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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Symphony No 2
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Simon & Schuster Born to Run
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Simon & Schuster Theyre Playing Our Song
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Gradus ad Parnassum
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform From Cabbagetown to Tinseltown and places in between...: The autobiography of Tommy Roe
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Ross Craib Music The Touring Musician's Survival Guide
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Cornerstone Surrender: Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One
Book Synopsis'A brilliant, very funny, very revealing autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar' CAITLIN MORAN_______________________________________________________________Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him.'When I started to write this book I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a natural concept. A word I only circled until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one pilgrim's lack of progress ... With a fair amount of fun along the way.' - BonoAs one of the music world's most iconic artists and the cofounder of organizations ONE and (RED), Bono's career has been written about extensively. But in Surrender, Bono's autobiography, he picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was 14, to U2's unlikely journey to become one of the world's most influential rock bands, to his more than 20 years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. Writing with candour, self-reflection, and humour, Bono opens the aperture on his life - and the family, friends and faith that have sustained, challenged and shaped him.Surrender's subtitle, "40 Songs, One Story," is a nod to the book's 40 chapters, which are each named after a U2 song. Bono has also created 40 original drawings for Surrender which will appear throughout the book.Trade ReviewThis is Bono at his best: thoughtful, reflective, revealing a wisdom that his rock-star persona covers up ... At the root of it all you don't doubt his decency or integrity -- Will Hodgkinson * The Times *A rattling good yarn ... characteristically expansive, but it whizzes by ... Bono has storytelling verve and a genuine desire for self-examination and is enthusiastic about praising others, often at his own expense. ... [a] generous, energetic book -- Dorian Lynskey * Guardian *Bono's memoir bares his soul ... Has any rock superstar written a more revealing biography? He deftly balances the comical and profound and packs anecdotes with cameos by the rich and famous, from Frank Sinatra to Pope John Paul II -- Neil McCormick * Telegraph *Beautifully evoked, a mixture of Joycean exuberance and Chandleresque irony ... most revealing are the intimate personal experiences that shaped him and his chaotic creative process. Punctuating it all is the music. Each chapter uses a U2 song to pull us down memory lane -- Mariella Frostrup * Sunday Times *A rewarding read about a loss-fuelled life lived to the full ... What makes much of this book so exciting and interesting, is that the sadness is overwhelmed by a desperate, frenzied desire to use life more richly since it has proved to be so fragile. Sadness is replaced here by an extraordinary and breathless zeal for friendship but also for love ... Surrender is, in its own generous way, a book written by an Irishman to tell his mother how much he misses her, to tell his mates how much he rates them, and to let his wife and children know how much he loves them -- Colm Toibin * Irish Times *Bono's honesty will win over his harshest critics ... the U2 frontman's memoir is a trumph ... Honest, witty, informative and beautifully written. Surrender will surely join the ranks of the great rock memoirs * Irish Independent *Bono's prose is electrifyingly good. Not confected memories, but the messy, sometimes bathetic minutiae of lived experience, emotions remembered but only truly understood with hindsight and vocabulary that comes much later -- Pete Paphides, author of 'Broken Greek'Will engage and entertain you, full of extraordinary anecdotes and people from Sinatra and Johnny Cash to Pope Benedict and presidents. -- Catherine Meyer, author and founder of WEPBono's book is absolutely brilliant -- Simon SchamaA brilliant, very funny, very revealing, autobiography-through-music. Maybe the best book ever written about being a rockstar -- Caitlin Moran
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Rowman & Littlefield Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to the
