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Visions of the Village offers a nuanced account of the cultural history, political salience, and social resonances of Czech village operas, especially those by composers Bed%rich Smetana, Antonín Dvo%rák, and Leoš Janácek. By examining music-critical writings,...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-18
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A fast-paced, tender-hearted rock 'n' roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell's life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike...
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Constable
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2025-03-18
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Jerome Kern’s Jewel Box shows how the integration of spoken and sung performances in Kern's early musicals reveals new connections between musical theater scores and “straight” (spoken) theater. Kern’s scores are foundational to the American musical, and subsequent...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2025-03-18
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El amor brujo (trans. "Love, the Magician") is a theater work by the Spanish classical composer Manuel de Falla. It showcases flamenco, the music of the Gitanos who traditionally form Spain's underclass. When it premiered in Spain in 1915, it proved controversial: some...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-14
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A lively and imaginative exploration of the career and music of the Rocket Man
Elton John is not only "still standing," he is a living superlative, the ultimate record-breaking, award-winning survivor of the great era of pop and rock music that he helped to shape...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-11
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Composer, pianist, teacher, and social-justice activist Margaret Bonds fought against racism, sexism, and economic injustice throughout her career, amassing a portfolio of social-justice compositions unrivalled in eloquence and originality which challenged longstanding...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-11
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The State of Afterness traces the histories and cultural histories of contemporary music in Israel since the 1980s and through the 2020s. With afterness defined as the state of being unconditioned by territorialism while opting for previously unavailable temporalities...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-11
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This book explores some of the various ways in which hip hop has tragically and perilously been misused by scholars and how the study of hip hop often entrenches antiblackness as well as other social problematics. In the end, the book is a collection that provides...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2025-03-08
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From 1981 to 1994, music patron and art collector Betty Freeman (1921--2009) hosted a series of monthly musicales, or salons, in Los Angeles. Most of these salons were held in a room off the den of Freeman's Beverly Hills home--a space she dubbed "the music room."...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-07
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Swifties have taken the world by storm.As Taylor Swift's profile has grown, as has her legion of fans, and they're now one of the biggest and most influential fanbases in the world. Over 50% of US adults now count themselves as fans of Taylor, so the Swiftie-verse is...
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OH
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2025-03-06
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Volcanic Tongue presents the first ever collection of multi-award-winning author David Keenan's music writings. Keenan has been writing about music since publishing his first fanzine, inspired by The Pastels and by Glasgow (and Airdrie's) DIY music scene, in 1988. Since...
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White Rabbit
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2025-03-06
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Pink Floyd are firmly in the pantheon of all-time great rock bands, with their name as well known and well respected now as it was 50 years ago. And with such legendary albums as The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall still adored today, you can betPink Floyd will still...
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OH
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2025-03-06
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Hector Berlioz's Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts, 1837) remains a fixture in the repertoire of choirs and orchestras today. Since 2003, it has been performed in its entirety over one hundred times and has appeared on concert programs spanning the globe: from Russia to...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-03-03
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The first biography of arguably the most influential gospel artist of the 20th century, brought to life through interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family
Gospel singer and seven-time Grammy winner Andraé Crouch (1942-2015) hardly needs introduction. His...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-03-03
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Mathias Kissel beschreibt in diesem Buch ein atemberaubendes Phänomen, das sich in der Dramaturgie geistlicher Konzerte beobachten lässt: Zwischen den Werken, die in demselben Konzert erklingen, entsteht ein intertextuelles Gewebe, dass zunächst eine...
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J.B. Metzler
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2025-02-28
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One of the most-streamed female artists of all time, Ariana Grande is the voice of her generation. From her breakout on Broadway to her victorious path dominating the charts with R&B bops and stunning ballads, Ariana has cemented her place as one of the greatest voices...
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OH
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2025-02-27
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Konzertvideos erfreuen sich wachsender Beliebtheit, doch das Rezeptionserleben dieser Formate ist bislang wenig erforscht. Dieses Buch geht der Frage nach, wie das Gefühl, „vor Ort“ zu sein, das emotionale Erleben dieser Videos beeinflusst. Im...
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Springer VS
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2025-02-27
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A deep dive into the music and songwriting of the world's greatest heavy metal band: Metallica.A must-read for any metalhead, Metallica: The Stories Behind the Songs breaks down the writing and recording of every track from each of the band's studio albums, including...
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Welbeck
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2025-02-27
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Stories Behind the Songs
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Notes for Oboists: A Guide to the Repertoire is an essential resource for professional, amateur, and student oboists that collects the important historical and analytical information for thirty-five of the best-known pieces composed for the instrument. These works span...
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Oxford University Press
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2025-02-24
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This book is interdisciplinary in nature and examines the debate over beauty in twentieth-century art. It synthesizes artistic phenomena and composers’ aesthetic attitudes considering the ideological and social contexts of music from the twentieth and twenty-first...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2025-02-21
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