Charles Dibdin and late Georgian culture
Charles Dibdin and late Georgian culture
Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was one of the most popular and influential creative forces in late Georgian Britain, producing a diversity of works that defy simple categorisation. He was an actor, lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, comedian, theatre-manager, journalist, artist,…
Soundtracks of Asian America explores how Asian Americans use music to construct narratives of self, race, class, and belonging in national and transnational spaces by considering the experiences of Asians and Asian Americans in Western classical music, U.S. popular music, and M…
"The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories …
"Beginning in the year of Prince's birth, 1958, with the recording of Minnesota's first RetB record by a North Minneapolis band called the Big M's, Got to Be Something Here traces the rise of that distinctive sound through two generations of political upheaval, rebellion, and ar…
Examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. --Publisher's description.
In Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereo…