Avidly Reads Opera
"Opera is community, comfort, art, voice, breath, life. It's hope." All art exists to make life more bearable. For Alison Kinney, it was the wild, fantastical world of opera that transformed her listening and her life. Whether we're listening for the first time or revisiting the arias that first stole our hearts, Avidly Reads Opera welcomes readers and listeners to a community full of friendship, passion, critique--and, always, beautiful music. In times of delirious, madcap fun and political turmoil, opera fans have expressed their passion by dispatching records into the cosmos, building fairy-tale castles, and singing together through the arduous work of social activism. Avidly Reads Opera is a love letter to the music and those who love it, complete with playlists, a crowdsourced tip sheet from ultra-fans to newbies, and stories of the turbulent, genre-busting, and often hilarious history of opera and its audiences. Across five acts--and the requisite intermission--Alison Kinney takes us everywhere opera's rich melodies are heard, from the cozy bedrooms of listeners at home, to exclusive music festivals, to protests, and even prisons. Part of the Avidly Reads series, this slim book gives us a new way of looking at culture. With the singular blend of personal reflection and cultural criticism featured in the series, Avidly Reads Opera is an homage to the marvelous, sensational world of opera for the casual viewer.
Have Chignon-Will Travel
In the mid-twentieth century, The Bluebell Girls-dancers known particularly for their height and glamorous appearance-were recognized and admired throughout much of the world. At any one time, troupes appeared on several continents in a multitude of venues: theaters, clubs, on TV, at the Lido in Paris and the Stardust in Las Vegas.In Have Chignon-Will Travel: Touring Italy with the Bluebell Girls 1960-61, Elizabeth Dale Phillips takes you with her on an incredible odyssey, starting out as a shorthand-typist in London who had never danced professionally, and metamorphosing into an elegant Bluebell Girl. She begins in Milan as a rookie dancer on a bare stage with seventeen other dancers, a pianist, a drummer and a choreographer. Over the next five exhausting weeks of rehearsals, she witnesses the creation of a polished show-a show in which over the next seven months, as a member of the company, she would tour every inch of Italy and Sicily.Elizabeth, now in her eighties, tells her story with both candor and humor. It's a tale of camaraderie and occasional strife, lots of glamour, even more hard work, and sometimes boredom, all while taking an excursion that most twenty-year-old women in 1960 could have only dreamed of.
Euryanthe
Helmina von Ch矇zy, Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen - Libretto Komponiert von Carl Maria von Weber. Urauff羹hrung am 25.10.1823, K瓣rntnertor-Theater, Wien. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2021. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen, Dichtung von Helmine von Chezy, hg. v. Carl Friedrich Wittmann, Leipzig: Reclam, [o.J.]. Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung angepasst. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Elisabeth Rethberg als Euryanthe. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH
Euryanthe
Helmina von Ch矇zy, Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen - Libretto Komponiert von Carl Maria von Weber. Urauff羹hrung am 25.10.1823, K瓣rntnertor-Theater, Wien. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2021. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen, Dichtung von Helmine von Chezy, hg. v. Carl Friedrich Wittmann, Leipzig: Reclam, [o.J.]. Der Text dieser Ausgabe wurde behutsam an die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung angepasst. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Elisabeth Rethberg als Euryanthe. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH
The Definitive Diva
Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage, and her fame extended to the public consciousness of many parts of the world. Even after her mysterious death in 1977, her singing and acting continue to thrill new generations of opera fans thanks to her many recordings and her fascinating life. This new biography of Callas tells her story from difficult beginnings as the daughter of Greek immigrants to New York City in 1923 to her wonderful performances at La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera. Callas was quite a diva and a master at creating a captivating public image. She also became notorious because of her very public affair with Aristotle Onassis, the wealthy ship-owner who left Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.
Transcultural Sound Practices
Listening to the sound practices of bands and musicians such as the Asian Dub Foundation or M.I.A., and spanning three decades of South Asian dance music production in the UK, Transcultural Sound Practices zooms in on the concrete sonic techniques and narrative strategies in South Asian dance music and investigates sound as part of a wider assemblage of cultural technologies, politics and practices. Carla J. Maier investigates how sounds from Hindi film music tunes or bhangra tracks have been sampled, cut, looped and manipulated, thus challenging and complicating the cultural politics of sonic production. Rather than conceiving of music as a representation of fixed cultures, this book engages in a study of music that disrupts the ways in which ethnicity has been written into sound and investigates how transcultural sound practices generate new ways of thinking about culture.
Come Sing with Ti Netty
Over the years I have grown tired of choirs and cultural groups singing the same folk songs over and over. Being a lover of folk songs and having learnt so many throughout my lifetime, I thought it was time to stop complaining about the overused folk songs and document some of those that I had learnt from older folks. People like James Murray of Pembroke, J.D. Elder of Charlotteville, Lifroy Moses of Canaan, Vernon Dennis of Mason Hall, Adolphus "Boyo" James of Patience Hill, Margaret Bobb of Plymouth, Kelvin "Django" George of Scarborough, Daphne Cuffie and Fitz-James Williams of Trinidad (all deceased) and Rollins Bacchus of Culloden. Tobago. It has been a pleasure for me to embark on this project, as I believe it is long overdue in our cultural environment. I asked myself, does it make sense going back to my Maker with all these songs in my head? The answer is no. So, I present to you this book, Come Sing with Ti Netty.
