Seeing Metal Music in Latin America and the Caribbean
This book explores the visual dimensions of metal music from the specific socio-historic, geographic, and political positionality of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Italian Opera in Global and Transnational Perspective
This volume of essays discusses the European and global expansion of Italian opera and the significance of this process for debates on opera at home in Italy. Covering different parts of Europe, the Americas, Southeast and East Asia, it investigates the impact of transnational musical exchanges on notions of national identity associated with the production and reception of Italian opera across the world. As a consequence of these exchanges between composers, impresarios, musicians and audiences, ideas of operatic Italianness (italianit?) constantly changed and had to be reconfigured, reflecting the radically transformative experience of time and space that throughout the nineteenth century turned opera into a global aesthetic commodity. The book opens with a substantial introduction discussing key concepts in cross-disciplinary perspective and concludes with an epilogue relating its findings to different historiographical trends in transnational opera studies.
Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire
Packed full of new archival evidence that reveals the interconnected world of music theatre during the 'Classical era', this interdisciplinary study investigates key locations, genres, music, and musicians. Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural entity that found expression through music for the German stage. He maps an extensive network of Central European theatres; reconstructs the repertoire they shared; and explores how print media, personal correspondence, and their dissemination shaped and regulated this music. He then investigates the development of German melodrama and examines how articulations of the Holy Roman Empire on the musical stage expressed imperial belonging. Glatthorn engages with the most recent historical interpretations of the Holy Roman Empire and offers quantitative, empirical analysis of repertoire supported by conventional close readings to illustrate a shared culture of music theatre that transcended traditional boundaries in music scholarship.
Whose Country Music?
In a period in which racism and gender inequity are at the fore of public, political, and scholarly discourse, this collection challenges systems of gatekeeping that have dictated who gets to participate in twenty-first century country music culture. Building on established scholarship, this book examines contemporary issues in country music through feminist, intersectional, and post-colonialist theories, as well as other intertextual and cultural lenses. The authors pose questions about diversity, representation, and identity as they relate to larger concepts of artist and fan communities, stylistic considerations of the genre, and modes of production from a twenty-first century perspective. Addressing and challenging the received narrative about country music culture, this collection delves into the gaps that are inherent in existing approaches that privileged biography and historiography and expands new areas of inquiry relating to contemporary country music identity and culture.
What's Your Era?
As Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poet's Department, catch up on all her previous eras through the ultimate fan book. Are you a Fearless enthusiast or a Reputation-era renegade? Discover which Taylor Swift era you truly belong to with the ultimate guide for any Swiftie. Taylor has enchanted the world with her music and unapologetically authentic persona. This book explores the exciting tapestry of her career, from her country beginnings to her chart-topping pop anthems.A love letter to the woman who created the soundtrack to so many of our lives, What's Your Era? is a deep dive into each album and what they mean in the wider scope of her career. If you're looking to incorporate more of Taylor's energy and style into your life, or simply want to brush up on your Taylor Swift knowledge, this book is your essential companion. With outfit inspiration for each era, quizzes, and Taylor-themed activities, you'll be all set, whether you're hosting the ultimate Taylor Swift party or prepping for one of her concerts.
Hero's Destiny
This is a monograph on Western classical music written by a Chinese American. It contains the results of the author's years of work, i.e., more than two hundred thousand words of Beethoven-themed essays in the form of poems, essays, prose, and reviews. The book covers all aspects of the great composer Beethoven's life and career from his birth experience to his emotional life, from the background of the times to his ideology, from the review of his works to the analysis of music appreciation. The book is rich in historical information, rigorous in argumentation, incisive in commentary, and fluent in sentiment and reason. As a nonacademic scholar of Beethoven, this book is characterized by a distinctive personality, free from the constraints of traditional rules and regulations. Based on a comprehensive and profound understanding of the historical figure and his works, the author presents his original arguments and opinions on some important professional topics and fields.
Quantum Mechanics and Avant-Garde Music
Explore the intriguing ties between Pauli's exclusion principle and Schoenberg's dodecaphony, and the echoes of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in Stockhausen and Cage's compositions. This book delves into these connections, revealing the fusion of modern physics and avant-garde music. From philosophical musings on time to the transformation of algebra into musical notation, it uncovers the intersection of mathematics, physics, and music. With meticulous research, the author demonstrates how quantum physics and relativity shaped both fields in the 20th century. Through historical anecdotes, he unveils the musical endeavors of physicists like Planck and Einstein, connecting their theories to contemporary musical techniques. Accessible to all readers, the text offers a fresh perspective on the convergence of science and art, serving as a bridge for scientists, musicians, and the curious alike. Whether you're new to physics or music, this book provides an illuminating journey into the interconnected realms of creativity and discovery. "Fascinating details and anecdotes accompany this engaging account of the emergence of dramatic new ideas and forms in music over the centuries..." David Politzer, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. "A thought-provoking, stimulating, and highly original exploration of deep metaphorical links between music and physics...Highly recommended." Prof. Ian Stewart FRS, author, What's the Use? "An astonishing book!" Tristan Murail, composer and co-creator of the "spectral" technique.
