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Oxford University Press END EARLY MUSIC PER PERF HIST MUSIC 21 C
Trade ReviewHaynes always writes as the insider performer, and his writing is fresh and direct...likely to be enjoyed by most musicians. * David Ledbetter, British Clavichord Society *Bruce's arguments are rich, not obvious, and very convincing. Read Bruce's ideas: applaud, question, be infuriated. But you will never think about early music as you did before. * Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review *Table of ContentsList of Musical Examples List of Recorded Excerpts Preface: If this Muses Come to Call Acknowledgements Part I: Performing Styles One: Performing Style: When You Say Something Differently, You Say Something Different Two: Mind the Gap: Current Styles Three: Mainstream Style: "Chops, but no Soul" Part II: How Romantic Are We? Four: Classical Music's Coarse Caress Five: The Transparent Performer Six: Changing Meanings, Permanent Symbols Part III: Anachronism and Authenticity Seven: Original Ears Eight: Ways of Copying the Past Nine: The Medium is the Message: Period Instruments Ten: Baroque Oratory Compared with Romantic Autobiography Eleven: Gestural Phrasing Part V: The End of "Early" Music Twelve: Passive and Active Musicking: Stop Staring and Grow Your Own Thirteen: Mainstream Musicking as "Early Music" Fourteen: Perpetual Revolution Notes List of Bibliographic Abbreviations Bibliography Index
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Clarendon Press Editing Early Music Oxford Early Music Series 5
Book SynopsisEditing Early Music is designed as a guide to editorial procedures suitable for music written from the Middle Ages to about 1830. In this revised edition the opportunity has been taken to make a number of corrections and to add a Postscript entitled `Stemmatics and Textual Criticism'. The bibliography has been updated.Trade ReviewShould be owned, not just read once, by aspiring editors and by all who direct performances of early music....Brief, but packed with sound advice, sensible admonitions, useful information, observation and common sense. * Early Music *
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Clarendon Press Introduction to a Philosophy of Music
Book SynopsisPhilosophy of music has flourished in the last 30 years, with great advances made in the understanding of the nature of music and its aesthetics. Peter Kivy now offers his personal introduction to philosophy of music, a clear and lively explanation of how he sees the most important and interesting philosophical issues relating to music.Trade ReviewThough not a textbook, Kivy's book neatly covers the history of musical aesthetics from Plato onwards, and thus could easily be used in philosophy of music classes. * The Philosophical Quarterly *Written clearly and engagingly, Peter Kivy's introduction to musical aesthetics usefully summarizes his own influential views on various issues in the philosophy of music. * The Philosophical Quarterly *Peter Kivy is the most influential and prolific author on the philosophy of music within the analytical tradition ... Kivy has written a very readable and elegantly composed philosophy of music, which requires no prior knowledge of musicological terminology. The treasures of the book are the keen analyses of the issues, the sophisticated argumentations, and the wealth of relevant arguments ... It is a most valuable book for those who want to confront their views of music with one of the best-argued positions in musical aesthetics. * British Journal of Aesthetics *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Philosophy of... ; 2. A Little History ; 3. Emotions in the Music ; 4. A Little More History ; 5. Formalism ; 6. Enhanced Formalism ; 7. The Emotions in You ; 8. Foes of Formalism ; 9. First the Words: Then the Music ; 10. Words without Songs ; 11. The Work ; 12. And the Performace Thereof ; 13. Why Should you Listen? ; Readings and References, Index
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Oxford University Press Singing And Imagination A Human Approach to a Great Musical Tradition
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive philosophy of the art of singing, addressed to those with a gift for singing who would like to understand better how to approach putting that gift to use. The central theme is that the imagination is an essential pre-requisite of singing--not an optional extra.Trade ReviewThis is one of the best (if not the best) books to be written about singing in recent times. Hemsley talks so much common sense, touches on so many truths about singers, singing and performance, and writes it all in such well-proportioned, unencumbered prose that active singers and aspiring students alike can and should benefit from reading his many wise and enlightening words. The public who attend opera and song recitals would also profit from reading the volume ... With so much wisdom imparted it is no wonder Janet