The Words And Music Of Paul Simon

Author : James Bennighof
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313082795

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The Words and Music of Paul Simon by James Bennighof Pdf

Paul Simon is commonly acknowledged to be one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the pop-rock era. His work has flourished in the context of Simon and Garfunkel as well as in his own solo career. Starting with the folk-rock style that marked his earliest significant success, he has drawn on a wide variety of influences, including many American traditions and, later, many international ones as well. He has won multiple Grammy awards in both the duo and the solo phases of his career. His songwriting has also provided the impetus for brief forays into film and musical theatre. After providing a brief biographical overview, this work examines Simon's songwriting work in depth, providing a critical discussion of each song as a fusion of text and music so as to help the reader to identify elements that enhance appreciation. A particularly valuable contribution in this context is the discussion of the wide variety of musical elements that contribute significantly to the value of Simon's work. These include such easily-understandable issues as verse-chorus structure, melodic variation, selection of particular instruments and even performers, variation of musical style within a song, general harmonic characteristics, relationships among keys, rhythm and pacing of text, etc. While the book proceeds chronologically through Simon's recorded output, specific threads are developed throughout, and the discussion of individual songs takes place in the context of these threads, both drawing on them and developing them further. The diversity of Paul Simon's work reflects his very American background, and no discussion of American music is complete without accounting for his influence.

Author : Peter Ames Carlin
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781627790352

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Homeward Bound by Peter Ames Carlin Pdf

A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon’s album “Graceland” sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn’t stop there. The grandchild of Jewish emigrants from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian empire, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning—and flexibility—of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world. Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s Homeward Bound is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history.

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501155970

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Lyrics 1964-2016 by Paul Simon Pdf

This comprehensive collection from the legendary folk icon features lyrics from each of Simon's 10 original studio albums, as well as lyrics from the renowned Simon & Garfunkel records. 50 b&w photographs throughout.

Author : Robert Hilburn
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501112133

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Paul Simon by Robert Hilburn Pdf

Acclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation—but without his editorial control—that “reminds us how titanic this musician is” (The Washington Post). For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have established him as one of the most beloved artists in American pop music history. Songs like “The Sound of Silence,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Still Crazy After All These Years,” and “Graceland” have moved beyond the sales charts and into our cultural consciousness. But Simon is a deeply private person who has said he will not write an autobiography or talk to biographers. Finally, however, he has opened up for Robert Hilburn—for more than one hundred hours of interviews—in this “brilliant and entertaining portrait of Simon that will likely be the definitive biography” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Over the course of three years, Hilburn conducted in-depth interviews with scores of Paul Simon’s friends, family, colleagues, and others—including ex-wives Carrie Fisher and Peggy Harper, who spoke for the first time—and even penetrated the inner circle of Simon’s long-reclusive muse, Kathy Chitty. The result is a deeply human account of the challenges and sacrifices of a life in music at the highest level. In the process, Hilburn documents Simon’s search for artistry and his constant struggle to protect that artistry against distractions—fame, marriage, divorce, drugs, record company interference, rejection, and insecurity—that have derailed so many great pop figures. “As engaging as a lively American tune” (People), Paul Simon is a “straight-shooting tour de force…that does thorough justice to this American prophet and pop star” (USA TODAY, four out of four stars). “Read it if you like Simon; read it if you want to discover how talent unfolds itself” (Stephen King).

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781471104626

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Lyrics 1964 - 2011 by Paul Simon Pdf

Featuring lyrics from Paul Simon's ten solo albums, four collaborations with Art Garfunkel, and his Songs from the Capeman, Lyricsis a landmark collection of folk history.

Author : Paul Zollo
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111843764

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Songwriters On Songwriting by Paul Zollo Pdf

The classic collection of candid interviews with the greatest songwriters of our time, including Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Patti Smith, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, and dozens more This expanded fourth edition of Songwriters on Songwriting includes ten new interviews--with Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed, and others. In these pages, sixty-two of the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing almost every genre of popular music, from blues to pop to rock, here are the figures that have shaped American music as we know it.

Author : Stephen Sondheim
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780679439073

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Finishing the Hat by Stephen Sondheim Pdf

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Titled after perhaps Stephen Sondheim's most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George—Finishing the Hat not only collects his lyrics for the first time, it offers readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. Stephen Sondheim’s career spanned more than half a century; his lyrics are synonymous with musical theater and popular culture. Sondheim—the winner of seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and more—treats us to never-before-published songs from each show, songs that were cut or discarded before seeing the light of day, along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to 1981, including West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. He discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with extraordinary talents such as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Ethel Merman, Richard Rodgers, Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince and a panoply of others. The anecdotes—filled with history, pointed observations and intimate details—transport us back to a time when theater was a major pillar of American culture. Best of all, Sondheim appraises his work and dissects his lyrics, as well as those of others, offering unparalleled insights into songwriting that will be studied by fans and aspiring songwriters for years to come. Accompanying Sondheim’s sparkling writing are behind-the-scenes photographs from each production, along with handwritten music and lyrics from the songwriter’s personal collection. Penetrating and surprising, poignant, funny and sometimes provocative, Finishing the Hat is not only an informative look at the art and craft of lyric writing, it is a history of the theater that belongs on the same literary shelf as Moss Hart’s Act One and Arthur Miller’s Timebends. It is also a book that will leave you humming the final bars of Merrily We Roll Along, while eagerly anticipating the next volume.