Pirates of the High Cs
Practiced internationally between 1960 and 2000, opera piracy (the illegal practice of recording live operatic performances in the opera house) was rampant. How fortunate! Because of pirating, we now have documentation of famous voices as they sounded in real life, not as they were altered in the sound chambers of recording companies.The author guides opera lovers about what to listen for in a singer's voice and performances. He discusses a performer's individual singing characteristics in specific roles (and, sometimes, their shortcomings) and, occasionally, specific performances of those roles. Bootlegged recordings can even provide a comparison between a star's performance of a role on Tuesday to one sung on Thursday while comparing both of those to commercial recordings of that role.There are in-depth technical discussions of the singing abilities and the recording histories of such stars as Magda Olivera, Leyla Gencer, Leonie Rysanek, Faith Esham, Beverly Hoch, Ashley Putnam, Gianna Rolandi, Diana Soviero, Olivia Stapp, Ruth Welting, Sheryl Woods, and many others.Limansky's own expericence is woven into this history of pirating. Who were these pirates? How did they get away with it? (They didn't always.) How and where did they do their recording? The author, a pirate himself, tells us. He examines the moral dilemma of being a pirate while performing, himself, as a professional musician.What did the stars think of pirating? Many promoted the practice. Why? Publicity was part of it. Limansky clarifies the rest of it.The book includes a rare, previously unpublished interview that the author conducted with the great American soprano Roberta Peters in 1985. It includes an analysis of her recorded legacy; both commercial and pirated. The author: Nicholas Limansky studied voice at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and has a performance degree from the University of West Virginia. He has sung with professional choral groups in New York City that include The Bach Aria Group, Musica Sacra, New York Choral Artists (New York Philharmonic), Opera Orchestra of New York, The Netherlands Ballet, and Alvin Ailey (Revelations and Rainbow Round My Shoulder). He has written performance reviews for the Italian publication, Rassegna Melodrammatica and reviewed new vocal releases of historical singers for Opera News, The Record Collector, Classical Singer, and Opera Quarterly. He lectures at the New York Vocal Record Collectors Society and has long been a member of its board of directors. Limansky has written a career overview and critical analysis of the 1950s Peruvian singer, Yma Sumac titled Yma Sumac: The Art Behind the Legend, published by YBK Publishers. It is considered the definitive work on this then-famous mid-twentieth-century artist. Limansky has also written Early 20th Century Opera Singers: Their Voices and Recordings from 1900-1949 published by YBK Publishers.This work, Pirates of the High Cs: Opera Bootlegging in the 20th Century is the third of Limansky's YBK books.
Bach's Architecture of Gratitude
Every lover of music finds themselves, at privileged moments, in ecstasy - certain that what they are hearing has captured, somehow, an incontrovertible truth. In Bach's Architecture of Gratitude James Crooks explores this profound aesthetic experience in a case study of J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor - widely considered among the greatest works of the western choral canon. The book begins with an investigation of compositional principles - of what we might call the mass's musical architecture. Crooks argues that in its cathedral-like structure, Bach gives us a detailed map of the spiritual journey it triggers. This journey culminates in our apprehension of the world as a gift. And that means, in turn, that the mode of knowing appropriate to its musical ecstasy is gratitude. In the gratitude of aesthetic experience, we learn something crucial about the genuine nature of our own identity, our relations with others, and the character of the things around us. Bach's genius lies in his capacity to frame these lessons in the mass's choruses, solos, and duets. Spotlighting the wisdom embedded in gratitude, Bach's Architecture of Gratitude celebrates music as a pathway to understanding our deepest selves and our intimacy with the world.
There Was Nothing You Could Do
A thought-provoking exploration of Bruce Springsteen's iconic album, Born in the U.S.A.--a record that both chronicled and foreshadowed the changing tides of modern America On June 4, 1984, Columbia Records issued what would become one of the best-selling and most impactful rock albums of all time. An instant classic, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. would prove itself to be a landmark not only for the man who made it, but rock music in general and even the larger American culture over the next 40 years. In There Was Nothing You Could Do, veteran rock critic Steven Hyden shows exactly how this record became such a pivotal part of the American tapestry. Alternating between insightful criticism, meticulous journalism, and personal anecdotes, Hyden delves into the songs that made--and didn't make--the final cut, including the tracks that wound up on its sister album, 1982's Nebraska. He also investigates the myriad reasons why Springsteen ran from and then embraced the success of his most popular (and most misunderstood) LP, as he carefully toed the line between balancing his commercial ambitions and being co-opted by the machine. But the book doesn't stop there. Beyond Springsteen's own career, Hyden explores the role the album played in a greater historical context, documenting not just where the country was in the tumultuous aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate, but offering a dream of what it might become--and a perceptive forecast of what it turned into decades later. As Springsteen himself reluctantly conceded, many of the working-class middle American progressives Springsteen wrote about in 1984 had turned into resentful and scorned Trump voters by the 2010s. And though it wasn't the future he dreamed of, the cautionary warnings tucked within Springsteen's heartfelt lyrics prove that the chaotic turmoil of our current moment has been a long time coming. How did we lose Springsteen's heartland? And what can listening to this prescient album teach us about the decline of our country? In There Was Nothing You Could Do, Hyden takes readers on a journey to find out.
