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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Chen Yi is a remarkable addition to biographies of living women composers essential for any library's collection. The book's appeal to a variety of readers and its uses from score study to music appreciation present a wealth of musical, cultural, and personal context about the composer's life and artistic voice." --Music Reference Services Quarterly"The publication of Chen Yi, an illuminating book by American scholars Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards, is by no means a small accomplishment. . . . Chen Yi presents a captivating narrative of the composer's career and highlights her unique musical identity through concise and insightful readings of nearly thirty selected works. . . . Miller and Edward's examination of Chen Yi's life journey and compositional strategies is quite informative and revealing, drawing on current scholarship, the authors' own research and analysis, and their own extensive interviews with Chen Yi conducted in 2015 and 2016." --Notes"Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards's book Chen Yi is a much-needed study of the composer's music and provides an excellent guide for those interested in programming and engaging in further research on her work." --Bulletin of the Society for American Music"To say that Chen Yi is the definitive guide to the life and works of Chen Yi is to say something true but not nearly enough. Not only is it a fascinating and insightful account of the journey of one extraordinary woman composer and her music, but it is also a primer on the history of twentieth-century China, a resource on Chinese music, and a volume to which readers will return again and again for both its utility as a reference book and the pleasure of a good read." --International Alliance of Women in Music"Chen Yi is a remarkable addition to biographies of living women composers and is essential to any library's collection. The book's appeal to a variety of readers and its uses from score study to music appreciation present a wealth of musical, cultural, and personal context about the composer's life and artistic voice." --Music Reference Service Quarterly"An intimate picture of Chen’s life and music. The incredible details, nuanced discussion, and dynamic analyses have made Chen Yi an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of contemporary music." --Kapralova Society Journal“This welcome contribution to UIP’s landmark series chronicles Chen Yi’s inspiring journey from her childhood in Guangzhou and Shimen to her musical studies in Beijing and New York to her position as an internationally renowned composer and educator. A touching portrait of a remarkable person and a worthy guide to her incomparable music.”--Ellie M. Hisama, author of Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam GideonTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Biography and Framework Chapter 3. Compositional Processes Chapter 4. Solo and Chamber Music Works Chapter 5. Works for Large Instrumental Ensembles Chapter 6. Choral and Solo Vocal Works Chapter 7. Issues Glossary List of Works Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDottie Dodgion was honored during the "In Memoriam" segment of the Grammy Awards 2022 "Dodgion had a fascinating story to relate. She and Enstice produced a book that flows naturally and always maintains the reader's interest." --Jersey Jazz"This highly readable history says much about the demands upon someone determined to be a performer. . . . This book also contains an audio companion illustrating Dodgion's insufficiently celebrated playing, and she certainly knows how to tell a story, musically and verbally. " --Jazzwise"The Lady Swings undulates as much with dynamic rhythm as it does with delicious drama and laugh-out-loud storylines." --JazzTimes"Written in a breathtaking, breezy narrative that takes the reader on a musical journey that is reflected as if in the mirror of Ms Dodgion’s life itself. . . . This is what makes the book so exciting: the mere fact that you will discover a musician who gave – and continues to give – her life to the music she fell in love with as a child and one who remains its guardian, keeping the flame aglow even in the sunset of her life." --JazzdaGama"A pioneering woman in jazz and swinging drummer, Dottie Dodgion played with some of the great musicians of her time. She has a unique story to tell."--Quincy Jones​​"When I first caught Dottie Dodgion in action I was bowled over. I didn’t hear a great female drummer but a truly great jazz drummer, period, able, as you’ll be happy to learn from the story she tells with such insight, humor and complete honesty, to please both Charles Mingus and Wild Bill Davison. The lady's words swing as hard as her ride cymbal, and will keep your foot tapping all the way through."--Dan Morgenstern, Director Emeritus, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University​​​"Dottie Dodgion not only takes you on a dizzying ride through her incredible life, she teaches you some of the great secrets of jazz and unmasks the archaic attitudes toward female musicians that have marginalized great talents like hers. What a wonderful journey she’s had. What a wonderful book this is!"--Judy Chaikin, director and cowriter of The Girls in the Band“A unique and important contribution to the history of jazz."--Dee Spencer, composer, performer, educator ​​"An interesting book about an eventful life in music." --New York City Jazz Record "The Lady Swings belongs on the short list of essential jazz autobiographies." --All About Jazz "The Lady Swings is an entertaining and informative book, one that is easily recommended." --Syncopated Times "A full portrait of the obstacles American women faced in the 20th century jazz scene . . . Dodgion's pull-no-punches style and determination in the face of daunting situations bring an obscure figure to vivid life." --Library Journal "A compelling tale of a groundbreaking person from a memorable time in American cultural history." --FraNoi "A swinging tale that is more than a fascinating footnote in the annals of jazz." --Kirkus Finalist, Book of the Year About Jazz: Biography and Autobiography, Jazz Journalists Association (JJA), 2022 Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Prefatory Notes Introduction Part I. The California Years Scene One: On the Road Scene Two: Spot Behind The Scenes One: The Giaimos Scene Three: Eleanor Powell’s Shoes Behind The Scenes Two: The Tiptons Scene Four: The Eight-Day Clock Scene Five: Polio Scene Six: Jail Bait Scene Seven: TD&L Scene Eight: Mingus Scene Nine: Apple Pie, Apple Pie, Apple Pie Scene Ten: A Little Help from My Friends Scene Eleven: The Drummer Was Always Late Scene Twelve: Monty Scene Thirteen: Jerry Scene Fourteen: 176 Steps Behind The Scenes Three: Eugene’s Lessons Scene Fifteen: First Time in Vegas Scene Sixteen: Followed by Myself in the Moonlight Scene Seventeen: The IT Club Scene Eighteen: Thunderbird Part II. The New York and East Coast Years Scene Nineteen: 14 Drummers Scene Twenty: Mount Airy Lodge Scene Twenty-One: Strollers Scene Twenty-Two: The Village Stompers Scene Twenty-Three: Eddie Condon’s Behind The Scenes Four: Pearls to Swine Scene Twenty-Four: Park Ridge Scene Twenty-Five: Piano Party Behind The Scenes Five: Ruby Scene Twenty-Six: Suburban Housewife Scene Twenty-Seven: In the Middle of the Brook Scene Twenty-Eight: Harold’s Rogue and Jar Scene Twenty-Nine: Melba Liston And Company Scene Thirty: Fazee Cakes Part III. California Redux Scene Thirty-One: The Best Kept Secret in Town Scene Thirty-Two: A Leader at Sixty-Five Scene Thirty-Three: Pacific Grove Scene Thirty-Four: Octogenarian Postscript Notes Discography Inde

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Book SynopsisFirst time in paperback and e-book! The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in—and stretching beyond—a dizzying range of musical styles. Her integration of classical music into her works helped expand jazz''s compositional language. Her generosity made her a valued friend and mentor to the likes of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Her late-in-life flowering of faith saw her embrace a spiritual jazz oriented toward advancing the civil rights struggle and helping wounded souls. Tammy L. Kernodle details Williams''s life in music against the backdrop of controversies over women''s place in jazz and bitter arguments over the music''s evolution. Williams repeatedly asserted her artistic and personal independence to carve out a place despite widespread bafflement that a woman exhibited such genius. Embracing Williams''s contradictions and complexities, Kernodle also explores a personal liTrade Review"Recommended." --Choice "Diligently chronicles the life and times of the extraordinary innovator."--Jazz Times "Kernodle’s Soul on Soul serves as an essential text, working to set the record straight on one of the genre’s most significant—and conspicuously ignored—composers." --DownBeatTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsList of illustrationsAcknowledgmentsPrefae to the New EditionIntroduction1. I Dream a World2. Take Me to Froggy Bottom: The Early Musical Years3. From East Liberty (Pittsburgh) to Beale Street (Memphis) to Eighteenth and Vine (Kansas City)4. Until the Real Thing Comes Along: The Andy Kirk Years (1931– 42)5. How Do You Keep the Music Playing?6. Love on a Two-Way Street: Barney Josephson and Moe Asch7. Under the Signs of the Zodiac8. The Calm before the Storm9. The Crossroads10. The Long Journey Back Home11. What a Difference a Day Makes12. A Season of Change13. The Fruits of One’s LaborNotesBibliographySelected DiscographyIndexBack cover

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Book SynopsisServing Genius tells the life story of Carlo Maria Giulini, one of the most renowned and beloved conductors of the twentieth century. Detailing Giulini's extraordinary professional career, Thomas D. Saler also chronicles Giulini's personal life, including his musical awakening while growing up amid the spectacular beauty of the Dolomite mountains, his years as a student in Rome's Academy of St. Cecilia, his conscription into the Italian army during World War II, his nine months in hiding for his anti-fascist and pacifist beliefs, and his selfless devotion to his wife, Marcella. A humble master who shunned the limelight, Giulini took a deeply emotional and subjective approach to making music. Saler provides uniquely detailed analysis of Giulini's nuanced musicianship and the way he conveyed that musicianship to the orchestra through physical gestures. Meditating on the very art of conducting at which Giulini excelled, Saler discusses each of the conductor's major musical appointments, iTrade Review"A thorough, balanced and illuminating portrait of the charismatic Italian as man and maestro."--Chicago Tribune"It was wonderful to get to know the man we have met so often in his music-making."--American Record Guide"A fascinating full account."--Los Angeles Times"[A] highly illuminating biography."--The Spectator"Highly readable and musically substantive. Strongly recommended."--Classical.Net"This engaging and extensive biography shows why Carlo Maria Giulini stood apart from other maestri, and above the fray: because of his gentle humanity, his spiritual resonance with music, and his uncompromising seriousness of purpose. This is certainly a book I will recommend to all the conductors I encounter, as well as others because it captures the essence of an uncommonly inspired and inspiring human being."--Kenneth Kiesler, conductor, director of orchestras at the University of Michigan, and director of the Conductors Retreat at Medomak and Conductors Programme at the National Arts Centre of Canada"Thomas D. Saler's biography of the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini is worthy of the noble, deceptively complex subject. Saler paints an extraodinarily sensitive, comprehensive and illuminating portrait of an artist who was selflessly dedicated to his art. The author's enthusiasm is palpable, his reportage elevated by rare knowledge and passion."--Martin Bernheimer, 1982 Pulitzer Prize Winner for CriticismTable of ContentsPreface — ix Acknowledgments — xiii Abbreviations — xv 1. Beauty and Betrayal — 1 2. Mastering the Melodrama — 15 3. Prometheus in London — 33 4. Amore: The Chicago Years — 52 5. Molto, Molto, Espressivo — 87 6. Out of Eden — 117 7. Peace, Love, and Pleated Pants — 126 8. Days of Wine and Roses — 139 9. Wearing the Garment of Tragedy — 173 Notes — 189 Interview List — 213 Index — 215 Illustrations follow page — 86