Saint-Sa禱ns and the Stage
The stage works of Saint-Sa禱ns range from grand open-air pageants to one-act comic operas, and include the first composed film score. Yet, with the exception of Samson et Dalila, his twelve operas have lain in the shadows since the composer's death in 1921. Widely performed in his lifetime, they vanished from the repertory - never played, never recorded - until now. With four twenty-first-century revivals as a backdrop, this timely book is the first study of Saint-Sa禱ns's operas, demonstrating the presence of the same breadth and versatility as in his better known works. Hugh Macdonald's wide knowledge of French music in the nineteenth century gives a powerful understanding of the different conventions and expectations that governed French opera at the time. The interaction of Saint-Sa禱ns with his contemporaries is a colourful and important part of the story.
Mellifluous Meetings
'Mellifluous Meetings: A Measure of Music in the Multifaceted Jazz Community' follows the life of jazz drummer Darius Robaire as he entangles himself into a diverse and occasionally calamitous community of musicians, agents, artists, drug dealers and women. The character, half rooted in reality and half forged in fiction, is sometimes misinterpreted as callous but his true nature is revealed in the way reveres his family, friends, and musical community in which he surrounds himself. But don't take our word...read up and judge for yourself!
Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi
In 2015 University Press of Mississippi published Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin to critical acclaim and commercial success. Roughly half of Mississippi's rich, old-time fiddle tradition was documented in that volume and Harry Bolick has spent the intervening years working on this book, its sequel. Beginning with Tony Russell's original mid-1970s fieldwork as a reference, and later working with Russell, Bolick located and transcribed all of the Mississippi 78 rpm string band recordings. Some of the recording artists like the Leake County Revelers, Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers, and Narmour & Smith had been well known in the state. Others, like the Collier Trio, were obscure. This collecting work was followed by many field trips to Mississippi searching for and locating the children and grandchildren of the musicians. Previously unheard recordings and stories, unseen photographs and discoveries of nearly unknown local fiddlers, such as Jabe Dillon, John Gatwood, Claude Kennedy, and Homer Grice, followed. The results are now available in this second, companion volume, Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018. Two hundred and seventy musical examples supplement the biographies and photographs of the thirty-five artists documented here. Music comes from commercial recordings and small pressings of 78 rpm, 45 rpm, and LP records; collectors' field recordings; and the musicians' own home tape and disc recordings. Taken together, these two volumes represent a delightfully comprehensive survey of Mississippi's fiddle tunes.
Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi
In 2015 University Press of Mississippi published Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin to critical acclaim and commercial success. Roughly half of Mississippi's rich, old-time fiddle tradition was documented in that volume and Harry Bolick has spent the intervening years working on this book, its sequel. Beginning with Tony Russell's original mid-1970s fieldwork as a reference, and later working with Russell, Bolick located and transcribed all of the Mississippi 78 rpm string band recordings. Some of the recording artists like the Leake County Revelers, Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers, and Narmour & Smith had been well known in the state. Others, like the Collier Trio, were obscure. This collecting work was followed by many field trips to Mississippi searching for and locating the children and grandchildren of the musicians. Previously unheard recordings and stories, unseen photographs and discoveries of nearly unknown local fiddlers, such as Jabe Dillon, John Gatwood, Claude Kennedy, and Homer Grice, followed. The results are now available in this second, companion volume, Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi: Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018. Two hundred and seventy musical examples supplement the biographies and photographs of the thirty-five artists documented here. Music comes from commercial recordings and small pressings of 78 rpm, 45 rpm, and LP records; collectors' field recordings; and the musicians' own home tape and disc recordings. Taken together, these two volumes represent a delightfully comprehensive survey of Mississippi's fiddle tunes.
AC/DC Trivia Book
150 million albums later, AC/DC still lives on as one of the best, high-voltage rock experiences to ever grace the stage and radio.Angus, Malcolm, and the boys took off from humble beginnings in Sydney, Australia to the world. Through triumph and tragedy, AC/DC has shown an uncompromising commitment to the strong and relentless spirit of loud, defiant, irresistible, and straightforward rock.Now, readers like you won't just learn all about their story and experiences on the road, you'll have fun while you're at it, too!In a one-of-a-kind format, "AC/DC Trivia Book" by author and historian Dale Raynes chronicles the colorful lives of AC/DC's members through: Interesting trivia complete with multiple choice answers that you can use for fun games with friends and family"Did-you-know" facts and stories complete with first-hand accounts and quotes from the AC/DC members themselvesAnd so much more!Whether it's their music, travels, antics, personal lives, or conflicts, let this fun book guide you through it all and enjoy yourself along the way!And when you've come to enjoy it, add another copy of "AC/DC Trivia Book" and gift them to friends who share the same love for AC/DC.Scroll up, Click on "Buy Now", and Grab a Copy of "AC/DC Trivia Book" Today!
The Passion-Hymns of Hallgrimur
The Passion-Hymns of Hallgrimur, the 1657 Easter musical for soloists and choir. Adapted to English by Dall Wilson. Running time under two hours. Songs and spoken saga text.
Knowing the Song
Starting with the New Zealand Supplement to With One Voice in 1982, the New Zealand Hymnbook Trust has worked faithfully to make the best contemporary, local hymns available to churches and choirs in our country. Their key music books - Alleluia Aotearoa (1993); Carol Our Christmas (1996); Faith Forever Singing (2000) and Hope Is Our Song (2009) - are all still popular and remain in print today.In this Companion, world-renowned New Zealand hymn composer, Colin Gibson, tells the stories of how the hymns in these books came to be written and of the tunes to which they have been set, alongside biographies of the hymnwriters and composers.Ministers, preachers, worship leaders, church musicians and choir members will find a wealth of material in the Companion to entertain and inform them, and to share with their congregations. For ease of reference the Companion includes indexes of Hymn Names and First Lines, Scripture sources and Tune Names.For the first time, Gibson has compiled a Finding List of New Zealand Hymn Writing which records the many hymnbooks and other publications that hymns by New Zealand composers have appeared in, both in this country and overseas. Other appendices include a list of publications in which our hymnwriters and hymns are discussed, and a brief history of the Hymnbook Trust.