Stray Kids
Get to know K-Pop's reigning superstars! With phenomenal talent and an edgy yet anthemic sound, Stray Kids have topped the Billboard charts, won over fans across the world, and proven they are here to STAY! This new book, featuring dozens of full-color photos, is a vibrant celebration of Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. Explore their diverse musical influences while getting to know the band's individual singers, rappers, dancers, and producers.
The Mess Has The Message
TWO BOOKS IN ONE1.FREE GRATITUDE JOURNAL INCLUDED2.A SMART AND ENGAGING TALE OF STRUGGLE, FAITH, AND HOPE THROUGH A COLLAGE OF INSPIRATIONAL SONGS, QUOTES, PICTURES, BIBLE PASSAGES, TESTIMONIES, BOOKS AND MOVIES.[With the Bonus Journal - print, text, or audio recordable] would you like a message of hope for today ?Would you like to discover the message of hope in life's challenges and changes ?This book is not just another self-help book to find meaning of life or overcome depression and anxiety.This is the ultimate guide to a journey of self-discovery, to overcome life's struggles, embrace changes, combat fear to live a joyful and hopeful life based on a story of personal development. You will find 12 spiritual growth affirmations revealed through R.K. Choga's journey for your guidance to: ✓ recognise the triumphs in the failures✓ adopt an attitude of gratitude to find meaning of life or overcome depression and anxiety✓ shift the focus away from fault-finding for calm and productivity✓ find out how to turn the no in life into knowledge to live your purpose in lifeAre you ready to find out how to overcome in the face of adversity ?Are you ready for personal growth, inner peace to find healing and happiness ?Are you simply ready for self-improvement through the message of hope for today ?This book is to help you go beyond what you think, discover, and live the truth of the life that you imagine deep within you.Don't miss out and start reading now!
Fabric
When a small group of enthusiasts rebelled against the increasing commercialisation of the rave scene, converting a derelict meat store in London into a venue seemed the only option to stay authentic. The meat store became and remains a cathedral for undiluted dance music with a global following. This book celebrates Fabric's phenomenal impact on club culture over the past quarter of a century. Using oral history, photography, archival ephemera and club night artwork, 25 Years of Fabric tells the story of the misfits and visionaries who made it happen, the curators and resident DJs who kept the pure beats pulsing, and the devotees who filled the floor week after week, year after year. Through highs, lows and a campaign against enforced closure, Factory stands tall as an independent, resilient international cultural icon.
Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes
Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes is a collection of narratives depicting a six-year quest to discover the roots of a piece of traditional music played in St. John's, Newfoundland: the Portuguese Waltzes. Through interviews, research, and observations, author Richard Simas explores the relationship between Portuguese bacalhoeiros (cod fishermen) and the population of St. John's during the recent cod-fishing era (approximately 1950 to 1980). Memory, and its varying interpretation among different communities, is a major underlying theme. Above all, though, this is a book about music, shared, invented, and improvised, underscoring the power of melody to capture and conserve emotional memory across the Atlantic.
The Operetta Empire
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 "When the world comes to an end," Viennese writer Karl Kraus lamented in 1908, "all the big city orchestras will still be playing The Merry Widow." Viennese operettas like Franz Leh獺r's The Merry Widow were preeminent cultural texts during the Austro-Hungarian Empire's final years. Alternately hopeful and nihilistic, operetta staged contemporary debates about gender, nationality, and labor. The Operetta Empire delves into this vibrant theatrical culture, whose creators simultaneously sought the respectability of high art and the popularity of low entertainment. Case studies examine works by Leh獺r, Emmerich K獺lm獺n, Oscar Straus, and Leo Fall in light of current musicological conversations about hybridity and middlebrow culture. Demonstrating a thorough mastery of the complex early twentieth-century Viennese cultural scene, and a sympathetic and redemptive critique of a neglected popular genre, Micaela Baranello establishes operetta as an important element of Viennese cultural life--one whose transgressions helped define the musical hierarchies of its day.
Beethoven Symphonies Revisited
Beethoven Symphonies Revisited guides the reader -- music student, concert goer, or general music lover -- through the movements in a way that renews the novelty and excitement that listeners must have felt at the first performances. Stylistic discussion concentrates on the unusual features of each symphony, placing each individual work in the context of Beethoven's musical advancement and circumstances. His musical innovations are explored, and his contribution to the genre assessed. Thirty author-annotated musical pages elaborate and exemplify. The essential building blocks of key, tonality, metre, rhythm and instrumentation are discussed in detail. The authors' purpose is twofold: to bring together major research findings and at the same time offer detailed descriptive analyses of all nine symphonies. The approach is singular in its emphasis on the symphonies in the context of performance practice of the time, especially musical direction; the importance of the wind instruments (especially horns) and kettle drums; how counterpoint features in various passages in all the symphonies except the Sixth and Eighth, and how this was influenced by Beethoven's strict training in species counterpoint. New evaluations are offered, especially for the Second, Eighth and Ninth symphonies. The book's multi-faceted approach will be invaluable not only for conductors and music students at all levels, but for all concert goers and music lovers who wish to gain insight into the musical intricacies developed and enhanced by Beethoven's symphonic journey. Illustrations: 30 annotated musical score pages comprising 99 examples linked to text explanations; autographed manuscripts; performance venues; and instruments of the period.