Book SynopsisIn celebration of the 45th anniversary of The Dark Side of the Moon, Bill Kopp explores the ingenuity with which Pink Floyd rebranded itself following the 1968 departure of Syd Barrett. Not only did the band survive Barrett’s departure, but it went on to release landmark albums that continue to influence generations of musicians and fans. Reinventing Pink Floyd follows the path taken by the remaining band members to establish a musical identity, develop a songwriting style, and create a new template for the manner in which albums are made and even enjoyed by listeners. As veteran music journalist Bill Kopp illustrates, that path was filled with failed experiments, creative blind alleys, one-off musical excursions, abortive collaborations, general restlessness, and—most importantly—a dedicated search for a distinctive musical personality. This exciting guide to the works of 1968 through 1973 highlights key innovations and musical breakthroughs of lasting influence. Kopp places Pink Floyd in its historical, cultural, and musical contexts while celebrating the test of fire that took the band from the brink of demise to enduring superstardom.Trade Review“Music journalist Kopp tells the story of how Pink Floyd developed their iconic sound from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) to The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). He interviews engineers and others involved with these early albums to get firsthand accounts... Kopp, who’s also a musician, describes each of the songs from the earliest albums using some music theory (e.g., chord progression and root notes)...The group’s original songwriter, Syd Barrett, his dismissal from the band and replacement by David Gilmour (as well as other band drama) are covered, but not in great detail since the focus is on the actual music rather than the musicians. The author often mentions the 2016 release of The Early Years 1965–1972 box set, so patrons may ask about this. VERDICT Pink Floyd fanatics will appreciate the in-depth exploration of how the band developed their distinct sound." * Library Journal *“Music journalist Kopp debuts with a succinct look at Pink Floyd’s work from 1968 to 1973, focusing on the musical rather than the personal developments that led to the creation of The Dark Side of the Moon. Kopp expertly analyzes how the band developed from the idiosyncratic yet “concise pop songwriting” of its founder Syd Barrett, through a range of “musical excursions” including electronic experiments and film soundtracks, to more conceptual albums such as Ummagumma and Atom Heart Mother. By offering detailed evaluations of songs such as “Echoes”— “a glacial and majestic twenty-three-plus minute piece of music that distills all of Pink Floyd’s accumulated musical virtues circa 1971 into a fully realized work”— Kopp shows that nearly “everything the band did would, in one way or another, provide clues to the band’s eventual and wildly successful direction.” He also provides new insights into how Dark Side was crafted into “a unified work” through live performances and studio sessions. Hard-core Floyd fans will delight in Kopp’s sensitivity to the intricacies of the band’s work, while people only familiar with Dark Side will be alerted to the often “overlooked development of Pink Floyd’s music” that led directly to that masterpiece. Kopp’s smart and well-researched history is a welcome addition to the Pink Floyd library.” * Publishers Weekly *With song titles like “Careful with That Axe, Eugene” and “Brain Damage,” Pink Floyd always chartered its own idiosyncratic course in the pop universe. Founded by Syd Barrett, an enigmatic (and, later, increasingly unhinged) guitar student from Cambridge, the band released its debut single, “Arnold Layne,” in March 1967. In this finely detailed account of the band’s career, from its debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, to the release of its masterpiece, The Dark Side of the Moon, Kopp focuses with laser-sharp attention on a specific time period: from early 1968—when Barrett, the leader, public face of the band, and chief songwriter, left—to spring 1973, when Dark Side was released. Within a few years, as Kopp notes, the Pink Floyd lineup of David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright that fans know so well emerged. Kopp discusses at length the pre–Dark Side albums, including A Saucerful of Secrets, Ummagumma, and Atom Heart Mother; their performances on BBC radio; their contributions to motion-picture soundtracks, such as Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point; and the development of the band’s distinctive sound, culminating in the live performances and release of The Dark Side of the Moon, in 1973. Pink Floyd fans will savor every word. With a foreword by Jerry Shirley, former drummer of the band Humble Pie. * Booklist *This superb book by the talented Bill Kopp on how the legendary Pink Floyd basically started out as a psychedelic folk rock outfit in the mid-60s only to transform into a prog rock mammoth in merely five or six years is a brilliant study of musical growth and how the aforementioned act helped shape the modern cultural landscape . . . "Reinventing Pink Floyd" oozes passion and comes across as both cohesive and coherent. All the devout fans of (prog) rock music out there ought to immerse themselves in this marvelous piece of literature; it is perfect for one of those grey and