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Beat Sound, Beat Vision - The Beat Spirit and Popular Song (Paperback): Laurence Coupe Beat Sound, Beat Vision - The Beat Spirit and Popular Song (Paperback)
Laurence Coupe
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

There have been books on the Beats; there have been books on the Beatles; but there has not been a book linking the two. Ditto Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan. Nor has there been a study of this range of writers and songwriters, in relation to a central vision. This, then, is the first sustained study of the spiritual revolution made by the Beats and of its impact on popular song. This book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision which influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term 'Beat Zen', and who influenced the counterculture which emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a 'beatific' vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are new, detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, but the range and depth of the Beat legacy within popular song is indicated by way of an overview of some important innovators: Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Van Morrison and Nick Drake. Beat Sound, Beat Vision will appeal to all devotees of the Beats and of the songwriters who emerged in the seminal decade of the 1960s. It will also prove useful to students of literature, of pop music and of religion.

Gluck and His Operas - with an Account of Their Relation to Musical Art (Hardcover, Ltd Spec Ed.): Gluck and His Operas - with an Account of Their Relation to Musical Art (Hardcover, Ltd Spec Ed.)
R2,214 R2,045 Discovery Miles 20 450 Save R169 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Social History of English Music (Paperback): Eric David Mackerness A Social History of English Music (Paperback)
Eric David Mackerness
R1,507 Discovery Miles 15 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-One Celebrated Operas (Hardcover): Charles Annesley The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-One Celebrated Operas (Hardcover)
Charles Annesley
R1,186 Discovery Miles 11 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Philip V. Bohlman Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Philip V. Bohlman
R4,514 Discovery Miles 45 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the grandest music spectacle anywhere in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest -- Philip V. Bohlman reveals the ways in which music and nationalism intersect in the shaping of the New Europe. Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe begins with the emergence of the European nation-state in the Middle Ages and extends across long periods during which Europe's nations used music to compete for land and language, and to expand the colonial reach of Europe to the entire world. Bohlman contrasts the "national" and the "nationalist" in music, examining the ways in which their impact on society can be positive and negative -- beneficial for European cultural policy and dangerous in times when many European borders are more fragile than ever. The New Europe of the twenty-first century is more varied, more complex, and more politically volatile than ever, and its music resonates fully with these transformations.

Information Sources in Music (Hardcover): Lewis Foreman Information Sources in Music (Hardcover)
Lewis Foreman
R5,848 Discovery Miles 58 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From medieval chorales, to light operetta, to electronically generated 'musique concrete', this title offers meticulous coverage of musical composition and criticism, past and present.

"Information Sources in Music" is an easy-to-use, evaluative guide to the wide range of published sources of information available. Arranged by subject, each entry includes a brief description of the source, frequency of publication, and price and serial information where appropriate. As a time-saving resource this title will enable researchers to go straight to the information they need, indicating the range of sources available and offering a means of assessing which are the most useful. Includes Index.

Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory (Paperback): D. M. Withers Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory (Paperback)
D. M. Withers
R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory presents Kate Bush as you have never seen her before. Here is the polymorphously perverse Kate, the witchy Kate, the queer Kate; the Kate who moves beyond the mime.Drawing on cutting edge feminist philosophy, critical theory and queer studies, Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory makes theory accessible to new audiences. Through analysis of the music, film, video and dance of Kate Bush, it breaks down boundaries between the academic and popular, showing that theory can be sordid, funny and relevant - despite what most people think.