The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation
You don't have to be a jazz expert to give your students a great introduction to improvisation. The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation provides what music educators have sought for decades: an easy, step-by-step guide to teaching jazz improvisation in the music classroom. Offering classroom-tested lesson plans, authors John McNeil and Ryan Nielsen draw on their combined 54 years of teaching experience and extensive work as professional jazz musicians to remove the guesswork and mystique from the teaching process. Each lesson is founded in the authors' realization that the brain responds differently to improvisation than it does rote memory. The resulting lesson plans are flexible, easy to use, and equip students with a quick understanding of the simple choices they can make to create effective jazz lines. Lessons are designed for a range of settings, from ensemble rehearsal to private instruction. Music educators may find relief in the concrete, straightforward materials on rhythm section instruments like bass, drums, piano, and guitar. Beyond the nuts and bolts of improvisation, this book contains carefully curated listening lists, honest discussions about the meaning of the music, and talking points to advocate for jazz programs to administrators and parents. With an inviting and conversational approach, The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation is an essential resource for all music educators, from early career teachers to seasoned instructors.
Representing Hip Hop Histories, Politics and Practices in Australia
This long-awaited volume is the first edited collection to focus entirely on Hip Hop in Australia. Bringing together both scholarly and practitioner perspectives, across 11 chapters, contributors explore the diversity of identities, communities, practices, and expressions that make-up Hip Hop in Australia, including Emceeing/ music production, Graffiti and Breaking.The theoretical and methodological frameworks used include ethnographic and autoethnographic research and writing, discourse analysis, Indigenous methodologies, textual analysis and archival research. Some authors present their contributions in academic chapters, while others use creative formats. The book showcases how Hip Hop is understood and lived across numerous settings in Australia, making important contributions to global Hip Hop studies and scholarship in related fields such as popular music, youth culture and First Nations Studies.It will prove essential reading for students, academics, and practitioners interested in Hip Hop, social justice, popular culture, music and dance in Australia.
Futuromania
A collection of writing by Simon Reynolds, centered on music that seemed, in its moment, to prefigure the Future Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future--the vanguard genres and heroic innovators whose discoveries eventually get accepted by the wider mass audience. But it's also about the way music can stir anticipation for a thrillingly transformed world just around the corner: a future that might be utopian or dystopian, but at least will be radically changed and exhilaratingly other. Starting with an extraordinary chapter on Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer, taking in illuminating profiles of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Boards of Canada, Burial, and Daft Punk, and arguing for Auto-Tune as the defining sound of 21st century pop, Futuromania shapes over two dozen essays and interviews into a chronological narrative of machine-music from the 1970s to now. Reynolds explores the interface between pop music and science fiction's utopian dreams and nightmare visions, always emphasizing the quirky human individuals abusing the technology as much as the era-defining advances in electronic hardware and digital software. A tapestry of the scenes and subcultures that have proliferated in that febrile, sexy, and contested space where man meets machine, Futuromania is an enthused listening guide that will propel readers towards adventures in sound. There is a lifetime of electronic listening here.
How Sweet the Sound
Musician and preacher Richard Allen Farmer explores the messages of twenty-five of the greatest hymns of the Christian faith.
Not Good Enough?
Vocal shame is the new prominent area of academic interest that should be on every singer's radar.Essential, informative, and enlightening reading for singers and educators alike.Shame is such a powerful emotion that it can literally break your voice. For singers, that can cause a break in your career. Shame can interfere with singing studies or create problems with vocal technique.Iris Seesj瓣rvi, a psychophysical voice teacher, soprano, and doctoral researcher now introduces her pioneering work on how shame affects the singing voice and examines the wide scope of situations that can trigger vocal shame. The data sources for this research included interviews and inquiries with 19 classical singers and quotations from a book about the world-renowned Finnish soprano Karita Mattila.Singers, like all musicians, have a tendency towards perfectionism. This desire can lead to anxiety, fear and shame following an imperfect performance. Receiving negative feedback can bring on a flood of shame and result in lower self-esteem. Shame is a very personal emotion, so what causes shame for one person may not affect another person in the same way.When shame sets in, it can affect a singer's enjoyment of singing, or prevent singing altogether. To readers who feel restricted by shame, Iris offers ways to build shame resilience and regain a feeling of empowerment while singing.Learn about the importance of shame resilience, introduced to a wider audience by Bren矇 Brown.Explore the research on professional singers' experiences of shame and how they interlink with career development.Allow the author to introduce you to various ways to relieve the psychophysical pain and restrictive tension in the voice caused by shame.
