About Jazz *Bill Egan collects data carefully and is excellent in analyzing Mills' impact on the culture and her central role in black show business as it matured....Egan's book well conveys Mills' charismatic power....well researched and well written, useful to anyone with any interest in American music and culture. * The Mississippi Rag, September 2006 *Egan has done a first class job of assembling his material...I'd recommend this book to anyone wanting more information on a key figure of the Twentieth century musical theatre... * VJM's Jazz and Blues Mart, No. 145 (Spring 2007) *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Dedication Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Editor's Foreword Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Abbreviations Chapter 7 1. Young Florence Chapter 8 2. Out in the World Chapter 9 3. The Rocky Road to Fame Chapter 10 4. Shufflin' to the Top Chapter 11 5. Transatlatic Star Chapter 12 6. Dixie Dreams Chapter 13 7. The Great White Way Chapter 14 8. A Blackbird Takes Wing Chapter 15 9. Looking for a Bluebird in Europe Chapter 16 10. Black Birds of 1927 Chapter 17 11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Chapter 18 12. Bye Bye Blackbird Chapter 19 13. Florence Mills: A Reappraisal Chapter 20 Appendix 1: Black Beauty Chapter 21 Appendix 2: Other Commemorative Items Chapter 22 Bibliography Chapter 23 Index Chapter 24 About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis collection features 34 essays written in honor of Hungarian Haydn and BartÃk specialist, LÃszlà Somfai. The essays discuss the interpretation of various musical sources, both analytically and in performance, regarding the music of many composers and periods, with an emphasis on the music of BartÃk.Trade ReviewVikárius (Budapest Bartók Archives and history of Western music, Liszt U. of Music, Hungary) and Lampert (librarian, Brandeis U.) compile 34 essays celebrating Hungarian musicologist László Somfai (b.1934), who was head of the Budapest Bartók Archives and a scholar of the music of Haydn and Bartók. Music scholars from around the world discuss topics relating to his research and methodology in all musical periods, performance practice, editing, and interpretation of music, the Classical style, nationalism, and composers of the twentieth century. The bibliography lists Somfai's writings by genre. * Reference and Research Book News *Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface by the Editors Part 2 László Somfai: An Appraisal Part 3 A Reverse Interview Part 4 Part I: Theoretical Issues: Performance Practice, Editing, and Interpreting Music Chapter 5 1. The Unbearable Lightness of Ethnomusicological Complete Editions: The Style of the ba'al tefillah (Prayer Leader) in the East European Jewish Service Chapter 6 2. Ordinary Melodies in the Context of the "Old Romant Chant" Question Chapter 7 3. In the Workshop of the musicus Chapter 8 4. Performing Medieval Music in the Late-1960s: Michael Morrow and Thomas Binkley Chapter 9 5. 19th-Century Paths to Palestrina's Music: Italian, German, and French Editions of the Missa Papae Marcelli Chapter 10 6. Watermarks are Singles, Too: A Miscellany of Research Notes Chapter 11 7. Toward a Performance History of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin: Preliminary Investigations Chapter 12 8. "Returning to the Skin": On Theodor W. Adorno's Theory of Musical Interpretation Part 13 Part II: Classical Style: From Gluck through Beethoven Chapter 14 9. Siciliana-Tempi and Haydn's Sicilianos Chapter 15 10. Haydn's Op. 9: A Critique of the Ideology of the "Classical" String Quartet Chapter 16 11. The Voice of God in Haydn's Creation Chapter 17 12. Gluck's Serenata Tetide (1760) and Mozart: A Supplement to the Preface to the First Edition in the Gluck-Gesamtausgabe Chapter 18 13. Did Mozart "Pedal," and If So, How Much and Where? Chapter 19 14. Mozart's Chamber Music with Keyboard: A Musical Panorama of Europe, 1762-1788 Chapter 20 15. Mozart's Mannheim Sonatas for Violin and Piano Chapter 21 16. Mozart's Modular Minuet Machine Chapter 22 17. Praise of Wine from Ofen, Ugliness, and Fiendship: Three Occasional Compositions by Franz Xavier Süßmayr Chapter 23 18. Recycling Old Ideas in Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 132 Part 24 Part III: Nineteenth Century: Questions of a National Style Chapter 25 19. A Suggestive Detail in Weber's Freischütz Chapter 26 20. Franz Liszt's First Hungarian Symphonic Attempt: The National-ungarische Symphonie Chapter 27 21. Umerenno or Andantino molto: On Musorgsky's Tempo Markings Part 28 Part IV: Twentieth Century: Schoenberg, Bartók, Kodály, and Beyond Chapter 29 22. Anxiety, Abstraction, and Schoenberg's Gestures of Fear Chapter 30 23. Wagnerian Details in Webern's Op. 5, No. 2 Chapter 31 24. Zoltán Kodály's Art of Fugue: About the Neo-Classicism of the Concerto for Orchestra Chapter 32 25. Bartók Analysis in America Chapter 33 26. Bartók and His Song Texts Chapter 34 27. The Making of a Cycle of Folksong Arrangements: The Sources of Bartók's Eight Hungarian Folksongs Chapter 35 28. A Stray Leaf from Bartók's Black Pocket-Book Chapter 36 29. Background of Bartók's "Bitonal" Bagatelle Chapter 37 30. Analytical Notes to Bartók's Improvisations, Op. 20 and the Ordering of the Series Chapter 38 31. Narrative Analysis in the Comparative Approach to Performances: The Adagio of Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta Chapter 39 32. Some Impressions on the Performance Tradition of the Bartók Violin Concerto Chapter 40 33. "Hommage à Sacher via Bartók": Bartók Quotations in Henri Dutilleux's Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher and Heinz Holliger's Atembogen Chapter 41 34. Luciano Berio's Sonata per pianoforte solo or The Disclosures of a Sketch Page Part 42 A Somfai Bibliography Part 43 Index of Proper Names Part 44 About the Contributors

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Book SynopsisDocuments composer/conductor Gustav Mahler's tours with the New York Philharmonic during the 1909 and 1910 seasons. This book details the conditions surrounding touring, the preparations for the tours, the outcome of each concert, and the perceptions of audiences beyond New York City, and a history of touring and orchestral development.Trade ReviewIt is rare to find a focused study that serves as a point of departure for further research, but the approach behind Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America by Mary H. Wagner offers such a perspective....Those interested in this important aspect of Mahler's career...will encounter in this study some insights into the composer's deep impression on American culture... * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, Vol. 64, No. 1 (September 2007) *Highly recommended. All readers; all levels. * CHOICE, April 2007 *Wagner's ability to locate, organize, and subsequently present these thousands of newspaper articles, promotional materials and contracts in a coherent and enjoyable read is commendable....Wagner exhibits an admirable degree of focus...Readers will not only be rewarded with a fine documentary of Mahler's tour...but will also gain insights into the artistic, financial, and administrative challenges faced by the orchestra's past and present. * Naturlaut, vol. 6 no.1 *Immensely informative....We emerge from this work with a rare picture of a musical genius....The documentation...remains precious. * American Music, December 2008 *Mahler (1860-1911) is best known as a composer, but Wagner (music, U. of Michigan-Flint) describes how he helped reshape and transform the New York Philharmonic into a leading orchestra. The orchestra was reorganized in 1909, and wanted a new leader; Mahler accepted the challenge and spent his final two years meeting it. She documents his American tours with the orchestra, preparations for them, the outcome of each concert, and the perception of audiences beyond New York City. * Reference and Research Book News *Table of ContentsPart 1 List of Tables Part 2 Foreward Part 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. Mahler in New York Chapter 6 2. Touring throughout America Chapter 7 3. Programming the Music Chapter 8 4. The New England Tour—February 1910 Chapter 9 5. Great Lakes Tour of December 1910 Chapter 10 6. Tours to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., 1910-1911 Chapter 11 7. The Final Tour of 1911 Part 12 Epilogue Part 13 Appendix A: Reconstructed Programs Part 14 Appendix B: Concert Halls Part 15 Bibliography Part 16 Index Part 17 About the Author