The Folk
Who are "the folk" in folk music? This book traces the musical culture of these elusive figures in Britain and the US during a crucial period of industrialization from 1870 to 1930, and beyond to the contemporary alt-right. Drawing on a broad, interdisciplinary range of scholarship, The Folk examines the political dimensions of a recurrent longing for folk culture and how it was called upon for radical and reactionary ends at the apex of empire. It follows an insistent set of disputes surrounding the practice of collecting, ideas of racial belonging, nationality, the poetics of nostalgia, and the pre-history of European fascism. Deeply researched and beautifully written, Ross Cole provides us with a biography of a people who exist only as a symptom of the modern imagination, and the archaeology of a landscape directing flows of global populism to this day.
Menergy
For most of the US, disco died in 1979. Triggered by the infamous "Disco Demolition" night at Comiskey Park in Chicago on July 12, 1979, a backlash made the word "disco" an overnight punchline. Major labels dropped disco artists and producers, and those mainstream musicians who had jumped on the bandwagon just as quickly threw themselves off. Gay men, however, continued to dance, and in the gay enclave of the Castro District in San Francisco, enterprising gay DJs, record producers, and musicians started their own small dance music record labels to make up for the lack of new, danceable music. Almost immediately this music reached far beyond the Bay, with Megatone Records, Moby Dick Records, and other labels achieving worldwide success, creating the world's first gay-owned, gay-produced music for a dancing audience. This music reflected a new way of life, a world apart and a culture of sexual liberation for gay men especially. With Menergy, author Louis Niebur offers a project of reconstruction in order to restore these lost figures to their rightful place in the legacy of 20th-century popular music. Menergy is the product of years of research, with dozens of personal interviews, archival research drawing upon hundreds of contemporary journals, photographs, bar rags, diaries, nightclub ephemera, and, most importantly, the recordings of the San Francisco artists themselves. With its combination of popular music theory, cultural analysis, queer theory and gender studies, and traditional musical analysis, the book will appeal to readers in queer history, popular music history, and electronic dance music.
Born Again!
In this scintillating sequel to Sabotage! Black Sabbath in the Seventies, Martin Popoff blows up the kaleidoscopic narrative of the Sabs over the ensuing twenty years, dissecting each and every of the band's ten studio albums and two (and-a-half) live albums produced over that time period. So this is the book where we hear the gripes, snipes, swipes and thumbs-up likes from Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Tony Martin and finally once more Ozzy Osbourne, as they remark upon this institution coddled by the anchor of the band Tony Iommi, who valiantly held Black Sabbath together through many years of blood, sweat and Tyrs. Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, Live Evil, Born Again, Seventh Star, The Eternal Idol, Headless Cross, Tyr, Dehumanizer, Cross Purposes, Forbidden and finally, extensively broken down, Reunion... they're all here, song by song, the hirings and the firings highlighted and explained. Incorporating talk from over 60 interviews conductive with band members and other relevant parties over 25 years, make no mistake-this is the most in-depth examination of the band during this timeframe ever executed. So come one and all, re-love modern-era Black Sabbath all over again-you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much dastardly doom there is from Tony Iommi that you need to know and embrace once again.
The FBI War on Tupac Shakur
Since the first day after the tragedy was announced, controversy has surrounded the death of rap and cultural icon Tupac Shakur. In this work, preeminent researcher on the topic, John Potash, puts forward his own theories of the events leading up to and following the murder in this meticulously researched and exhaustive account of the story. Never before has there been such a detailed and shocking analysis of the untimely death of one of the greatest musicians of the modern era. The FBI War on Tupac Shakur contains a wealth of names, dates, and events detailing the use of unscrupulous tactics by the Federal Bureau of Investigation against a generation of leftist political leaders and musicians. Based on twelve years of research and including extensive footnotes, sources include over 100 interviews, FOIA-released CIA and FBI documents, court transcripts, and mainstream media outlets. Beginning with the birth of the Civil Rights Movement in America, Potash illustrates the ways in which the FBI and the United States government conspired to take down and dismantle the various burgeoning activist and revolutionary groups forming at the time. From Martin Luther King Jr. to Malcolm X to Fred Hampton, the methods used to thwart their progress can be seen repeated again and again in the 80s and 90s against later revolutionary groups, musicians, and, most notably, Tupac Shakur. Buckle in for this winding, shocking, and unbelievable tale as John Potash reveals the dark underbelly of our government and their treatment of some of our most beloved black icons.
Who Is Florence Price?
Written and Illustrated by Students of the Special Music School at the Kaufman Music Center, NYFlorence loved her mother's piano playing and wanted to be just like her. When she was just four years old she played her first piano concert and as she grew up she studied and wrote music hoping one day to hear her own music performed by an orchestra.The story of a brilliant musician who prevailed against race and gender prejudices to become the first Black woman to be recognised as a symphonic composer and be performed by a major American orchestra in 1933.
RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines
Master the Grooves of The World's Greatest RnB, Soul and Motown Bass PlayersGet inside the grooves and techniques of the coolest bass players ever recorded!RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines is your complete guide to mastering the essential skills of Soul bass guitar. You'll learn 100 grooves in the style of 16 legendary bassists, mastering in-the-pocket playing and growing your vocabulary of bass riffs, licks and techniques.Discover 100 RnB, Soul & Motown Grooves for Electric BassThis is much more than a simple book of licks, you'll go on a journey with some of the most innovative players ever to pick up the bass. These are the players who literally discovered what makes an amazing bassline.You'll nail the groove styles of: - Early Soul & RnB pioneers Lloyd Trotman and Bernard Odum- Memphis Soul and Stax - Lewie Steinberg, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Tommy Cogbill- Motown - James Jamerson, Bob Babbitt- West Coast Motown - Wilton Felder, Carole Kaye, Scott Edwards- Philly Soul - Ronnie Baker, Jimmy Williams- Atlantic and Muscle Shoals - David Hood, Jerry Jemmott- Chicago Soul & Chess Records - Louis Satterfield, Willie WeeksThe Recipe for a Perfect Bass GrooveWe all know a great groove when we hear it, but what makes it so compelling? In this book, seasoned session bassist Dan Hawkins teaches the essential techniques needed to create an array of memorable grooves. Electric Bass skills you'll learn include: The "breaking the rules of music" trick Bernard Odum used for James BrownHow to create solid memorable riffs that make a tuneMastering syncopation in the style of James JamersonHow to lock in with a drummerWhere to use articulations such as hammer-ons, pull-offs and slidesEssential arpeggio and scale patternsThe ideas that fuelled some of the greatest basslines in recorded historyGet Your Bass Groove Playing Up to ScratchThere's more! RnB, Soul & Motown Style Basslines also teaches you how to nail the perfect Soul Tone in its "Gear Talk" section. You'll even discover how to recreate classic tone with modern gear.
Jazz Singing
Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers' performance strategies are discussed providing unique insights. Jazz Singing combines jazz stylization and improvisational techniques with classic voice pedagogy to outline a method that builds the jazz voice upon a strong foundation of proper alignment, efficient breathing, healthy phonation, a clear understanding of vocal anatomy, and the physics of singing. Various strategies to enhance improvisation and artistry are presented, and mindful coordination of all aspects is emphasized to create authentic, healthy jazz singing in this groundbreaking book.
Jazz Singing
Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers' performance strategies are discussed providing unique insights. Jazz Singing combines jazz stylization and improvisational techniques with classic voice pedagogy to outline a method that builds the jazz voice upon a strong foundation of proper alignment, efficient breathing, healthy phonation, a clear understanding of vocal anatomy, and the physics of singing. Various strategies to enhance improvisation and artistry are presented, and mindful coordination of all aspects is emphasized to create authentic, healthy jazz singing in this groundbreaking book.
The Folk
Who are "the folk" in folk music? This book traces the musical culture of these elusive figures in Britain and the US during a crucial period of industrialization from 1870 to 1930, and beyond to the contemporary alt-right. Drawing on a broad, interdisciplinary range of scholarship, The Folk examines the political dimensions of a recurrent longing for folk culture and how it was called upon for radical and reactionary ends at the apex of empire. It follows an insistent set of disputes surrounding the practice of collecting, ideas of racial belonging, nationality, the poetics of nostalgia, and the pre-history of European fascism. Deeply researched and beautifully written, Ross Cole provides us with a biography of a people who exist only as a symptom of the modern imagination, and the archaeology of a landscape directing flows of global populism to this day.
The Tempo Implications of Bach’s Notation
This research into the tempos of Bach's dance music answers the age-old question, "How fast should this piece be?" Because Bach's tempo often differs from current performance practice, this research transforms our understanding of his music. Bach's principal suites encompass over 200 movements and include nineteen suites for harpsichord, two for lute, three for violin, and six for cello. These iconic pieces are played at widely varying tempos today, leading to diverse musical effects. Because Bach must have had specific musical effects in mind, many of today's interpretations must be contrary to his intentions. In this book the author draws on his previously published research into Bach's proportional method for establishing tempo and applies that method to these dance movements. By examining contemporaneous descriptions of the dance and also its music, the author uncovers the following about the tempo implications of Bach's titles: - The titles "Allemande" and "Sarabande" indicate that the omission of thirty-second notes does not affect tempo.- The title "Courante" indicates that the inclusion of sixteenth notes does not affect tempo.- The title "Gigue" has the same effect as does the fast performance marking Presto. - All other dance titles have no tempo implications. After perusing this book, the musician will be able to determine Bach's intended tempo for any Bach dance movement. He needs only to identify the title, time signature, tactus speed, and shortest note value. By establishing Bach's intended tempos, the musician will also discover Bach's intended musical effects. This book is for classical musicians, musicologists, music students, dance historians, and anyone who appreciates Bach's music. Thoroughly researched and meticulously documented, it includes over 180 musical examples and dozens of figures and tables. It includes a bibliography, and it also includes an index of cited Bach works, sorted by BWV number. This research is presented so that an amateur musician will be able to follow the arguments.
