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Bruce Springsteen’s America
A Dream Deferred
Moving from jargon-free critical analysis to a fan’s passionate participatory research, this book places work and class at the centre of Bruce Springsteen’s oeuvre. It presents him as the bard of the downtrodden and is testament to the life-giving power of rock and roll.
Moving from jargon-free critical analysis to a fan’s passionate participatory research, this book places work and class at the centre of Bruce Springsteen’s oeuvre. It presents him as the bard of the downtrodden and is testament to the life-giving power of rock and roll.
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This study of Thomas Arne’s cantatas and odes reveals his evolving musical style. Restricted by his Catholic faith, Arne found an outlet in London's pleasure gardens, setting pastiche texts from Pope and Congreve and challenging critiques of his ability to set Italian.
This study of Thomas Arne’s cantatas and odes reveals his evolving musical style. Restricted by his Catholic faith, Arne found an outlet in London’s pleasure gardens, setting pastiche texts from Pope and Congreve and challenging critiques of his ability to set Italian.
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This book explores the role of musicians calling for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Artists worldwide join talents in concerts to voice protest, show solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and raise funds to assist those affected by the humanitarian crisis.
This book explores the role of musicians calling for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Artists worldwide join talents in concerts to voice protest, show solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and raise funds to assist those affected by the humanitarian crisis.
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Music with Expressive Power
An Audio and Musical Quest
For those passionate about quality music, this book explains why high-quality audio reproduction is hard. It highlights the often-ignored role of the listener, enabling you to make informed choices about your equipment and gain richer musical experiences.
For those passionate about quality music, this book explains why high-quality audio reproduction is hard. It highlights the often-ignored role of the listener, enabling you to make informed choices about your equipment and gain richer musical experiences.
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Unlocking the persuasive power of Romantic music. While musical rhetoric is often linked to the Baroque, this book reveals how Romantic composers built powerful arguments into their works, shaping our cognitive responses through musical structure.
Unlocking the persuasive power of Romantic music. While musical rhetoric is often linked to the Baroque, this book reveals how Romantic composers built powerful arguments into their works, shaping our cognitive responses through musical structure.
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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 Global Reach of the Fandango in Music, Song and Dance
Spaniards, Indians, Africans and Gypsies
This book lays the foundations for learning about the fandango, an 18th century dance and music craze across Spain and the Americas. It describes how the dance became a conduit for the syncretism of music, dance and people and how it signified freedom of movement and expression.
This book lays the foundations for learning about the fandango, an 18th century dance and music craze across Spain and the Americas. It describes how the dance became a conduit for the syncretism of music, dance and people and how it signified freedom of movement and expression.
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An Exploration of Hatred in Pop Music
Viva Hate
‘Love’ may be the major theme of pop songs, but ‘hate’ runs it close. This book explores hatred across the history of popular music—in lyrics, album art, and the industry itself—asking important questions about misogyny, politics, psychology, and family along the way.
‘Love’ may be the major theme of pop songs, but ‘hate’ runs it close. This book explores hatred across the history of popular music—in lyrics, album art, and the industry itself—asking important questions about misogyny, politics, psychology, and family along the way.
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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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In the postmodern ironic music of composer Bojidar Spassov, old and new times, and cultural traditions emerge like carnival masks. This book is the first monograph on this paradoxical multicultural artist and the first attempt to shed light on the contemporary music of Bulgaria.
In the postmodern ironic music of composer Bojidar Spassov, old and new times, and cultural traditions emerge like carnival masks. This book is the first monograph on this paradoxical multicultural artist and the first attempt to shed light on the contemporary music of Bulgaria.
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‘Ethnic’ piano rolls are an important part of a still-neglected musical heritage. They encapsulate the musical life of several continents and various ethnic communities based in the USA. This volume represents the latest research on these unique and rare cultural artefacts.
‘Ethnic’ piano rolls are an important part of a still-neglected musical heritage. They encapsulate the musical life of several continents and various ethnic communities based in the USA. This volume represents the latest research on these unique and rare cultural artefacts.
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Romanticism, Rhetoric and the Search for the Sublime, 2nd Edition
A Neo-Romantic Theory
This book builds a Neo-Romantic rhetorical theory for our time. It traces Romanticism's roots through key writers and artists, linking their love of nature to the current environmental crisis and empowering those seeking to save the environment.
This book builds a Neo-Romantic rhetorical theory for our time. It traces Romanticism’s roots through key writers and artists, linking their love of nature to the current environmental crisis and empowering those seeking to save the environment.
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Training the Composer
A Comparative Study Between the Pedagogical Methodologies of Arnold Schoenberg and Nadia Boulanger
Uncover the teaching methods of masters Schoenberg and Boulanger. For the first time in print, this text analyzes their materials, contrasting the German and French schools to forge a new, effective pedagogy for composition teachers.
Uncover the teaching methods of masters Schoenberg and Boulanger. For the first time in print, this text analyzes their materials, contrasting the German and French schools to forge a new, effective pedagogy for composition teachers.
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Opéra-Comique
A Sourcebook
Opéra-comique, a French genre not always comic in nature—the most famous example, Bizet’s Carmen, is a tragedy—reflected the cultural life of France. This sourcebook details its forgotten composers and operas, providing a way into a changing age.
Opéra-comique, a French genre not always comic in nature—the most famous example, Bizet’s Carmen, is a tragedy—reflected the cultural life of France. This sourcebook details its forgotten composers and operas, providing a way into a changing age.
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Music as a Spandrel of Evolutionary Adaptation for Speech
The Doors of Imagination
Music makes no sense in the light of evolution. This book reveals it as an innate language that unlocks our imagination, allowing us to transcend reality and create. Not bad for what began as a spandrel of speech.
Music makes no sense in the light of evolution. This book reveals it as an innate language that unlocks our imagination, allowing us to transcend reality and create. Not bad for what began as a spandrel of speech.
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These musical essays on Albanian themes explore historical identity and traditional performance. In the 18th century, baroque composers began representing the hero Scanderbeg on the operatic stage, using music’s dramatic power to elicit an emotional response.
These musical essays on Albanian themes explore historical identity and traditional performance. In the 18th century, baroque composers began representing the hero Scanderbeg on the operatic stage, using music’s dramatic power to elicit an emotional response.
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Explore structural and ornamental diatonic harmony in the Common Practice Period. This guide explains the crucial difference between them, providing novel insights into the interplay of harmony and melody. Includes ample musical examples and exercises to develop your skills.
Explore structural and ornamental diatonic harmony in the Common Practice Period. This guide explains the crucial difference between them, providing novel insights into the interplay of harmony and melody. Includes ample musical examples and exercises to develop your skills.
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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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The Music of Meaning
Essays in Cognitive Semiotics
A book about meaning in music, poetry, and language. These 24 essays explore how we communicate through signs, symbols, and metaphor, revealing the complex unfolding of the expressive human mind and the intricate relationship between expression and thought.
A book about meaning in music, poetry, and language. These 24 essays explore how we communicate through signs, symbols, and metaphor, revealing the complex unfolding of the expressive human mind and the intricate relationship between expression and thought.
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Technology and Performance during the Renaissance
The Musical World of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, known for science and art, was also one of the most famous musicians of the Renaissance. His multifaceted knowledge pushed him beyond performance; his codices contain studies on sound and an extraordinary catalogue of new musical instruments he designed.
Leonardo da Vinci, known for science and art, was also one of the most famous musicians of the Renaissance. His multifaceted knowledge pushed him beyond performance; his codices contain studies on sound and an extraordinary catalogue of new musical instruments he designed.
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