Rock and Roll Comics - The Pink Floyd Experience (Hardcover): Jay Sanford Rock and Roll Comics - The Pink Floyd Experience (Hardcover)
Jay Sanford
R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-drumming Community in Ghana - Our Music Has Become a Divine Spirit (Hardcover, New Ed): James... Female Voices from an Ewe Dance-drumming Community in Ghana - Our Music Has Become a Divine Spirit (Hardcover, New Ed)
James Burns
R4,639 Discovery Miles 46 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ewe dance-drumming has been extensively studied throughout the history of ethnomusicology, but up to now there has not been a single study that addresses Ewe female musicians. James Burns redresses this deficiency through a detailed ethnography of a group of female musicians from the Dzigbordi community dance-drumming club from the rural town of Dzodze, located in South-Eastern Ghana. Dzigbordi was specifically chosen because of the author's long association with the group members, and because it is part of a genre known as adekede, or female songs of redress, where women musicians critique gender relations in society. Burns uses audio and video interviews, recordings of rehearsals and performances and detailed collaborative analyses of song texts, dance routines and performance practice to address important methodological shifts in ethnomusicology that outline a more humanistic perspective of music cultures. This perspective encompasses the inter-linkages between history, social processes and individual creative artists. The voices of Dzigbordi women provide us not only with a more complete picture of Ewe music-making, they further allow us to better understand the relationship between culture, social life and individual creativity. The book will therefore appeal to those interested in African Studies, Gender Studies and Oral Literature, as well as ethnomusicology. Includes documentary on the downloadable resources.

Saint-Saens (Hardcover): Arthur Hervey Saint-Saens (Hardcover)
Arthur Hervey
R2,213 R2,044 Discovery Miles 20 440 Save R169 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hollywood Film Music Reader (Hardcover, New): Mervyn Cooke The Hollywood Film Music Reader (Hardcover, New)
Mervyn Cooke
R3,509 Discovery Miles 35 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A rich and informative look at the experiences of composers working under high pressure in the US film industry, The Hollywood Film Music Reader brings readers from film's earliest days to the modern blockbuster era. Beginning with the origins of movie music in the heyday of silent film, the book traces film music's progress through Hollywood's so-called Golden Age to changes in musical styles and working practices from the 1960s to the present. Also included are vivid first-hand accounts from composers such as George Antheil, Elmer Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Adolph Deutsch, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Thomas Newman, Andr Previn, David Raksin, Mikl?'s R zsa, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams, along with testimonies from composers working in animation and documentary film. The book concludes with a section of criticism and commentary, including an essay on film music by Sidney Lumet and Igor Stravinsky's provocative views on the subject.

One Night Stand Series, 1-1001 (Hardcover, New): Harry Mackenzie, Lothar Polomski One Night Stand Series, 1-1001 (Hardcover, New)
Harry Mackenzie, Lothar Polomski
R2,469 R2,243 Discovery Miles 22 430 Save R226 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The One Night Stand Series broadcasts from 1943 to 1965 made the United States Armed Forces Radio Service the biggest music producer the world has ever known. Played over both military and civilian radio stations in many countries, most Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcasts were sheer entertainment but they kept memories of home alive for American Service men and women around the globe. The 30-minute One Night Stand transcriptions included live broadcasts or remotes from all the popular ballrooms and hotels in the United States. Every type of band such as Hawaiian, Latin, novelty, sweet, dance, swing, jazz, large, small, black, and white was represented. Found here is the Regular Series up to 1001--to round off a mastering week. The Fill Series and the Popular Music Replacement Series, also found here, ran concurrently with the main series. A small number of transcriptions missing from the official libraries have not been included but otherwise compilers Harry Mackenzie and Lothar Polomski have gathered together every available shred of information for this exhaustive volume. Besides a history of the Armed Forces Radio Service and the Regular, Fill, and Popular series, the book contains a list of unidentified programs, five separate appendixes, and two indexes. The book begins with an extensively researched history of the Special Service Division of the Armed Forces that oversaw the production of the transcribed broadcasts and facilitated their distribution globally. Included here is a detailed discussion of the methods and materials of transcription and reproduction as well as a history of the American Forces Network: its spread and current status. Then follow the discographies for the Regular Series, Fill Series, Popular Music Replacement Series, and Unidentified Programmes. Five appendixes contain information such as location addresses, a directory of bandleaders, themes, and commercial issues by country of origin. There are also two separate band indexes. This is a singular reference for anyone seeking information about the music of the World War II and post-war eras.