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Book SynopsisFrom tent revivals to radio and records with a gospel music innovator Homer Rodeheaver merged evangelical hymns and African American spirituals with popular music to create a potent gospel style. Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo examine his enormous influence on gospel music against the backdrop of Christian music history and Rodeheaver's impact as a cultural and business figure. Rodeheaver rose to fame as the trombone-playing song leader for evangelist Billy Sunday. As revivalism declined after World War I, Rodeheaver leveraged his place in America's newborn celebrity culture to start the first gospel record label and launch a nationwide radio program. His groundbreaking combination of hymnal publishing and recording technology helped define the early Christian music industry. In his later years, he influenced figures like Billy Graham and witnessed the music's split into southern gospel and black gospel. Clear-eyed and revealing, Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music IndustTrade Review"Well-written, thoroughly researched, and altogether engaging. . . Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry is a work of substantial scholarship, which will come as no surprise to those familiar with Yeo's previous work." --Historic Brass Society "Well-written, thoroughly researched, and all together engaging. . . Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry is a work of substantial scholarship, which will come as no surprise to those familiar with Yeo's previous work." --Historic Brass Society Journal "Mungons and Yeo's book, Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry, combines painstaking research with insightful sociological and musicological analysis. Although co-authored, the book has a unified narrative. . . . Even if one has only marginal interest in Home Rodeheaver as a person, this scholarly description of American society at the turn of the 20th century proves fascinating and illuminating." --International Trombone Association "Refreshingly free of academic speak. . . . Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry is more than a tale about the emergence of gospel singing and revivalism, it's a quintessentially American story about a quintessential American." --ARSC Journal "Like virtually all books in the University of Illinois's much-honored Music in American Life series, Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry fills in significant blanks in our understanding of different aspects of music history. Mungons and Yeo elevate their contribution with meticulous detail and research; a penchant for finding fascinating, revealing stories and anecdotes; and a sparkling, highly readable prose style that's all too rare in most academic books. " --Robert Darden, Christianity Today"Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo’s biography of Homer Rodeheaver brightens an important corner of gospel music history that has gone unexplored for far too long. What they reveal in their remarkable portrait of 'Reverend Trombone' is a man both of his time and ahead of his time. It’s more than a tale of the emergence of gospel singing and revivalism, it’s a quintessentially American story about a quintessential American."--Robert Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music"I am truly taken by the book. It is good, informative, comprehensive, and free of the usual assortment of clichés, academic hems and haws, and over-spiritualization. It takes the often over-simplified view of music and revivalism and exposes it to a fascinating cross-weave of thought, content, and context which, to my embarrassment, I thought I had already had a handle on. I recommend it without reservation. There is no doubt in my mind that general readers and specialists alike will benefit from reading this book."--Harold Best, emeritus professor of music and dean emeritus of the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music"Mungons and Yeo have rescued a former icon of American religious life from undeserved historical obscurity, placing Homer Rodeheaver in the complex context of his times. . . . If you care about the Christian music industry and an era largely lost to history, you’ll want to read this book." --Stan Guthrie

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Book SynopsisAcclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León's achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from a chronological account, Madrid looks at León through the issues that have informed and defined moments in her life and her professional works. León's words become a starting ground--but also a counterpoint--to the accounts of the people in her orbit. What emerges is more than an extraordinary portrait of an artist''s journey. It is a story of how a human being reacts to the challenges thrown at her by history itself, be it the Cuban revolution or the struggle for civil and individual rights. Nuanced and multifaceted, Tania León''s Stride looks at the life, legacy, and milieu that created and sustained one of the most important figures in American clasTrade Review"This books is well conceived, well written, and a great companion text to Robin Moore's books on Cuban music. . . . A major contribution to the scholarship of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Latin women composers and musicians, but also transcends these categories by showing how a woman of color navigated exile and migration to make a new life while maintaining her identity and growing personally and artistically." --New West Indian GuideWinner of the Bronze Medal in the category of Best Biography in English at the 2022 International Latin Book Awards "The story Madrid tells is not only coherent, but also captivating, opening new avenues of scholarly inquiry about Léon's life, work, and the worlds she has inhabited. I look forward to seeing those kernels sprout in different and unexpected directions and develop into still more fascinating narratives." --Journal for the International Alliance of Women in Music"Madrid's biographical counterpoint masterfully portrays the polyrhythmic life of Tania León. His use of photos and personal interviews vividly tells León's life story. The prevalence of this intimacy adds flavor -- a taste of memoir -- inviting readers to devour the book like linear notes. The juxtaposition of firsthand accounts with historical context and political drama creates a page turner -- a biography containing strides that many outside of music will find illuminating." --Notes"Highly recommended." --Choice"There is incredible beauty and power in the way this book attends to aesthetics and artists with rigor and care. What sets it apart are Madrid's stunning interviews conducted over several years with León and her family, peers, and students. An essential document about an extraordinary artist."--Alexandra T. Vazquez, author of Listening in Detail: Performances of Cuban MusicTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Music Examples xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroductionNotes on a Biographical Counterpoint 1Chapter 1 Tonic: The House on Salud Street 11Chapter 2 Modulation and Displacement: cubana de adentro . . . cubana de afuera 33Chapter 3 Syncopation and Color: Adapting to New Life Rhythms 59Chapter 4 Direction: Leading in Music, Leading in Life 93Chapter 5 Voice: Style and Idea in the Music of Tania León 126Chapter 6 Canon: Representation, Identity, and Legacy 166Epilogue Tania León’s Stride: An Echo that Reaches Our Ears 181Appendix A List of Works 185Appendix B Tania León’s Life 193Notes 203Bibliography 229Index 241

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Book SynopsisIn 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata. Kyle Gann merges exhaustive research with his own experience as a composer to reveal the Concord Sonata and the essays in full. Diffracting the twinned works into their essential aspects, Gann lays out the historical context that produced Ives''s masterpiece and illuminates the arguments Ives himself explored in the Essays. Gann also provides a movement-by-movement analysis of the work''s harmonic structure and compositional technique; connects the sonata to Ives works that share parts of its material; and compares the 1921 version of the Concord with its 1947 revision to reveal important aspects of Ives''s creative process.A tour de force of critical, thTrade Review"Goes far beyond any existing literature in this domain. It's possibly the best analytical writing about a major Ives composition that I've seen."--William Brooks, University of York"It is refreshing to read such a passionate description of a major work of art which is so profoundly meaningful to the author. Practically every page is informative, or contains new insight into the work. By far the best work ever done on the subject."--Neely Bruce, Wesleyan University"Not only an important addition to the thinking about Ives, but a moving companion to the artist and the Concord." * Wire *"This is a book which no Ives scholar or enthusiast can be without. It is quite indispensable, a glowing and lasting monument to the forty years which Gann has spent loving and working on his subject." * Journal of Experimental Music Studies *"This is an interesting and important book. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *"In Charles Ives's Concord: Essays After a Sonata Gann's analysis takes the form of a kind of biblical exegesis, where canonical texts are pored over by ever-new generations. He achieves a balance between writing for Ives specialists and delivering a text that is compulsively readable. . . . This is a book to savor with headphones." * Times Literary Supplement *"A major work gets a major analysis: a masterpiece gets a masterpiece." * Do the M@th *"A treatise on past and future performance practice for the 'Concord' Sonata. This is an absolutely essential reading for performers interested in this work." * Notes *"Gann's passionate survey of the Concord Sonata and its various offshoots and progeny is and should remain an indispensable contribution to Ives studies and twentieth-century keyboard literature." * American Music *

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Book SynopsisA No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 Roland White’s long career has taken him from membership in Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and Lester Flatt’s Nashville Grass to success with his own Roland White Band. A master of the mandolin and acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, White has mentored a host of bluegrass musicians and inspired countless others. Bob Black draws on extensive interviews with White and his peers and friends to provide the first in-depth biography of the pioneering bluegrass figure. Born into a musical family, White found early success with the Kentucky Colonels during the 1960s folk revival. The many stops and collaborations that marked White''s subsequent musical journey trace the history of modern bluegrass. But Black also delves into the seldom-told tale of White''s life as a working musician, one who endured professional and music industry ups-and-downs to become a legendary artist and beloved teacherTrade Review"Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White tells of Roland White's musical life, from his youth as a member of a musical family through his days as a bluegrass band performer. The book successfully weaves together family, friendship, the bluegrass business and culture. The depiction of the life of Roland White and the descriptions of bluegrass players' constructed world combine to make Mandolin Man an important contribution to writing about bluegrass music." --Journal of Folklore Research Reviews"A warm and appreciative book that keeps White's presence alive." --No Depression"Black’s own relevant musical experience, alongside his interviews with White, his family, and country music icons such as Marty Stuart, make this biography a must-read for bluegrass aficionados. Although White may not be a household name to those outside the bluegrass scene, he richly deserves this long-awaited tribute." --Library Journal "Superb. . . . Bob Black has delivered another instant classic biography of one of bluegrass music’s most valuable, but perhaps under-appreciated, influencers and torch-bearers. If you read but one bluegrass history or biography this year, make it Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White." --Bluegrass Unlimited​​"This book has many memorable stories and insights into the life of one of the most modest virtuosos you could ever meet. Kudos to Bob Black for shining a light on a great musician and even better person, and thanks to Roland White for all the great music. " --Nashville Musician"Roland White is bluegrass music royalty. He is, without question, the most dedicated soul I have ever known when it comes to playing and inspiring people to look into the beauty of the music Bill Monroe called 'the ancient tones.' Roland is especially gifted at encouraging young musicians to look deep into their hearts and play what they hear inside. He is a great professor. I know. He was mine. In reality, I owe my entire career to Roland White."--Marty Stuart, Congress of Country Music​"Bob Black tells how a musician of humble beginnings successfully rose to the top of the bluegrass music business. Roland White's story differs from other bluegrass biographies and autobiographies in its extended discussions of recordings, the deep historical era covered--from the postwar years to the present, and the depiction of a musician's working experiences."--Neil V. Rosenberg, author of Bluegrass Generation: A Memoir"In Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White author and banjo player Bob Black gives us a book about a musician in which the music rings out--and is never drowned out." --Chapter 16 "Bluegrass is a musical genre, yes, but it is also a community, the beauty of which resides in the very details that Mr. Black, like any good storyteller, generously shares. Roland White picked his way through life with a singularity of purpose, not to mention a sense of timing and work ethic to match, that made him a colorful piece of the bluegrass community quilt. He was an accomplished, innovative musician, steady hand, and respected mentor." --NewCityLit

