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Teaching the Postsecondary Music Student with Disabilities provides
valuable information and practical strategies for teaching the
college music student. With rising numbers of students with
disabilities in university music schools, professors are being
asked to accommodate students in their studios, classes, and
ensembles. Most professors have little training or experience in
teaching students with disabilities. This book provides a resource
for creating an inclusive music education for students who audition
and enter music school. Teaching the Postsecondary Music Student
with Disabilities covers all of the topics that all readers need to
know including law, assistive technology, high-incidence and
low-incidence disabilities, providing specific details on the
disability and how it impacts the learning of the music student.
1911. The plots of eighty-eight operas, grand, romantic, and light,
actively in the repertoire of the producing managers within the
last few years, are retold here in clear, concise form. Data
relative to the history, composer, first production, and cast of
characters of each opera are included. The work is designed both
for opera-goers and for those living outside of the large cities
who wish to have a knowledge of the standard productions.
This book investigates the relationship between musical Modernism
and German cinema. It paves the way for anunorthodox path of
research, one which has been little explored up until now. The main
figures of musical Modernism, from Alban Berg to Paul Hindemith,
and from Richard Strauss to Kurt Weill, actually had a significant
relationship with cinema. True, it was a complex and contradictory
relationship in which cinema often emerged more as an aesthetic
point of reference than an objective reality; nonetheless, the
reception of the language and aesthetic of cinema had significant
influence on the domain of music. Between 1913 and 1933, Modernist
composers' exploration of cinema reached such a degree of
pervasiveness and consistency as to become a true aesthetic
paradigm, a paradigm that sat at the very heart of the Modernist
project. In this insightful volume, Finocchiaro shows that the
creative confrontation with the avant-garde medium par excellence
can be regarded as a vector of musical Modernism: a new aesthetic
paradigm for the very process - of deliberate misinterpretation,
creative revisionism, and sometimes even intentional subversion of
the Classic-Romantic tradition - which realized the "dream of
Otherness" of the Modernist generation.
In Irma Collins' Dictionary of Music Education, readers find more
than just a lexicon. It is a journey through musical time and the
story of the evolution of music education. Dictionary of Music
Education includes entries on notable individuals, critical terms,
important events, and key organizations, offering readers a broad
survey of the field of music education. In addition to coverage of
the topic in the United States, Collins includes information on
other English-speaking regions-the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, among others-emphasizing the impact music education
researchers and organizations have had on one another across the
globe. Biographical entries encompass performing musicians and
music educators who were among the founding or first expositors or
implementers of key pedagogical tools and methods. Terms include
standard concepts in the field of music education itself and that
are used universally among them. Event and organization entries
comprise those critical to the advancement of music education
regionally, nationally and internationally. Dictionary of Music
Education also includes a timeline, cross-references, and an
extensive bibliography.This work is aimed at anyone involved in the
field of music education, from students in music education programs
and music faculty to administrators and private instructors.
This discography is successful in its attempt to `present a
complete picture of women instrumentalists' recording activity from
1913 to 1968.' Jan Leder also shows the significant contributions
made by women in jazz and their involvement playing jazz since its
beginnings. The book contains two parts: Discography of Women in
Jazz and Collective Section. The first section arranges names
alphabetically by name of player with works arranged
chronologically for each player. The second section is a
chronological listing of recordings with two or more players. It
gives date, place, name of orchestra, director, performers,
recording titles, and company. Index of performers. An excellent
resource on the subject. Reference Book Review This discography
presents as complete a picture as possible of the recording
activity of women jazz instrumentalists between 1913 and 1968. It
is divided into two sections. The first section is alphabetical by
the last name of the player and chronological within each player's
section; the second is a chronologically arranged collective
section containing information on recordings with two or more women
players. An index of all women players with references to the pages
where information on their recordings may be found completes the
volume.
Over ten years since his death, Biggie Smalls, also known as The
Notorious B.I.G., is considered one of the most influential rappers
of all time, a credit continually given by numerous hip-hop
artists. Raised in Brooklyn during the crack-cocaine boom of the
late 1970s and early 1980s, Smalls (born Christopher Wallace)
worked as a drug dealer before ultimately deciding to become a
rapper. With Sean "Puffy" Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment, Biggie
rocketed to fame as one of hip hop's most popular artists. But with
the success came controversy: the friendship-turned-feud between
Biggie and Tupac fueled the rivalry between East Coast and West
Coast hip hop, a gangsta-rap battle that many believe led to the
murder of both rappers. While still unsolved, the murder of Biggie
in 1997 sparked numerous investigations, litigation, and the
dismantling of a Los Angeles Police Department task force in what
is considered the largest scandal in LAPD history. Ten years later,
Biggie is celebrated as the King of East Coast hip hop. In this
biography author Holly Lang recounts the life, music, and legacy of
Biggie and investigates the events surrounding his murder.
