Vaudeville Melodies

Author : Nicholas Gebhardt
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226448695

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Vaudeville Melodies by Nicholas Gebhardt Pdf

If you enjoy popular music and culture today, you have vaudeville to thank. From the 1870s until the 1920s, vaudeville was the dominant context for popular entertainment in the United States, laying the groundwork for the music industry we know today. In Vaudeville Melodies, Nicholas Gebhardt introduces us to the performers, managers, and audiences who turned disjointed variety show acts into a phenomenally successful business. First introduced in the late nineteenth century, by 1915 vaudeville was being performed across the globe, incorporating thousands of performers from every branch of show business. Its astronomical success relied on a huge network of theatres, each part of a circuit and administered from centralized booking offices. Gebhardt shows us how vaudeville transformed relationships among performers, managers, and audiences, and argues that these changes affected popular music culture in ways we are still seeing today. Drawing on firsthand accounts, Gebhardt explores the practices by which vaudeville performers came to understand what it meant to entertain an audience, the conditions in which they worked, the institutions they relied upon, and the values they imagined were essential to their success.

Author : John Metz
Publisher : Pendragon Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0918728266

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Fables from the Nouvelles Poésies by John Metz Pdf

The Fables of La Fontaine enjoyed universal success from their first appearance in 1668. Fifty years later a collection of songs was published in Paris based on some of these tales set to vaudeville tunes and other simple airs. For th is new edition of these unknown settings the author has written an extensive historical introduction, translated all the texts into English, and provided invaluable suggestions on performance practice. A delightful and witty addition to the concert repertory.

Author : Masha Belenky,Kathryn Kleppinger,Anne O’Neil-Henry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611496383

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French Cultural Studies for the Twenty-First Century by Masha Belenky,Kathryn Kleppinger,Anne O’Neil-Henry Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume analyzes previously understudied sources from nineteenth- and twentieth- century France and the Francophone world and situates them in their social, cultural and political contexts.

Author : Lori Burns,Serge Lacasse
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780472130672

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The Pop Palimpsest by Lori Burns,Serge Lacasse Pdf

A fascinating interdisciplinary collection of essays on intertextual relationships in popular music

Author : Roger Parker,Susan Rutherford
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226670188

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London Voices, 1820–1840 by Roger Parker,Susan Rutherford Pdf

London, 1820. The British capital is a metropolis that overwhelms dwellers and visitors alike with constant exposure to all kinds of sensory stimulation. Over the next two decades, the city’s tumult will reach new heights: as population expansion places different classes in dangerous proximity and ideas of political and social reform linger in the air, London begins to undergo enormous infrastructure change that will alter it forever. It is the London of this period that editors Roger Parker and Susan Rutherford pinpoint in this book, which chooses one broad musical category—voice—and engages with it through essays on music of the streets, theaters, opera houses, and concert halls; on the raising of voices in religious and sociopolitical contexts; and on the perception of voice in literary works and scientific experiments with acoustics. Emphasizing human subjects, this focus on voice allows the authors to explore the multifaceted issues that shaped London, from the anxiety surrounding the city’s importance in the musical world at large to the changing vocal imaginations that permeated the epoch. Capturing the breadth of sonic stimulations and cultures available—and sometimes unavoidable—to residents at the time, London Voices, 1820–1840 sheds new light on music in Britain and the richness of London culture during this period.

Author : John Sullivan Dwight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Music
ISBN : MINN:31951001930010L

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Dwight's Journal of Music by John Sullivan Dwight Pdf

Author : Sara Towe Horsfall,Jan-Martijn Meij,Meghan Probstfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317255833

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Music Sociology by Sara Towe Horsfall,Jan-Martijn Meij,Meghan Probstfield Pdf

Music Sociology explores 16 different genres to demonstrate that music everywhere reflects social values, organisational processes, meanings and individual identity. Presenting original ethnographic research, the contributors use descriptions of subcultures to explain the concepts of music sociology, including the rituals that link people to music, the past and each other. Music Sociology introduces the sociology of music to those who may not be familiar with it and provides a basic historical perspective on popular music in America and beyond.

Author : Frederick J. Marker,Lise-Lone Marker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996-09-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521392373

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A History of Scandinavian Theatre by Frederick J. Marker,Lise-Lone Marker Pdf

A balanced and authoritative account of the theatrical history of all three Scandinavian countries.