From The Inside - A Backdrop to the Music of My Life (Hardcover): Russ DiBella From The Inside - A Backdrop to the Music of My Life (Hardcover)
Russ DiBella
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

RUSS DiBELLA is a leisure-pursuit writer and musician with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications / Journalism from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). As an avid reader and writer who has written everything from inspired works of poetry, prose and song lyrics to the more unyielding requirements of professional documents and freelance feature articles (with a concentration on concert reviews) during the past twenty-five years, he offers this first book as a culmination of all his writing experiences to date. Professionally, DiBella has been in outside sales for nearly twenty years and resides in Southern New Jersey with his wife and twin daughters.

Anthology for Musical Analysis, International Edition (Spiral bound, International Edition): Charles Burkhart, William Rothstein Anthology for Musical Analysis, International Edition (Spiral bound, International Edition)
Charles Burkhart, William Rothstein
R1,287 R1,201 Discovery Miles 12 010 Save R86 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A landmark collection of over 200 complete musical compositions and movements, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, ANTHOLOGY FOR MUSICAL ANALYSIS, International Edition offers first- and second-year music theory students a wealth of illustrations of chords, voice-leading techniques, and forms, plus some material for figured-bass realization and score reading. Because this book takes no theoretical position, it is adaptable to any theoretical approach and to any type of curriculum, including those that combine theory study with music literature and the history of musical style.

Translation and Music (Paperback): Sebnem Susam-Sarajeva Translation and Music (Paperback)
Sebnem Susam-Sarajeva
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Popular and multimodal forms of cultural products are becoming increasingly visible within translation studies research. Interest in translation and music, however, has so far been relatively limited, mainly because translation of musical material has been considered somewhat outside the limits of translation studies, as traditionally conceived. Difficulties associated with issues such as the 'musicality' of lyrics, the fuzzy boundaries between translation, adaptation and rewriting, and the pervasiveness of covert or unacknowledged translations of musical elements in a variety of settings have generally limited the research in this area to overt and canonized translations such as those done for the opera.

Yet the intersection of translation and music can be a fascinating field to explore, and one which can enrich our understanding of what translation is and how it relates to other forms of expression. This special issue is an attempt to open up the field of translation and music to a wider audience within translation studies, and to an extent, within musicology and cultural studies.

The volume includes contributions from a wide range of musical genres and languages: from those that investigate translation and code-switching in North African rap and rai, and the intertextual and intersemiotic translations revolving around Mahler's lieder in Chinese, to the appropriation and after-life of Kurdish folk songs in Turkish, and the emergence of rock'n roll in Russian. Other papers examine the reception of Anglo-American stage musicals and musical films in Italy and Spain, the concept of 'singability' with examples from Scandinavian languages, and the French dubbing of musical episodes of TV series. The volume also offers an annotated bibliography on opera translation and a general bibliography on translation and music.

Queer Blues (Hardcover): Darryl W. Bullock Queer Blues (Hardcover)
Darryl W. Bullock
R230 Discovery Miles 2 300 Ships in 15 - 30 working days

From the very beginning, the blues has had a close connection with the LGBTQ community. There is a long and decorated history of so-called 'dirty blues' songs, stretching back beyond the earliest attempts to capture the blues on record. The 1920s and 30s saw the release of dozens of raunchy, bawdy blues recordings aimed at a knowing LGBTQ audience. Queer Blues tells the story of the pioneering LGBTQ composers and entertainers that wrote, performed and recorded these wonderfully outlandish, life-affirming songs and chronicles, including: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Josephine Baker to Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon and many more. This is the definitive account of the LGBTQ trailblazers of early blues and a fascinating consideration of the intersection between music and LGBTQ history, from the award-winning Darryl W. Bullock.

