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By Tomson Highway. 2013
Marie-Louise Painchaud has worked for thirty-five years as post mistress at the post office in Lovely, a francophone Canadian village…
where she has come to know every client whose mail she handles. The (Post) Mistress is a rollicking, emotional rollercoaster-ride in the form of a one-woman musical, with elements of jazz, Berlin cabaret, French café music, and Brazilian samba.By Rich Mintzer. 2013
During the early 1990s, successful music producer Jermaine Dupri started So So Def Records. The Atlanta-based label began at a…
time when Southern hip-hop music was just beginning to get a lot of attention. Dupri signed distribution deals with much-larger record companies like Columbia and Arista. This allowed him to focus on what he did best: finding talented unknown artists and producing hit music. Some of So So Def's biggest stars included Da Brat, Lil Bow Wow, and Jagged Edge. Today So So Def Records is completely independent, and Jermaine Dupri is working hard to introduce a new generation of hip-hop stars.By Daniel H. Foster. 2010
Volumes for Cambridge Studies in Opera explore the cultural, political, and social influences of the genre. As a cultural art…
form, opera is not produced in a vacuum. Rather, it is influenced, whether directly or in more subtle ways, by its social and political environment. In turn, opera leaves its mark on society and contributes to shaping the cultural climate.By Marcia J. Citron. 2010
Opera can reveal something fundamental about a film, and film can do the same for an opera, argues Marcia J.…
Citron. Structured by the categories of Style, Subjectivity, and Desire, this volume advances our understanding of the aesthetics of the opera/film encounter. Case studies of a diverse array of important repertoire including mainstream film, opera-film, and postmodernist pastiche are presented. Citron uses Werner Wolf's theory of intermediality to probe the roles of opera and film when they combine. The book also refines and expands film-music functions, and details the impact of an opera's musical style on the meaning of a film. Drawing on cinematic traditions of Hollywood, France, and Britain, the study explores Coppola's Godfather trilogy, Jewison's Moonstruck, Nichols's Closer, Chabrol's La C_r_monie, Schlesinger's Sunday, Bloody Sunday, Boyd's Aria, and Ponnelle's opera-films.By Simon Reynolds. 2009
Bring the Noise weaves together interviews, reviews, essays, and features to create a critical history of the last twenty years…
of pop culture, juxtaposing the voices of many of rock and hip hop's most provocative artists-Morrissey, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, The Stone Roses, P.J. Harvey, Radiohead-with Reynolds's own passionate analysis. With all the energy and insight you would expect from the author of Rip It Up and Start Again, Bring the Noise tracks the alternately fraught and fertile relationship between white bohemia and black street music. The selections transmit the immediacy of their moment while offering a running commentary on the broader enduring questions of race and resistance, multiculturalism, and division. From grunge to grime, from Madchester to the Dirty South, Bring the Noise chronicles hip hop and alternative rock's competing claims to be the cutting edge of innovation and the voice of opposition in an era of conservative backlash. Alert to both the vivid detail and the big picture, Simon Reynolds has shaped a compelling narrative that cuts across a thrillingly turbulent two-decade period of pop music.By Peter Buchenau, Joe Orszulik. 2017
Dieses Buch aus der Anti-Stress-Trainer-Reihe thematisiert das Leben und die Stressfaktoren von Musikerinnen und Musikerin Zahllose Musiker Instrumentallehrer…
Musikp dagogen Komponisten und auch Textschreiber die allermeist sehr euphorisch in ihre Karriere starten sind schon bald desillusioniert ersch pft oder leiden sogar unter Burnout Gr nde daf r sind unter anderem eine unsichere finanzielle Position unregelm ige Arbeitszeiten und auch eine starke k rperliche Belastung Dieses Buch informiert die Leser nicht nur ber das Thema Stress bei Musikern sondern gibt gleichzeitig viele hilfreiche Praxistipps f r einen gesunden und erfolgreichen Umgang mit Stress Der Autor der selbst jahrelang aktiver Musiker war gibt seine Erfahrungen und sein Wissen in diesem Buch weiterBy Jochen Strähle. 2018
This book will broaden readers understanding of the links between the music and fashion industries It…
highlights the challenges currently facing the fashion industry in terms of hyper-competition definition of ever-faster trends changing consumer demands etc In fact the fashion industry is heavily influenced by the digital revolution in the music industry which has changed the face of individual music consumption and social reference and therefore also has impacts on fashion consumption and social reference This understanding is crucial in order to realign any fashion company s strategies to the demands of modern fashion consumers In terms of content the book first discusses the social perspective of fashion and music This includes an analysis of music as a key influencer of fashion trends both theoretically and on the basis of a case study on grunge music Then the role of music in the fashion business is addressed and covers in-store music and the role of music in fashion communication Following up the role of fashion in the music business is analyzed This includes the trend of co-design of fashion collections music artists role of differentiation by style and the market for music fashion merchandise articles both theoretically and drawing on a case study In closing potential lessons learned from the music industry are developed for the fashion industry This includes an analysis of the digital revolution and the advent of the crowdfunding idea both theoretically and in a case studyBy Robert P. Morgan. 2014