The Renaissance was not a spontaneous cultural explosion, but
rather an evolution and cross-fertilization of artistic,
philosophical, and scientific principles. This reference presents
and examines the rich and varied world of music in Renaissance
Europe. Giulio Ongaro offers an advanced technical knowledge of
music, presented accessibly in a multidisciplinary approach. After
an introductory essay on the cultural backdrop of the Renaissance,
narrative chapters provide an overview of Renaissance music,
recreate the lives of Renaissance musicians, describe the different
genres of music, and explain the relationships between Renaissance
music and dance. Coverage also includes musical instruments from
the period and the business of music publishing during this period.
These chapters synthesize music theory, history, and culture into a
comprehensive narrative on music throughout Continental Europe and
the British Isles. Illustrations, chapter bibliographies, a
timeline, and a subject index complete the volume. In many ways,
this is a companion volume to Music from the Age of Shakespeare in
its accessible, interdisciplinary examination of music history.
Ongaro's volume on Renaissance Music synthesizes music theory,
history, and culture into a comprehensive narrative on music
throughout Continental Europe and the British Isles
Rap and Politics maps out fifty years of political and musical
development by exploring three specific moments of local discourse,
each a response to failures by local, state, and national
governments to address police brutality, violence, poverty, and
poor social conditions in Oakland, California and the surrounding
Bay Area. First, in the mid-1960s, Black youth responded to
repressive political and socioeconomic factors in West Oakland by
founding the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, whose
representation of violence and community aid, as well as its
radical and militant approach to Black Nationalism, became a
foundational discourse that shaped the development of rap music in
the region. Second, from the collapse of the Party in the early
1980s through the 1990s, gangster rap emerged as a form of
political expression among local youth, who drew heavily on radical
and militant elements of Panther discourse in their lyrics and
artwork. Third, hyphy music in the mid-1990s to early 2000s
continued these radical discourses and also incorporated
coordinated, subversive public behavior to the mix. The result was
a critique of endemic problems facing the local Black community,
but also an infectious subgenre of party music that gained
mainstream popularity. Overall, this study shows that the specific
types of representation created to resist problems of racism and
poverty in Oakland is actually key to understanding other rap
undergrounds, grassroots subcultures, and social movements
elsewhere. In the process, Rap and Politics offers readers a new
model focused on the development of settings, representation,
movements, discourse banks, and impact within underground rap
scenes.
A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Genuinely eye-popping.' Guardian 'Electrifying.' Kerrang
'Essential.' Classic Rock 'Required reading.' Irish Times The
must-read music book of the year, now with a brand new chapter
covering the death of Taylor Hawkins and his massive Wembley
memorial concert. In Bodies, author Ian Winwood explores the music
industry's many failures, from addiction and mental health issues
to its ongoing exploitation of artists. Much more than a touchline
reporter, Winwood also tells the story of his own mental health
collapse, following the shocking death of his father, in which
extinction-level behaviour was given perfect cover by a reckless
industry. 'This is such a shrewd, funny, psychologically
perceptive, frank, well-written, jawdropping book . Absolutely buy
and read the hell out of this.' DAVID STUBBS 'Winwood makes a
compelling argument and overturns some long-held notions about
"rock and roll excess" by deftly tying together a vast amount of
information . . . and liberally lacing it with dark,
self-deprecating humour.' ALEXIS PETRIDIS
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This early works is a fascinating composition by G.F.Handel from
the year 1746. Many of the earliest books, particularly those
dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Becca Whitla uses liberationist, postcolonial, and decolonial
methods to analyze hymns, congregational singing, and song-leading
practices. By way of this analysis, Whitla shows how congregational
singing can embody liberating liturgy and theology. Through a
series of interwoven theoretical lenses and methodological
tools-including coloniality, mimicry, epistemic disobedience,
hybridity, border thinking, and ethnomusicology-the author examines
and interrogates a range of factors in the musical sphere. From
beloved Victorian hymns to infectious Latin American coritos;
congregational singing to radical union choirs; Christian
complicity in coloniality to Indigenous ways of knowing, the
dynamic praxis-based stance of the book is rooted in the author's
lived experiences and commitments and engages with detailed
examples from sacred music and both liturgical and practical
theology. Drawing on what she calls a syncopated liberating praxis,
the author affirms the intercultural promise of communities of
faith as a locus theologicus and a place for the in-breaking of the
Holy Spirit.