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Book SynopsisNow available in paperback, William C. Banfield’s acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon that has existed for a very long time. At the same time, Banfield draws on sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms like blues and jazz to provide a frame for the artists’ achievements and help to illuminate the ongoing progress and struggles against industry barriers. Expanded illustrations and a new preface by the author provide invaluable added context, making this new edition an essential companion for anyone interested in Black composers or contemporary classical music. Composers featured: Michael Abels, H. Leslie Adams, Lettie Beckon Alston, Thomas J. Anderson, Dwight Andrews, Regina Harris Baiocchi, David Baker, William C. Ban?eld, YsayTrade Review"If you are intrigued by the mystery of artistic creativity, this is your book. If you want to know where these musicians believe they stand among their white peers, read on. If you are curious about how non-commercial composers and performers thrive or survive in our warped economy, there is much here to consider." --On the Seawall"Traversing a richly diverse gamut of Black culture and heritage across classical and jazz-- which many here agree is in effect ‘the classical music of America’—the crucial contribution of Black composers in and far beyond the US becomes clear. Wise, moving, and thought-provoking, it's a timely reiteration of the continued need for their wider acknowledgment." --BBC Music Magazine“A valuable guide to the repertoire.”--Times Union"While some composers are familiar (including Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin), the overwhelming impression is how many unsung Black composers have contributed so much pleasure to music lovers. It’s abundantly clear their work has enriched and expanded the world’s musical palette. . . . A book that should be in every music lover’s library." --Library Journal, Starred ReviewTable of ContentsDedication Foreword Preface: Black Beethovens: Essential Conversations with American Composers In Loving Memory Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Laying the Foundations Part 2: The Arrived and the Acknowledged, Part 1 (1922–1936) H. Leslie Adams Thomas J. Anderson David Baker Noel DaCosta George Russell Hale Smith Frederick C. Tillis George Walker Part 3: The Arrived and the Acknowledged, Part 2 (1937–1945) Adolphus Hailstork Wendell Logan Dorothy Rudd Moore Olly Wilson Part 4: Perspectives on Spirituality, Jazz, and Contemporary Popular Languages Dwight Andrews Ysaye Maria Barnwell Billy Childs George Duke Jester Hairston Herbie Hancock Stephen Newby Michael Powell Billy Taylor Tony Williams Michael Woods Part 5: The Composer as Conductor and Composer Leslie Dunner Bobby McFerrin Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Patrice Rushen Kevin Scott Julius Williams Part 6: Generation X and Beyond (1950–1965) Michael Abels Lettie Beckon Alston William C. Banfield Regina Harris Baiocchi Anthony Davis Donal Fox Jonathan Holland Anthony Kelley Jeffrey Mumford Gary Powell Nash Evelyn Simpson-Curenton James Kimo Williams Postlude: Extensions of the Tradition—Linkages and Canon Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA traveling salesman with little formal education, Max Hunter gravitated to song catching and ballad hunting while on business trips in the Ozarks. Hunter recorded nearly 1600 traditional songs by more than 200 singers from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, all the while focused on preserving the music in its unaltered form. Sarah Jane Nelson chronicles Hunter’s song collecting adventures alongside portraits of the singers and mentors he met along the way. The guitar-strumming Hunter picked up the recording habit to expand his repertoire but almost immediately embraced the role of song preservationist. Being a local allowed Hunter to merge his native Ozark earthiness with sharp observational skills to connect--often more than once--with his singers. Hunter’s own ability to be present added to that sense of connection. Despite his painstaking approach, ballad collecting was also a source of pleasure for Hunter. Ultimately, his dedication to capturing Ozarks song culturTrade Review"Hunter recorded nearly 1600 songs from more than 200 singers over a period of several decades. Because he was not directly connected to academia or to the publishing world, his work might not be as familiar as are the works of other Ozark folklorists, but we learn through the determined research of Sarah Jane Nelson that his life as a collector was rich with stories of fascinating musicians, folkloristic debates, shifting attitudes, and relationships with folklorists and folklore-related institutions throughout the country." --OzarksWatch"Vividly illuminates the efforts of a remarkable ballad-hunter, festival impresario, and personality, while offering attention to nationwide folksong currents intersecting with the Ozarks. There is an audience of scholars, folksong performers and enthusiasts, and Ozarks residents and aficionados awaiting this book."--James P. Leary, author of Folklores of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946"I appreciate that Ms. Nelson took the time and energy to write about Max Hunter's life, his quest for ballads, and the family and singers who helped him along the way. Her writing style is clean and unpretentious." --Missouri Historical ReviewTable of ContentsForeword: The Singer in Me Robert CochranPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Max Hunter and the Ballad Field Singing on the Way to Church A Traveling Salesman in Eureka<> Rules of Collecting and How Hunter Got His Songs The Child Ballads and Other Bounty Singing Grandmas and the Musical Tribes of Stone County Circle of Friends The Importance of Columbia More Than a Hobby Max Hunter’s Map of the Ozarks Max Hunter and the Festival Circuit One Eye on the Past and One on the Future Notes Selected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAn accessible introduction to the dean of African American composersTrade Review"This exemplary introduction to African American musician William Grant Still will appeal to both students and laypersons. . . . Recommended."--Choice"This book will be the standard work on William Grant Still for at least twenty years. Smith provides a brilliant narrative of Still's active career, his cooperation with Carl Van Vechten, and his prestige as an American composer. A useful introduction to Still's life, career, music, and sociological importance."--Wayne D. Shirley, emeritus senior music specialist, Library of Congress"A superb general reference to the life and career of William Grant Still. Smith does an excellent job of placing the composer within the context of African American life of his day. She is at her best in narrating Still's professional career in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles."--Josephine Wright, editor of New Perspectives on Music: Essays in Honor of Eileen SouthernTable of ContentsPREFACE ix A NOTE ON RESEARCH xi 1. An Uncertain Ovation 1 2. Still's Arkansas Childhood 4 3. An Ohio Apprenticeship 14 4. New York City 25 5. Making His Mark 38 6. Still's Instrumental Music 47 7. Los Angeles, 1934- 55 8. Troubled Island 68 9. Moscow's "Subtle but Effective Hand" 80 10. After the Storm 87 NOTES 95 SELECTED WORKS 103 FOR FURTHER READING 107 SUGGESTED LISTENING 109 INDEX 111