Baker writes in praise of 'the extraordinary wisdom and truth' within the book's pages. * Alan Blyth, Opera *I couldn't put it down. Hemsley treats the subject seriously; everyone who is genuinely serious about singing, teacher, pupil, or listener, will find, as I did, extraordinary wisdom and truth within its pages ... His ideas should have far-reaching influence on the teaching of singing and the criteria used for accepting pupils into a vastly over-crowded profession' * Dame Janet Baker *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; I: THE BASIC PRINCIPLES ; Readiness to sing - The Raw Material ; Posture ; Posture - Hints ; The Impulse ; The Intention ; Intention - Hints ; The Anacrusis ; Colour ; Falsetto ; The Importance of Good Diction ; The Singer's Ear ; The Pitch-Intensity Effect ; Breath ; II: WORDS AND MUSIC ; The Works of the Imagination - Words and Music ; Legato and Tessitura ; The Pulse ; III: PERFORMANCE ; Performance ; Bibliography ; Index
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Taylor & Francis Coherence in New Music Experience Aesthetics
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to talk about musical coherence at the end of a century characterised by fragmentation and discontinuity? How can the diverse influences which stand behind the works of many late twentieth-century composers be reconciled with the singular immediacy of the experiences that they can create? How might an awareness of the distinctive ways in which these experiences are generated and controlled affect the way we listen to, reflect upon and write about this music? Mark Hutchinson outlines a novel concept of coherence within Western art music from the 1980s to the turn of the millennium as a means of understanding the work of a number of contemporary composers, including Thomas AdÃs, Kaija Saariaho, TÅru Takemitsu and GyÃrgy KurtÃg, whose music cannot be fitted easily into a particular compositional school or analytical framework. Coherence is understood as a multi-layered phenomenon experienced, above all, in the act of listening, but reliant upon a variety of other aspeTable of Contents1 Introduction: beyond the delta?2 ‘A here that is gone, or is going’: Adès’s Arcadiana3 Connections 1: interaction, analysis, energy4 Pulling inwards, pushing onwards: Saariaho’s Solar5 Connections 2: shape, continuity, development6 Strolling through a formal garden: Takemitsu’s How slow the Wind7 Connections 3: expression, moment, meaning8 Ruined artefacts: Kurtág’s ΣΤΗΛΗ9 Conclusions: three statements, three questions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Gyrgy Ligetis Le Grand Macabre Postmodernism MusicoDramatic Form and the Grotesque Ashgate Studies in Theory and Analysis of Music After 1900
Book SynopsisGyÃrgy Ligetiâs Le Grand Macabre (1974â77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century. Few operas composed since the 1970s have received such numerous productions, bringing the eclectic score to a global audience. Famously dubbed by Ligeti as an âanti-anti-operaâ, the piece is a highly ambiguous, apocalyptic fable about the human condition, fear of death and the final judgement. As the first book in English solely dedicated to discussion of this work, GyÃrgy Ligetiâs Le Grand Macabre: Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and the Grotesque offers new perspectives on the operaâs musico-dramatic identity in the context of musical postmodernism. Peter Edwards draws on a range of modernist and postmodernist theories to explore the collision of past styles and genre models in the opera, its expressive states and its engagement with the grotesque. This is ably supported by musical analysis and extensive study of Ligetiâs sketch materials held at the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel. Edwardsâs analyses culminate in a new approach to examining the operaâs rich multiplicities, the composition of the musical material and the nature of Ligetiâs relationship with the musical past. This is a key reference work in the fields of musical modernism and postmodernism, opera studies and the music of Ligeti. Trade Review"Readers seeking a wide-ranging introduction emphasising the opera’s music and dramatic character will find much useful information here" - Arnold Whittall, The Musical TimesTable of ContentsContents: List of Plates List of Tables List of Musical Examples Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 1 An Anti-Anti-Opera 2 A Conception of Musico-Dramatic Form 3 Arias, ‘Leit-Characteristics’ and Expressive States 4 Allusion and Transformation 5 Stylistic Dissonance and the Collage 6 Resisting Closure: The Passacaglia Finale 7 From Electronic Music to Music Theatre 8 A Musical Grotesque Select Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jazz Improvisation Using Simple Melodic