Reggae music is more than just steel drum bands on white sand
beaches. Its history is rich with culture and evolution, helping to
tell the story of Jamaica's past. Due to its depth and extensive
coverage, this book the most complete and up to date encyclopedia
about reggae, mento, ska, rocksteady, and dancehall music on the
market today. Ideal for reggae lovers and college students studying
music, this encyclopedia is comprehensive for high school students
and non-music students as well. From Bob Marley to Wayne Wonder,
this easy to use encyclopedia contains over 700 entries. Indices in
both the front and back of this book make navigating through
entries extremely user-friendly. Entries cover singers and
songwriters, producers, record labels, and different styles of
music that evolved from reggae. Subjects include: BLA and M Records
BLBoom Shaka BLJimmy Cliff BLClement "Coxsone" Dodd BLJudge Dread
BLToots Hibbert BLBob Marley BLRastafarianism BLShaggy BLSka
Moskowitz truly captures the history and evolution of Jamaican
music in this extensive, illuminating encyclopedia, while all the
while making it accessible to both high school and college
students.
This early work by Miles Mark Fisher is both expensive and hard to
find in its first edition. It details the importance and meaning of
slave songs in America. This fascinating work is thoroughly
recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all with an interest
in slave music and the political history of the United States. Many
of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s
and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these
classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using
the original text and artwork.
This book is the first collection of multi-disciplinary research on
the experience of Italian-Jewish musicians and composers in Fascist
Italy. Drawing together seven diverse essays from both established
and emerging scholars across a range of fields, this book examines
multiple aspects of this neglected period of music history,
including the marginalization and expulsion of Jewish musicians and
composers from Italian theatres and conservatories after the
1938-39 Race Laws, and their subsequent exile and persecution.
Using a variety of critical perspectives and innovative
methodological approaches, these essays reconstruct and analyze the
impact that the Italian Race Laws and Fascist Italy's musical
relations with Nazi Germany had on the lives and works of Italian
Jewish composers from 1933 to 1945. These original contributions on
relatively unresearched aspects of historical musicology offer new
insight into the relationship between the Fascist regime and music.
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This is a complete guide to the history, development, people,
events, and Ideas of Hip-Hop music and culture. Hip-Hop music is
comprised of several art forms: MC-ing or rapping; B-boying or
breakdancing; deejaying; and graffiti art. This encyclopedia
examines all four of these main elements of hip-hop culture,
providing students, scholars, and music fans with a complete
history of this thirty-year old music genre. Tracing its early
roots from black DJs talking over music in the 1960s, via the B-boy
dancers in the 1970s, and the scratching and sampling techniques of
the 80s, to the founding of Def Jam productions, the current East
Cost-West Coast rivalry, and superstars such as Eminem and 50 cent,
hip-hop fans will find this an indispensable resource. The
encyclopedia includes approximately 80 photographs, discographies
after each entry, and a for further listening list at the end of
the volume. Also included is the Hip Hop Declaration of Peace.
Covering a popular topic among younger readers, this title looks
not only at hop-hop artists, but at the culture in general, and
includes approximately 80 photographs.
The musical scores of Stanley Kubrick's films are often praised as
being innovative and forward-looking. Despite playing such an
important part in his productions, however, the ways in which
Kubrick used music to great effect is still somewhat mysterious to
many viewers. Although some viewers may know a little about the
music in 2001 or A Clockwork Orange, few are aware of the
particulars behind the music in Kubrick's other films. In Listening
to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films, Christine Lee Gengaro
provides an in-depth exploration of the music that was composed for
Kubrick's films and places the pre-existent music he utilized into
historical context. Gengaro discusses the music in every single
work, from Kubrick's first films, including the documentary shorts
The Flying Padre and Day of the Fight, through all of his feature
films, from Fear and Desire to Eyes Wide Shut. No film is left out;
no cue is ignored. Besides closely examining the scores composed by
Gerald Fried for Kubrick's early works, Gengaro pays particular
attention to five of the director's most provocative and acclaimed
films-2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The
Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. For each film, she engages the reader
by explaining how the music was excerpted (and changed, in some
cases), and how the historical facts about a musical piece add
layers of meaning-sometimes unintended-to the films. Meant for film
lovers, music lovers, and scholars, Listening to Stanley Kubrick is
a thoroughly researched examination into the musical elements of
one of cinema's most brilliant artists. Appropriate for a cinema
studies or music classroom, this volume will also appeal to any fan
of Kubrick's films.
Analyzing Influences: Research on Decision Making and the Music
Education Curriculum examines influences on research in music
teacher preparation, practices, and policies. These influences
include administrators' perspectives, preservice music educators'
beliefs, and in-service teachers' practices. Invited essays offer
insights into past and present trends in music teacher preparation.
This collection of studies represents best thinking in the field
and serves as an impetus for further research and action. Each
author's analysis on the influences affecting their specific areas
provides insights into key issues affecting decision making
processes. This volume is a significant addition to the libraries
of Colleges of Education and Schools of Music, as well as an
important reference for music scholars and educators, researchers,
and graduate students who are concerned with advancing both the
scope and quality of research in the study of music teaching and
learning.
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