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Book SynopsisThe artist’s impact on country music and how his death changed the genre A beloved member of the country music community, David “Stringbean” Akeman found nationwide fame as a cast member of Hee Haw. The 1973 murder of Stringbean and his wife forever changed Nashville’s sense of itself. Millions of others mourned not only the slain couple but the passing of the way of life that country music had long represented. Taylor Hagood merges the story of Stringbean’s life with an account of murder and courtroom drama. Mentored by Uncle Dave Macon and Bill Monroe, Stringbean was a bridge to country’s early days. His instrumental savvy and old-time singing style drew upon a deep love for traditional country music that, along with his humor and humanity, won him the reverence of younger artists and made his violent death all the more shocking. Hagood delves into the unexpected questions and uneasy resolutions raised by the atmosphere of Trade Review"The story about the life of the man and the details of his life's tragic end is expertly covered in this new book. . . . After reading this book, I feel as though I got to know David "Stringbean" Akeman and his story very well. Highly recommended!" --Dan Miller, Bluegrass Unlimited“Stringbean was one of the very first friends Doolittle, my husband, and I made when we first came to Nashville in 1960. He and his wife Estelle were some of the nicest folks you could find anywhere. . . . It was heartbreaking when we lost him and his wife.”--Loretta Lynn“Stringbean and Estelle would be like your favorite aunt and uncle, or your favorite cousin. Any time we had a celebration, they were always there, and most of the time cooked for everybody. Those were precious times.”--Lulu Roman, Hee Haw star"This tale will appeal to readers curious about the formative years of the United States' country-music scene." --Library Journal"Get your orders in! You will like this book. Thanks, Taylor Hagood, for filling in so many blanks, even those you filled in from your remote closeness to the gentle and genuine spirit of Stringbean. Stringbean is still a vital part of our music. Stringbean shows us that." --Bluegrass Standard"Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend by Talyor Hagood, not only serves to remind and establish Stringbean’s often overlooked musical legacy, but also serves as a true crime thriller with a highly detailed account of the murder and ensuing trial. Hagood expertly details Stringbean’s long career and gives new meaning to both him and his music." --Americana UK"Hagood, who writes with an appealingly loose and earnest style, has genuine affection for Stringbean. Perhaps the most moving passages are those in which Hagood reflects on the symbiotic relationship between the man and his trusty Vega No. 9 Tubaphone banjo. " --NewCity "Almost as soon as I picked up Taylor Hagood's biography of David Akeman, I knew I could put aside my instinct to find fault in order to luxuriate in a well-documented, carefully constructed combination of biography and true crime story. . . . I highly recommend this well-researched and highly readable book." --Ted Lehmann “It was always a rare treat to get to see the hat flipping, banjo picking man from ole Kentucky on the television or old video tape. Stringbean was one of my first musical heroes as a kid while learning to play the banjo. I'm very excited to get this book! I can never get enough of Ole String! Thank you, Taylor!”--Leroy Troy, Grand Ole Opry star and 1996 National Old-Time Banjo Champion "Taylor Hagood is a gifted writer, and I'm truly pleased with the book he wrote about my uncle, David Akemon."--Phillip AkemonTable of ContentsA Note on Names Prologue. Short Life and Trouble: November 11, 1973 Chapter 1. Way Back in the Hills of Old Kentucky: 1915-1935 Chapter 2. Stringbean and His Banjo: 1935-1942 Chapter 3. Goin’ to the Grand Ole Opry to Make Myself a Name: 1942-1945 Chapter 4. Big Ball in Nashville: 1945-1952 Chapter 5. Herdin’ Cattle in a Cadillac Coupe de Ville: 1953-1959 Chapter 6. Pretty Polly: 1960-1965 Chapter 7. Me and My Old Crow (Got a Good Thing Going): 1966-1973 Interlude. Goodbye Sweet Thing: Stringbean’s Final Day of Life, November 10, 1973 Chapter 8. Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Hide: November 1973, January 1974 Chapter 9. You Can’t Do Wrong and Get By: January, November 1974 Epilogue. Forgetting to Forget You: 1975-2014 Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine American women composers inspired by the sounds of the natural worldTrade ReviewThe book will appeal to students and professionals who want to explore a connection between music and nature through a study of selected works by notable female composers. . . .Recommended. * Choice *Music and the Skillful Listener . . . offers evocative descriptions of compositions influenced or inspired by nature by nine North American women. It is a very readable book that is appropriate for and will likely appeal to undergraduates and general readers with music-reading skills. * Notes *Music and the Skillful Listener is an engrossing study of an important topic that scholars working in a broad array of fields—including American music, music and place, ecomusicology, ecocriticism, gender and music, and many more—will find enriching and illuminating. . . . Scholars pursuing research in these areas or in other related fields will find this book an invaluable resource. * Women and Music *Whether to nature itself, to the compositions of these women, or to the words written by Von Glahn, we must stop and listen. Music and the Skillful Listener invites us all to participate and even delight in the undertaking. * Journal of the Society for American Music *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Context for Composers: Within the Nature-Writing TraditionI. Nature as a Summer Home 2. Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (Mrs. H. H. A. Beach)3. Marion Bauer4. Louise TalmaII. Nature all Around Us5. Pauline Oliveros6. Joan Tower 7. Ellen Taaffe ZwilichIII. Beyond the EPA and Earth Day8. Victoria Bond9. Libby Larsen 10. Emily DoolittleConclusions: The Repercussions of ListeningBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisNot only the life story of a jazz musician and spokesman but also a commentary on racism and jazz as a social forceTrade ReviewThe Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor . . . does his high esteem justice. Without sacrificing the man's integrity, the book captures Dr. Taylor's wide-eyed enthusiasm for jazz and for his missions to further the music's tradition and expand its audience. * JazzTimes *...Those of us who had the privilege of hearing him speak will recognize how accurately Reed captures his spirit and his enthusiasm for the music to which he dedicated his life. * NPR *This must-read collaboration weaves not only the story of a highly esteemed jazz great and genre ambassador, but it is also a narrative on racism and the social influence of jazz. * Smooth Jazz News *This book (including Dr. Teresa L. Reed's eloquent introduction) captures with great clarity and accuracy the character of this man. Taylor not only always aspired to excellence, he was also humble and generous of word and deed. The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor provides the backstory of why he must be remembered as one of the major leading lights of America's classical music. * New York City Jazz Record *[C]o-author Reed has done an exemlary job of making the story flow in Taylor's own words. * Jazzwise *Table of ContentsIntroductionChronology of the Life of William Edward Taylor Jr.1. Beginnings: 1921–19382. College Years: 1938–19423. Making Waves: 1943–19464. The Subject Is Jazz: 1946–19585. From "Tobacco Tags" to the Urban Airwaves: 1959–19686. How It Feels to Be Free: 1969–19907. ReflectionsDiscographySelected Publications Authored by Dr. Billy TaylorIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the band's influence on popular culture and why many consider Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play to be two of the greatest concept albums in rock history.Trade Review[D]elves deep into the past in this new work to bring us the story of these two albums as well as a painstaking analysis that allows us to see not only the particular genius of Tull but the important role both records played in shaping '70s rock. . . . Smolko's passion for the subject matter and ability to wax enthusiastic about the smallest details makes this volume worth reading. . . . A volume that excites with its intelligence and sense of observation, two of the many qualities that will actually find you giv[ing] this book more than one read. * PopMatters *[R]ather than offering yet another biography, Smolko takes a musicological—as well as a cultural— approach to just two of Tull's albums [] an endorsement from such a notebale authority [as Adrian Stone-Mason] surely makes this worth reading for those of a scholarly bent. * Rock n' Reel *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1: Providing a Context for Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play2: Galliards and Lute Songs: The Influence of Early Music in Jethro Tull3: Geared Toward the Exceptional Rather than the Average: The Album Cover and Lyrics of Thick as a Brick4: The Music of Thick as a Brick: Form and Thematic Development5: The Music of Thick as a Brick: Other Features6: The Château d'Isaster Tapes and the Album Cover and Lyrics of A Passion Play7: The Music of A Passion Play8: Monty Python, Reception, and Live VersionsConclusionsEpilogue: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?Appendix 1: The Complete Lyrics to Thick as a BrickAppendix 2: The Complete Lyrics to A Passion PlayAppendix 3: Analysis of the Instrumental PassagesNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBrings new insights to the study of text-music relationships and the song cycle.Trade ReviewSuurpää's book is a highly valuable addition to the literature on Winterreise, while also being one that develops innovative approaches to the analysis of vocal music in general. It would be most interesting to apply the same methodology to the first thirteen songs of the cycle (or indeed to other songs and song cycles) to find out whether the combination of Schenker and Greimas works equally well there. For now, we have to praise Lauri Suurpää for opening up new insights into Schubert, the analysis of vocal music and, last but not least, the engagement with death through music. * Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland *[This] book will doubtless give professional analysts plenty of fodder to chew over. Those with a less analytical bent should certainly not be put off; the chapters teem with helpful summations and thorough cross-referencing. The chapters on the nature of cycles and the relationship between music and text are highly informative, and worth reading in their own right. . . . this book cannot but help deepen a peformer's understanding of the cycle. * Early Music Review *Death in Winterreise presents a unique and captivating study of Schubert's cycle, exposing us to new musico-poetic relationships between Müller's poems and the composer's text-settings. * Music Theory Online *Suurpää's book offers scholars, analysts, and performers a path through Winterreise and constructs a valuable theoretical system for analyzing musico-poetic relationships. Its eclectic analytical approach, paradoxically, reveals unity behind Winterreise's familiar story. . . . Suurpää's psychologically compelling interpretation and deep musical insights will be warmly received by anyone wishing to discover yet further meanings in Schubert's challenging cycle. * Notes *Lauri Suurpää's book is a significant contribution to Schenkerian studies. * Music Theory and Analysis *Death in Winterreise is a wide-ranging study of Schubert's winter songs, one that navigates gracefully between the intricate rigors of Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, the intersection of which offers a systematic approach to the study of text-music relationships in song. Surpaa's explanation of his methodology is remarkably clear in the early chapters and well executed in the analytical chapters. The book offers a new methodology for the study of musico-poetic associations in song . . . . The book will be of immediate value to those interested in the study of textmusic relationships in song, the study of Schenkerian analysis, especially close readings of individual songs, the study of Winterreise in particular, and the study of musical meaning in general. * Journal of Schenkerian Studies *Lauri Suurpaa's Death in Winterreise is a welcome addition to the literature on Schubert's second song cycle. * Music Analysis *Notwithstanding the substantial contribution to textual analysis provided by Death in Winterreise, the book's ultimate value lies in its detailed engagement with the music of this song cycle, and the author's facility for vivid analytical elucidation. Just as Müller draws us towards the innermost thoughts and despairs of his wanderer, so Suurpää conveys his reader inwards towards a deeper, more profound appreciation of these songs and their musicopoetic associations. * Music and Letters *Suurpää's Death in Winterreise is a collection of nuanced and musically sensitive analyses that are a welcome addition to Lieder analysis. . . . Suurpää's innovative combination of methodologies, his astute interpretation of textual and tonal relations across the second half of the cycle, and his consistently clear communication of musical insights create an analytical journey well worth following. * Music Theory Spectrum *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsNote on the Translations of the PoemsPart I: Background1. Genesis and Narrative of Winterreise2. Winterreise in Context3. Text-Music Relationships: Five Propositions4. Musico-Poetic Associations: Principles of AnalysisPart II: Songs5. The Emergence of Death as a Positive Option: "Der greise Kopf"6. Death Contemplated: "Die Krähe"7. From Hope for the Past to Hope for the Future: "Letzte Hoffnung"8. Reflecting Lost Hope: "Im Dorfe," "Der stürmische Morgen," and "Täuschung"9. Choosing Death: "Der Wegweiser"10. Death Eludes the Wanderer: "Das Wirtshaus"11. Reflecting on the Inability to Find Death: "Mut," "Die Nebensonnen," and "Der Leiermann"Part III: Cycle12. The Song Cycle as a Genre: Some Recent Views13. Winterreise as a Cycle14. Epilogue: The Meaning of Death in WinterreiseNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisArgues that the influence of Emerson and Thoreau on Charles Ives' compositional style freed the composer from ordinary ideas of time and chronology, allowing him to recuperate the past as he reached for the musical unknown.Trade ReviewMcDonald's work is always stimulating and never dull, consistently enriching the experience of the music. Ultimately, it also deepens our understanding of Ives the person, weaving together threads of art and biography. * Music Theory Spectrum *Overall, McDonald's book is a useful contribution to Ives scholarship . . . the book lays a solid foundation for further investigations of temporality in Ives's music. * Journal of the Society for American Music *McDonald investigates both the temporal and spatial effects of multidirectional motion, as well as its ramifications for understanding some of the larger philosophical issues that are raised in Ives's music.May 2015 * Music & Letters *McDonald brings together analytic and personal factors to sharpen the image of the composer in convincing ways. . . . This book . . . deserves a close reading. The bibliography provides a select list of scores and recordings as well as articles, books, catalogues, and unpublished commentaries. This book is recommended for college and university libraries and for readers with a music theory background. * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Ives and TimePart I: Three Dualities1. God/Man: I Come to Thee and Psalm 142. Community/individual: Sonata No. 1 for Piano and String Quartet No. 23. Intuition/expression: "Nov. 2, 1920" and "Grantchester"Part II: Contexts and Methodologies4. Elements of Narrative: The Unanswered Question5. Ives and the Now: "The Things Our Fathers Loved"6. Cumulative Composition: Ives's Emerson MusicNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Italy during the late cinquecento, printed music could be found not only in the homes of the wealthy or the music professional, but in lay homes, courts, and academies as well. This book examines these new musical forms through a study of the music books of Italian priest, poet, and composer, Orazio Vecchi.Trade Review[This] very well written and researched book illuminates the repertory of an individual composer and expands our understanding of what game-playing could have meant for Italian recreational singers in the last decades of the 16th century. * Early Music *Singing Games in Early Modern Italy is a brilliant work that helps us to broaden our understanding of the dynamics—both social and individual—that dominated music in early modern Italy. * Fontes Artis Musicae *Elegantly written and illustrated with many, though not excessive, examples and tables, Schleuse's monograph is an important contribution to scholarship on late sixteenth-century music. It sheds light on the work of one of the most notable—if underestimated—authors of this period, Orazio Vecchi, and, most importantly, it restores the centrality of recreational singing, placing it in the context of the fascinating early modern discourse on games and entertainment. It is strongly recommended to anyone with an interest in the music and culture of early modern Italy. * Notes *The wide range of avenues for further study opened by Paul Schleuse's volume is a testimony to its impressive depth and richness. Singing Games in Early Modern Italy is a well-argued, well-written work that offers new understandings of the music of one of the most important composers of the early modern era. * Music and Letters *[T]he author's purpose is to separate Vecchi's importance as a precursor to early opera and illustrate his success as an experimental composer who had control over the printing, dissemination, and understanding of his own works, as well as his innovations in relation to the cultural focus on social play and drama in his music.5/21/16 * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Four-Voice Canzonetta as (and in) Recreational Polyphony2. Intertextuality in Vecchi's Canzonettas and Madrigals, 1583-15903. Forest and Feast: The Music Book as Metaphor4. L'Amfiparnaso: Picturing Theatre & The Problem of the "Madrigal Comedy"5. Competition and Conversation: Games as Music6. Representation and Identity in Musical PerformanceAppendix: Vecchi, L'hore di recreatione from Madrigali a sei (1583).NotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn the last 20 years, scholarly research on opera has encompassed cultural, media, gender, psychoanalytic, and literary theories. With this book, Everett makes an important, impressive contribution to that scholarship. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *[O]ne of the most satisfying aspects of Reconfiguring Myth is Everett's sensitive attention to the way different productions articulate an opera as historical drama, allegory, and myth; such case studies set a new standard in our understanding of contemporary opera as not only a multi-dimensional, but also a constantly changing theatrical experience. * Music and Letters *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Toward a Multimodal Discourse on Opera2. Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar: A Myth of "Wounded" Freedom3. Kaija Saariaho's Adriana Mater: A Narrative of Trauma and Ambivalence4. John Adams' Doctor Atomic: A Faustian Parable for the Modern Age?5. The Anti-hero in Tan Dun's The First EmperorEpilogue: Opera as Myth in the Global AgeGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[T]his book is a serious and muchneeded intellectual examination of these two composers and the impact of literary, philosophical, and spiritual interests on their music. * Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism *Mahler and Strauss is an important and engaging study that will speak volumes not just to admirers of two consummate artists, but to anyone interested in Austro-German culture around 1900 and its aftermath. * Austrian Studies *Mahler and Strauss takes us on a journey that traverses the broader historical and cultural climate of German-speaking Europe at the turn of the twentieth century (with a brief excursion to America along the way). And throughout this journey we are offered a succession of fresh and imaginative readings of the source material that provide us with new ways of understanding the fundamental importance of a profoundly meaningful friendship between two remarkable musicians. * Nineteenth-Century Music Review *Thanks to Youmans's lucid style and easy mastery of often dense material, it works well, and the high aesthetic stakes involved are established early. * The Musical Times *A fascinating volume . . . It's also an impressive achievement in terms of its scholarship and casts a great deal of light on these two composers, both individually and together. * Grammophone *"Along the way, Mahler and Strauss in Dialogue tells a compelling story of the unexpected ways that their worlds overlapped. In so doing, it provides a model for comparative analysis that enriches our understanding of a relationship that indelibly shaped the musical world of their time and continues to fascinate us today." * German Studies Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsNote on TranslationIntroduction: Friends1. Children2. Conductors3. Husbands4. Wagnerians5. Businessmen6. Literati7. Autobiographers8. Programmmusiker9. Imports10. Allusionists11. Ironists12. MetaphysiciansEpilogue: IndividualsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a fascinating look into the more abstract aspects of 19th-century musical attitudes and how it has fueled long standing conversations on the value of poetic interiority over overt technical virtuosity. * American Music Teacher *Among the most distinguished results of Stefaniak's study is to have reminded us of...the challenges of scholarly engagement with complex, often contradictory manifestations of lived experience. * Die Musikforschung *Schumann's Virtuosity is thoughtfully organized and loosely chronological, with in-depth, elegant analyses of relevant examples. * Nineteenth-Century Music Review *Stefaniak's book remains a valuable resource for musicologists, theorists, pianists, and aestheticians interested in reading about Schumann's views on virtuosity. * Notes *It is refreshing to read a contemporary scholarly book that embraces aesthetics so forcefully. * Choice *Stefaniak's book is commendable as a rational, appealing introduction to an important aspect of nineteenth-century music praxis as explored and articulated by a major composer and leader of the early Romantic movement. * Journal of the American Musicological Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Virtuosity DiscoursePart I: Schumann and the Piano Virtuosity of the 1830sPart I Introduction1. Florestan among the Revelers: Postclassical Virtuosity and Schumann's Critique of Pleasure2. Florestan's Wine, Clara Wieck's Spirit: Postclassical Virtuosity and Poetic Interiority3. Poetic Showpieces in the Cultivated Salon4. Virtuosity and the Rhetoric of the SublimePart II: The Virtuoso on Mount Parnassus: Schumann and the Culture of the Work ConceptPart II Introduction5. Steps to Parnassus? Schumann's Equivocal Work Concept6. Festivals of the Virtuoso Priesthood: Collaborating with Clara Schumann and Joseph JoachimEpilogueList of Endnote AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMark Pedelty's A Song to Save the Salish Sea is an engaging and accessible examination of contemporary environmentalist popular music in the Salish Sea region of the Pacific Northwest. * Journal of the Society for American Music *Invaluable for its capacity to arouse musical activism, A Song of the Salish Sea introduces a group of musicians whose dedication, courage, and longevity stand as an example of how to motivate action through music. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *A Song to Save the Salish Sea offers valuable insight into the ways that a diverse community of environmentally oriented musicians, and musically oriented environmentalists, engage with a variety of key issues. * Notes *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Bellingham's Dana Lyons: The Artful Activist2. Victoria's Raging Grannies: An Unstoppable Force3. North America's Idle No More: The Aural Art of Protest 4. Vancouver's Bobs & Lolo: Raindrop Pop5. Surrey's Artist Response Team: ART for Ecology6. Orcas Island's Irthlingz: Community Art as Activism7. Victoria's Towers and Trees: Together Alone OnlineConclusion: Common Themes and ConnectionsDiscographyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMark Pedelty's A Song to Save the Salish Sea is an engaging and accessible examination of contemporary environmentalist popular music in the Salish Sea region of the Pacific Northwest. * Journal of the Society for American Music *Invaluable for its capacity to arouse musical activism, A Song of the Salish Sea introduces a group of musicians whose dedication, courage, and longevity stand as an example of how to motivate action through music. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *A Song to Save the Salish Sea offers valuable insight into the ways that a diverse community of environmentally oriented musicians, and musically oriented environmentalists, engage with a variety of key issues. * Notes *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Bellingham's Dana Lyons: The Artful Activist2. Victoria's Raging Grannies: An Unstoppable Force3. North America's Idle No More: The Aural Art of Protest 4. Vancouver's Bobs & Lolo: Raindrop Pop5. Surrey's Artist Response Team: ART for Ecology6. Orcas Island's Irthlingz: Community Art as Activism7. Victoria's Towers and Trees: Together Alone OnlineConclusion: Common Themes and ConnectionsDiscographyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEveryone truly interested in psychedelia or topic theory—or both—will find this book an invaluable addition to their libraries. * Notes *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Delineating Psychedelia: Topic Theory and Popular Music Cultures2. Developments Through 19663. The Later 1960s4. The 1970s5. The 1980s and OnEpilogue: Conclusions and ProspectsAppendix A: The Sample and DiscographyAppendix B: The San Francisco Poster SampleAppendix C: Some Notes on the TranscriptionsList of ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewErinn Knyt's Ferruccio Busoni and His Legacy is a most welcome addition to the literature on Busoni as a fine example of research based on primary sources. * Bach *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Unconventional Maestro2. Janus-Faced Modernism3. New Instruments, New Sounds, and New Musical Laws4. From Opera to Film5. New Sonic Landscapes5. New Music of the Weimar Republic 7. Conclusions: "Passing the Torch"Selected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEveryone truly interested in psychedelia or topic theory—or both—will find this book an invaluable addition to their libraries. * Notes *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Delineating Psychedelia: Topic Theory and Popular Music Cultures2. Developments Through 19663. The Later 1960s4. The 1970s5. The 1980s and OnEpilogue: Conclusions and ProspectsAppendix A: The Sample and DiscographyAppendix B: The San Francisco Poster SampleAppendix C: Some Notes on the TranscriptionsList of ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewErinn Knyt's Ferruccio Busoni and His Legacy is a most welcome addition to the literature on Busoni as a fine example of research based on primary sources. * Bach *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Unconventional Maestro2. Janus-Faced Modernism3. New Instruments, New Sounds, and New Musical Laws4. From Opera to Film5. New Sonic Landscapes5. New Music of the Weimar Republic 7. Conclusions: "Passing the Torch"Selected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis close reading of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress examines the cultural context of its creation and explores its place in the broader history of opera.Trade Review...Carter's excellent addition certainly should find a place in academic libraries and in the collections of music scholars everywhere. -- Barry Zaslow * Music Reference Services Quarterly. *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Cultural MomentPreludePart II: The Drama1. A Convergence of Minds2. A Happy Collaboration3. Deeper MeaningsPart III: The Music4. Stravinsky's "Special Sense" 5. Displacement, Text Setting and Stravinsky's Evolving Aesthetic6. Stravinsky's Truths and Mozart's Lies—Music, Emotion and Theatrical Distance7. The Structure of Scenes8. Ruin, Disaster, ... Saving Grace Part IV: Performance9. Venice10. How The Rake became a MasterpieceEpilogue: "Good people, just a moment" BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis close reading of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress examines the cultural context of its creation and explores its place in the broader history of opera.Trade Review...Carter's excellent addition certainly should find a place in academic libraries and in the collections of music scholars everywhere. -- Barry Zaslow * Music Reference Services Quarterly. *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Cultural MomentPreludePart II: The Drama1. A Convergence of Minds2. A Happy Collaboration3. Deeper MeaningsPart III: The Music4. Stravinsky's "Special Sense" 5. Displacement, Text Setting and Stravinsky's Evolving Aesthetic6. Stravinsky's Truths and Mozart's Lies—Music, Emotion and Theatrical Distance7. The Structure of Scenes8. Ruin, Disaster, ... Saving Grace Part IV: Performance9. Venice10. How The Rake became a MasterpieceEpilogue: "Good people, just a moment" BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive study of Olivier Messiaen's magnum opus, Saint François d'Assise, Vincent Perez Benitez examines the opera from both theological and musical-analytical perspectives to ask how Messiaen expresses his Catholic theology through his work.Trade ReviewThis well-researched book is wonderfully written with great clarity and organization, and provides a remarkable and original perspective on the work of the great French composer. -- Christopher E. Mehrens * Music Reference Services Quarterly *This volume fulfills Benitez's 'hope that it will serve as an intellectual springboard into the mind of one of the most creative musicians of the twentieth century and Messiaen's self-described 'synthesis of all that he had done up to that point in his career as a composer', the opera Saint François d'Assise." -- Melissa Cummins - Sam Houston State University * MLA NOTES *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNotes on the TextIntroduction: Setting the Stage for Messiaen's Compositional Summa1. Theology as Light in Saint François d'Assise2. A Theological Opera and Its Musical Themes3. Form as an Expression of the Beyond4. Chords and Colors: The Harmonic Vocabulary of Saint François d'Assise5. Analyzing the Musical Language of Saint François d'Assise6. Light, Freedom, and the Beauty of Creation: Birdsong in Saint François d'Assise7. Tonal-Dramatic Associations in Saint Francis's Spiritual Journey8. Saint Francis's Path toward the Numinous: A Tonal-Color NarrativeEpilogue: Saint François d'Assise as Religious Drama in a Contemporary WorldAppendix 1 GlossaryAppendix 2 Dramatic SynopsisNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this companion to his first book, Menahem Pressler: Artistry in Piano Teaching, William Brown brings together world-renowned piano soloist Menahem Pressler's teachings on 37 piano masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, and more.Trade ReviewPressler is insightful and amusing in equal doses, as lionised astutely by his former student, William Brown. * International Piano *A recommended resource for every pianist's bookshelf, this volume serves as an instructional guide to studying standard piano repertoire with a little help from master piano pedagogue Menahem Pressler. -- Treshani Perera * Music References Service Quarterly *Table of ContentsA Few Words BeforeAcknowledgementsA Brief BiographyMaster Classes and LessonsInterlude I. Master Classes1. Johann Sebastian BachPartita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 8302. Samuel BarberSonata, Op. 26Interlude II. Page Turners3. Ludwig van BeethovenThirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO 80Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 26Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, WaldsteinPiano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 1104. Johannes BrahmsVariations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Bk. 1Klavierstücke, Op. 76Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2Interlude III. Poor Pianos5. Frédéric ChopinAndante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 Deux Nocturnes, Op. 27Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52Berceuse, Op. 57Barcarolle, Op. 60Interlude IV. Hotel Stories6. Claude DebussyReflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1Poisson d'or, from Images, Book II7. George Frideric HandelChaconne in G Major, HWV 442Interlude V. Missed Concerts8. Franz Joseph HaydnPiano Sonata in E-flat Major, HOB. XVI:52, Mvt. 19. Franz LisztGrandes Études de Paganini, S. 141Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178Interlude VI. Funny Stories10. Felix MendelssohnRondo Capriccioso, Op. 1411. Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPiano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576Interlude VII. Stories about Pianists12. Serge ProkofievPiano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 2913. Sergei RachmaninoffÉtude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6Interlude VIII. Honorary Citizenship in Magdeburg, Germany14. Maurice RavelSonatineMiroirsInterlude IX. Through Hell and Back15. Franz SchubertSonata in A minor, D. 784, Op. 143Sonata in A minor, D. 845, Op. 42Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90Interlude X. A New Love16. Robert SchumannPiano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, Grosse SonateFaschingschwank aus Wien, Op. 26Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's Musical AncestryAppendix B. Tributes from Former Students and Other MusiciansBibliographyIndex of CompositionsIndex of Names and Concepts