Hans Heiling
Eduard Devrient, Heinrich Marschner: Hans Heiling. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen und einem Vorspiel Komponiert von Heinrich Marschner. Urauff羹hrung am 24.05.1833, K繹nigliches Opernhaus, Berlin. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2021. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Heinrich Marschner: Hans Heiling. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen und einem Vorspiel, Dichtung von Philipp Eduard Devrient, hg. v. Carl Friedrich Wittmann, Leipzig: Reclam, [1895]. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgabe wird in dieser Neuausgabe als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgef羹hrt. Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Patinir, Joachim: ?berfahrt in die Unterwelt, 1515-24. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH
Hans Heiling
Eduard Devrient, Heinrich Marschner: Hans Heiling. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen und einem Vorspiel Komponiert von Heinrich Marschner. Urauff羹hrung am 24.05.1833, K繹nigliches Opernhaus, Berlin. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2021. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Heinrich Marschner: Hans Heiling. Romantische Oper in drei Aufz羹gen und einem Vorspiel, Dichtung von Philipp Eduard Devrient, hg. v. Carl Friedrich Wittmann, Leipzig: Reclam, [1895]. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgabe wird in dieser Neuausgabe als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgef羹hrt. Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Patinir, Joachim: ?berfahrt in die Unterwelt, 1515-24. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH
Heavy Duty
Get a backstage pass and see Judas Priest like you've never seen them before in this electrifying memoir by the band's cofounder and former lead guitarist. Judas Priest formed in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, in 1969. With its distinctive twin-guitar sound, studs-and-leather image, and international sales of over 50 million records, Judas Priest became the archetypal heavy metal band in the 1980s. Iconic tracks like "Breaking the Law," "Living after Midnight," and "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" helped the band achieve extraordinary success, but no one from the band has stepped out to tell their or the band's story until now. As the band approaches its golden anniversary, fans will at last be able to delve backstage into the decades of shocking, hilarious, and haunting stories that surround the heavy metal institution. In Heavy Duty, guitarist K.K. Downing discusses the complex personality conflicts, the business screw-ups, the acrimonious relationship with fellow heavy metal band Iron Maiden, as well as how Judas Priest found itself at the epicenter of a storm of parental outrage that targeted heavy metal in the '80s. He also describes his role in cementing the band's trademark black leather and studs image that would not only become synonymous with the entire genre, but would also give singer Rob Halford a viable outlet by which to express his sexuality. Lastly, he recounts the life-changing moment when he looked at his bandmates on stage during a 2009 concert and thought, "This is the last show." Whatever the topic, whoever's involved, K.K. doesn't hold back.
B矇la Bart籀k in Italy
Examines the reputation of the Hungarian musician B矇la Bart籀k (1881-1945) as an antifascist hero. This book examines the reputation of the Hungarian composer B矇la Bart籀k (1881-1945) as an antifascist hero and beacon of freedom. Following Bartok's reception in Italy from the early twentieth century, through Mussolini's fascist regime, and into the early Cold War, Palazzetti explores the connexions between music, politics and diplomacy. The wider context of this study also offers glimpses into broader themes such as fascist cultural policies, cultural resistance, and the ambivalent political usage of modernist music. The book argues that the 'Bart籀kian Wave' occurring in Italy after the Second World War was the result of the fusion of the Bart籀k myth as the 'musician of freedom' and the Cold War narrative of an Italian national regeneration. Italian-Hungarian diplomatic cooperation during the interwar period had supported Bartok's success in Italy. But, in spite of their political alliance, the cultural policies by Europe's leading fascist regimes started to diverge over the years: many composers proscribed in Nazi Germany were increasingly performed in fascist Italy. In the early 1940s, the now exiled composer came to represent one of the symbols of the anti-Nazi cultural resistance in Italy and was canonised as 'the musician of freedom'. Exile and death had transformed Bart籀k into a martyr, just as the Resistenza and the catastrophe of war had redeemed post-war Italy.
A Drummer’s Companion
A Drummer's Companion is intended for teachers and students, from beginner to advanced level. It contains materials for the development of technique, reading, repertoire, timekeeping and musicianship. There are 16 original songs, 17 Snare Drum pieces, 8 Drum Kit pieces and 10 duets
Sondheim in Our Time and His
Sondheim in Our Time and His offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the landmark works and extraordinary career of Stephen Sondheim, a career which has spanned much of the history of American musical theater. Each author uncovers those aspects of biography, collaborative process, and contemporary context that impacted the creation and reception of Sondheim's musicals. In addition, several authors explore in detail how Sondheim's shows have been dramatically revised and adapted over time. Multiple chapters invite the reader to rethink Sondheim's works from a distinctly contemporary critical perspective and to consider how these musicals are being reenvisioned today. Through chapters focused on individual musicals, and others that explore a specific topic as manifested throughout his entire career, plus an afterword by Kristen Anderson-Lopez; by digging deep into the archives and focusing intently on his scores; from interviews with performers, directors, and bookwriters, and close study of live and recorded productions--volume editor W. Anthony Sheppard brings together Sondheim's past with the present, thriving existence of his musicals.
Instruments of Empire
WINNER OF THE BEST BOOK AWARD PUBLISHED IN 2021 BY THE FILIPINO STUDIES SECTION IN THE ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States extended its empire into the Philippines while subjugating Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. And yet, one of the most popular musical acts was a band of "little brown men," Filipino musicians led by an African American conductor playing European and American music. The Philippine Constabulary Band and Lt. Walter H. Loving entertained thousands in concert halls and world's fairs, held a place of honor in William Howard Taft's presidential parade, and garnered praise by bandmaster John Philip Sousa--all the while facing beliefs and policies that Filipinos and African Americans were "uncivilized." Author Mary Talusan draws on hundreds of newspaper accounts and exclusive interviews with band members and their descendants to compose the story from the band's own voices. She sounds out the meanings of Americans' responses to the band and identifies a desire to mitigate racial and cultural anxieties during an era of overseas expansion and increasing immigration of nonwhites, and the growing "threat" of ragtime with its roots in Black culture. The spectacle of the band, its performance and promotion, emphasized a racial stereotype of Filipinos as "natural musicians" and the beneficiaries of benevolent assimilation and colonial tutelage. Unable to fit Loving's leadership of the band into this narrative, newspapers dodged and erased his identity as a Black American officer. The untold story of the Philippine Constabulary Band offers a unique opportunity to examine the limits and porousness of America's racial ideologies, exploring musical pleasure at the intersection of Euro-American cultural hegemony, racialization, and US colonization of the Philippines.
