| |
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth, this first critical biography of Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952) offers fascinating new insights into the life and work of an important opera composer, seventeen years younger than Puccini, who became internationally famous...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-06-13
PDF, ePub
|
With billions of streams, millions of fans and record-breaking achievements, Sabrina Carpenter has captivated hearts across the globe.With a journey that began on Broadway, flourished on Disney Channel's Girl Meets World and has landed in the music industry, Sabrina has...
Editeur :
OH
Parution :
2025-06-05
ePub
|
Topic theory examines the lexicon of conventions that emerged in the late eighteenth century through which composers evoked dances, marches, hunting, the pastoral, and the supernatural. While scholars have explored ad hoc applications of the theory in later repertories,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-06-04
PDF, ePub
|
Opera has long been known for its ability to be used as a tool for colonial expression. But it is increasingly used to narrate histories of colonial trauma, oppression, and struggle. What does it mean for a colonial form to represent the experiences of those it used to...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-05-27
PDF, ePub
|
African music’s most distinctive feature is the urbatextuality that transpires through its diversity and plural functions and the specific geographical, cultural, religious, linguistic, political, economic, and social contexts from which it evolves. This music and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-05-26
PDF, ePub
|
Experience the K-Pop phenomenon of BTS in this best-selling fanbook - FULLY UPDATED!BTS are much more than just a group of seven talented individuals, they are a band acclaimed for their record-smashing, barrier-breaking, trend-setting dance-pop and hip-hop tunes and...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-20
Collection :
The Ultimate Fan Book
ePub
|
***A ROLLING STONE BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2025*** The untold story of OC punk—the loud, rebellious force behind the ‘90s explosion of the Orange County music scene, featuring stories about legendary bands. When it comes to punk communities across the...
Editeur :
Da Capo
Parution :
2025-05-20
ePub
|
Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers, written by Laura Kafka-Price and Maksymilian Krzak, offers approachable and consistent explanations ofPolish language pronunciation. The book presents the sounds of Polish, along with essential information on relevant aspects of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-05-16
PDF, ePub
|
Symphonic music of the early twentieth century reflects the complex, cosmopolitan world it inhabited. In a time of waning empire, rising nationalism, and heightened sexual politics, composers in Germany, Britain, and America drew upon the compositional resources of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-05-09
PDF, ePub
|
Through a wealth of archival documents and printed materials, Entangled Histories shows how, over the first half of the nineteenth century, opera helped redefine questions of collective identity in the Austrian empire, serving as a testing ground for, among others,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-05-09
PDF, ePub
|
In Brian May's Red Special you will discover everything about Brian May's unique, home-made guitar. Brian reveals all, from the guitar's origins to playing on the roof of Buckingham Palace, from Live Aid to the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the set...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
ePub
Offre spéciale
-69%
12,99€
|
An original telling of the Fab Four's story. This informative work tells the story of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr from the band's formative days in Hamburg to the split in 1970. General Editor Brian Southall, a former Press Officer at...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
ePub
Offre spéciale
-69%
12,99€
|
Billie Eilish - The Essential Fan Guide tells the story of one of the most unique and exciting pop stars on the planet. Follow the rise and rise ofBillie - and her producer brother Finneas O'Connell - from bedroom singer to festival headliner with the No. 1 album in the...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
ePub
Offre spéciale
-69%
12,99€
|
Elvis passed away in 1977 but his spirit lives on. His records still sell, his movies are still hugely popular and his concerts are still discussed by new generations of fans. TheElvis Presley estate has tens of thousands of photographs and miles of video footage from...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
ePub
|
The lyrics to the songs of the Beatles read like poetry. This book treats them as such, and illustrates each track artistically, paying careful attention to detail and high design standards.The stories, themes and ideas behind nearly 200 songs are explored in this...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
ePub
Offre spéciale
-80%
19,99€
|
INCLUDES COMPLETE JOHN LENNON LYRICS FOR THE FIRST TIMELennon's life after the Beatles was eventful and fascinating. He moved from stardom in the world's biggest pop group to global peace campaigner and figurehead for radical causes. He left England for a new life in...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-05-08
ePub
Offre spéciale
-80%
19,99€
|
"Jolene" is one of Dolly Parton's most well-known and beloved songs. Released in 1974 as the title song of Dolly's thirteenth studio album, it has become a cultural phenomenon. Often seen as a cheating song,"Jolene" is compelling because of its ambiguity: Who is Jolene?...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-05-02
PDF, ePub
|
The Dies Irae is a melody that composers of film music have employed in hundreds of films, ranging from Metropolis to The Shining, and Star Wars. It is a product of more than 800 years of musical transformation, finding purchase in a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-04-30
PDF, ePub
|
In Socialism Now: Singing Activism after Yugoslavia, Ana Hofman embarks on a captivating journey through singing, songs, and other cultural expressions to trace the recent recuperation of socialist ideas and experiences in the post-Yugoslav context. Combining historical...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-04-29
PDF, ePub
|
No Future. Punk is Dead. That is what was sung and said. Yet as we approach 50 years of punk rock, it still endures, and sometime thrives. From 'White riot' to Pussy Riot, Never Mind the Bollocks to Nevermind, DIY to never gonna die, punk rock has marked or stained-it...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-04-29
PDF, ePub
|