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Book SynopsisIn this expanded and updated edition, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide features over 3200 compositions, from duos to octets, by more than 1600 composers. Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts catalog published works for piano with two or more instruments with information on performance level, length, individual movements, overall style, and publisher. Divided into sections according to the number and types of instruments involved, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble then subdivides entries according to the actual scoring. Keyboard, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion players and teachers will find a wealth of chamber works from all periods in this invaluable guide.Trade ReviewEnthusiastic aficionados of piano chamber music will applaud this superb compendium. Hours of informative browsing awaits. * AUSTA National Journal *Veteran piano pedagogues Hinson and Roberts have collaborated again for the third edition of the volume, which has been expanded and updated to include over 3,200 compositions by more than 1,600 composers. What Bennet Ludden noted in his review of the first edition still rings true for this edition: the volume continues to serve as "the major compendium of information about chamber music that involves piano as an equal partner." . . . The volume serves as a comprehensive reference resource for researching chamber music repertoire featuring the piano and will serve as a valuable resource for pianists, pedagogues, and libraries for years to come. -- Treshani Perera * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrefaceUsing the GuideAbbreviationsAgents or Parent Companies of Music Publishers in the United StatesMusic PublishersPart I: Music for Two InstrumentsDuos for Piano and ViolinDuos for Piano and ViolaDuos for Piano and CelloDuos for Piano and Double BassDuos for Piano and FluteDuos for Piano and OboeDuos for Piano and English HornDuos for Piano and ClarinetDuos for Piano and Bass ClarinetDuos for Piano and BassoonDuos for Piano and SaxophoneDuos for Piano and HornDuos for Piano and Trumpet (Cornet)Duos for Piano and TromboneDuos for Piano and TubaDuos for Piano(s) and Miscellaneous InstrumentsPart II: Music for Three InstrumentsTrios for Piano, Violin, and CelloTrios for Piano, Violin, and ViolaTrios for Piano and Two Violins (including Trio Sonatas)Trios for Piano(s) and Miscellaneous StringsTrios for Piano, One Stringed Instrument, and One Wind InstrumentTrios for Piano and Two Flutes (including Trio Sonatas)Trios for Piano and Two WoodwindsTrios for Piano and Two Brass InstrumentsTrios for Piano, One Brass Instrument, and One WoodwindTrios for Piano(s), Percussion, and Another InstrumentPart III: Music for Four InstrumentsQuartets for Piano(s) and StringsQuartets for Piano(s), Strings, and WindsQuartets for Piano(s) and WoodwindsQuartets for Piano and BrassQuartets for Piano, Woodwind(s), and BrassQuartets for Piano(s), Percussion, and Other InstrumentsPart IV: Music for Five InstrumentsQuintets for Piano and StringsQuintets for Piano(s), Strings, and WindsQuintets for Piano and WindsQuintets for Piano(s), Percussion, and Other InstrumentsPart V: Music for Six InstrumentsSextets for Piano and StringsSextets for Piano(s) and Miscellaneous InstrumentsPart VI: Music for Seven InstrumentsSeptets for Piano(s) and Miscellaneous InstrumentsPart VII: Music for Eight InstrumentsOctets for Piano(s) and Miscellaneous InstrumentsAnthologies and CollectionsAnnotated BibliographyIndex of Works for Two or More Pianos and Other InstrumentsIndex of Works for Piano, Four Hands, and Piano, Left HandIndex of Works by Female ComposersIndex of Composers