Working with Sound - The Future of Audio Work in Interactive Entertainment (Paperback): Rob Bridgett Working with Sound - The Future of Audio Work in Interactive Entertainment (Paperback)
Rob Bridgett
R1,106 Discovery Miles 11 060 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Working with Sound is an exploration of the ever-changing working practices of audio development in the era of hybrid collaboration in the games industry. Through learnings from the pre-pandemic remote and isolated worlds of audio work, sound designers, composers and dialogue designers find themselves equipped uniquely to thrive in the hybrid, remote, and studio-based realms of today's fast-evolving working landscapes. With unique insights into navigating the worlds of isolation and collaboration, this book explores ways of thinking and working in this world, equipping the reader with inspiration to sustainably tackle the many stages of the development process. Working with Sound is an essential guide for professionals working in dynamic audio teams of all sizes, as well as the designers, producers, artists, animators and programmers who collaborate closely with their colleagues working on game audio and sound.

Gary Numan, An International Scrapbook - 1977-1984 (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Paul Sutton Gary Numan, An International Scrapbook - 1977-1984 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Paul Sutton
R1,939 Discovery Miles 19 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
World Music Compilation (Paperback): Teo Vincent IV World Music Compilation (Paperback)
Teo Vincent IV
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Combines World Music Class, Vincent Trio Scores, Soul + Salsa = Soulsa and Barry's Songs

Singer And Accompanist - The Performance Of Fifty Songs (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition): Gerald Moore Singer And Accompanist - The Performance Of Fifty Songs (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Gerald Moore
R989 Discovery Miles 9 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

SINGER AND ACCOMPANIST The Performance of Fifty Songs SINGER AND ACCOMPANIST The Performance of Fifty Songs by GERALD MOORE METHUEN CO. LTD. LONDON 36 Essex Street, Strand, W. C. 2 To ENID PREFACE IT has not been my intention in the following pages to attempt critical analyses of the fifty songs under review although an analytical note may occasionally have crept in but rather to explain how the execu tants might sing and play them above all to suggest lines they could think along when practising, rehearsing, and performing them. I hope the word suggest 5 will be noted. I have used it advisedly for there are many roads to heaven and while I am confident that my road will not lead to destruction, I do not claim that it is the only way. Let him who disagrees with my ideas make his own investigation and find out what suits him best. I shall be happy if this book has this stimulating effect. I believe that equal consideration has been given to the two partners, but if more attention than is usual in a book on song interpret ation has been bestowed on the accompaniment I make no apology it has been done for the good of the song and should prove of ultimate benefit to the singer. There is no law, human or divine said Ernest Newman in 1907, c to compel the composer to limit his expressiveness to the voice alone. The Schubert, Wolf, Faure songs to mention three composers at random included here can be called great songs. To the question What are Beethovens Mailied, Rachmaninoffs Spring Waters, Hahns Offrande doing in such distinguished company 5 I would answer that the first song presents difficulties to the singer a the second teases the pianist, while the Hahn song is intriguing if only forits wide dissimilarity to the undeniably finer settings of the same poem by Debussy and Faur6. The only rule I observed when selecting my fifty songs was that they should be interesting interesting either for their intrinsic worth or for the problems they pose for the singer or the accompanist or both partners. The reader who is indulgent enough to imagine there is any benefit to be reaped by a study of this book, should dip into it rather than attempt to read it steadily from cover to cover. Let him see which of these songs he possesses and then after numbering the bars on his score to help him follow me on my wanderings through the song have his music beside him as he reads. He will thus be in a much better vii Vlll SINGER AND ACCOMPANIST position to laugh with me or at me to see how unerringly I hit the nail on the head or how lamentable is my aim. To two great friends I would like to express my deep gratitude to Mr. L. A. G. Strong for his encouragement and patience ever since he approached me with the idea of this book, and to Mr. Alec Robertson for his invaluable and constructive criticism on its completion. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i WISH to express my thanks to Miss Astra Desmond and to Messrs. Richard Capell, Martin Cooper, and Ernest Newman for permission to quote from their writings to Mr. G. Bernard Brophy for his trouble and kindness in the selection of gramophone records to Noel Douglas Ltd., publishers, for allowing me to reprint the excerpt from Monsieur Croche 5 and finally to all the publishers enumerated at the end of each song for their generous co-operation in allowing me to reprint so many musical illustrations. London 1953 G. M...

