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In seventeenth century Italy, overcrowding, violent political uprising, and plague led an astonishing number of abandoned and orphaned children to overwhelm the cities. Out of the piety of private citizens and the apathy of local governments, the system of conservatori...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-01-10
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Since the first edition was published in 2009, Patrik Wikström's The Music Industry has become a go-to text for students and scholars. This thoroughly updated third edition provides an international overview of the music industry and its future prospects in the world of...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-01-09
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Digital Media and Society
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The Art of Emergency charts the maneuvers of art through conflict zones across the African continent. Advancing diverse models for artistic and humanitarian alliance, the volume urges conscientious deliberation on the role of aesthetics in crisis through intellectual...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-01-03
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Multivocality frames vocality as a way to investigate the voice in music, as a concept encompassing all the implications with which voice is inscribed-the negotiation of sound and Self, individual and culture, medium and meaning, ontology and embodiment. Like identity,...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-01-02
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Richly ethnographic and a compelling read, After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy is a study of carnival, politics, and the musical engagement of ordinary citizens and celebrity musicians in contemporary Haiti. The book explores how the self-declared president of konpa...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-31
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To the tune of "Yankee Doodle," the American obsession with politics was born alongside America itself. From the end of the Revolutionary War through to the antebellum era, music made front page news and brought men to blows. Both common citizens and politiciansâeven...
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Oxford University Press
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2019-12-31
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Musical Solidarities: Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland is a music history of Solidarity, the social movement opposing state socialism in 1980s Poland. The story unfolds along crucial sites of political action under state socialism: underground...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-24
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Widely considered a classic, Beyond Talent is the "go to" guide for musicians. This newly revised and updated third edition cracks the code of how to build a creatively fulfilling career in music. With key insights into the mindset issues that often plague musicians,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-12
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With its rich but underappreciated musical heritage, Washington, D.C. is often overlooked as a cradle for punk, the birthplace of go go, and as the urban center for bluegrass in the Untied States. Capital Bluegrass: Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, D.C. richly...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-11
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Music Theory has a lot of ground to cover. Especially in introductory classes a whole range of fundamental concepts are introduced at fast pace that can never be explored in depth or detail, as other new topics become more pressing. The short time we spend with them in...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-19
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How do musical analysis and performance relate? In a unique collaborative approach to this question, theorist-pianist Daphne Leong partners with internationally renowned performers to interpret twentieth-century repertoire. Imaginative explorations of music by Ravel,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-19
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Diese Studie betrachtet die Produktion sowie Rezeption von Musik, die in mittelalterlicher Zeit eng miteinander verflochten waren. Der Minnesänger warb als «live-Medium» mit seinem «süezen sanc» im Klangraum um die Aufmerksamkeit seiner Zuhörer und bediente sich...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-14
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A Rough Trade Book of the Year 'From lists to experiences and stories, there are no rules.A good song is a good song whoever writes it and however the writing happens.'Tim Burgess is a musical maverick and legend. Over the past three decades, he has cultivated a lyrical...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2019-11-14
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Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people.But whenJimmy arrived in England and became Jimi,...
Editeur :
Trapeze
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2019-11-14
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The "Beethoven Syndrome" is the inclination of listeners to hear music as the projection of a composer's inner self. This was a radically new way of listening that emerged only after Beethoven's death. Beethoven's music was a catalyst for this change, but only in...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-11
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Since its foundation in 1875, the activities of St Patrick’s College Drumcondra and its graduates have been closely woven into the educational and cultural fabric of Irish society. This volume charts how music and music education have fulfilled a major role throughout...
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Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-11-08
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The Classical Guitar Companion is an anthology of guitar exercises, etudes, and pieces organized according to technique or musical texture. Expert author Christopher Berg, a veteran guitar instructor, bring together perspectives as an active performing artist and as a...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-08
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THE SEQUEL TOTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WHATEVER YOU SAY I AM, CHRONICLINGTHE PAST TWENTY YEARS OF RAPPER EMINEM'S LIFE, BASED ON EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITHTHE ARTIST, HIS FRIENDS, AND ASSOCIATES"A passionate look at the Detroit rapper's music . . . an expert and...
Editeur :
Da Capo
Parution :
2019-11-05
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Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2019-11-05
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The Age of Anxiety is a great rock novel, but that is one of the less important things about it.The narrator is a brilliant creation - cultured, witty and unreliable.The novel captures the craziness of the music business and displays Pete Townshend's sly sense of humour...
Editeur :
Coronet
Parution :
2019-11-05
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