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American Wind Music
Its Origin and the Instrumental Tutors
The transitions that occurred in everyday life after the new “America” was created after the Revolutionary War are reflected in the type of wind music local groups were performing. Kolman traces the development of these new compositions found in available Instrumental Tutors.
The transitions that occurred in everyday life after the new “America” was created after the Revolutionary War are reflected in the type of wind music local groups were performing. Kolman traces the development of these new compositions found in available Instrumental Tutors.
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An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers from A to Z
“Singin’ in French”
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary provides a collection of portraits of the greatest singers of the French language and describes how they have contributed to the musical landscape in both France and the larger francophone community and the world as a whole.
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary provides a collection of portraits of the greatest singers of the French language and describes how they have contributed to the musical landscape in both France and the larger francophone community and the world as a whole.
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An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers, from A to Z, 2nd Edition
Singin' in French
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary offers portraits of the greatest singers of the French language. Discover how classic and contemporary artists have constructed the musical landscape, influenced the French language, and nourished our collective imagination.
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary offers portraits of the greatest singers of the French language. Discover how classic and contemporary artists have constructed the musical landscape, influenced the French language, and nourished our collective imagination.
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Carols of Birds, Bells, and Sacred Hymns from Ukraine
An Anthology and Cultural Companion
This anthology of Ukrainian carols is a prism through which Ukraine’s history, culture, and vibrant spirit are revealed. It includes the original “Carol of the Bells,” music scores, translations, and the gripping narratives of choral activism that helped a nation survive.
This anthology of Ukrainian carols is a prism through which Ukraine’s history, culture, and vibrant spirit are revealed. It includes the original “Carol of the Bells,” music scores, translations, and the gripping narratives of choral activism that helped a nation survive.
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Commitment to Musical Excellence
The 75 Year History of the Gustavus Choir
For 75 years, the internationally recognized Gustavus Choir has built a heritage of choral music rooted in the a cappella tradition. This book chronicles the ensemble’s history, the legacy of its six conductors, and its unwavering commitment to musical excellence.
For 75 years, the internationally recognized Gustavus Choir has built a heritage of choral music rooted in the a cappella tradition. This book chronicles the ensemble’s history, the legacy of its six conductors, and its unwavering commitment to musical excellence.
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This book is about musical canons and de-canonizing music history. Its main goal is to deconstruct these canons: to analyze and problematize them in their variety through artistic encounters where art meets popular, ethnic meets education, and avantgarde meets mainstream.
This book is about musical canons and de-canonizing music history. Its main goal is to deconstruct these canons: to analyze and problematize them in their variety through artistic encounters where art meets popular, ethnic meets education, and avantgarde meets mainstream.
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Britten’s music is complex and contradictory. This collection of essays by performers, musicologists, and theorists challenges assumptions about musical constructs, text/music relationships, and the personal influences on his compositional technique.
Britten’s music is complex and contradictory. This collection of essays by performers, musicologists, and theorists challenges assumptions about musical constructs, text/music relationships, and the personal influences on his compositional technique.
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A Jesuit missionary, musician, and builder of Shanghai's famed bamboo organs. François Ravary’s unpublished letters reveal the crises of the Catholic mission in nineteenth-century China and his creation of the nation's first brass band and school orchestra.
A Jesuit missionary, musician, and builder of Shanghai’s famed bamboo organs. François Ravary’s unpublished letters reveal the crises of the Catholic mission in nineteenth-century China and his creation of the nation’s first brass band and school orchestra.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Reputation without Cause? A Composer and his Critics
Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, yet today his operas have become stage rarities. This is the first broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in English, a study of his reputation's vicissitudes.
Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, yet today his operas have become stage rarities. This is the first broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in English, a study of his reputation’s vicissitudes.
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The concern of this anthology is the relationship between traditional music and archives as seen from historical and epistemological perspectives. The articles within focus on archives, individual and collective memory, and heritage as today’s recreation of the past.
The concern of this anthology is the relationship between traditional music and archives as seen from historical and epistemological perspectives. The articles within focus on archives, individual and collective memory, and heritage as today’s recreation of the past.
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Dealing with the interconnections between music and the written word, this book brings into focus an updated range of analytical and interpretative approaches which transcend the domain of formalist paradigms and the purist assumption of music’s non-referentiality.