Everybody Hertz - The Amazing World of Frequency, from Bad Vibes to Good Vibrations (Hardcover, Main): Richard Mainwaring Everybody Hertz - The Amazing World of Frequency, from Bad Vibes to Good Vibrations (Hardcover, Main)
Richard Mainwaring
R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Once you start reading this utterly fascinating book it is nigh impossible to put it down ... This is a gem' Dame Evelyn Glennie Vic Tandy was a level-headed scientist, but there was no denying it: at this late hour in his lonely lab at Coventry University, he kept seeing a grey apparition out of the corner of his eye. Bathed in a cold sweat, his heart pounding in his chest, he questioned his own rational mind - could this really be a supernatural encounter? What on Earth could be sending such an eerie shudder through his body? Strange frequencies are all around us - in fact, there may be no limit to the marvellous power of vibration. So catch a wave with musical adventurer Richard Mainwaring and take a wild ride across the keys of his infinite piano. Along the way, you'll join the quest for the world's loneliest whale, whose tragically out-of-tune song has haunted oceanographers for decades. You'll discover what strange melodies are hidden in rats' whiskers and rainbows. And you'll find out how vibrations good and bad govern more or less everything around you.

Music on My Beat - An Intimate Volume of Shop Talk (Hardcover): Hyman H. Taubman Music on My Beat - An Intimate Volume of Shop Talk (Hardcover)
Hyman H. Taubman
R1,929 R1,728 Discovery Miles 17 280 Save R201 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bing Crosby - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): John R. Osterholm Bing Crosby - A Bio-Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
John R. Osterholm
R2,467 R2,241 Discovery Miles 22 410 Save R226 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bing Crosby recorded nearly 2,000 songs, appeared in more than 100 films, starred in radio shows for nearly 30 years, and remained a hit on television for 25 years. He produced the best-selling record of all time, was the nation's leading film star for a record five years, and was voted one of the most influential Americans of the century by LIFE magazine. This book is a detailed guide to Crosby's fascinating life and career. A biography that overviews and discusses the most important events, influences, and achievements in Crosby's life. The chapters that follow present a full record of his work in film, radio, and the recording industry. Each chapter is devoted to his work in a particular medium, and individual entries for each of his performances describe his work and comment upon it. An extensive bibliography lists books and articles about Crosby, and many entries assess the value of these works.

Love Dances - Loss and Mourning in Intercultural Collaboration (Hardcover): SanSan Kwan Love Dances - Loss and Mourning in Intercultural Collaboration (Hardcover)
SanSan Kwan
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Love Dances: Loss and Mourning in Intercultural Collaboration explores global relationality within the realm of intercultural collaboration in contemporary dance. Author SanSan Kwan looks specifically at duets, focusing on "East" "West" pairings, and how dance artists from different cultural and movement backgrounds -Asia, the Asian diaspora, Europe, and the United States; trained in contemporary dance, hip hop, flamenco, Thai classical dance, kabuki, and butoh - find ways to collaborate. Kwan acknowledges the forces of dissension, prejudice, and violence present in any contact zone, but ultimately asserts that choreographic invention across difference can be an act of love in the face of loss and serve as a model for difficult, imaginative, compassionate global affiliation. Love Dances contends that the practice and performance of dance serves as a revelatory site for working across culture. Body-to-body interaction on the stage carries the potential to model everyday encounters across difference in the world.

Unsophisticated Verses and Lyrics (Hardcover): Filton Hebbard Unsophisticated Verses and Lyrics (Hardcover)
Filton Hebbard
R738 R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The author has always thought that poems should be written in a manner that is readable and understood at all levels of education. Furthermore, he believes they should contain a message that induces the reader to think on aspects of life outside his/her own sphere of activity, as well as gaining some pleasure when so doing. For poetry (as is the case in the majority of modern poetry) to consist of a conglomeration of words that do not correlate makes the author think that the poet is sometimes misguidedly interested in proving that the poet should be regarded as some special brand of intelligentsia. For him that is talent wasted. The poems presented in this volume are eminently readable and express meaning and feeling directly and honestly. As for Lyrics

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