Author : John S. Dwight
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783375056735

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Dwight's Journal of Music by John S. Dwight Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

Author : AnnaHarwell Celenza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351564229

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Hans Christian Andersen and Music by AnnaHarwell Celenza Pdf

Hans Christian Andersen was the most prominent Danish author of the nineteenth century. Now known primarily for his fairy tales, during his lifetime he was equally famous for his novels, travelogues, poetry, and stage works, and it was through these genres that he most often reflected on the world around him. With the bicentennial of Andersen's birth in 2005, there is still much about the writer that is not yet common knowledge. This book explores a single aspect of that void - his interest in and relationship to the musical culture of nineteenth-century Europe. Why look to Andersen for information about music? To begin, Andersen had a musical background. He enjoyed a brief career as an opera singer and dancer at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, and in later years he went on to produce opera libretti for the Danish and German stage. Andersen was also an avid music devotee. He made thirty major European tours during his seventy years, and on each of these trips he regularly attended opera and concert performances, recording his impressions in a series of travel diaries. In short, Andersen was a well-informed listener, and as this book reveals, his reflections on the music of his age serve as valuable sources for the study of music reception in the nineteenth century. Over the course of his life, Andersen embraced and then later rejected performers such as Maria Malibran, Franz Liszt, and Ole Bull, and his interest in opera and instrumental music underwent a series of dramatic transformations. In his final years, Andersen promoted figures as disparate as Wagner and Mendelssohn, while strongly objecting to Brahms. Although such changes in taste might be interpreted as indiscriminate by modern-day readers, this study shows that such shifts in opinion were not contradictory, but rather quite logical given the social and cultural climate of the age.

Author : Janet Sturman
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 6589 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781506353388

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The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture by Janet Sturman Pdf

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture presents key concepts in the study of music in its cultural context and provides an introduction to the discipline of ethnomusicology, its methods, concerns, and its contributions to knowledge and understanding of the world's musical cultures, styles, and practices. The diverse voices of contributors to this encyclopedia confirm ethnomusicology's fundamental ethos of inclusion and respect for diversity. Combined, the multiplicity of topics and approaches are presented in an easy-to-search A-Z format and offer a fresh perspective on the field and the subject of music in culture. Key features include: Approximately 730 signed articles, authored by prominent scholars, are arranged A-to-Z and published in a choice of print or electronic editions Pedagogical elements include Further Readings and Cross References to conclude each article and a Reader’s Guide in the front matter organizing entries by broad topical or thematic areas Back matter includes an annotated Resource Guide to further research (journals, books, and associations), an appendix listing notable archives, libraries, and museums, and a detailed Index The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and Cross References combine for thorough search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic edition

Author : Liam Maloy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351334099

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Spinning the Child by Liam Maloy Pdf

Spinning the Child examines music for children on records, radio and television by assessing how ideals of entertainment, education, ‘the child’ and ‘the family’ have been communicated through folk music, the BBC’s children’s radio broadcasting, the children’s songs of Woody Guthrie, Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and Bagpuss, the contemporary children’s music industry and other case studies. The book provides the first sustained critical overview of recorded music for children, its production and dissemination. The music, lyrics and sonics of hundreds of recorded songs are analysed with reference to their specific social, historical and technological contexts. The chapters expose the attitudes, morals and desires that adults have communicated both to and about the child through the music that has been created and compiled for children. The musical representations of age, race, class and gender reveal how recordings have both reflected and shaped transformations in discourses of childhood. This book is recommended for scholars in the sociology of childhood, the sociology of music, ethnomusicology, music education, popular musicology, children’s media and related fields. Spinning the Child’s emphasis on the analysis of musical, lyrical and sonic texts in specific contexts suggests its value as both a teaching and research resource.

Author : John Shepherd,David Horn
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781441160782

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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8 by John Shepherd,David Horn Pdf

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Author : Keith Hatschek,Veronica A. Wells
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538111444

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Historical Dictionary of the American Music Industry by Keith Hatschek,Veronica A. Wells Pdf

The US music industry is an exciting, fast-paced, marketplace which brings together creative and business interests to connect artists with audiences. This book traces the history of the music industry from the Colonial era to the present day, identifying trends and the innovative leaders who have shaped its course. This volume embraces the diversity of the American music industry, spanning classical to country and hip hop to heavy metal. Historical Dictionary of the American Music Industry contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes that provide a comprehensive directory of college music business programs and a listing of all relevant music industry trade associations, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important artists, managers, companies, industry terminology and significant trade associations. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the business of music.

Author : Cristina Magaldi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199744770

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Music and Cosmopolitanism by Cristina Magaldi Pdf

In Music and Cosmopolitanism, Cristina Magaldi examines music making in a past globalized world. This volume focuses on one city, Rio de Janeiro, and how it became part of a larger world through music and performance. Magaldi describes a process of creating connections beyond national borders, one that is familiar to contemporary city residents, but which was already dominant at the turn of the 20th century, as new technological developments led to alternative ways of making and experiencing music.