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Book SynopsisTo Boulez and Beyond describes music in the 20th century through the lives and works of its creators, from Mahler and Wagner through the Second Viennese School, from VarÃse to Boulez and his colleagues.Trade ReviewNo one has conveyed as vividly and knowlingly the sense and scents of that 'skeined, stained, veined variety' of twentieth century musics and musical milieus as does Joan Peyser. She transports one into the musics, around the musics and beyond the musics. At a time when so few appear to care about the state and fate of serious contemporary composition, she does, and she is passionately concerned to lead others also to care, to listen, to distinguish, and even - perhaps - to find a home somewhere on that extended range of musical possibilities and realizations. -- Milton Babbitt, composer[Joan Peyser's] smoothly flowing prose encapsulates the history of the whole era of modern music. Among many valuable insights, Ms. Peyser remarks that Boulez's performances of Mahler perhaps more than of any other composer, identify his own qualities, rigor, precision, intellect, by omitting the Weltschmerz. (She says that Boulez still regards Mahler as a stepping-stone to Berg, which is consistent with his view when I first met him forty years ago.) -- Robert Craft, conductor and writer on musicTo Boulez and Beyond is unique in that it comprises an introduction and overview and an intimate portrait of the men and their musical thought that have shaped the fundamental aesthetic characteristics of our extraordinary twentieth century... Joan Peyser presents an overall history of twentieth-century musical thought and composition that is a must for everyone interested in music, whether professional, academic, student or layman. -- Rosalyn Tureck, renowned concert pianist, Director of Tureck Bach Research Foundation at Oxford UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface to the New Edition Part 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Chapters 1–44 Part 5 Afterword Part 6 Bibliography Part 7 Index Part 8 About the Author

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Book SynopsisThe Song Index features over 150,000 citations that lead users to over 2,100 song books spanning more than a century, from the 1880s to the 1990s. The songs cited represent a multitude of musical practices, cultures, and traditions, ranging from ehtnic to regional, from foreign to American, representing every type of song: popular, folk, children''s, political, comic, advertising, protest, patriotic, military, and classical, as well as hymns, spirituals, ballads, arias, choral symphonies, and other larger works. This comprehensive volume also includes a bibliography of the books indexed; an index of sources from which the songs originated; and an alphabetical composer index.Trade Review"Public librarians will kill for a reference book like Ellen Luchinsky's The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt FreeLibrary. The Song Index will prove highly useful to librarians and patrons trying to locate favorite songs." -- Against the Grain"A welcome addition to the available print indexes to song collections. Libraries of all types will want to acquire a copy and benefit from the breadth and depth of indexing done by the Pratt Library's staff for nearly a century. The broad range of collections indexed make it an essential purchase." -- ane Gottlieb, Head Librarian, The Juilliard School"Anyone who has ever worked in a public library knows the frustration of trying to fill the enormous demand on the part of the public for songs. This publication of the renowned song index from the Enoch Pratt Free Library will go a long way toward making many librarians' lives much easier." -- Susan T. Sommer, The New York Public LibraryTable of ContentsIntroduction, Acknowledgements, How to Use This Book, The Bibliography, The Song Index, The Composers, The Sources (Operas, Musicals, Movies and Other Sources of Songs)

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Book SynopsisESSAYS ON ARETHA FRANKLIN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BOB DYLAN, PAUL MCCARTNEY, LEONARD COHEN, BUDDY GUY, MAVIS STAPLES, PATTI SMITHA Financial Times Book of the Year 2023The greatest popular songs, whether it’s Aretha Franklin singing ‘Respect’ or Bob Dylan performing ‘Blind Willie McTell’, have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling when you hear that song again. In Holding the Note, David Remnick, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker, writes about the lives and work of some of the greatest musicians, songwriters, and performers of the past fifty years.He portrays a series of musical lives – Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, and more – and their unique encounters with the passing of that essential element of music: time. These are intimate portraits of some oTrade ReviewRemarkable, not just for the essays' expertise and vividness, but for the aeons he spends talking to his subjects and those around them * Observer *This collection of articles by David Remnick can stand as literature. ... He treats the reader as an informed, intelligent equal * The New York Times *Always up close and personal, always tenacious and informed by deep background, and always vivid and veracious * The Times *[A] standout collection of pieces . . . What’s most remarkable is [Remnick's] ability to give due at once to the artists’ larger-than-life musical legacies and their all too human fallibilities * Publishers Weekly *Written over the past three decades, these are keenly observed, deeply felt, and judiciously detailed encounters of genuine communion mixing interviews, biography, and analysis, all lyrically and radiantly composed . . . There is acuity here, bemusement, tenderness, and gratitude -- Donna Seaman * Booklist *Remnick, the intellectually nimble editor of the New Yorker, has lately been focusing closely on world politics, but he finds time to profile a number of artists who, having enjoyed early success, ‘were all grappling, in music and in their own lives, with their diminishing gifts and mortality.’. . . There’s dish here . . . and plenty of astute observation . . . A perceptive pleasure for literate music lovers * Kirkus Reviews *

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