Expanding the notion of translation, this book specifically focuses on the transferences between music and text. The concept of 'translation' is often limited solely to language transfer. It is, however, a process occurring within and around most forms of artistic expression. Mu…
In 'Revolution In The Air', Clinton Heylin recounts the story of each Bob Dylan song as it is written, giving a full appreciation of the songs themselves as well as Dylan the emerging artist.
In 'Revolution In The Air', Clinton Heylin recounts the story of each Bob Dylan song as it is written, giving a full appreciation of the songs themselves as well as Dylan the emerging artist.
In Philosophy of Song and Singing: An Introduction, Jeanette Bicknell explores key aesthetic, ethical, and other philosophical questions that have not yet been thoroughly researched by philosophers, musicologists, or scientists. Issues addressed include: the relationship between…
In Philosophy of Song and Singing: An Introduction, Jeanette Bicknell explores key aesthetic, ethical, and other philosophical questions that have not yet been thoroughly researched by philosophers, musicologists, or scientists. Issues addressed include: the relationship between…
"The Broadway Song is a practical and comprehensive guide to the formal characteristics of key Broadway songs on a song-by-song basis, including main voice type, secondary voice qualities, range, and tessitura, as was as larger contextual information about the musical and the ch…
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"There have been many books written about Johnny Cash, but The Man in Song is the first to examine Cash's incredible life through the lens of the songs he wrote and recorded. Music journalist and historian John Alexander has drawn on decades of studying Cash's music and life, fr…
"Catalogs Bowie's songs from 1964-1976, examines them in order of their composition and recording, and digs into what makes them work"--Back cover.
From John Philip Sousa to Green Day, from Scott Joplin to Kanye West, from Stephen Foster to Coldplay, The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings covers the vast scope of its subject with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. Approximately 1,000 key song recordings f…
Listen to rap!: exploring a musical genre
Introduction. Beyond the question of morale : popular music in the First World War / John Mullen -- What voices can be heard in wartime popular song?. What voices can be heard in British music hall songs of the fIrst World War? / John Mullen ; French popular song at the front du…