Nineteenth-Century Opera and the Scientific Imagination
Scientific thinking has long been linked to music theory and instrument making, yet the profound and often surprising intersections between the sciences and opera during the long nineteenth century are here explored for the first time. These touch on a wide variety of topics, including vocal physiology, theories of listening and sensory communication, technologies of theatrical machinery and discourses of biological degeneration. Taken together, the chapters reveal an intertwined cultural history that extends from backstage hydraulics to drawing-room hypnotism, and from laryngoscopy to theatrical aeronautics. Situated at the intersection of opera studies and the history of science, the book therefore offers a novel and illuminating set of case studies, of a kind that will appeal to historians of both science and opera, and of European culture more generally from the French Revolution to the end of the Victorian period.
Instruments of Empire
WINNER OF THE BEST BOOK AWARD PUBLISHED IN 2021 BY THE FILIPINO STUDIES SECTION IN THE ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States extended its empire into the Philippines while subjugating Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. And yet, one of the most popular musical acts was a band of "little brown men," Filipino musicians led by an African American conductor playing European and American music. The Philippine Constabulary Band and Lt. Walter H. Loving entertained thousands in concert halls and world's fairs, held a place of honor in William Howard Taft's presidential parade, and garnered praise by bandmaster John Philip Sousa--all the while facing beliefs and policies that Filipinos and African Americans were "uncivilized." Author Mary Talusan draws on hundreds of newspaper accounts and exclusive interviews with band members and their descendants to compose the story from the band's own voices. She sounds out the meanings of Americans' responses to the band and identifies a desire to mitigate racial and cultural anxieties during an era of overseas expansion and increasing immigration of nonwhites, and the growing "threat" of ragtime with its roots in Black culture. The spectacle of the band, its performance and promotion, emphasized a racial stereotype of Filipinos as "natural musicians" and the beneficiaries of benevolent assimilation and colonial tutelage. Unable to fit Loving's leadership of the band into this narrative, newspapers dodged and erased his identity as a Black American officer. The untold story of the Philippine Constabulary Band offers a unique opportunity to examine the limits and porousness of America's racial ideologies, exploring musical pleasure at the intersection of Euro-American cultural hegemony, racialization, and US colonization of the Philippines.
Three Loves for Three Oranges
In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges--one of the earliest, most famous examples of modernist opera--premiered in Chicago. Prokofiev's source was a 1913 theatrical divertissement by Vsevolod Meyerhold, who, in turn, took inspiration from Carlo Gozzi's 1761 commedia dell'arte-infused theatrical fairy tale. Only by examining these whimsical, provocative works together can we understand the full significance of their intertwined lineage. With contributions from 17 distinguished scholars in theater, art history, Italian, Slavic studies, and musicology, Three Loves for Three Oranges: Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev illuminates the historical development of Modernism in the arts, the ways in which commedia dell'arte's self-referential and improvisatory elements have inspired theater and music innovations, and how polemical playfulness informs creation. A resource for scholars and theater lovers alike, this collection of essays, paired with new translations of Love for Three Oranges, charts the transformations and transpositions that this fantastical tale underwent to provoke theatrical revolutions that still reverberate today.
The Brilliant Bassoon book of Moonlight and Roses for Mini-Bassoon
The Brilliant Bassoon Book of Moonlight and Roses for Mini-Bassoon is a little bit different. Combining a brilliant collection of classical and traditional pieces arranged as solos, duets (with bassoon) and pieces with easy piano accompaniment especially for the fluent beginner player, it is designed to stimulate your music-making. Many include lyrics, translations or explanations of the great stories of love, romance and tragedy which inspired the music. Really useful in lessons with its mix of solos, duets and accompanied pieces in a variety of styles.Includes: Early One Morning, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, Shule Agra, Scarborough Fair, The Ash Grove, The Lass of Richmond Hill, The Drummer and the Cook, Broom of the Cowdenknowes, The Sally Gardens, Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi, Bizet's Je Crois Entendre Encore from The Pearl Fishers, Verdi's La Donna 癡 Mobile from Rigoletto, Mozart's Voi Che Sapete from The Marriage of Figaro, Delibes' Flower Duet from Lakm矇.More coming from The Brilliant Bassoon very soon. Look out for our solo, duet and trio music arranged for different playing levels and for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, Mini-bassoon, Tenoroon, Guitar etc. We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Christmas, Valentine's and Halloween!), instrument-specific theory, including theory puzzles for very young players and even sheet music and a few downloadable playalong and backing tracks on our website. Just visit WildMusicPublications.com or for news of our latest books, why not follow us on Twitter? @wmpublications
LiveRillen No. 1
Seit dem Fr羹hjahr 2018 gestaltet der in Halle (Saale) lebende Literaturwissenschaftler, Liedermacher und Autor Paul Bartsch die monatliche Rundfunksendung "LiveRillen" auf Radio Corax, in der er ausgew瓣hlte Ausschnitte aus Konzert-LPs und Live-Alben direkt vom Plattenteller serviert und kommentiert. Die mit viel Liebe zum Detail ausgearbeiteten Sendemanuskripte bilden die Grundlage f羹r diese originelle Publikationsreihe. Ein unterhaltsames Lekt羹revergn羹gen f羹r alle, die Freude an guter Musik haben und mehr 羹ber deren Hintergr羹nde und Protagonisten erfahren wollen. Themen dieses Bandes sind unter anderem: * Dylan - (fast) ohne Bob * Bluesrock vom Feinsten * The Cover(s) of the Rolling Stone(s) * Der Club 27 * 30 Jahre Night of the Guitar * Folk und Verwandtes * Deep Purple - die Grundfarbe des Hardrock * Wishbone Ash - The Sound of Twin-Guitars
No Sense at All
In November 1981, I teamed up with guitarist's John Clover & John Potter and bassist Steve Dyson and by April 1982, Huddersfield had a new band, The End. We prided ourselves on playing originally penned songs, but at some venues it was more about cover versions. So we accumulated a large amount in our locker from the 60s to the present day. Before the year was through, we had recorded at Cargo studios in Rochdale and Leader Sound in Greetland laying down 'Standing On The Platform', 'Time', 'She's A Winner' (all originals) and three covers. In Feb' 1983, we qualified for the Yorkshire Supergroup comp' in Wakefield, but by the end (no pun) of May I chose to leave. The story is fattened out with what we all got up to afterwards.
