wired - Music 6

In the Central Himalayan region of Garhwal, the gods (devtas) enjoy dancing. Musicians - whether ritual specialists or musical specialists - are therefore an indispensable part of most entertainment……続きを見る

Dāphā, or dāphā bhajan, is a genre of Hindu-Buddhist devotional singing, performed by male, non-professional musicians of the farmer and other castes belonging to the Newar ethnic group, in the town……続きを見る

From J. Kenner, the New York Times and No. 1 international bestselling author of the million-copy selling Stark series**, comes Wicked Torture, a new novel set in the seductive Stark world****.** Fo……続きを見る

"I'm scared and scarred but I’ve survived" Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of HamiltonーSteeltownー in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and t……続きを見る

The book is not a conventional music biography. It is also a mystery story with elements of true crime, and addresses such topics as drugs, mental illness (specifically schizophrenia), and homelessn……続きを見る

Engaging Students with Music Education is a groundbreaking book about using DJ decks and urban music in mainstream schools to re-engage disaffected learners and develop a curriculum which better ref……続きを見る

Bob Dylan. Quale Dylan? Lo sbarbatello con la chitarra acustica a tracolla e la sigaretta di traverso? O quello più sofisticato con il cappellaccio, la giacca di fustagno e il dolcevita, uniforme di……続きを見る

Musicals have been a major part of American theater for many years, and nowhere have they been more loved and celebrated than Broadway, the theater capital of the world. The music of such composers ……続きを見る

When Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) premiered during the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, its avant-garde music and jarring choreography s……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft, Note: 1,7, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Institut für Europäische Ethnologie/ Kulturwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Schund, Dreck und ……続きを見る

The electric spearhead of The Beatles' meteoric rise; one half of the most creative and powerful songwriting partnerships ever; figurehead of peace and an icon of generations: John Lennon’s adventur……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft, Note: 2,3, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit verbindet theoretische Überlegungen über die Epo……続きを見る

Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs: A Practical Resource brings together theory, policy, and planning for instruction in K-12 classrooms. The resource is a result of collaboration between……続きを見る

Recognized for its distinctive musical features and its connection to periods of social innovation and ferment, the genre of psychedelia has exerted long-term influence in many areas of cultural pro……続きを見る

From rank outsiders to pop stardom a decade later, The Damned blazed an anarchic trail through punk rock to achieve massive chart success. A beacon for the Sex Pistols and The Clash to follow, they ……続きを見る

Chris Perez tells the story of his relationship with music superstar Selena in this heartfelt tribute. One of the most compelling and adored superstars in Latin music history, Selena was nothing sho……続きを見る

The Second Edition of Teaching Music to Students with Special Needs offers updated accounts of music educators' experiences, featured as vignettes throughout the book. An accompanying Practical Reso……続きを見る

Richard Dawkins's formulation of the meme concept in his 1976 classic The Selfish Gene has inspired three decades of work in what many see as the burgeoning science of memetics. Its underpinning the……続きを見る

Wilhelm Furtw ler left not only some of the greatest interpretations of operatic and symphonic music on record, but also expressed his views on musical issues of the moment in a number of outspoken ……続きを見る

A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism……続きを見る

With just four record companies controlling nearly 80 per cent of the world market in popular music, issues of globalization are evidently significant to our understanding of how and why popular mus……続きを見る

First published in 1989, The Singing Bourgeois challenges the myth that the 'Victorian parlour song' was a clear-cut genre. Derek Scott reveals the huge diversity of musical forms and styles that in……続きを見る

Charles Avison's Essay on Musical Expression, first published in 1752, is a major contribution to the debate on musical aesthetics which developed in the course of the 18th century. Considered by Ch……続きを見る

From ‘Arnold Layne’ to ‘Louder than Words’, Pink Floyd wrote about anger, isolation, regret, dismay, and fear. These themes, not always obvious starting points in popular music, were married to a ra……続きを見る

In Anschluss an aktuelle Erkenntnisse soziologischer und sozialpsychologischer Musikrezeptionsforschung erläutert der Band, welche gesellschaftlichen Funktionen das Musikhören heute erfüllt und welc……続きを見る

Expressive Conducting: Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors applies the insight of movement and performance theory to the practice of conducting, offering a groundbreaking new approach to ……続きを見る

Von den Anfängen des Films bis heute wurde die Musik für den Film immer wichtiger. Zahlreiche Untersuchungen wurden durchgeführt, um die Wirkung der Filmmusik auf die Filmbilder zu ergründen. Aber w……続きを見る

Roderick Chadwick and Peter Hill give a detailed account of the evolution of Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux for piano solo, from its initial conception in the Black Forest in 1953 to its com……続きを見る

From the Minds of Jazz Musicians: Conversations with the Creative and Inspired celebrates contemporary jazz artists who have toiled, struggled and succeeded in finding their creative space. The volu……続きを見る

"Those were the days" ...! Jazz, Rock, Tanzgeschehen, Volksmusik, Schlager, Operette und Fernsehoper - eine Vielzahl populärer Musikkulturen prägte Stadt und Land Salzburg in den 1950er und 1960er J……続きを見る