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Transatlantic Malagueñas and Zapateados in Music, Song and Dance
Spaniards, Natives, Africans, Roma
An exploration of two fandango dances across the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. While malagueñas are an incarnation of Spanishness caught in a fraught imperial past, zapateados—shaped by Africanist and Native American footwork—cut toward a future born of resistance.
An exploration of two fandango dances across the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. While malagueñas are an incarnation of Spanishness caught in a fraught imperial past, zapateados—shaped by Africanist and Native American footwork—cut toward a future born of resistance.
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In 1854, Franz von Suppé wrote music for a play that accompanies the action like a film score. While the music works today, the 19th-century German script does not. This book details the challenge of adapting the text for a modern audience while keeping Suppé's score intact.
In 1854, Franz von Suppé wrote music for a play that accompanies the action like a film score. While the music works today, the 19th-century German script does not. This book details the challenge of adapting the text for a modern audience while keeping Suppé’s score intact.
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J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering survived as separated sheets, its true structure a puzzle for centuries. This book revises groundbreaking research to present a unique conception of the work's original design, focusing on the mysterious ordering of its ten canons.
J.S. Bach’s Musical Offering survived as separated sheets, its true structure a puzzle for centuries. This book revises groundbreaking research to present a unique conception of the work’s original design, focusing on the mysterious ordering of its ten canons.
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A Study of the Parallels between Visual Art and Music
The Big Misconception
Standard surveys of art imply a continuity between Rembrandt and Koons, between Caravaggio and Hirst. They are all wrong. There is no such continuity. This book explains why these claims are false, and how we arrived at this point of great confusion about the arts.
Standard surveys of art imply a continuity between Rembrandt and Koons, between Caravaggio and Hirst.
They are all wrong. There is no such continuity. This book explains why these claims are false, and how we arrived at this point of great confusion about the arts.
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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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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 surprisingly diverse musical landscape of Invercargill, a city at the bottom of Aotearoa/New Zealand. It illustrates the importance of music in local communities, enriching social connectedness, local identity, and the lives interwoven through them.
This book explores the surprisingly diverse musical landscape of Invercargill, a city at the bottom of Aotearoa/New Zealand. It illustrates the importance of music in local communities, enriching social connectedness, local identity, and the lives interwoven through them.
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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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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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Musical Waves
West Coast Perspectives of Pitch, Narrative, and Form
This volume comprises a wide range of cutting-edge analytical approaches for numerous musical styles. It includes studies inspired by Schoenberg, transformational theory, narrative, form, and—notably—several approaches to popular music.
This volume comprises a wide range of cutting-edge analytical approaches for numerous musical styles. It includes studies inspired by Schoenberg, transformational theory, narrative, form, and—notably—several approaches to popular music.
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How does gender affect music? How did Bowie change performer identity? How sexist is glam metal? Are LGBTQ+ issues reflected in 21st century music? From French opera to metal and rap, these contributions challenge and inform, confirming that music shapes our gendered selves.
How does gender affect music? How did Bowie change performer identity? How sexist is glam metal? Are LGBTQ+ issues reflected in 21st century music? From French opera to metal and rap, these contributions challenge and inform, confirming that music shapes our gendered selves.
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This book examines the CBC's impact on art music in Canada (1936-1986) through the work of one man: John Peter Lee Roberts. For thirty years, he brought the music of Canada to the world and the world of music to Canadians, commissioning and promoting new Canadian composers.
This book examines the CBC’s impact on art music in Canada (1936-1986) through the work of one man: John Peter Lee Roberts. For thirty years, he brought the music of Canada to the world and the world of music to Canadians, commissioning and promoting new Canadian composers.
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Despite being involved in opera since it began, the contribution of children was overlooked for centuries. This book uncovers the changing attitudes of composers and society towards them, tracing the fundamental evolution of their role from the 17th to the 21st century.
Despite being involved in opera since it began, the contribution of children was overlooked for centuries. This book uncovers the changing attitudes of composers and society towards them, tracing the fundamental evolution of their role from the 17th to the 21st century.
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My Kind of Sound
Popular Music and Audiovisual Culture
Music shapes our identity. This book explores music as culture, art, and industry. It examines phenomena from the global rise of Reggaeton to iconic artists like David Bowie and the crucial role of music in TV series, showing how it challenges us to rethink our view of the world.
Music shapes our identity. This book explores music as culture, art, and industry. It examines phenomena from the global rise of Reggaeton to iconic artists like David Bowie and the crucial role of music in TV series, showing how it challenges us to rethink our view of the world.
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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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Once the leader of the French school of opera, admired by Wagner and Berlioz, Fromental Halévy is now remembered only for La Juive. This study throws light on this shadowy figure, examining his life, his many popular but forgotten operas, and their place in history.
Once the leader of the French school of opera, admired by Wagner and Berlioz, Fromental Halévy is now remembered only for La Juive. This study throws light on this shadowy figure, examining his life, his many popular but forgotten operas, and their place in history.
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Once the leader of the French school, composer Fromental Halévy is now a shadowy figure chiefly remembered for his grand tragic opera La Juive, a work exploring freedom, faith, and tolerance. This study illuminates his life and operas, examining each one's origin and music.
Once the leader of the French school, composer Fromental Halévy is now a shadowy figure chiefly remembered for his grand tragic opera La Juive, a work exploring freedom, faith, and tolerance. This study illuminates his life and operas, examining each one’s origin and music.
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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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Contemporary Piano Music
Performance and Creativity
This collection addresses performance and musical creation in contemporary piano music. It examines the aesthetic and technical aspects of the 20th century and reflects on 21st-century artistic practices that are redefining the contemporary performative field.
This collection addresses performance and musical creation in contemporary piano music. It examines the aesthetic and technical aspects of the 20th century and reflects on 21st-century artistic practices that are redefining the contemporary performative field.
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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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