Author : Wise Publications
Publisher : Wise Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783230877

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The Little Black Songbook: Paul Simon by Wise Publications Pdf

The Little Black Songbook returns with another pocket-sized collection. Paul Simon has been a constant presence is popular music and as of 2017 has earned sixteen Grammy awards. Whether through the powerful rhymes of Simon and Garfunkel or his ever-evolving solo output, Paul Simon has a unique songwriting talent and style which has set him apart from all others. This publication presents more than 80 songs spanning the entirety of of Paul Simon’s career, from Simon and Garfunkel through to his 2006 album Surprise. Every song is presented with complete lyrics and Guitar chords, perfect for quick learning or as a reference for group sing-alongs or busking.

Author : Paul Simon,Simon and Garfunkel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Guitar music
ISBN : 0860013235

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Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits by Paul Simon,Simon and Garfunkel Pdf

America; Bookends; Bridge over troubled water; Cecilia; El, condor pasa; For Emily, whenever I may find her; Homeward bound; I am a rock; Kathy's song; Mrs. Robinson; Scarborough Fair/Canticle; The boxer; The 59th street bridge song (Feelin' groovy); The sound of silence

Author : Paul Muldoon
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571299072

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The Word on the Street by Paul Muldoon Pdf

In this new collection Paul Muldoon goes back to the essential meaning of the term 'lyric' -a short poem sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. These words are written for music, assuredly, with half an ear to Yeats's ballad-singing porter drinkers and half to Cole Porter-and indeed, many of them double as rock songs, performed by the Wayside Shrines, the Princeton-based music collective of which Muldoon is a member. Their themes are the classic themes of song: lost love, lost wars, Charlton Heston, barbed wire, pole dancers, cellulite, Hegel, elephants, Oedipus, more barbed wire, Buddy Holly, Jersey peaches, Julius Caesar, Trenton, cockatoos, and the Youngers (Bob and John and Jim and Cole). The Word on the Street is a lively addition to this Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's masterful body of work. It demonstrates, once again, that, as Richard Eder has written in the pages of the New York Times Book Review, 'Paul Muldoon is a shape-shifting Proteus to readers who try to pin him down . . . Those who interrogate Muldoon's poems find themselves changing shapes each time he does.'

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781451648492

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Lyrics 1964-2011 by Paul Simon Pdf

musical scores, lyrics & libretti.

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 071197912X

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Paul Simon - Greatest Hits by Paul Simon Pdf

(Music Sales America). 14 of his best, arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Includes: The Boxer * Bridge Over Troubled Water * 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) * Homeward Bound * I Am a Rock * Mother and Child Reunion * Scarborough Fair/Canticle * The Sound of Silence * Still Crazy After All These Years * You Can Call Me Al * and more.

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Popular music
ISBN : OCLC:733278713

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Songs by Paul Simon by Paul Simon Pdf

Author : Paul Zollo
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780306822445

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More Songwriters on Songwriting by Paul Zollo Pdf

The long-awaited sequel to Songwriters on Songwriting, often called "the songwriter's bible," More Songwriters on Songwriting goes to the heart of the creative process with in-depth interviews with many of the world's greatest songwriters. Covering every genre of popular music from folk, rock 'n' roll, Broadway, jazz, pop, and modern rock, this is a remarkable journey through some sixty years of popular songwriting: from Leiber & Stoller's genius rock 'n' roll collaborations and Richard Sherman's Disney songs to Kenny Gamble's Philly Sound; Norman Whitfield's Motown classics; Loretta Lynn's country standards; expansive folk music from Peter, Paul, and Mary; folk-rock from Stephen Stills; confessional gems from James Taylor; poetic excursions form Patti Smith; Beatles magic from Ringo Starr; expansive brilliance from Paul Simon; complex melodic greatness from Brian Wilson; the most untrustworthy narrator alive in Randy Newman; the dark rock theater of both Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie; the sophisticated breadth of Elvis Costello; the legendary jazz of Herbie Hancock; the soulful swagger of of Chrissie Hynde; the funny-poignant beauty of John Prine; the ancient wisdom fused with hip-hop and reggae of Matisyahu; and much more. In all of it is the collective wisdom of those who have written songs for decades, songs that have impacted our culture forever.

Author : Sandra M. Levy-Achtemeier
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498225120

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The Fiction of Our Lives by Sandra M. Levy-Achtemeier Pdf

We are the author of our own lives. We create, re-create, and co-create our stories over the lifetime we have been given in order to make something of ourselves in the process. Blending new findings from brain science and psychology with spiritual and theological insights, Sandra Levy-Achtemeier has written a readable work translating complex scientific and spiritual categories into practical terms that can inform our everyday selves. From our evolutionary roots that equip us to sing meaning into our living, to the cultural menus we now draw from to script new meaning into our days, she has given us an incredible wealth of wisdom to inform the rest of our life journeys. Underneath it all, Levy-Achtemeier makes the case that God's Spirit and call are at the center of our story--from our brain synapses to the historical circumstances that impinge on our lives.