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe book succeeds . . . by discussing the material world and practices of classical music. In setting forth concrete details and eschewing the hyperbolic and metaphoric, Stefaniak brings classical music back to life. -- M. Dineen * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroduction1. Schumann's Early-Career Concert Vehicles: Transcendent Interiority and the Cutting Edge of Popular Pianism2. The Imagined Revelation of Musical Works3. The Compositional Agency of the Revelatory Interpreter4. Clara Schumann's 1840s Compositions and her Midcentury Persona5. Navigating and Shaping Local Concert Scenes and Canons: Clara Schumann's 1854-56 Tours6. Revelatory Interpretation and the Performance of MemoryEpilogueBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis. . . a valuable book of scholarly yet highly readable studies . . . every organist and anyone interested in the music of J. S. Bach should have it. Early Keyboard Journal . . . a very perceptive and informative guide . . . Early Music . . . this book is a must. The American Organist . . . invaluable and entertaining . . . American Music Teacher . . . among the most important and accomplished studies on eighteenth-century performance. Its comprehensiveness, clarity, and scholarship make it indispensable. Performance Practice ReviewIn J. S. Bach as Organist, specialists from six countries explore Bach's relationship to his favorite instrument during all periods of his career. J. S. Bach as Organist is a book for scholars, performers, and students. Authoritative and wide-ranging.Table of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviations*The Instruments Used by BachUlrich Dähnert, "Organs Played and Tested by J. S. Bach"Hartmut Haupt, "Bach Organs in Thuringia"Harald Vogel, "North German Organ Building of the Late Seventeenth Century: Registration and Tuning"John Brombaugh, "Bach's Influence on Late Twentieth-Century Armerican Organ Building"Marie-Claire Alain, "Why an Acquaintance with Early Organs Is Essential for Playing Bach"*Bach's Organ MusicChristoph Wolff, "Johann Adam Reinken and Johann Sebastian Bach: On the Context of Bach's Early Works"Ernest May, "The Types, Uses, and Historical Position of Bach's Organ Chorales"Werner Breig, "The 'Great Eighteen' Chorales: Bach's Revisional Process and the Genesis of the Work"Christoph Wolff, "Bach's Personal Copy of the Schübler Chorales"George Stauffer, "Fugue Types in Bach's Free Organ Works"Friedhelm Krummacher, "Bach's Free Organ Works and the Stylus Phantasticus"Laurence Dreyfus, "The Metaphorical Soloist: Concerted Organ Parts in Bach's Cantatas"*Matters of Performance PracticeGeorge Stauffer, "Bach's Organ Registration Reconsidered"Robert L. Marshall, "Organ or 'Klavier'? Instrumental Prescriptions in the Sources of Bach's Keyboard Works"Luigi Ferninando Tagliavini, "Bach's Organ Transcription of Vivaldi's 'Grosso Mogul'"Victoria Horn, "French Influence in Bach's Organ Works"Peter Williams, "The Snares and Delusions of Notation: Bach's Early Organ Works"Calendar of Events in Bach's Life as OrganistIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents an award-winning examination of Beethoven's music.Trade ReviewThis remarkable book should be seized upon by everyone looking to brush up their Ludwig. . . . Written so well, and with so little resort to classical music jargon, that it can be read in short amusing stretchesor long, engrossing sections. Read a few pages and you, too, can be humming him now. * huffingtonpost.com *Table of ContentsForeword by David LidovPrefaceIntroductionPart I. Interpretation and TheoryI. A Case Study for InterpretationThe Third Movement of Op. 106 (Hammerklavier)II. Correlation, Interpretation, and the Markedness of OppositionsIII. From Topic to Expressive GenreIV. The Pastoral Expressive GenreThe Four Movements of Op. 101V. The Thematic Level and the Markedness of Classical MaterialVI. Thematic MarkednessThe First Movements of Op. 130 and Op. 131VII. Beyond the Hierarchies of CorrelationTroping, Irony, Levels of Discourse, and IntertextualityVIII. Analysis and SynthesisThe Cavatina from Op. 130IX. From the Aesthetic to me SemioticX. Further Perspectives on Musical Meaning and CognitionConclusionAppendix: Abnegation and the New GenreGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex of ConceptsIndex of Names and Works