rainy days where you just want to curl up in your favorite armchair with a cup of strong coffee and a captivating book. Kopp's narrative is entertaining and absorbing, but it also places the first six years of the band's existence in a wider cultural and historical perspective, which lends further weight to the importance of the (early) Floyd catalogue while also helping us understand why the ensemble continues to inspire so many fans and listeners all over the world even after all these years. * Eternal Terror Webzine *If you are a dedicated Floyd fan then the Kopp book will offer a rewarding read especially if you are also a musician as the book talks a lot about time signatures and unusual chords. * The Carouser *Bill Kopp has written knowledgeable, well-informed, conscientious, and sensitive chapters about Syd’s music and what it took to record it in somewhat difficult circumstances for us all. He has written about what really matters. A great readwell worth the price of admission. -- Jerry Shirley, drummer for Humble PieKopp’s excellent analysis of Pink Floyd’s post-Syd, pre-arenas era performs a valuable service to the Floyd canon. -- Joel McIver, bestselling rock authorCombining research into their classic albums and a wealth of little-known and unofficial recordings with astute and entertaining analysis, Kopp generates fresh insight into Pink Floyd’s formative years. Even longtime fans of the band will be surprised and enlightened. -- Richie Unterberger, author of Unknown Legends of Rock’n’RollTable of ContentsIntroduction Historical and musical contextualization of early Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett as leader Discussion of the group's reliance on Barrett Apples and Oranges: 1967– Defining characteristics in Barrett's songwriting and musical approach This early period features a band focused almost solely on the compositions, vocals and distinctive guitar work of Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett, the group's original leader. The studio songs of this period are characterized by a childlike wonder, filtered through the influences of English classical literature and LSD. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and singles – Barrett's studio work as an exemplar of "Summer of Love" musical ethosReaction in G: Cambridge St/ation – Pink Floyd's live shows of the era were distinctly different from the band's studio output, and would provide more of a template for the band's future direction.BBC One: Continu/ation – Live performances for radio bridged the gap between the band's live and studio approaches. Point Me at the Sky: 1968 – Syd leaves; the band begins again in his shadow Reeling from the loss of both its leader and management, Pink Floyd struggles to develop new material that continues where Syd Barrett;s music left off. Searching for a Sound: A Saucerful of Secrets – Losing its leader halfway through the making of an album means Pink Floyd has to draw upon its live set for ideas. The group quickly moves away form pop song structure.Soundtrack One: Tonite Let's All Make Love in London – Without even trying, the band makes its first foray into the world of film soundtrack work.BBC Two: Germin/ation and Continua/tion – The band works hard for commercial success via multiple television appearances and additional soundtrack work (The Committee) The Narrow Way: 1969 – Developing a distinct identity Guitarist David Gilmour takes on a more active role. The loss of the band's primary songwriter and creative visionary found the group adrift artistically, searching for a new and distinctive musical direction. Nonetheless, some of the group's most enduring work was creative during this period of exploration and experimentation, setting the tone for the future. Soundtrack Two: More – Pink Floyd makes its first serious journey into the world of composiing music for motion pictures.Live work vs. Studio Experiments: Ummagumma – Double-album highlights the group beginning to reconcile the differences between its live performance and studio work; the lines between the two begin to blur.The Man and the Journey: Dramatis/ation – An early conceptual work aims to combine scattered individual songs into a cohesive, semi-narrative extended work, presaging The Dark Side of the MoonRemergence: 1970 – Increased musical risks yield rewards and setbacks Pink Floyd explores long-form musical composition in live performance while pursuing soundtrack opportunities that showcase a different side of the band and provide clues to the future. Epic song structure: Atom Heart Mother – Expanding its sound to include a full orchestra and choir, the group collaborates closely with avant-garde composer Ron Geesin.Soundtrack Three: Zabriskie Point – The band's ambient-leaning tendencies are explored in a suite of songs and incidental music created for film.Soundtrack Four: Music from The Body – Album marks the first outside venture by a Pink Floyd member (post-Syd Barret) and develops some musical ideas that will reappear on The Dark Side of the Moon.BBC Three: Devi/ation – Developed