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
A Hymnbook of Christians of the right faith.The sequel of the Ausbund, the german Hymnbook of the Anabaptists.The hymns are versified like the Psalms - without Rhyme or melody of speech, but mere sentences to a melody for the public worship service and privately in the houses. The content is also like the Psalms: One's own righteousness is stated in detail and the conduct of the wicked, the ungodly are cursed, as in the Psalms - thus the Anabaptists have always sung.The Hymnbook was written by Markus Pilz, an Anabaptist Pastor. Anabaptists are those people who were killed in the Middle Ages by the Roman-Catholic Church and the Protestant Church - they are also called Waldensians, Albigensians, Cathars, Mennonites, etc. Those Christians disappeared about 200 years ago, but came now back again.All hymns can be sung with the same melody. All the Psalms have been versified almost word by word and many New Testament Hymns were added, together with the Song of Moses and the best portions of the Ausbund Hymns of the Anabaptist martyrs.Extract of Hymn 155: The Lord hath washed away ... the filth of the daughters of Zi-on, and hath purged the blood / of Jerusalem from the midst / thereof by the spirit ... of judgment, and by the spirit / of burning. And the LORD / created upon every dwel-ling place of mount Zion ... a cloud and smoke by day, and the / shining of a flaming / fire by night: for on all the / glory is a defence. ... And there is a tabernacle / for a shadow in the / daytime from the heat, and for a / place of refuge, and for ... a covert from storm and from rain.Extract of Hymn 168: The nations murder their ... babies in the womb, mothers mur-der their children before / they are born. The Evangeli-cals and Catholics bear ... still the blood upon them in all / the world until judgment-day. They marry man with man and / female with female in ... the church. All men go into the / private brothel on the / internet and it is not banned. / Women run on the streets ... exposed, the world is ripe for slaugh-ter. And they live in loose / relationships and beget il-legitimate children ... and many are divorced. They use / contraceptives and do / not keep their virginity, and / they explain away the ... Bible and adjust the doctrine / to the desires of / men. They do not preach clearly and / do not name the sins. Help, ... O LORD, and keep us pure!Extract of Hymn 174: If a man desire the of-fice of a bishop, he / desireth a good work. A bi-shop then must be blameless, ... the husband of one wife, he is / the steward of God; not / selfwilled, a pastor is not soon / angry, he is just and ... holy, temp'rate, a lover of / good men, vigilant, so-ber, of good behaviour, given / to hospitality, ... apt to teach; Not given to wine, / no striker, not greedy / of filthy lucre; but patient, / not a brawler, and not ... covetous;
Running at the edge of their world
'Running at the edge of their world: The Suspect Device fanzine story' by Tony and Gaz Suspect is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the U.K.'s longest running, and best loved punk fanzines. From the typewriter set, cut and paste layouts, to the illicit night-time, photocopying, up to today's comparatively slick output. The book is filled with stories right from the very beginning of the community they helped build and support, and still do. It's about the changes and challenges Tony and Gaz had to overcome, and the lifelong friendships created in the process.This book is about the Suspect Device fanzine, but it's also about the punks who came together to create the scene based on the principles of DIY, friendship and co-operation.You'll love it, and it may even inpsire you. As the foreword from Pete Zonked says, "Get off your ass and do something."
Original London Style (UK)
When on December 6, 1982, the video for Buffalo Gals by Malcolm MacLaren & The World's Supreme Team aired during the Top of the Pops broadcast, English popular culture would never be the same. Suddenly, the indecipherable codes telling the story of the new creative wave coming from the South Bronx seemed to reveal themselves to many. The impact was devastating.Hip-hop culture integrated into English reality at a time when the nation's soundtrack was undergoing an incredible creative energy phase, in a state ofcontinuous evolution: punk, new wave, synth-pop, but also reggae, funk, RnB, and rare groove. Moreover, synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, and drum machines were more affordable and accessible, allowing for experimentation with new approaches, in search of an ever-innovative sound.The sound system culture, deeply rooted in the English Black community, profoundly shaped UK rap from its origins. Not surprisingly, London is themetropolis that, more than any other, has been able to bring together different forms of expression. For this reason, hip-hop on English soil has blended Caribbean, African-American, and African influences into a unique and highly original style, thus contributing to the definition of a Black British culture.
In the Belly of the Blues
Terry Abrahamson parlayed his nights at the feet of MUDDY WATERS, HOWLIN' WOLF and HOUND DOG TAYLOR into a GRAMMY and life in a ROCK & ROLL DREAM. Evolving from a fan of MUDDY WATERS to "The Hoochie Coochie Man's"friend, traveling companion and songwriting partner, Terry was backstage and onstage with the Blues legends - snapping photos everynight - as the ROLLING STONES, JOHNNY WINTER, BB KING, FREDDIE KING, JOHN LEE HOOKER, KOKO TAYLOR, WILLIE DIXON and the icons of American music came to sit in. Abrahamson's intimate photos and engaging, and often hilarious, stories, celebrate the heroes of the MUSIC THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, and cast new light on his discovery of GEORGE THOROGOOD, his outrageous encounter with BB KING, his creation of the BOSTON CELTICS fight song, and the music he wrote performed by MUDDY WATERS, PRINCE, JOHN LEE HOOKER, GEORGE THOROGOOD, JOHNNY WINTER and JAMES COTTON. "IN THE BELLY OF THE BLUES" is part of the ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME, and its photos have been on exhibition in THE BLUES HALL OF FAME, THE NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM, WILLIE DIXON'S BLUES HEAVEN MUSEUM AT CHESS STUDIOS, THE CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL, THE DELTA BLUES MUSEUM, CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY and the CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY. His live events have honored the Blues as the first voice of defiance to rise from the cotton fields in defiance of White Supremacy, and have touched audiences with vivid memories of music and culture of the 1960's.His school programs show kids how to use the tools of the Blues - language twisting, Blues Names, whimsy, swagger and imagination - to find their voices, to be heard by the world in the way they want the world to hear them. Abrahamson, who has had his music performed by five members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - PRINCE, MUDDY, HOOKER, JOAN JETT & CLARENCE CLEMONS - is also the recipient of two BLUES MUSIC AWARDS for music he created for SHEMEKIA COPELAND.
The Routledge Handbook of Pink Floyd
The Routledge Handbook of Pink Floyd is intended for scholars and researchers of popular music, as well as music industry professionals and fans of the band.
England's Folk Revival and the Problem of Identity in Traditional Music
Establishing an intersection between the fields of traditional music studies, English folk music history and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and F矇lix Guattari, this book responds to the problematic emphasis on cultural identity in the way traditional music is understood and valued.
Community-Based Traditional Music in Scotland
This book examines the community-based learning and teaching of 'traditional' music in contemporary Scotland, with implications for transnational theoretical issues. The book draws on a broad range of scholarship and a local case study of a large organisation.
Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century
Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century presents a wide range of viewpoints on the musical theatre profession. It brings together research from the UK, US, Australia, and beyond, providing an essential resource for educators, students, and all those involved in training for musical theatre. The research draws on best practice from creatives, producers, practising artists, and the academy to reveal a multiplicity of approaches and educational pathways for consideration by performers, educators, institutions, and the profession.The book goes beyond the key elements of performance training in singing, dancing, and acting to explore adjacent creative and business skills, along with some of the more recent and challenging aspects of the profession such as diversity of representation both on and off stage, building safe working environments, and managing mental and physical health and wellbeing. The authors incorporate information from over 100 interviews with everyone from emerging performers to leading professionals, and explore the practicalities of pre-professional training, skills development, and curricular design, alongside the broader attributes required in preparation for the profession. This book offers vital insights into how musical theatre practitioners can best be prepared to make their way in the field now and in the future.
Coded Lyrics: The Poetics of Argentine Rock Under Censorship and Beyond
Coded Lyrics is the first comprehensive academic work dedicated to unraveling the lyrical intricacies of Argentine rock in the English language. This book redefines the narrative of rock history, shedding light on the distinctive journey undertaken by South American rock music amidst a unique set of contextual challenges, far removed from its English-speaking counterparts. Within this vibrant musical landscape, Argentine rock emerges as a shining example of cultural resistance in the region.Focusing intently on Argentina's tumultuous authoritarian decades and the post-dictatorship era, this book delves deep into the heart of the Argentine rock genre's lyrical content. It vividly portrays the ongoing struggle between the state and the public, where identity, language, and perception converge around the powerful medium of rock music. Coded Lyrics is not a conventional musicological study; instead, it serves as a meticulous exploration of language and culture.With captivating prose, the book unravels the genesis of Argentine rock, placing language at its epicentre. Through a thorough examination of rock lyrics, this work unveils the artful manipulation of language as a vehicle for resistance. It illuminates the unexpected consequences of censorship in Argentina, with Argentine rock lyrics standing as a compelling testament to the transformative power of art in the face of totalitarianism.
The Cantigas de Santa Maria
Alfonso X (1221-84) ruled over the Crown of Castile from 1252 until his death. Known as "the Wise," he oversaw the production of a wealth of literature in his scriptorium. One of the most impressive of these literary outputs is the collection of songs known as the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which by most counts comprises 429 songs preserved in four manuscripts. The miracle songs (or cantigas de miragre) form the focus of this book. While the Cantigas have been the subject of much scholarly attention, only a handful of studies have looked at the repertory through an interdisciplinary lens. Fewer still have probed how the Cantigas use the power of song as a communicative medium, one that functions as a social tool within the erudite environment of the Alfonsine court. This book offers a new perspective to the song collection, probing how the Cantigas use their music and text, together with rhetorical devices, to communicate with their desired audience. Author Henry T. Drummond builds upon previous methodologies, adopting a novel and holistic assessment of the songs' melodies, poetic features, and narrative logic to assess a wide selection of songs. He presents a nuanced understanding of a song form that effectively conveys its narratives to its listeners via a diverse combination of tools, embracing medieval rhetoric, rhyme-based play, and song's inherent ludic potential. Such devices, Drummond argues, allow for the Cantigas to loom large as propaganda pieces, designed to dignify Alfonso X through an elaborately devised courtly ritual.
Honesty Is No Excuse
Popoff turns the microphone outward to an assembled panel of Lizzy scholars and devotees. Together, the moderator and his brain trust deconstruct each of Thin Lizzy's 12 studio albums and every single song inside of them. What emerges is a series of 12 substantive conversations, with theories proposed and debated, parts of songs pointed out and praised, and, repeatedly, punches not pulled. It's likely that the most demanding of Thin Lizzy fans will come away with fresh perspectives on the band they hadn't as of yet considered. And that's the point of Popoff's panel presentation-to send the devoted listener back to the sacred texts for a reminder of why he or she fell in love with Thin Lizzy in the first place.
Opera as Art
Paul Thom argues that opera is a set of practices framed by the concepts of work, interpretation, performance, and art. His argument is that operatic works have the potential to be art, but so do operatic productions, independently of their value as interpretations of the works they stage.