Much controversy surrounds Schenker's mature theory and its attempt to explain musical pitch motion. Becoming Heinrich Schenker brings a new…
perspective to Schenker's theoretical work, showing that ideas characteristic of his mature theory, although in many respects fundamentally different, developed logically out of his earlier ideas. Robert Morgan provides an introduction to Schenker's mature theory and traces its development through all of his major publications, considering each in detail and with numerous music examples. Morgan also explores the relationship between Schenker's theory and his troubled ideology, which crucially influenced the evolution of his ideas and was heavily dependent upon both the empirical and idealist strains of contemporary German philosophical thought. Relying where possible on quotations from Schenker's own words, this book offers a balanced approach to his theory and a unique overview of this central music figure, generally considered to be the most prominent music theorist of the twentieth century.By John Butt. 2010
Providing a detailed analysis of Bach's Passions, this book represents an important contribution to the debate about the culture of…
'classical music', its origins, priorities and survival. The angles from which each chapter proceeds differ from those of a traditional music guide, by examining the Passions in the light of the mindsets of modernity, and their interplay with earlier models of thought and belief. While the historical details of Bach's composition, performance and theological context remain crucial, the foremost concern of this study is to relate these works to a historical context that may, in some threads at least, still be relevant today. The central claim of the book is that the interplay of traditional imperatives and those of early modernity renders Bach's Passions particularly fascinating as artefacts that both reflect and constitute some of the priorities and conditions of the western world.By Dean Budnick, Josh Baron. 2012
“A clear, comprehensive look at a murky business. ” —The Wall Street Journal Your favorite band has just announced…
their nationwide tour. Should you pay to join their fan club and get in on the pre-sale? No, you decide to wait. But the on-sale date arrives, and the site is jammed. You can’t get on—and the concert is sold out in six minutes. What happened? What now? Music journalists Dean Budnick and Josh Baron chronicle the behind-the-scenes history of the modern concert industry. Filled with entertaining rock-and-roll anecdotes about The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, and more—and charting the emergence of players like Ticketmaster, StubHub, Live Nation, and Outbox—Ticket Masters will transfix every concertgoer who wonders just where the price of admission really goes. This edition has an updated epilogue that covers recent industry developments. .By Mickey Leigh, Legs Mcneil. 2009
When the Ramones recorded their debut album in 1976, it heralded the true birth of punk rock. Unforgettable front man…
Joey Ramone gave voice to the disaffected youth of the seventies and eighties, and the band influenced the counterculture for decades to come. With honesty, humor, and grace, Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh, shares a fascinating, intimate look at the turbulent life of one of America's greatest--and unlikeliest--music icons. While the music lives on for new generations to discover, I Slept with Joey Ramone is the enduring portrait of a man who struggled to find his voice and of the brother who loved him.By James Sullivan. 2008
The untold story of the night a divide nation turned to James Brownand he delivered hope and calm in the…
form of an immortal concert Since James Brown's death in December 2006, the Godfather of Soul has received many stirring tributes. Yet few have addressed his contribution in the darkest hour of the Civil Rights movement. Telling for the first time the story of his historic Boston Garden concert the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. 's assassination, The Hardest Working Man captures the magnificent achievements that made Brown an icon of American popular culture. Sullivan details the charged atmosphere in Boston, Brown's fight against city officials to take the stage, and the electric performance he delivered. Through the prism of this one concert, Sullivan also charts Brown's incredible rise from poverty to self-made millionaire, his enormous influence on popular music, and his complex relationship with the Civil Rights movement, making The Hardest Working Man both a tribute to an unforgettable concert and a rousing biography of a revolutionary musician. .By Steven Wishnia. 2012
Bass player and rapidly aging punk rocker Underend Vicodini is an unlikely hero. He loves New York City like nobody's…
business but does it still love him despite his lack of affluence and influence? His former band, The Gutter Astronomers, was riding high in the 1980s, releasing albums and touring across the country playing to packed nightclubs filled with eager fans, but the Great Recession finds the band members middle-aged and struggling not to drown in the seas of gentrification and disillusion. When lead singer Mickey gets an offer to reunite the band, he jumps at it. But can the old bandmates overcome their acrimonious break up? Can they get back into it without shredding their lives? Can Underend Vicodini find inner peace and, more importantly, a reasonably priced apartment below 14th Street or in Brooklyn? Steven Wishnia is a New York-based musician and journalist. Born on the Lower East Side, he grew up in Brooklyn, New England, Edinburgh, and Long Island. He has played in numerous bands, including the False Prophets, an eclectic punk group that recorded two albums released by Alternative Tentacles. After the False Prophets broke up in 1987, he earned an MA at New York University's School of Journalism, writing for failing newspapers before working for many years as news editor at High Times. Recipient of two New York City Independent Press Association awards, he currently works as a freelance writer and editor, most often for AlterNet.org and Junior Scholastic, and often performs musically with artist Mac McGill.By Michael Azerrad. 1993