onstage rather than in the studio, the band's extended set-pieces preview the direction Pink Floyd's music would take for the rest of its time as a group. Biding My Time: 1971 – In-depth pursuit of promising musical approaches Learning from the experience of working with a collaborator, the group retreats into itself, combining its strengths onto a single album. Refining the Formula: Meddle – Continuing its approach of developing long-form musical works onstage, Pink Floyd creates one of its most enduring work. BBC Four: Reverber/ation – Once again the band reconciles its studio work (specifically, pop-length songs) with long-form explorations; BBC performances of this era are the most accurate representations of the band's growth. Odds and Ends: Relics – Scattered non-album tracks and previously-unreleased material shows both how the band has changed and maintained some of its original ideas. Burning Bridges: 1972 – Leaving Syd's influence behind and looking to the future A distinct musical personality emerges, and the group once again attempts collaboration with outside artists, most notably filmmaker Adrian Maben and ballet choreographer Roland Petit. Soundtrack Four: La Valée (Obscured by Clouds) – Pink Floyd embarks on its final film soundtrack project.Wot's … Uh the Deal: Obfusc/ation – The band attempts to combine music and ballet, with mixed results.Echoes: Live at Pompeii – A live performance in ancient coliseum ruins serves as the final word on Pink Floyd's transitional years, while previewing the future. The Great Gig in the Sky: 1973 – Creating the perfect album The synthesis of everything the band has learned in the previous five years. Perfecting the Formula: The Dark Side of the Moon Oh, By the Way: 1974 and Beyond Conclusion
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Chicago Review Press Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records
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University of Tennessee Press Jook Right On: Blues Stories and Blues Storytellers
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University of Tennessee Press Tom Ashley Sam Tom Ashley, Sam McGee, Bukka White: Tennessee Traditional Singers
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University Press of Mississippi Sam Myers: The Blues Is My Story
Book SynopsisSam Myers: The Blues Is My Story recounts the life of bluesman Sam Myers (1936-2006), as told in his own words to author Jeff Horton. Myers grew up visually handicapped in the Jim Crow South and left home to attend the state school for the blind at Piney Woods. Myers's intense desire to become a musician and a scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music called him to Chicago. There in 1952 he joined Elmore James's band as a drummer and was featured on some of James's best-known recordings. Following the elder bluesman's death in 1963, Myers fronted bands of his own and recorded many well-received singles and albums. In 1986, Myers became the W. C. Handy Award-winning front man, vocalist, and harmonica player for Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. Throughout the book, Myers provides a historical context to a bygone era of the blues and reveals his own thoughts and feelings about the musicians with whom he played. And they are a list of who's who in the blues-Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Hound Dog Taylor, and Robert Lockwood Junior in addition to Elmore James. In one chapter Myers describes a personalized deeper meaning to the blues. And in another he relates a series of anecdotes about the lighter side of life on the road. Contributions from Myers's father and stories from a boyhood friend round out the narrative. Dallas musician Brian ""Hash Brown"" Calway dissects the more technical aspects of Myers's harmonica style. Long-time friend and bandmate, Anson Funderburgh, weighs in with a chapter about their songwriting methods and offers some of his own recollections on their twenty years together. An award-winning and prolific musician and singer Sam Myers wrote and recorded what was to be his most famous single, ""Sleeping in the Ground,"" in 1956. He toured all over the U.S. and around the world with Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets. Jeff Horton is a blues musician and journalist active in the Texas blues scene. His work has been published in Southwest Blues magazine.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd György Kurtág: Three Interviews and Ligeti Homages