Dealing with the interconnections between music and the written word, this book brings into focus an updated range of analytical and interpretative approaches which transcend the domain of formalist paradigms and the purist assumption of music’s non-referentiality.
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Iranian Music Education
120 Years of History, Pedagogy and Performance
Explore over a century of Iranian music education, from 1900 to today. This essential guide features detailed, illustrated techniques for playing classical instruments, providing a comprehensive resource on Iranian pedagogy for musicians and educators.
Explore over a century of Iranian music education, from 1900 to today. This essential guide features detailed, illustrated techniques for playing classical instruments, providing a comprehensive resource on Iranian pedagogy for musicians and educators.
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Jazz Italiano
A History of Italian Syncopated Music 1904-1946
In the early 20th century, jazz seduced Italy. An imported passion, it survived war and flourished despite Fascist disapproval. This illustrated book records the story of Italian jazz, from early imitation to when the country’s own geniuses made it uniquely Italian.
In the early 20th century, jazz seduced Italy. An imported passion, it survived war and flourished despite Fascist disapproval. This illustrated book records the story of Italian jazz, from early imitation to when the country’s own geniuses made it uniquely Italian.
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Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia, vol. I
The Years of Fame 1836-1863
A superb singer and composer, Pauline Viardot Garcia was a 19th-century muse to Brahms and Meyerbeer. Loved by Turgenev for forty years, she was a musical genius. This first comprehensive biography in English reveals the life of this forgotten powerhouse.
A superb singer and composer, Pauline Viardot Garcia was a 19th-century muse to Brahms and Meyerbeer. Loved by Turgenev for forty years, she was a musical genius. This first comprehensive biography in English reveals the life of this forgotten powerhouse.
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The definitive musical biography of Mikis Theodorakis, the revolutionary composer who became a Greek icon of resistance. Born from the author’s personal friendship with the composer and written with his blessing, this is the authoritative account of a true popular hero.
The definitive musical biography of Mikis Theodorakis, the revolutionary composer who became a Greek icon of resistance. Born from the author’s personal friendship with the composer and written with his blessing, this is the authoritative account of a true popular hero.
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This book challenges the ontological unity of music, philosophy, and mathematics, then explores music as social history—probing ideological style debates and the cultural memory of post-Stalinism in the 1950s and 60s.
This book challenges the ontological unity of music, philosophy, and mathematics, then explores music as social history—probing ideological style debates and the cultural memory of post-Stalinism in the 1950s and 60s.
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Nationality vs Universality
Music Historiographies in Central and Eastern Europe
This publication deals with the history of music as a way of representing historical memory and as an instrument of shaping society’s present. It offers fascinating reading for anyone interested in the mechanisms that shape notions of the musical past.
This publication deals with the history of music as a way of representing historical memory and as an instrument of shaping society’s present. It offers fascinating reading for anyone interested in the mechanisms that shape notions of the musical past.
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This is the first comprehensive study of Nikolaos Mantzaros in English, the pre-eminent composer in the evolution of classical music in modern Greece. It explores his development as a composer with strong Italian affiliation and his role as an educator and theorist.
This is the first comprehensive study of Nikolaos Mantzaros in English, the pre-eminent composer in the evolution of classical music in modern Greece. It explores his development as a composer with strong Italian affiliation and his role as an educator and theorist.
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Since UNESCO recognized Sutartinės, Lithuania's ancient dissonant music, studies have flourished. This book presents new findings, revealing analogies with foreign folk music and analyzing hymns of mythical beings through data from ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics.
Since UNESCO recognized Sutartinės, Lithuania’s ancient dissonant music, studies have flourished. This book presents new findings, revealing analogies with foreign folk music and analyzing hymns of mythical beings through data from ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics.
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Popular Music and Australian Culture
Across the Grain
This volume explores popular music and culture, challenging assumptions about how we experience modernity. The essays raise larger questions about our status as consumers and participants in historical change, and examine the relationship between sound, media, and community.
This volume explores popular music and culture, challenging assumptions about how we experience modernity. The essays raise larger questions about our status as consumers and participants in historical change, and examine the relationship between sound, media, and community.
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