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A master of the commercial society in which he lived, Rossini built his own brand and a significant fortune. This book analyzes how the composer achieved his wealth and how his operas reflect topics such as money, commercial transactions, advertising, and passion.
A master of the commercial society in which he lived, Rossini built his own brand and a significant fortune. This book analyzes how the composer achieved his wealth and how his operas reflect topics such as money, commercial transactions, advertising, and passion.
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Music in Human Experience
Perspectives on a Musical Species
Music plays an integral role in many facets of human life, from the biological and social to the spiritual and political. This book brings together interdisciplinary and cross-cultural studies on the functions, purposes, and meanings of music in human experience.
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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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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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This book analyzes the relationship between image, music, and audiences in mainstream culture. Studying works like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Blade Runner, it explores how audiovisual media shapes the way we understand reality.
This book analyzes the relationship between image, music, and audiences in mainstream culture. Studying works like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Blade Runner, it explores how audiovisual media shapes the way we understand reality.
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Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov questioned tsarist Russia's official policy of “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality”. This book examines how his operas presented a new vision of Russian identity, challenging the autocracy through his art and political ideology.
Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov questioned tsarist Russia’s official policy of “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality”. This book examines how his operas presented a new vision of Russian identity, challenging the autocracy through his art and political ideology.
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Diversity in Australia’s Music
Themes Past, Present, and for the Future
This volume showcases the rich diversity of music in Australia from colonial times to the present. Starting with an overview of developments during the past 50 years, the contributions discuss both Western and non-western genres and the history of music-making in the country.
This volume showcases the rich diversity of music in Australia from colonial times to the present. Starting with an overview of developments during the past 50 years, the contributions discuss both Western and non-western genres and the history of music-making in the country.
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Performance Analysis
A Bridge between Theory and Interpretation
This collection of essays explores the connections between music theory, interpretation, and performance. It delves into performance studies—focusing on gesture, bodily movement, and emotion—and addresses artistic practices in the 21st century.
This collection of essays explores the connections between music theory, interpretation, and performance. It delves into performance studies—focusing on gesture, bodily movement, and emotion—and addresses artistic practices in the 21st century.
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Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète
A Parable of Politics, Faith and Transcendence
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète was once one of the world's most famous operas. Based on a tragic Reformation episode, it explores religion, power, and politics with powerful, gripping music. This study examines the opera’s origins, creation, and its astonishing global reception.
Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète was once one of the world’s most famous operas. Based on a tragic Reformation episode, it explores religion, power, and politics with powerful, gripping music. This study examines the opera’s origins, creation, and its astonishing global reception.
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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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Jean Sibelius’s Legacy
Research on his 150th Anniversary
This conference proceedings draws upon the most current achievements of Sibelius research. It covers all of the genres in Sibelius’ production: orchestral works, incidental music, piano and chamber music, and songs, including both well-known works and rarities.
This conference proceedings draws upon the most current achievements of Sibelius research. It covers all of the genres in Sibelius’ production: orchestral works, incidental music, piano and chamber music, and songs, including both well-known works and rarities.
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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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This volume focuses on how music and arts in the global Africana world are used for political and social change. It covers diverse topics from the African thematics of jazz to protest movements in Senegal and Nigeria and the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
This volume focuses on how music and arts in the global Africana world are used for political and social change. It covers diverse topics from the African thematics of jazz to protest movements in Senegal and Nigeria and the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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Why is music censored? It's not always about the lyrics. This volume examines music censorship from a global perspective, arguing that the reasons for bans often lie beyond verbal messages and in the complex historical, structural, and emotional interpretations of sound itself.
Why is music censored? It’s not always about the lyrics. This volume examines music censorship from a global perspective, arguing that the reasons for bans often lie beyond verbal messages and in the complex historical, structural, and emotional interpretations of sound itself.
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Music Glocalization
Heritage and Innovation in a Digital Age
The first major book to apply the timely notion of “glocality” to music, it offers a distinctive theoretical perspective and advanced insights into how music is impacted by the interaction of global forces with local conditions.
The first major book to apply the timely notion of “glocality” to music, it offers a distinctive theoretical perspective and advanced insights into how music is impacted by the interaction of global forces with local conditions.
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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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Wright assesses the relevance of aural in a university music degree and as a preparation for a classical musician’s career. The main areas investigated are the relationship between aural ability and success in a music degree, and views about aural and its career relevance.
Wright assesses the relevance of aural in a university music degree and as a preparation for a classical musician’s career. The main areas investigated are the relationship between aural ability and success in a music degree, and views about aural and its career relevance.
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Hindustani Traces in Malay Ghazal
'A song, so old and yet still famous'
This monograph investigates the Malay ghazal, in its various shapes and with its different meanings, in order to study the musical traces of Hindustani culture. It describes the development of the ghazal, from its early forms to its modern transformation into local art.
This monograph investigates the Malay ghazal, in its various shapes and with its different meanings, in order to study the musical traces of Hindustani culture. It describes the development of the ghazal, from its early forms to its modern transformation into local art.
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Towards a Model of Gravitonicity
Distance in Harmony
What is musical “gravitation”? This book proposes a new model: the “Gravi-Tone Series.” Using audio analysis and Chord Scale Theory, it maps twelve “distance” values to pitches—a system metaphorically shaped by physical space, offering a unifying perspective on harmony.
What is musical “gravitation”? This book proposes a new model: the “Gravi-Tone Series.” Using audio analysis and Chord Scale Theory, it maps twelve “distance” values to pitches—a system metaphorically shaped by physical space, offering a unifying perspective on harmony.
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The Musical World of Alan Hovhaness
East-West Crossroads
This book explores the work of American-Armenian composer Alan Hovhaness in the context of East-West cultural interactions. It analyzes Armenian, Indian, Japanese, and Korean musical traditions in his works, evaluating his complex identity and the phenomenon of “Armenian-ness”.
This book explores the work of American-Armenian composer Alan Hovhaness in the context of East-West cultural interactions. It analyzes Armenian, Indian, Japanese, and Korean musical traditions in his works, evaluating his complex identity and the phenomenon of “Armenian-ness”.
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