Book SynopsisJazz Improvisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment teaches fundamental concepts of jazz improvisation, highlighting the development of performance skills through embellishment techniques. Written with the college-level course in mind, this introductory textbook is both practical and comprehensive, ideal for the aspiring improviser, focused not on scales and chords but melodic embellishment. It assumes some basic theoretical knowledge and level of musicianship while introducing multiple techniques, mindful that improvisation is a learned skill as dependent on hard work and organized practice as it is on innate talent.This jargon-free textbook can be used in both self-guided study and as a course book, fortified by an array of interactive exercises and activities: musical examples performance exercises written assignments practice grids resources for advanced study and more! Nearly all musical exercisesâpresented throughout the text in concert pitch and transposed in the appendices for E-flat, B-flat, and bass clef instrumentsâare accompanied by backing audio tracks, available for download via the Routledge catalog page along with supplemental instructor resources such as a sample syllabus, PDFs of common transpositions, and tutorials for gear set-ups. With music-making at its core, Jazz Improvisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment implores readers to grab their instruments and play, providing musicians with the simple melodic tools they need to jazz it up.Table of Contents1. Melodic Embellishment: The Concept / 2. The Starting Point: The Melody / 3. Rhythmic and Phrasing Variation / 4. Neighbor Tones / 5. Appoggiaturas / 6. Passing Tones / 7. Blue Notes / 8. Enclosures / 9. Putting It All Together / 10. Embellishing the Blues / 11. Embellishing a Standard Chord Progression / 12. Using Improvisation to Learn Improvisation
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Taylor & Francis Film Music Analysis
Book SynopsisSince the establishment of film music studies, there has been a steady growth of serious analytical work on the film music repertoire. Film Music Analysis: Studying the Score offers the first collection of essays dedicated to the close investigation of musical structure and meaning in film music. Showcasing scholarship from a diverse and distinguished group of music theorists and musicologists, this book presents the many ways to inspect the inner workings of film music in a manner that is exciting and accessible to anyone curious about this music, regardless of their background in film or music theory.Each chapter takes as its focus one music-theoretical parameter and explores how that concept can be used to analyze and interpret film music. Covering theoretical concepts that range from familiar categories such as leitmotif and pitch structure to more cutting-edge ideas such as timbral associativity, topic theory, and metrical states, the book provides a toolkit with
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reimagining Samplebased Hip Hop
Book SynopsisReimagining Sample-based Hip Hop: Making Records within Records presents the poetics of hip-hop record production and the significance of sample material in record making, providing analysis of key releases in hip-hop discography and interviews with experts from the world of Hip Hop and beyond.Beginning with the history of hip-hop music making, this book guides the reader through the alternative techniques deployed by beat-makers to avoid the use of copyrighted samples and concludes with a consideration of the future of Hip Hop, alongside a companion album that has been created using findings from this research. Challenging previous theoretical understandings about Hip Hop, the author focuses on deconstructing sonic phenomena using his hands-on engineering expertise and in-depth musicological knowledge about record production.With a significant emphasis on both practice and theory, Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop will be of interest to adTrade Review"This book needed to be written. We’re lucky the job was done by such a creative soul, expert engineer, and insightful scholar. The gift we’re left with is a penetrating exposition of the poetic fabric of contemporary music recording practice and culture."Albin Zak, Professor of Music Emeritus, University at Albany"Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop is a tour de force and the best example I have seen of theory and practice coming together in hip-hop studies to date. Not only does this book provide a useful template for practice-as-research based methods, but it is rich in theorizing sampling, remix and beatmaking cultures. Exarchos has combined a number of worlds in ways that we were all waiting for someone to do expertly."Justin A. Williams, Associate Professor of Music, University of Bristol"Reimagining Sample-based Hip Hop provides deep insight into the rich tapestry of underlying layers that embody sample-based Hip-Hop. Michail Exarchos meticulously and clearly poses alternative practices to Hip-Hop production and to beat-making, using originally