Geschiedenis van de Filipijnse muziek en haar rol binnen de vorming van de nationale identiteit, alsmede de invloed van de nationale politiek op de muziekpraktijk.
A cultural history of the Philippines during the 20th century, this title focuses on the relationships between music, performance, and ideologies of the nation. Christi-Anne Castro reveals how individuals and groups negotiate with and contest the power of the Philippine state to…
The first cultural history of the Philippines during the twentieth century, Musical Renderings of the Philippine Nation focuses on the relationships between music, performance, and ideologies of nation. Spanning the hundred years from the Filipino-American War to the 1998 Centen…
Sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the World War II Leningrad siege and the years of repression and terror that preceded it. The story of the cruelties heaped by the twin monsters of the 20th century, Stalin and Hitler, on a city…
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands…
Describes the concert played in August 1942 by a cobbled-together group of starving survivors -- who were cold, sick and weak from Stalin's purges and the Nazi invasion of Russia -- which offered a glimmer of hope during the darkest days of World War II.
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands…
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands…
Traces the development of government attitudes and policies towards popular music. This book examines the development of policy under New Labour; numerous reports which have charted the economics of the industry; and the Deal for Musicians scheme and the impact of devolution on …
"Classical music was central to German national identity in the early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach and Beethoven and artists such as conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and pianist Walter Gieseking was cited by the Nazis as justification for German expa…