Book SynopsisUniquely revealing interviews with one of the world's greatest living composers. György Kurtág (b. 1926) is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers in the second half of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first. Born in Romania, he received crucial training in Paris from Olivier Messiaen and Marianne Stein. He was also shaped by his broadening contact there with the music of Webern and such challenging literary works as the plays of Samuel Beckett. After many years in Hungary, teaching at the Budapest Academy of Music,Kurtág settled near Bordeaux with his wife Márta. The two regularly perform duo-recitals of his music. In 2006, his . . . concertante . . . (2003, for violin, viola and orchestra) won the coveted Grawemeyer Award for MusicComposition. This unique set of interviews with Kurtág, alone or with his wife, gives a fascinating insight into the composer's personality, which is marked by shyness but also an unquenchable thirst for impressions of every kind [artistic, natural and human]. The two speak with disarming openness about their lives -- the background against which masterpieces like Messages of the Late Miss R. V. Troussova (1976-80, for soprano and chamber orchestra) or Stele (1994, for orchestra) were written. The analysis of certain of Kurtág's works, especially of . . . concertante . . ., shows the way that his mind works: no system, no dogma, no formulae -- rather, basic human emotions expressed through means that speak directly to the listener's innermost feelings. The Hungarian music publisher Bálint András Varga has spent nearly forty years working for and with composers.He has published several books, including extensive interviews with Lutoslawski, Berio, and Xenakis.Trade ReviewOffers telling insights . . . [on the] linkage between teaching and communicating, teaching and composing. . . . Reach[es] to the core of Kurtag's essential expressionism. . . . [Kurtag's] tributes to [Ligeti] provide . . . the shrewdest, clearest-eyed judgment of his friend's achievements. 'Mementos of a friendship' . . . is as artfully assembled as any of Kurtag's compositions. -- Arnold Whittall * MUSICAL TIMES *Like many of Kurtág's finest pieces, [this book] is short but densely packed. In three extended interviews with Varga, the composer provides piercing insights into a vast range of music and addresses his own work with startling clarity, candor, and humility. He also delivers three tributes to his longtime friend György Ligeti, revealing more of Ligeti's psychology and creativity than any commentator in print. -- Alex Ross * THE NEW YORKER *Read the full review at http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/alexross/2009/10/gyorgy-kurtag.html * . *This book provides a fascinating and unique insight into the life, mind, and personality of the Hungarian composer György Kurtág [.] this volume surely will play a significant role in enhancing and enlightening the way we experience Kurtág's music, both as listeners and as scholars. MUSIC & LETTERS, May 2011 * . *An important introduction to the music and the personality of this unique composer. -- Pierre BoulezA uniquely sensitive look at Kurtág's extraordinary work, character, and personality. --Kent Nagano, General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera and Orchestra and Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra * . *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Portrait Sketch of György Kurtág in Three Sittings Three Questions to György Kurtág (1982-1985) The Three Questions Again (1996) Key Words (2007-2008) Mementos of a Friendship: György Kurtág on György Ligeti A Brief Biography of György Kurtág Personalia List of Works Discography Notes Bibliography Index
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music
Book SynopsisA compelling portrait of composer-performer Julius Eastman's enigmatic and intriguing life and music. Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and straightforward, resists labels and seethes with a tension that resonates with musicians, scholars, and audiences today. Eastman's provocative titles, including Gay Guerrilla, Evil Nigger, Crazy Nigger, and others, assault us with his obsessions. Eastman tested limits with his political aggressiveness, as reflected in legendary scandals like his June 1975 performance of John Cage's Song Books, which featured homoerotic interjections, and the uproar over his titles at Northwestern University. These episodes are examples of Eastman's persistence in pushing the limits of the acceptable in the highly charged arenas of sexual and civil rights. In addition to analyses of Eastman's music, the essays in Gay Guerrilla provide background on his remarkable life history and the era's social landscape. The book presents an authentic portrait of a notable American artist thatis compelling reading for the general reader as well as scholars interested in twentieth-century American music, American studies, gay rights, and civil rights. This Life of Sounds: Evenings for New Music inBuffalo received an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for excellence. Mary Jane Leach is a composer and freelance writer, currently writing music and theatre criticism for the Albany Times-Union.Trade ReviewJulius Eastman enjoyed the admiration of peers such as Morton Feldman, Meredith Monk and Pierre Boulez. Here, highly engaging essays by those who knew Eastman well recall him as a person and assess his brilliance. While there are amusing anecdotes about his more madcap moments . . . the overall message is that he was an artist deserving of significant