constructed source material rather than previously released phonographic content. The reader will benefit from the strong coverage of authenticity and mechanical borrowing as applied to a great breadth of music and production approaches that define the style’s unique sonic signature of material ‘play’ with phonographic objects. This is a must read for anyone interested in the workings of or creation of Hip-Hop."William Moylan, Professor of Music and Sound Recording Technology, University of Massachusetts LowellTable of Contents0. Sample-based Hip Hop as metamodern phonographic practice (An autoethnography of oscillating between—and beyond—analogue nostalgia and digital futurism) Part 1: (Inter-stylistic) Composition, and Tools 1. Sonic necessity, mother of compositional invention (Making Blues for sample-based Hip Hop) 2. Boom-bap aesthetics and the machine Part 2: (Reverse) Engineering 3. Sonic pasts in Hip Hop’s future Part 3: (The magic of sample-based) Production 4. Phonographic ghosts and meta-illusions in contemporary beat-making Part 4: Mixing (records within records) 5. Manufacturing phonographic ‘otherness’ for sample-based Hip Hop Part 5: (Exponential) Re/Mastering 6. ‘Past’ masters, present beats
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology brings together academics, artist-researchers, and practitioners to provide readers with an extensive and authoritative overview of applied musicology.Once a field that addressed music's socio-political or performative contexts, applied musicology today encompasses study and practice in areas as diverse as psychology, ecomusicology, organology, forensic musicology, music therapy, health and well-being, and other public-oriented musicologies. These rapid advances have created a fast-changing field whose scholarship and activities tend to take place in isolation from each other. This volume addresses that shortcoming, bringing together a wide-ranging survey of current approaches.Featuring 39 authors, The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology falls into five partsDefining and Theorising Applied Musicology; Public Engagement; New Approaches and Research Methods; Representation and Inclusion; and Musicology in/Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of ContributorsIntroduction Chris DromeyPart I. Defining and Theorising Applied Musicology1. From Spitta to Seeger: Early Theories of Applied Musicology Malik Sharif 2. Musicology’s Applied Foundations (or, How Music was Musealised) Miloš Zapletal and Chris Dromey3. The Late Nineteenth-Century Concert as Applied Musicology Natasha Loges4. “Applied” before Musicology? George Grove, Programme Notes, and the Dictionary Bruno Bower5. Phenomenology, Practice-led Research, and Applied Musicology Nancy November6. The Locations of Musical Meaning and Subjectivity Alastair WilliamsPart II. Public Engagement7. Shaping the Narrative: Musicology for a Public Leah Broad8. Exhibiting Ethnomusicology: Curation Across Cultures and Disciplines Frances Wilkins, Barbara Alge and the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute9. Club Inégales, Curation, and Processes of Public Musicology Helen Julia Minors10. Cultural and Artistic Citizenship in Classical Music Constanze Wimmer and Chris Dromey11. Musicology and/as Knowledge Exchange Toby Young12. ‘So wide is the field’: Edward Taylor’s Public Music Lectures Rachel JohnsonPart III. New Approaches and Research Methods13. The Sound Commons and Applied Ecomusicologies Aaron S. Allen, Taylor Leapaldt, Mark Pedelty and Jeff Todd Titon14. Perceptions of Melodic Symmetry: A Priming Study Michael Thorpe15. Opera Virgins at the Movies: Audience Research and the Ontology of Opera Cinema Joe Attard16. Towards an Applied Health Musicology: Aesthetic Music Therapy and Beyond Colin Andrew Lee and Chris Dromey17. “Parental Advisory”: Making Explicit the Value and Authenticity of a Music Degree Paul FleetPart IV. Representation and Inclusion18. Rethinking Representation in Music Education: Strategies to Integrate Pan-African Music Karen Cyrus19. Whose ‘Better World’? Reflections on Applied Music Interventions in the Andes Xabier Etxeberria Adrien and Henry Stobart20. Rethinking (Self-)Care in Musicology Klisala Harrison21. The Legality and Morality of Rap at Court Lily E. Hirsch22. Strategies for Using Music Theory to Inform Music Education, Psychology, and Therapy Research Adam OckelfordPart V. Musicology in/for Performance23. “Mahler am Tisch”: Experimenting with Imagined and Emergent Audiences Ties van de Werff, Veerle Spronck and Imogen Eve24. On Organology: Taxonomy and Transdisciplinarity Rachael Durkin and Darryl Martin25. Dialogues with Recordings: Digital Memory and the Archive Neil Heyde26. Intersections Between Northern Irish Choral Practices and Community Music Principles Sarah-Jane Gibson and Lee Higgins27. Music for Buildings, Building for Music Neil Thomas Smith and Peter PetersReferencesIndex
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