Easy Duets from Around the World for Tenoroon and Bassoon
Easy Duets from Around the World for Tenoroon and Bassoon comprises 32 pieces arranged especially for two beginner players who know all the basics. Starting with the easiest, and gradually increasing in difficulty, all pieces are in easy keys and the melody is shared between parts. Includes several popular Christmas pieces. Great for playing in lessons, with friends, and entertaining the family.Includes: The Londonderry Air, The Force of Destiny - Verdi, Little Brown Jug, Bali Ma'ak, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Groundhog, Miss Lucy Long, Hine e Hine, Greensleeves, Lord of the Dance, Eh Soo Boom Kawaya, Good King Wenceslas, La Cucuracha, Scarborough Fair, Banyan Tree, The Holly and the Ivy, Mo Li Hua, Ding Dong Merrily, Song of the Pearl Fishers - Bizet, Sussex Carol, Dark Mountain, Coventry Carol, Red Sails, Skye Boat Song, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean and more.More coming from The Brilliant Bassoon very soon. Look out for our solo, duet and trio music arranged for different playing levels and for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass, Mini-bassoon, Tenoroon, Guitar etc. We have a spectacular variety of duet books, a gargantuan selection of festive books (including Christmas, Valentine's and Halloween!), instrument-specific theory, including theory puzzle books for very young players and a few downloadable playalong and backing tracks, and sheet music on our website. Just visit WildMusicPublications.com or for news of our latest books, why not follow us on Twitter? @wmpublications
The Book of Five Cyphers
The Book of Five Cyphers is a comprehensive guide on the essential tenets of bboying and bgirling. Modeled after The Book of Five Rings by legendary Japanese samurai Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Cyphers relates each of the core elements--Earth, Water, Wind, Fire--to a particular aspect of bboying, covering training fundamentals, energy and movement, battle strategy, and other breaking philosophies. This revolutionary piece combines a collective understanding of bboying and bgirling with a community platform, where other dancers share their own wisdom, experience, and journey in the final "Emptiness" chapter. With the aim to encourage and empower dancers to discover their own Path, The Book of Five Cyphers takes the reader on a journey through the dance and into a new perspective on life.
The God and Gigs Study Guide
This companion workbook to God and Gigs: Succeed as a Musician without Sacrificing your Faith provides in-depth questions, reflective exercises and action steps that will help you strenghten your faith, improve your career and enhance your most treasured relationships. By using this workbook and the God and Gigs 7 Service Steps, you can create real and lasting improvements in your music career and become a faith-filled and fulfilled artist. As you complete this guide, you'll learn how to: Find more balance between career and family Get inspired and create your best work ever Embrace your calling as a musician Use your unique influence to make a difference You don't have to sacrifice your faith to find success in the music industry. Connect the dots between your calling and your career. This workbook can help you do just that.
Led Zeppelin Vinyl
A tribute to the world's greatest rock band through a kaleidoscopic collection of vinyl, from obscure international records to handmade albums of historic performancesLed Zeppelin released only eight studio albums and no singles over the course of their 12-year career, but to date there are more than 1,000 singles and 2,000 LPs in the market.This definitive volume illustrates in full color some of the rarest and most interesting vinyl releases, including one-of-a-kind rarities, bizarre regional variations, official albums and historic recordings of legendary concerts, sometimes featuring handmade artwork or colored vinyl. The vinyl, labels and covers have been documented by photographer Ross Halfin in superb detail and are annotated with details of their release.In addition, the book includes over forty pages of the most up-to-date comprehensive discography ever compiled on the band, with forensic detail. All known album and single vinyl releases from around the world are listed with catalogue numbers, release or recording dates and additional notes.A labor of love, Led Zeppelin Vinyl is a must-have for fans of the group and vinyl enthusiasts. It is a paean of praise to vinyl artwork and graphic design: The illustrations are explosive and surreal, playful, experimental and subversive, interpreting multiple artistic disciplines with flair and wit.Ross Halfin is one of the best-known photographers in the world and has been working in the music industry since 1977. He has a record collection almost as extensive as his photo archive.