respect. * BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE *[Eastman's work] effectively rewrote the history of post-war American New Music, restoring to its narrative a gay black voice creating a liberating, high-energy form of organic minimalism. * THE GUARDIAN *It is eminently readable throughout. * JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC STUDIES *[The book will be] a starting point for others who want to engage with Julius Eastman as a performer, scholar, or composer. * ARSC JOURNAL *A picture of [Eastman]--charismatic performer, magnetic personality and emotional escape artist--that puts his work in a context larger and more representative. * BAY AREA REPORTER *A composer of visionary power, a singer with a cavernous bass voice, a collaborator with the diverse likes of Meredith Monk and Pierre Boulez, Eastman had long been a fixture of the New York Music scene....Part of the pleasure of Eastman's rediscovery has been the belated, deserving reinsertion of a black, gay figure into music history. * THE NEW YORK TIMES *Outspoken about his own identity as a black queer man...Eastman was ahead of his time. His music is politics by other means, in search of a form, alighting toward a future that could grant him dignity, when he could be something other than an abstraction. * THE NEW YORKER *A fascinating new collection of essays exploring the life and work of the enigmatic composer Julius Eastman...who worked fluently in jazz, improvisation and acoustical experiments. An indication of his impact is the very fact that so many people have come together [in this book] to remember him and are actively championing his music. * ALBANY TIMES-UNION *The publication of this rigorously researched, lovingly produced, multidimensional study of a singular artist will surely be met with joy by those of us who remember Julius Eastman--the inspired creator, the sly provocateur and martyred saint of the avant-garde. For those who are interested in iconoclasts of whatever stripe, this volume will be a revelation and an invitation to rethink what composition, performance, and life at the precipice of madness can be.-- -- Bill T. Jones, choreographer and dancerThis book has arrived just in time for Black Lives Matter and gets my deepest praise. This important volume of essays brought forth by two brilliant women who have long championed Eastman's music, belongs in every music conservatory library and beyond.-- -- Pauline Oliveros, composerTable of ContentsForeword by George E. Lewis Acknowledgments Introduction: Julius Eastman and His Music - Renee Levine Packer Julius Eastman, A Biography - Renee Levine Packer Unjust Malaise - David Borden The Julius Eastman Parables - R. Nemo Hill Julius Eastman and the Conception of "Organic Music" - Kyle Gann Julius Eastman Singing - John Patrick Thomas An Accidental Musicologist Passes the Torch - Mary Jane Leach A Flexible Musical Identity: Julius Eastman in New York City, 1976-90 - Ryan Dohoney Evil Nigger: A Piece for Multiple Instruments of the Same Type by Julius Eastman (1979), with Performance Instructions by Joseph Kubera - David Borden A Postminimalist Analysis of Julius Eastman's Crazy Nigger - Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek "The Piece Does Not Exist without Julius": Still Staying on Stay On It - Matthew Mendez Connecting the Dots - Mary Jane Leach Gay Guerrilla: A Minimalist Choralphantasie - Luciano Chessa Appendix: Julius Eastman Compositions - Mary Jane Leach Chronology Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index
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Gotham Books Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock
Book SynopsisThe first biography of Yo La Tengo, the massively influential band who all but defined indie music. Yo La Tengo has lit up the indie scene for three decades, part of an underground revolution that defied corporate music conglomerates, eschewed pop radio, and found a third way. Going behind the scenes of one of the most remarkable eras in American music history, Big Day Coming traces the patient rise of husband-and-wife team Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, who—over three decades—helped forge a spandex-and-hairspray-free path to the global stage, selling millions of records along the way and influencing countless bands.Using the continuously vital Yo La Tengo as a springboard, Big Day Coming uncovers the history of the legendary clubs, bands, zines, labels, record stores, college radio stations, fans, and pivotal figures that built the infrastructure of the now-prevalent indie rock world. Journalist and freeform radio DJ Jesse Jarnow draws on all-access interviews and archives for mesmerizing trip through contemporary music history told through one of its most creative and singular acts.
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BearManor Media Endless Summer: My Life with the Beach Boys
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BearManor Media Vic Flick, Guitarman
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BearManor Media Judy Canova: Singin' in the Corn!
