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In the last decades of the 17th century, the feast of Christmas in Lutheran Germany underwent a major transformation when theologians and local governments waged an early modern "war on Christmas," discouraging riotous pageants and carnivalesque rituals in favor of more...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-04
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A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval music and the...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-03
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Music and the Broadcast Experience explores the complex ways in which music and broadcasting have developed together throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first centuries. It brings into dialogue researchers working in media and music studies; explores and...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-02
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Early in his career, the composer Arnold Schoenberg maintained correspondence with many notable figures: Gustav Mahler, Heinrich Schenker, Guido Adler, Arnold Rosé, Richard Strauss, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, to name a few. In this volume of Oxford's...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-02
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When the Second World War broke out, ballet in Britain was only a few decades old. Few had imagined that it would establish roots in a nation long thought to be unresponsive to dance. Nevertheless, the war proved to be a boon for ballet dancers, choreographers and...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-01
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The 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen was a devout Roman Catholic and notably claimed that his music was an expression of his faith. Unsurprisingly, many performers and listeners consider Messiaen's strong religiosity central to their appreciation of the...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-08-01
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This is the powerful, detailed and enlightening biography of the iconic composer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - the inimitable Prince.Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no...
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Trapeze
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2016-07-28
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The Russian school of violin playing produced many of the twentieth century's leading violinists - from the famed disciples of Leopold Auer such as Jascha Heifetz, Nathan Milstein, and Mischa Elman to masters of the Soviet years such as David Oistrakh and Leonid Kogan....
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-15
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The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Western Art examines, under one umbrella, different kinds of analogies, mutual influences, integrations and collaborations of audio and visual in different art forms.The book represents state-of-the-art case studies with key...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-14
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This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, and Allegro. Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon were de...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-13
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Functional Awareness: Anatomy in Action for Dancers is where anatomy meets artistry. Each chapter provides explorations in embodied anatomy in an engaging manner with the use of images, storytelling, and experiential exercises. It is an accessible introduction to the...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-05
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Throughout Spanish colonial America, limpieza de sangre (literally, "purity of blood") determined an individual's status within the complex system of social hierarchy called casta. Within this socially stratified culture, those individuals at the top were considered to...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-01
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In Max/MSP/Jitter for Music, expert author and music technologist V. J. Manzo provides a user-friendly introduction to a powerful programming language that can be used to write custom software for musical interaction. Through clear, step-by-step instructions illustrated...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-07-01
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Notes for Flutists: A Guide to the Repertoire offers important historical and analytical information about three dozen of the best-known pieces written for the instrument. Its contextual and theoretical insights make it an essential resource for professional, amateur,...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-06-20
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Erst nach der Publikation seiner musikalischen Erzählung Ritter Gluck (1809) eröffnete sich für E. T. A. Hoffmann die Perspektive, nicht als Komponist, sondern als Schriftsteller Berühmtheit zu erlangen. Der literarische Ruhm des Schriftstellers läßt jedoch leicht...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-06-17
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Der Musik an den Welfenhöfen kam im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert eine überregionale Bedeutung zu, wie die in diesem Band vereinten Beiträge unterstreichen. Insbesondere in Wolfenbüttel und Hannover wirkten bedeutende Musiker, darunter Michael Praetorius, Heinrich Schütz,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2016-06-16
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Environmental Sound Artists: In Their Own Words is an incisive and imaginative look at the international environmental sound art movement, which emerged in the late 1960s. The term environmental sound art is generally applied to the work of sound artists who incorporate...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-06-10
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The Beatles are probably the most photographed band in history and are the subject of numerous biographical studies, but a surprising dearth of academic scholarship addresses the Fab Four. New Critical Perspectives on the Beatles offers a collection of original,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-06-09
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Despite its isolation on the western edge of Europe, Ireland occupies vast amounts of space on the music maps of the world. Although deeply rooted in time and place, Irish songs, dances and instrumental traditions have a history of global travel that span the centuries....
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Oxford University Press
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2016-06-07
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The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies offers a full overview of the histories, practices, and critical and theoretical foundations of the rapidly changing landscape of screendance. Drawing on their practices, technologies, theories, and philosophies, scholars from...
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Oxford University Press
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2016-06-03
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