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Book SynopsisPresents a close-up on one of Africa's most popular and controversial stars.Trade Review"A true African genius whose influence had an indelible influence on thousands of musicians, especially me personally. I miss his raucous laughter, irreverent courage, robust comedy, and love for humanity.... Fela's legacy will live forever." -- Hugh Masekela"[Arrest the Music!] is written with both thoroughness and a very readable prose..." * Mmegi Online *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction: "Living in the Interregnum": Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and the Postcolonial Incredible2. The "Apolitical" Avant-Pop Hustler 3. The Afrobeat Moralist4. Dissident Tunes: The Political Afrobeat 5. Fela, Lagos, and the Postcolonial State 6. On the Shop Floor: The Social Production of Afrobeat 7. Pedagogue, Pedagogy, and the Pedagogic Form 8. The Cosmopolitan Nativist: Fela and the Antinomies of Postcolonial Modernity9. The Political, The Libidinal 10. Conclusion: Afrobeat After Fela NotesBibliographyDiscographyIndex

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Book SynopsisCanadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middle class. This book assesses the band's impact on popular music and its legacy for legions of fans. It explores the ways in which Rush's critique of suburban life - and its strategies for escape - reflected middle-class aspirations and anxieties.Trade Review"As Chris McDonald correctly points out in Dreaming in Middletown, writing on rock music traditionally has tended to privilege the working class as the ultimate site of authentic expression. It is refreshing to encounter a scholarly book that finally takes up the challenge of interpreting popular music’s meanings in relation to its substantial, yet often neglected, middle class fan base. Deftly interweaving in-depth musical analyses with the insights of sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, and the voices of Rush fans themselves, McDonald has produced a smart, probing, and illuminating scholarly work that deserves a place alongside Susan Fast’s In the Houses of the Holy as one of the best musicological studies of a single rock band." —Theo Cateforis, Syracuse University, editor of The Rock History Reader"McDonald has a lot of interesting points to make about the music, the band, and what was going on in the world surrounding them at the time. Rush fans who are interested in something more in-depth than the normal run of band biographies should at least take a look at this volume." —Goldmine, February 12, 2010"A well-researched, provocative glimpse into one of the most popular, yet oft-overlooked bands in the history of rock." —Theo Cateforis, editor of The Rock History Reader"McDonald makes an important contribution to our understanding of the middle class as a force in North American rock culture, and at the same time offers a pioneering look at one of the most idiosyncratic and influential bands of the past four decades. This book should be welcomed not only by those with an interest in hard and progressive rock, but also by anyone who wishes to understand the role of social class in recent popular culture." —William Echard, Carleton University, author of Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy"If you are the sort who is a Rush freak, a musician, and a fan of academic writing, you'll enjoy this book." —PopMattersTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. "Anywhere But Here": Rush and Suburban Desires for Escape2. "Swimming Against the Stream": Individualism and Middle-Class Subjectivity in Rush3. "The Work of Gifted Hands": Professionalism and Virtuosity in Rush's Style4. "Experience to Extremes": Discipline, Detachment, and Excess in Rush5. "Reflected in Another Pair of Eyes": Representations of Rush Fandom6. "Scoffing at the Wise?": Rush, Rock Criticism, and the MiddlebrowNotesWorks CitedSelected DiscographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSearching for the disappearing subject in Kid A and AmnesiacTrade ReviewThe book is well written and researched. Further, it builds on existing rock scholarship, especially that of James Doheny, Tim Footman, Martin Clarke, Allan Moore and Anwar Ibrahim. . . . It adds to the growing field of rock scholarship and should make a fine addition to any library that boasts such a focus. * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Marianne Tatom Letts's excellent new book returns to the origins of the band's subversive marketing strategies . . . Letts's smart, in-depth account reveals as much about Radiohead's ambivalent and conflicted relationship with popular culture and contemporary capitalism as it does about their musical appeal. 8/3/2011 * Rain Taxi *This is the kind of text that could likely transform a college-level music theory course for the better, prompting discussions about everything from the structure of modern rock music to the sometimes conflicted triangular relationship between performers, media and the masses. And, needless to say, it's required reading for Radiohead cultists. 2/8/2011 * PopMatters *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Musical Examples1. Introduction2. Back to Save the Universe: The Reception of OK Computer and Kid A3. Everything in Its Right Place: Musical Elements in Kid A4. Cut the Kids in Half: The Second Death of Kid A5. After Years of Waiting, Nothing Came: Amnesiac as Antidote6. I Might Be Wrong: Amnesiac and Beyond7. We Are the Dollars and Cents: Radiohead as CommodityNotesBibliographySelect DiscographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first complete, English-language biography of the legendary Hungarian pianist, composer, conductor and pedagogue.Trade Review[This] engaging narration by Ilona von Dohnanyi presents a vibrant picture of a musician of exceptional stature, gifted with a resilient personality, incredible energy and admirable strength of character. 9/11/15 -- Guy Sauve * Passion Musique et Culture *Ilona von Dohnányi has written a very moving memoir of her famous husband. . . . She paints a compelling portrait of the man and his dramatic life and times. * Stringendo *. . . this first biography in English is intriguing and most welcome . . . and full of details about this brilliant musician and his time. Highly recommended to all readers. January 2003 -- —J. L. Patterson, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire * Choice *Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents: Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPrologue 1877-1894 Chapter 1. 1894-1897Chapter 2. 1897-1905Chapter 3. 1905-1919Chapter 4. 1919-1936Chapter 5. 1937-1944Chapter 6. 1944-1946Chapter 7. 1946-1948Chapter 8. 1948-1949Chapter 9. 1949-1953Epilogue 1954-1960Appendix A: Selected CorrespondenceAppendix B: Dohnányi's Lectures at Ohio UniversityAppendix C: Selected ArticlesAppendix D: Works List