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BearManor Media From Harlem to Hollywood: My Life in Music
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BearManor Media They Called Him Al: The Musical Life of Al Bowlly
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BearManor Media Thinking of You - The Story of Kay Kyser
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WWW.Snowballpublishing.com Practical Method for Beginners, Op. 599: Piano Technique
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Serenissima Music Holberg Suite, Op.40: Study score
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Serenissima Music Lyric Suite, Op.54: Study score
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Serenissima Music Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb: 2: Study score
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Serenissima Music A Fugal Overture, H.151: Study score
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Serenissima Music Carmen Suite de Concert No.1: Study score
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Serenissima Music Le Chasseur maudit, CFF 128: Study score
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Serenissima Music Coppélia Ballet Suite: Study score
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Chicago Review Press Cowboy Song: The Authorized Biography of Thin
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Chicago Review Press This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of
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University of Tennessee Press Waylon: A Biography
Book SynopsisFrom his earliest recordings to his posthumously released albums, the haunting baritone of Waylon Jennings marked him as an extraordinarily individualistic country music artist. This biography by the late R. Serge Denisoff, first published in 1983, recounts Waylon’s west Texas upbringing, his introduction to music as a radio announcer at thirteen years old, his tutelage by rock star Buddy Holly, and his eventual stellar yet stormy music career. Where the original 1983 biography ends, music scholar Travis Stimeling picks up with the waning years of Waylon’s recording and performing. Stimeling recounts in the new afterword Waylon’s continued musical success in the early 1980s—though his financial troubles and battle with drugs and alcohol would soon cost him both professionally and personally—his triumphant and sober return in the 1990s and collaboration with longtime recording artists in the industry, and his continued musical relevance in an evolving industry driven by Nashville’s urban popularization of country music. Additionally, series editor Ted Olson, in his foreword, touches on Waylon’s legacy and the continued influence of his outlaw style of country music. Fans of Waylon, country music, and the Nashville music scene are sure to find this second edition of R. Serge Denisoff’s classic biography a welcome addition to the publications on the father of outlaw country.
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Biblio Publishing The Vinyl Dialogues: Stories Behind Memorable Albums of the 1970s as Told by the Artists
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Vernon Press Exploring Xenakis: Performance, Practice, Philosophy
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Tennessee Fire Music The Streets of Nashville: The Little Book
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University Press of Mississippi Lonesome Melodies: The Lives and Music of the Stanley Brothers
Book SynopsisCarter and Ralph Stanley--the Stanley Brothers--are comparable to Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs as important members of the earliest generation of bluegrass musicians. In this first biography of the brothers, author David W. Johnson documents that Carter (1925-1966) and Ralph (b 1927) were equally important contributors to the tradition of old-time country music. Together from 1946 to 1966, the Stanley Brothers began their careers performing in the schoolhouses of southwestern Virginia and expanded their popularity to the concert halls of Europe. In order to re-create this post-World War II journey through the changing landscape of American music, the author interviewed Ralph Stanley, the family of Carter Stanley, former members of the Clinch Mountain Boys, and dozens of musicians and friends who knew the Stanley Brothers as musicians and men. The late Mike Seeger allowed Johnson to use his invaluable 1966 interviews with the brothers. Notable old-time country and bluegrass musicians such as George Shuffler, Lester Woodie, Larry Sparks, and the late Wade Mainer shared their recollections of Carter and Ralph. Lonesome Melodies begins and ends in the mountains of southwestern Virginia. Carter and Ralph were born there and had an early publicity photograph taken at the Cumberland Gap. In December 1966, pallbearers walked up Smith Ridge to bring Carter to his final resting place. In the intervening years, the brothers performed thousands of in-person and radio shows, recorded hundreds of songs and tunes for half a dozen record labels, and tried to keep pace with changing times while remaining true to the spirit of old-time country music. As a result of their accomplishments, they have become a standard of musical authenticity.
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BearManor Media Long Title: Looking for the Good Times...
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Triumph Books Juke Box Hero: My Five Decades in Rock 'N' Roll
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