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Reappraising the Seicento
Composition, Dissemination, Assimilation
Reappraising the Seicento offers new perspectives from emerging scholars. Five essays examine compositional procedure in Italy and the assimilation of Italian music by English composers in the seventeenth century, placing it in a larger historical context.
Reappraising the Seicento offers new perspectives from emerging scholars. Five essays examine compositional procedure in Italy and the assimilation of Italian music by English composers in the seventeenth century, placing it in a larger historical context.
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The Beggar’s ‘Children’
How John Gay Changed The Course Of England’s Musical Theatre
No author has looked beyond John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera to analyze the works it spawned. This insightful study is the first to explore these descendants—the ballad operas, comic operas, and burlettas of the 18th century—with musical examples and plots.
No author has looked beyond John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera to analyze the works it spawned. This insightful study is the first to explore these descendants—the ballad operas, comic operas, and burlettas of the 18th century—with musical examples and plots.
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Rock n Roll and Nationalism
A Multinational Perspective
In essays on countries from the United States to Russia, scholars, performers, and journalists explore the fascinating interplay between national identities and the rock music idiom, leading to a new understanding of rock and nationalism.
In essays on countries from the United States to Russia, scholars, performers, and journalists explore the fascinating interplay between national identities and the rock music idiom, leading to a new understanding of rock and nationalism.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
The Complete Libretti in Eleven Volumes (in the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with Introductions by Robert Ignatius Letellier)
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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The Mission and Message of Music
Building Blocks to the Aesthetics of Music in our Time
This book probes the beauty and meaning of music, arguing it is a message in sound—a covenant between musician and listener. One sends the musical message, the other internalizes it. Intended for music connoisseurs and all interested in artistic thought.
This book probes the beauty and meaning of music, arguing it is a message in sound—a covenant between musician and listener. One sends the musical message, the other internalizes it. Intended for music connoisseurs and all interested in artistic thought.
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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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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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Music and Literary Modernism
Critical Essays and Comparative Studies
Scholars examine the intersections of music, literature, and language in modernism. Essays explore the place of music in the writing of Joyce, Woolf, and Pound, and the importance of literary art for composers from Messiaen to The Beatles.
Scholars examine the intersections of music, literature, and language in modernism. Essays explore the place of music in the writing of Joyce, Woolf, and Pound, and the importance of literary art for composers from Messiaen to The Beatles.
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Temporaries and Eternals
The Music Criticism of Aldous Huxley, 1922-23
Aldous Huxley’s 1922–23 music column offers a snapshot of 1920s musical life and is key to understanding his novels. Huxley’s central theme is how to judge the longevity of composers and their works. This book reproduces all 64 of his articles.
Aldous Huxley’s 1922–23 music column offers a snapshot of 1920s musical life and is key to understanding his novels. Huxley’s central theme is how to judge the longevity of composers and their works. This book reproduces all 64 of his articles.
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French Romantic Ballets
Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, La Sylphide Adolphe-Charles Adam, Giselle and Le Corsaire
This collection presents music from La Sylphide, Giselle, and Le Corsaire—three of the most important scores from the Golden Age of ballet in Paris. Explore tales of fatal love, supernatural spirits, and spectacular drama.
This collection presents music from La Sylphide, Giselle, and Le Corsaire—three of the most important scores from the Golden Age of ballet in Paris. Explore tales of fatal love, supernatural spirits, and spectacular drama.
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The Canterbury Catch Club 1826
Music in the Frame
In 1825, a lithograph was commissioned to celebrate a Canterbury musical society. This book analyzes that image and, using unique archives, uncovers a contradictory history where the respectable coexisted with the libertine and culture was a strategic assertion of identity.
In 1825, a lithograph was commissioned to celebrate a Canterbury musical society. This book analyzes that image and, using unique archives, uncovers a contradictory history where the respectable coexisted with the libertine and culture was a strategic assertion of identity.
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Irish Music Abroad
Diasporic Sounds in Birmingham
This musical ethnography of Birmingham, 1950–2010, traces how Irish music moved from private arenas to the city's public heart. It shows how the community conquered challenges, like the IRA bombings, to create its massive St Patrick’s Parade.
This musical ethnography of Birmingham, 1950–2010, traces how Irish music moved from private arenas to the city’s public heart. It shows how the community conquered challenges, like the IRA bombings, to create its massive St Patrick’s Parade.
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The Resonance of a Small Voice
William Walton and the Violin Concerto in England between 1900 and 1940
A pioneering study of Walton's Violin Concerto, placed in the golden age of the English concerto (1900-1940). It sheds new light on works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and Britten, and uncovers unjustly forgotten masterpieces.
A pioneering study of Walton’s Violin Concerto, placed in the golden age of the English concerto (1900-1940). It sheds new light on works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and Britten, and uncovers unjustly forgotten masterpieces.
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A critique of contemporary artistic interpretation whose lessons apply to our entire culture. This essential study is from Ion Piso, drawing on over 50 years of experience as an artist-interpreter on the world's opera stages.
A critique of contemporary artistic interpretation whose lessons apply to our entire culture. This essential study is from Ion Piso, drawing on over 50 years of experience as an artist-interpreter on the world’s opera stages.
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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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The Ballets of Alexander Glazunov
Scènes de Ballet, Raymonda and Les Saisons
Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was a master of classical ballet. Sharing Tchaikovsky’s passion for melody, his scores for Raymonda and The Seasons are inventive and beautifully orchestrated, reflecting a glamorous, glittering world.
Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was a master of classical ballet. Sharing Tchaikovsky’s passion for melody, his scores for Raymonda and The Seasons are inventive and beautifully orchestrated, reflecting a glamorous, glittering world.
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Maqām
Historical Traces and Present Practice in Southern European Music Traditions
This volume offers new insights on the historical traces and present practice of maqām. Contributions from international scholars explore Ottoman music's influence in the Mediterranean and Balkans, the revival of religious genres, and the realms between maqām and mode.
This volume offers new insights on the historical traces and present practice of maqām. Contributions from international scholars explore Ottoman music’s influence in the Mediterranean and Balkans, the revival of religious genres, and the realms between maqām and mode.
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Music and Magic
Charlie Parker, Trickster Lives!
The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.
The magic of jazz is Tricksterism. Greats like Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Dizzy Gillespie were Tricksters, taking pop songs and refashioning them into gold. These magician-Tricksters transform all they touch. This book explains how they do it.
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This collection presents a snapshot of current music theory, exploring repertoire from Bach to the avant-garde. Neglected aspects of musical structure like rhythm and meter are given new focus, with many essays centered on the music and ideas of Arnold Schoenberg.
This collection presents a snapshot of current music theory, exploring repertoire from Bach to the avant-garde. Neglected aspects of musical structure like rhythm and meter are given new focus, with many essays centered on the music and ideas of Arnold Schoenberg.
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A collection of perspectives on the interplay between words and music, from opera librettos and Broadway to rap lyrics and video game soundtracks. Topics include translation challenges, censorship, and cultural analyses of contemporary song lyrics.
A collection of perspectives on the interplay between words and music, from opera librettos and Broadway to rap lyrics and video game soundtracks. Topics include translation challenges, censorship, and cultural analyses of contemporary song lyrics.
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