The Viennese Waltz
Satiricized by Strauss II to highlight the deceptive aristocratic class, under Schoenberg, Mahler, and Webern's pens the waltz became the pivot between the conscious and unconscious, forcing a paralytic "second state" analogous with the stagnation of the Habsburg Empire. The Viennese Waltz shows how, between 1864 - 1928, the waltz altered from signifier of upper-class artificeto the link between man and nature and between Viennese and "Other." Hood wields the Freudian concepts of the uncanny and the doppelg瓣nger to explain this revolution from the simple signification of a dance to the psychological anxiety of a subject's place in society.
Tobias and the Angel
At a time of turmoil, wise Tobit is struck blind. Suddenly penniless, he sends his son Tobias to reclaim an old debt. Tobias is afraid but a stranger arrives and offers to guide him ...An orchestra, a company of singers, a choir and two choruses drawn from Lambeth and Southwark accompany Tobias across mountains towards love and self-knowledge in this joyous musical tale.This edition of Tobias and the Angel was performed at The Young Vic Theatre, London, in October 2006.
Always Different, Always the Same
The Fall, led by Mark E. Smith, were one of the most intriguing, influential, and prolific post-punk groups in British popular culture. Always Different, Always the Same: Critical Essays on The Fall is a thorough and critical account of the group, engaging with the often complex and challenging creative work. In this groundbreaking text, volume editors Eoin Devereux and Martin J. Power bring together contributions from a wide variety of disciplinary homes, including ethnomusicology, sociology, literary theory, linguistics, journalism, cultural studies, and film and media studies. ContributorsKieran Cashell, Brian Clancy, Matt Davies, Eoin Devereux, Samuel Flannagan, John Fleming, Gavin Friday, Mike Glennon, K. A. Laity, Ben Lawley, John McFarland, David Meagher, Michael Mary Murphy, Martin Myers, Martin J. Power, Suzanne Smith, Elaine Vaughan, Paul Wilson.
Experiencing Mahler
Arved Ashby takes readers into the seeming chaos of Mahler's work to investigate the elements which make each piece an experiential adventure. The book surveys Mahler's symphonies and song cycles in detail, introducing them as intensely vivid, truthful, and lived and felt experiences.
Guerrilla Music
Guerrilla Music explores bands, events, and musical and social movements to investigate the ways music acts as a means of defiance, resistance, or subversion, and how music brings people together to explicate their social, political, locational, religious, or cultural beliefs.
Aix
A history of the Aix-en-Provence Festival of opera and music, from its inception in 1948 to 2018. In this new study, the first book on the Aix Festival in English, Simon Trowbridge discusses artistic policy and describes each edition of the festival, with an analysis of opera productions and concerts. Aix is viewed within the context of French cultural politics. With colour illustrations.
Making Value
In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people's conceptions of value inform and shape their production and consumption of music. Drawing on anthropological value theory, Taylor theorizes music's economic and noneconomic forms of value both ethnographically and historically. He covers the creation and exchange of value in a wide range of contexts: indie rock scenes, an Irish traditional music session, the work of music managers, how supply chains function to create various forms of value, how trendspotters seek out and create value, and how musical performances act as media of value. Taylor shows that to focus on value is to attend to what is meaningful to people as they move through their worlds. Ultimately, Taylor demonstrates that theorizing value aids us in moving beyond the music itself toward understanding how musicians, workers in the music business, and audiences struggle to make and maintain what they value.
Making Value
In Making Value, Timothy D. Taylor examines how people's conceptions of value inform and shape their production and consumption of music. Drawing on anthropological value theory, Taylor theorizes music's economic and noneconomic forms of value both ethnographically and historically. He covers the creation and exchange of value in a wide range of contexts: indie rock scenes, an Irish traditional music session, the work of music managers, how supply chains function to create various forms of value, how trendspotters seek out and create value, and how musical performances act as media of value. Taylor shows that to focus on value is to attend to what is meaningful to people as they move through their worlds. Ultimately, Taylor demonstrates that theorizing value aids us in moving beyond the music itself toward understanding how musicians, workers in the music business, and audiences struggle to make and maintain what they value.
Lit-Rock
Just as soon as it had got rolling, rock music had a problem: it wanted to be art. A mere four years separate the Beatles as mere kiddy culture from the artful geniuses of Sergeant Pepper's, meaning the very same band who represents the mass-consumed, "mindless" music of adolescents simultaneously enjoys status as among the best that Western culture has to offer. The story of rock music, it turns out, is less that of a contagious popular form situated in opposition to high art, but, rather, a story of high and low in dialogue--messy and contentious, to be sure, but also mutually obligated to account for, if not appropriate, one another. The chapters in this book track the uses of literature, specifically, within this relation, helping to showcase collectively its fundamental role in the emergence of the "pop omnivore."