Gabba Gabba Hey
Back in December 2020 two writers (Anthony Neil Smith and Matthew Gomez) were shooting the shit on Twitter when one of them suggested that what the world really needed was an anthology of short-stories based around The Ramones - what a dream it'd be if only they could persuade a publisher to take a risk and green-light the project.It literally took them a couple of tweets and one direct message to convince us that Fahrenheit Press was where this anthology was meant to live.We got literally hundreds of submissions and from them we've chosen 24 stories to make up what might just be the greatest rock-n-roll anthology ever assembled.Seriously, look at this track-listing...Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio by David NoonanIt's Not My Place by Philip CharterI Wanna Be Well by Christopher BondSomebody Put Something in My Drink by CW BlackwellI Wanna Live by Clark BoydPinhead by Kelly RobinsonSuzy Is A Headbanger by Derek FarrellCretin Hopp by Mike BurrRockaway Beach by Lex VranickThe KKK Took My Baby Away by Kevin David AndersonThe Crusher by Shaun Avery 7/11 by Amanda CrumI Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by Vinnie HansenS.L.U.G. by Thomas PluckDanny Says by Hannah O'DoomMy Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) by Bret NelsonBaby I Love You by Tina JacksonChainsaw by Gregory NicollHere Today, Gone Tomorrow by James RyanMerry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) by Joshua L. JamesSheena Is a Punk Rocker by Wendy DavisI Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement by Christina DeliaMain Man by Joseph S. WalkerToo Tough To Die by Jon ParkThe stories are as varied as the songs themselves ranging through the Crime, Horror and Music genres from writers from all across the USA and Europe - some of whom knew or met or even played with The Ramones. For example the anthology kicks off with a first-hand account written by David Noonan (DT Graves - drummer & founder member of punk stalwarts The Cryptkeeper Five) where he recounts the night he backed up Joey Ramones on the drums - from there the anthology blasts off into a world of Ramones tales & stories that just keep building and building with an intensity that mirrors the songs themselves.Add to that an Introduction written by Fahrenheit founder and life long Ramones fanatic Chris McVeigh + a preface written by author & LA Punk Queen BRENDA PERLIN (LosAngelesPunkRocker on Instagram) and it's fair to say that this book really is something special and a must have for any Ramones fan.
Afro-Cuban Techniques for Drumset & Percussion - Vol. 2
In 2010, master drummer Fidel Morales published his Afro-Cuban Techniques for Drumset and Percussion, Volume 1, in which he illustrated the concept of Latin rudiments, mainly based on the accents used in Cuban music. Now, in his second book, Afro-Cuban Techniques for Drumset and Percussion: Volume 2, he included rudiments based on phrases -not only from Afro-Cuban genres-, but also from universal musical styles, which he combined with ostinatos that contain patterns directly linked to Afro-Cuban music, such as the clave or and other variations of the genre, polyrithms, coordination, and more. A book for the sophisticated drummer or percussionist who wants to acquire new skills and comprehension of the roots of Latin Music.
American Popular Song
"Wonderful"--The New York Times. "Provocative, opinionated, and never dull"--Down Beat. "A singular book."--Studs Terkel. When it was first published, Alec Wilder's American Popular Song quickly became a classic and today it remains essential reading for countless musicians, lovers of American Song, and fans of Alec Wilder. Now, in a 50th anniversary edition, popular music scholar Robert Rawlins brings the book fully up-to-date for the 21st century. Whereas previous editions featured only piano scores, the format has been changed to lead sheet notation with lyrics, making it accessible to a wider readership. Rawlins has also added more than sixty music examples to help complete the chapter on Irving Berlin. One of the most fascinating features of the original edition was Wilder's inventive use of language, often revealing his strong and sometimes irreverent opinions. Wilder's prose remains relatively unaltered, but footnotes have been provided that clarify, elucidate, and even correct. Moreover, a new chapter has been added, discussing fifty-three songs by numerous composers that Wilder might have well included but was not able to. Songs by Ann Ronnell, Fats Waller, Jule Styne and many others are capped off with an examination of ten of Wilder's own songs.
Le Chant Intime
In this translation of the groundbreaking Le Chant Intime, internationally renowned baritone Fran癟ois Le Roux, in conversation with journalist Romain Raynaldy, presents a master class on French art song, with a thorough analysis of 60 selected songs that deviate from the traditionally narrow repertoire of the m矇lodie genre. Taking an approach that goes far beyond the typical limiting conventions, Le Roux and Raynaldy adhere to composer Francis Poulenc's principle that a song should always be "a love affair, not an arranged marriage." Neither theoretical nor purely academic, this guide instills in its readers a deep appreciation for the historical and artistic context of each piece by enriching each analysis with the full text of the lyrical poem and several musical examples, as well as fascinating details of historic premieres, concert halls, singers and poets. Paired with intensive and practical notes related to the nuances of melody and vocal delivery, each analysis provides an essential reference for performers and listeners alike. The translation is due to the expertise of musicologist and pianist Sylvia Kahan, Professor of Music at the Graduate Center and College of Staten Island, CUNY.
Black Music Matters
Black Music Matters: Jazz and the Transformation of Music Studies is among the first books to examine music studies reform through the lens of African American music, as well as the emergent field of consciousness studies. It is inspired by conversations on race and a rich body of literature on the place of black music in American culture.
