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Author : Kenneth Womack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780521869652
From Please Please Me to Abbey Road - the fascinating story of the Fab Four's creation, works, and enduring musical legacy.
Author : Michael Higgins,Clarissa Smith,John Storey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139827959
British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture, and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse cultural landscapes of contemporary Britain. Each contributor looks at the language through which culture is formed and expressed, the political and institutional trends that shape culture, and at the role of culture in daily life. This interesting and informative account of modern British culture embraces controversy and debate, and never loses sight of the fact that Britain and Britishness must always be understood in relation to the increasingly international context of globalisation.
Author : Mervyn Cooke,Fiona Ford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107094512
A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.
Author : Nicholas Cook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521865821
Featuring fascinating accounts from practitioners, this Companion examines how developments in recording have transformed musical culture.
Author : Kenneth Womack,Todd F. Davis
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791481967
Despite the enormous amount of writing devoted to the Beatles during the last few decades, the band's abiding intellectual and cultural significance has received scant attention. Using various modes of literary, musicological, and cultural criticism, the essays in Reading the Beatles firmly establish the Beatles as a locus of serious academic and cultural study. Exploring the group's resounding impact on how we think about gender, popular culture, and the formal and poetic qualities of music, the contributors trace not only the literary and musicological qualities of selected Beatles songs but also the development of the Beatles' artistry in their films and the ways in which the band has functioned as a cultural, historical, and economic product. In a poignant afterword, Jane Tompkins offers an autobiographical account of the ways in which the Beatles afforded her with the self-actualizing means to become less alienated from popular culture, gender expectations, and even herself during the early 1960s.
Author : Simon Frith,Will Straw,John Street
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521556600
This Companion maps the world of pop and rock, pinpointing the most significant moments in its history and presenting the key issues involved in understanding popular culture's most vital art form. Expert writers chart the changing patterns in the production and consumption of popular music, the emergence of a vast industry with a turnover of billions and the rise of global stars from Elvis to Public Enemy, Nirvana to the Spice Girls. They trace the way new technologies - from the amplifier to the internet - have changed the sounds and practices of pop and they analyse the way maverick entrepreneurs have given way to multimedia corporations. In particular they focus on the controversial issues concerning race and ethnicity, politics, gender and globalisation. Contains full profiles of a selection of figures from the pop and rock world.
Author : Joshua S. Walden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107023451
A global history of Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, with chapters by leading international scholars.
Author : Alain Frogley,Aidan J. Thomson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107650268
An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been as much misunderstood as revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and popular music has been insufficiently appreciated. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars, examining all areas of the composer's output from new perspectives, and re-evaluating the cultural politics of his lifelong advocacy for the music-making of ordinary people. Surveys of major genres are complemented by chapters exploring such topics as the composer's relationship with the BBC and his studies with Ravel; uniquely, the book also includes specially commissioned interviews with major living composers Peter Maxwell Davies, Piers Hellawell, Nicola Lefanu and Anthony Payne. The Companion is a vital resource for all those interested in this pivotal figure of modern music.
Author : Edward Green,Evan Spring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521881197
This comprehensive and accessible Companion is the first collection of essays to provide an in-depth overview of Ellington's career.
Author : Kenneth Gloag,Nicholas Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107470330
Sir Michael Tippett is widely considered to be one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century, whose music continues to be performed to critical acclaim throughout the world. Written by a team of international scholars, this Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of Tippett and his works. It discusses the contexts and concepts of modernism, tradition, politics, sexuality and creativity that shaped Tippett's music and ideas, engaging with archive materials, relevant literature and models of interpretation. Chapters explore the genres in which Tippett composed, including opera, symphony, string quartet, concerto and piano sonata, to shed new light on his major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve. Directing knowledge and expertise towards a wide readership, this book will enrich the listening experience and broaden understanding of the music of this endlessly fascinating and challenging composer.
Author : André De Quadros
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521111737
Bringing together perspectives on history, global activity and professional development, this Companion provides a unique overview of choral music.
Author : Julian Horton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521884983
A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.
Author : Simon Trezise
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521877947
This accessible Companion provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive introduction to French music from the early middle ages to the present.
Author : Russell Hartenberger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107093454
Timpani traditions and beyond
Author : Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108423533
Explores how Gershwin's iconic music was shaped by American political, intellectual, cultural and business interests as well as technological advances.