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous…
sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain, Krist Noveselic, and Dave Grohl, as well as friends, relatives, former bandmembers, and associates -- now updated to include a new final chapter detailing the last year of Kurt Cobain's life, before his tragic suicide in April 1994.By Lisa Robinson. 2014
From a legendary music journalist with four decades of unprecedented access, an insider's behind-the-scenes look at the major personalities of…
rock and roll. Lisa Robinson has interviewed the biggest names in music--including Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Patti Smith, U2, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Jay Z and Kanye West. She visited the teenage Michael Jackson many times at his Encino home. She spent hours talking to John Lennon at his Dakota apartment--and in recording studios just weeks before his murder. She introduced David Bowie to Lou Reed at a private dinner in a Manhattan restaurant, helped the Clash and Elvis Costello get their record deals, was with the Rolling Stones on their jet during a frightening storm, and was mid-flight with Led Zeppelin when their tour manager pulled out a gun. A pioneering female journalist in an exclusive boys' club, Lisa Robinson is a preeminent authority on the personalities and influences that have shaped the music world; she has been recognized as rock jounralism's ultimate insider. A keenly observed and lovingly recounted look back on years spent with countless musicians backstage, after hours and on the road, There Goes Gravity documents a lifetime of riveting stories, told together here for the first time.By Ginger Wyrick. 1997
The Choir Member's Companion is designed for use by individual choir members in a local church adult choir. The book…
is intended for choir members to better understand musical symbols, terminology, and symbols used in choral music. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction to Choir Membership 2. Basic Music Reading Skills 3. Musical Road Map 4. Basic Vocal Techniques 5. Sight-reading New Music 6. How to Mark Your Music 7. Preparation for Worship 8. Preparation for Other Performances 9. Glossary of Musical Terms and SymbolsBy Martha Feldman. 2007
Performed throughout Europe during the 1700s Italian heroic opera or opera seria was the century …
s most significant musical art form profoundly engaging such figures as Handel Haydn and Mozart Opera and Sovereignty is the first book to address this genre as cultural history arguing that eighteenth-century opera seria must be understood in light of the period s social and political upheavals Taking an anthropological approach to European music that s as bold as it is unusual Martha Feldman traces Italian opera s shift from a mythical assertion of sovereignty with its festive forms and rituals to a dramatic vehicle that increasingly questioned absolute ideals She situates these transformations against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Italian culture to show how opera seria both reflected and affected the struggles of rulers to maintain sovereignty in the face of a growing public sphere In so doing Feldman explains why the form had such great international success and how audience experiences of the period differed from ours today Ambitiously interdisciplinary Opera and Sovereignty will appeal not only to scholars of music and anthropology but also to those interested in theater dance and the history of the EnlightenmentBy Ernest Newman. 1937
In the vast literature on Richard Wagner, Ernest Newman's classic four-volume Life remains unsurpassed.Volume II carries the story from 1848…
to 1860. It describes the important, formative years in Wagner's life and reconstructs his role in the Dresden rising of 1849. Newman also discusses the changes that the Ring poem underwent during this period and illuminates Wagner's relations with his wife Minna, his mentor Liszt, and his circle in Zürich.By Ernest Newman. 1946
Ernest Newman's four-volume Life of Wagner, originally published between 1933 and 1947, remains a classic work of biography. The culmination…
of forty years' research on the composer and his works (Newman's first Study of Wagner was first published in 1899), these books present a detailed portrait of perhaps the most influential, the most controversial and the most frequently reviled composer in the whole history of western music. Newman was aware that no biography can ever claim to be complete or completely accurate: 'The biographer can at no stage hope to have reached the final truth. All he can do is to make sure that whatever statement he may make, whatever conclusion he may come to, shall be based on the whole of the evidence available at the time of writing.' In this aim he triumphantly succeeds.Volume IV completes the story from 1866 to Wagner's death in 1883. It covers the composition of Die Meistersinger and Parsifal, the completion of the Ring, Wagner's marriage to Cosima Liszt von Bülow, and the building of Bayreuth.By Ernest Newman. 1941
In the vast literature on Richard Wagner, Ernest Newman's classic four-volume Life remains unsurpassed.Volume III covers the years 1859-66 including…
the Tannhäuser debacle in Paris, the crisis with Minna, the first production of Tristan und Isolde and the flight from Munich.