Sixties British Pop, Outside in
Downtown, 1956-1965--the first volume of Sixties British Pop, Outside In--describes the rise of London's music and recording cultures through the stories of those who empowered Britain's youth to be young. As the generations born in the postwar world entered adolescence and demanded a say in their lives, British musicians responded by creating music reflecting youth's quest for love and recognition. With waves of technological innovation sweeping through a world where political and economic superpowers postured for domination, deep-seated English values helped shape both pop music and its audiences. The music that reverberated in hundreds of local clubs and halls began as fervent attempts to imitate an ongoing American cultural invasion that television helped bring into front rooms across Britain. The emergence of British blues and rock 'n' roll began when broadcasters allowed teens to discover Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Adam Faith, Helen Shapiro, and others. These pioneers provided an opening for the Beatles to lead a northwest invasion of an unsuspecting London. Soon, from across the nation, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Kinks, and a host of other groups, and singers such as Petula Clark, Tom Jones, and Donovan were feeding their music into the same media stream that the US had dominated. Americans, reeling from the assassination of a president, embraced the unmitigated joy and optimism they heard and called it the British invasion. Based on extensive research and drawing on vintage and original interviews, Downtown, 1956-1965 frames the extraordinary rise of British pop in an era when pharmaceutical discoveries and electromagnetic innovation were altering lives. A community of musicians, producers, music directors, engineers, songwriters, publishers, promoters, broadcasters, and journalists provided songs, made and played recordings, organized concerts, and wrote about music expressing the exuberance of youth culture. They brought audiences together and gave individuals identity. Moreover, the fruits of their efforts set in motion the musical world in which we live today.
Melody Lines
I began this project after thinking that some tunes in the Irish tradition do not always get a chance to tell their story. Often many tunes don't even have a name - gan ainm - or it has been forgotten or are referred to as 'do you know this one?' or 'what do you call that one?' I asked my friends to suggest fifty random tune titles which came from the tradition already or were ones they had thought of themselves for a self composed tune. I decided then that the title of the tune could lead me anywhere; I would not necessarily bind myself to what that the tune's title may suggest. However, I did research some of the older tunes and their origin stories and some intrigued me so much I used those. For the original tunes I agreed that if the writer was happy to give me their inspiration for the tune I would stick reasonably close to that story. In short order I had my volunteers both old and new. What follows is the culmination of a lifetime in Irish Traditional Music and several months wondering why I ever started this madness in the first place! The poems come in various shapes and sizes and hopefully a wide range of emotions are to be found within. I strongly encourage you to read them aloud in a crowded room with a glass of something to keep you warm. I dedicate this work to my wife, Catherine and our children, Katie and T籀la. T獺 gr獺 agam daoibh go deo.
The Music of Lady Gaga
An illustrated guide to the studio albums of LADY GAGA, one of the most iconic figures of our time. Chris Wade celebrates The Fame, The Fame Monster, Born This Way, Artpop, Joanne, Chromatica, and Gaga's albums with Tony Bennett. There is also a section covering Gaga's acting roles in the likes of American Horror Story, A Star is Born, and House of Gucci. Filled with colour photos, this is an affectionate homage to the Lady Gaga phenomenon.
Banjo Tabulature
Music Composition book for Banjoists. This 9.25" x 12" composition book contains 100 pages, 12 Banjo TABs, and 7 staves of tabs for notation and fingering, formatted specifically for songwriters for voice and Banjo. Black ink, printed on 60 pound (74-90 GSM) cream paper. Ideal for any Banjoist, song writer, musician, composers, music teachers, and music students. Codify your ideas and bring new music to life using this convenient, high-quality book. Any serious musician will appreciate the styles adapted from the most renowned music publishers. Create, collaborate, share, and enjoy the gift of music with others.
Screening the Operatic Stage
An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology. From the early days of television broadcasts to today's live streams, opera houses have embraced technology as a way to reach new audiences. But how do these new forms of remediated opera extend, amplify, or undermine production values, and what does the audience gain or lose in the process? In Screening the Operatic Stage, Christopher Morris critically examines the cultural implications of opera's engagement with screen media. Foregrounding the potential for a playful exchange and self-awareness between stage and screen, Morris uses the conceptual tools of media theory to understand the historical and contemporary screen cultures that have transmitted the opera house into living rooms, onto desktops and portable devices, and across networks of movie theaters. If these screen cultures reveal how inherently "technological" opera is as a medium, they also highlight a deep suspicion among opera producers and audiences toward the intervention of media technology. Ultimately, Screening the Operatic Stage shows how the conventions of televisual representation employed in opera have masked the mediating effects of technology in the name of fidelity to live performance.
Screening the Operatic Stage
An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology. From the early days of television broadcasts to today's live streams, opera houses have embraced technology as a way to reach new audiences. But how do these new forms of remediated opera extend, amplify, or undermine production values, and what does the audience gain or lose in the process? In Screening the Operatic Stage, Christopher Morris critically examines the cultural implications of opera's engagement with screen media. Foregrounding the potential for a playful exchange and self-awareness between stage and screen, Morris uses the conceptual tools of media theory to understand the historical and contemporary screen cultures that have transmitted the opera house into living rooms, onto desktops and portable devices, and across networks of movie theaters. If these screen cultures reveal how inherently "technological" opera is as a medium, they also highlight a deep suspicion among opera producers and audiences toward the intervention of media technology. Ultimately, Screening the Operatic Stage shows how the conventions of televisual representation employed in opera have masked the mediating effects of technology in the name of fidelity to live performance.