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the life and times of Alexander Tcherepnin, a prolific and often emulated composer who produced four operas, 13 ballets, four symphonies, numerous orchestral and chamber works, and more than 200 piano pieces. This book focuses on the biographical elements of Tcherepnin's story, and also on his music and its technical innovations.Trade Review. . . Extensive extracts from Tcherepnin's articles, diaries, and letters offer detailed accounts of his compositional process. Among the attributes of this volume are the appendixes, which include, in addition to the one mentioned above, the composer's 'Basic Elements of My Musical Language,' e.g., 'rhythm liberated from pitch,' the nine—step scale, and bird calls used as musical material (appendix 2), and a chronological catalog of Tcherepnin's more than 100 compositions plus a discography of an even greater number of CD and LP recordings (appendix 3). . . . Recommended. * Choice *. . . first monograph-length study of the composer Alexander Tcherepnin, whose career, by force of history and personal circumstance, uniquely stretched from Russia to the Caucasus to Europe to Asia to America.Vol. 68.1 Jan. 2009 -- Anna Nisnevich * University of Pittsburgh *Korabelnikova's volume is an important contribution to the relatively sparse literature on Tcherepnin currently available in English. It shows Tcherepnin not only as a composer, but also as a critic, family man, and pedagogue. . . One hopes that the book will revive public interest in Tcherepnin the man and his music.Vol. 53.3 Fall 2009 -- Tony H. Lin * University of California, Berkeley *Korabelnikova's Saga of a Russian Emigré Composer succeeds in its goal of becoming an important first step toward assessing and coming to terms with the creative legacy of Alexander Tcherepnin. 65.2 Dec. 2008 * Notes *It is . . . a pleasure to be able to welcome the appearance of Ludmila Korabelnikova's account of the life of Aleksandr Cherepnin, which adds significantly to our knowledge both of the composer himself and of the fate of Russian music beyond the borders of the Soviet Union.July 2009 * Slavonic & East European Review *Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Introduction2. In the Hills of Georgia3. Air and Bread of Emigration4. European Destiny: the Paris School5. The Four Corners of the Globe6. In the Composer's Workshop7. The Russian Composer8. FinaleAppendix I Introduction-Tcherepnin About Himself Alexander Tcherepnin, A Short AutobiographyAppendix II Introduction- Alexander Tcherepnin About His Compositional Technique Alexander Tcherepnin, Basic Elements of my Musical LanguageAppendix III Introduction-The Musical Heritage of Alexander Tcherepnin The Music of Alexander Tcherepnin: A Chronological Catalogue DiscographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisExploring many aspects of Mendelssohn's multi-faceted career as musician and how it intersects with his work as composer, this work discusses practical issues of music making such as: performance space, instruments, tempo markings, dynamics, phrasings, articulations, fingerings, and instrument techniques.Trade ReviewThis book does a superb job of explaining the 19th-century sound environment of Felix Mendelssohn and his audiences. . . . Essential.July 2009 * Choice *Mendelssohn in Performance . . . should be on the shelf of every performer, scholar and devotee of Mendelssohn's music. July 2010, Vol. 7.1 * Nineteenth Century Music Review *[T]his book has something for everyone interested in Felix Mendelssohn: history, culture, reception, orchestras and instruments, editions and texts, Mendelssohn's sense of historicism, his performances of other composers, performances of his music in his time and later, and even modern films that use his music.14.1 2009 * Performance Practice Review *[Reichwald] has produced an exceptionally valuable, eminently useful, and very readable book. Any performer wishing to execute an historically informed performance of Mendelssohn's music—or of any other early-nineteenth-century Austro-German composer for that matter—would be well advised to study it thoroughly.29.1 2010 * Journal of Musicological Research *Table of ContentsContentsForeword Christopher Hogwood1. Mendelssohn's Audience Douglass Seaton2. Mendelssohn and the Piano Kenneth Hamilton3. Mendelssohn and the Organ Peter Ward Jones4. The Performance of Mendelssohn's Chamber and Solo Music for Violin Clive Brown5. Mendelssohn and the Orchestra David Milsom6. Mendelssohn as Composer/Conductor: Early Performances of Paulus Siegwart Reichwald7. From Drawing Room to Theater: Performance Traditions of Mendelssohn's Stage Works Monika Hennemann8. Mendelssohn and the Performance of Handel's Vocal Works Ralf Wehner9. From Notation to Edition to Performance: Issues in Interpretation John Michael Cooper10. Mendelssohn's Tempo Indications Siegwart Reichwald11. "For You See I Am the Eternal Objector": On Performing Mendelssohn's Music in Translation John Michael CooperList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores Claude Debussy's musical responses to the World War I. This work encompasses not only the duration of the war but also the last four years of Debussy's life, and the works that emerged during this time that reflect both wartime events and the composer's self-conscious desire to define his musical legacy.Trade ReviewThis is a thorough review of Claude Debussy's later works (1914-18), which today's performers and audiences often overlook. In examining these pieces, Wheeldon (Univ. of Texas, Austin) draws from many resources, including writings by Debussy himself and by various critics and composers (both contemporaneous and later). She reveals how recognition of his own mortality and of the cultural and political crisis in France during this period, i.e., WW I, affected Debussy's musical intentions. The author's background in music theory is evident in her insightful analyses of several compositions, e.g., Debussy's later piano études and chamber music song cycles. She provides music notation and helpful tables and figures explaining the basic elements of the music. Chapter conclusions offer clear summaries of the author's perspective. Readers with a sincere interest in Debussy and his music will most appreciate this study, but even moderate enthusiasts will find Wheeldon's prose easy to read and clearly organized. The book includes a few photographs and extensive endnotes but unfortunately no discography or recording recommendations. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- A. C. Shahriari * Choice *Marianne Wheeldon's recently relased IU Press book Debussy's Late Style explores composer Claude Debussy's musical responses to World War I. This period of compositions encompasses the duration of the war and the last four years of Debussy's life. The pieces from this time reflect wartime events and the composer's self-conscious desire to define his own musical legacy as he felt his life nearing its end. Debussy's complete wartime compositions comprise a small but significant body of works, some little known and some now acknowledged as among the masterpieces of his career. These include the Berceuse héroïque, En Blanc et noir, the Douze Études, the "Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons," and three instrumental sonatas (the Cello Sonata; the Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp; and the Violin Sonata). Through music analysis, musicology and cultural history, Wheeldon offers interpretive readings of Debussy's late works, focusing on how they reflect the unique cultural milieu of wartime Paris. Wheeldon is an associate professor of music theory at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include the late works of Claude Debussy, musical culture in fin-de-siècle Paris and Schenkerian analysis. -- Steve Hinnefeld * IU News Room, Book Marks *This is a thorough review of Claude Debussy's later works . . . Wheeldon's prose [is] easy to read and clearly organized.May 2009 * Choice *Debussy's Late Style is truly multidimensional as it successfully maps the semiotic goals and cultural terrain of Debussy's final works. . . . Wheeldon's study is compelling in the way that it assesses Debussy's negotiation of his historical and political moment with an acute awareness of historical context, structural strategy, and intertextual correspondences. Her book should open up new avenues of inquiry into the representational goals of Debussy's music and the continuous transformation of his postwar reputation. * Twentieth-Century Music *The overarching lesson of Debussy's Late Style is that today, especially, we should be delighted but certainly not puzzled by the rich variety of Debussy's invention during his last years. 66.2 Dec. 2009 * Notes *Debussy's Late Style reads very easily, with elegant turns of phrase, clearly explained analyses, and generous use of examples. Readers will discover many insights that draw instructive parallels among the late works and lines of influence within them . . . all of which open new windows to comprehending Debussy's late style. Although, when all is said, these works remain atypical of the composer (at least to some degree), Marianne Wheeldon's book not only shows us why but gives us new ways to understand and appreciate them. * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments1. Defining Debussy's Late Style2. Public and Private: The Wartime Occasional Pieces3. Compositional Personae in the Piano Etudes4. Les Sonates Cycliques5. Tombeau de Claude DebussyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSeeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural iconTrade Review[Broyles] serves as an intellectual, hyper-informed but genial tour guide to a potentially sprawling subject. Though the book is dense in research, it is never pompous; it could serve as a model for how serious musicological study can be generously shared with interested parties who don't happen to be in the same profession. * Santa Fe New Mexican *[T]hanks to Broyles' book, we're a little bit closer to understanding Beethoven's lasting impression on American culture. * stereosubversion.com *Broyles pens an engaging and fascinating text, relying on copious amounts of research supplemented with myths and mysteries to rebuild and develop the image of Beethoven. . . . The language of [the] text is accessible and avoids unnecessary scholarly jargon or extensvie musicological terms. * popmatters.com *...[M]akes the case that not only was Beethoven the all-around musical stud of musical studs, he might be the greatest of all musical ingratiators, turning up in our American corner of the universe, again and again, and more than most of us realize. * Washington Post Book World *Beethoven in America remains an engaging and valuable work of cultural history. The breadth of Broyles's knowledge about Beethoven's public presence is astounding, and this is the rare academic book that has thoughtful discussions of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adrienne Rich, Amiri Baraka, and Yngwie Malmsteen. That people from such diverse circles felt connections to Beethoven is brilliantly demonstrated, and this is ultimately a fascinating analysis of the strange career of Beethoven as a multipurpose icon. * Journal of American History *[Beethoven in America] is packed with Beethoven facts and also takes a unique approach. * CHOICE *[T]his book is as much cultural history as musicology, and this makes it useful across disciplines. Like Beethoven's person and music, it is varied and interesting and suggests many possibilities for future research. * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Arrival and Sacralization1. Arrival in America2. Defining Beethoven3. Deification and SpiritualizationPart 2. Science, Scholars, and Critics4. Beethoven, Modernism, and Science5. "The Warm Tropical Summer of Sketch Research": Beethoven and the Cold War6. Reactions to Modernism: Musical Meaning and the Classical CanonPart 3. Beethoven and the Dramatic Arts7. Beethoven on the Silver Screen8. Beethoven's Music in Film9. Beethoven in the TheaterPart 4. Beyond Classicism: Beethoven in American Society and Culture10. "Beethoven Was Black": Why Does It Matter?11. Beethoven in Popular Music12. Beethoven EverywhereNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTracing the whole sweep of Mary J. Blige’s career through the critically acclaimed 2014 album, The London Sessions, this is the first serious look at the music and cultural impact of one of the most important musical artists to emerge in the past quarterTable of Contents 1. The Artist of a Generation 2. The Slow Bomb 3. Ladies, Ladies, It Is Our Turn 4. Uptown 5. What’s the 411? 6. Changes I’ve Been Going Through 7. Hip Hop a Go-Go 8. My Life 9. Natural Woman 10. Share My World 11. On the Road with MJB: Alyson Williams 12. The Tour 13. Sisters in the Studio: Channette and Channoah Higgens 14. Mary, the Album 15. No More Drama 16. Love & Life 17. Live from Los Angeles 18. Message in Our Music 19. The Breakthrough 20. Growing Pains 21. Stronger with Each Tear 22. Hard Times Come Again No More 23. My Life II . . . The Journey Continues (Act 1) 24. A Mary Christmas 25. Think Like a Man Too 26. The London Sessions 27. Being with You Selected Discography Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe essential companion to musical London

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Book SynopsisDespite the apparent incompatibility between Mozart's humanitarian and cosmopolitan outlook and Nazi ideology, the Third Reich tenaciously promoted the great composer's music to further the goals of the fascist regime. This book provides a fresh understanding of how the Nazis shamelessly manipulated Mozart for their own political advantage.Trade Review"The story is complicated and many-faceted, yet Levi provides the detail and the context necessary for a convincing narrative. The tone, journalistic and anti-sensational throughout, could scarcely be more effective. . . . This intriguing study comprehends a range of vital topics, and seems oddly pertinent to the present day. Highly recommended."—B.J. Murray, Choice -- B.J. Murray * Choice *"Mozart and the Nazis is a well-researched, detailed account of perceptions about Mozart, his music, and his legacy in the Third Reich and beyond. . . . The rich detail provided in Mozart and the Nazis gives readers a wealth of material for gaining a deeper understanding of how such an important musical figure can be mythologized and exploited to serve both universalist and exclusionary political philosophies."—Pamela Potter, H-Judaic -- Pamela Potter * H-Judaic *

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Book SynopsisThe production of Wagner's operas is fiercely debated. This book evokes the - often scandalous - great productions that have left their mark not only on our understanding of Wagner but on modern theatre as a whole. It concludes with a critique of the iconoclastic interpretations by Patrice Chereau, Ruth Berghaus, and Hans-Jurgen Syberberg.Trade Review“[A] massive undertaking… This book is truly epic in its scope, and it will certainly become one of the standard reference works in English, not only in Wagner but on twentieth-century stagecraft.” - Patrick O’Connor, Literary Review -- Patrick O'Connor * Literary Review *"...long meditated as well as meticulously researched...its overview is magisterial, and, despite its considerable length, the crisply organised structure and unfailing lucidity of the prose make it worth the effort of a thorough and continuous reading."---Rupert Christiansen, The Spectator -- Rupert Christiansen * The Spectator *"...one of the most marvellous books I have read this year...Patrick Carnegy recounts with deep scholarship combined with good humour, Wagner's obsession with special effects."---A.N. Wilson, The Daily Telegraph -- A.N. Wilson * The Daily Telegraph *

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