Music Styles 39

Low End Theory probes the much-mythologized field of bass and low-frequency sound. It begins in music but quickly moves far beyond, following vibratory phenomena across time, disciplines and dispara……続きを見る

Blondie's Parallel Lines mixed punk, disco and radio-friendly FM rock with nostalgic influences from 1960s pop and girl group hits. This 1978 album kept one foot planted firmly in the past while rem……続きを見る

Gene Vincentーmost famous for his classic 1956 single "Be-Bop-A-Lula"ーis one of the most influential rock 'n' roll artists of all time. Race with the Devil is the first American biography of this A……続きを見る

Giuseppe Verdis Leben (1813-1901) reichte von den Tagen, da noch Napoleon Europa beherrschte, bis in die Anfangszeit der Schallplattenaufnahmen. Er gehörte zu jenen großen Komponisten, die in ihren ……続きを見る

«We all want to change the world», sangen die Beatles 1968. Mit der Gitarre in der Hand die Welt verändern: Dieser Traum ist mit der Rock- und Popmusik untrennbar verbunden. Peter Wicke erzählt ihre……続きを見る

Es gibt wohl kaum einen Komponisten, mit dem man in solchem Maße die musikalische Gattung der Liedkomposition verbindet, wie dies bei Franz Schubert der Fall ist. Insgesamt sind mehr als 600 seiner ……続きを見る

Die Opern Giuseppe Verdis (1813–1901) erreichten schon zu seinen Lebzeiten alle fünf Kontinente, heute gehören sie zum unverzichtbaren Repertoire eines jeden Opernhauses. Der in ländlicher Umgebung ……続きを見る

Hermann Kurzke und Christiane Schäfer zeigen an den Entstehungs-, Fassungs- und Wirkungsgeschichten von zwölf großen Liedern die Wandlungen des Mythos Maria vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Singen……続きを見る

More than fifty years after their founding, the Rolling Stones still tour and create new music as the world’s quintessential rock band. David Malvinni’s Experiencing the Rolling Stones: A Listener’s……続きを見る

This book is the first to explore style and spectacle in glam popular music performance from the 1970s to the present day, and from an international perspective. Focus is given to a number of repres……続きを見る

Hangin' Tough, the second album by the New Kids on the Block, has sold more than seventeen million copies worldwide since it was released in 1988. But the album and the band have also been dismissed……続きを見る

A band called The Premiers has arrived in London, hoping for fame and fortune. They meet an older man, Paul, who decides to help them find their way in the music business. They have an encounter wi……続きを見る

The definitive account of one of rock 'n' roll's most engagingly shambolic acts as well as an evocative portrait of the times in which they raised hell and recorded some timeless tracks, now updated……続きを見る

David Carabén explica el seu univers creatiu Mishima és avui dia el grup que està més en forma del panorama nacional i David Carabén, el líder, és una de les figures centrals d'aquesta escena, per c……続きを見る

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communicat……続きを見る

Existing books on the analysis of popular music focus on theory and methodology, and normally discuss parts of songs briefly as examples. The impression often given is that songs are being chosen si……続きを見る

The untimely deaths of Amy Winehouse (2011) and Whitney Houston (2012), and the ’resurrection’ of Tupac Shakur for a performance at the Coachella music festival in April 2012, have focused the media……続きを見る

The Vijayanagara Empire flourished in South India between 1336 and 1565. Conveying the depth and creativity of Hindu religious and literary expression during that time, Vijayanagara Voices explores ……続きを見る

Small Musical Worlds in the Mediterranean is a pioneering book-length study of the complex topics of identity, ethnicity and global processes in children’s musical lives in the Republic of Cyprus - ……続きを見る

Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of th……続きを見る

The double bass - the preferred bass instrument in popular music during the 1960s - was challenged and subsequently superseded by the advent of a new electric bass instrument. From the mid-1960s and……続きを見る

The musical tradition of Ma'luf is believed to have come to North Africa with Muslim and Jewish refugees escaping the Christian reconquista of Spain between the tenth and seventeenth centuries. Alth……続きを見る

Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists. The Sociology of Wind Bands seeks to fill this gap in resear……続きを見る

Beth Szczepanski examines how traditional and modern elements interact in the current practice, reception and functions of wind music, or shengguan, at monasteries in Wutaishan, one of China's four ……続きを見る

It has taken Liverpool almost half a century to come to terms with the musical, cultural and now economic legacy of the Beatles and popular music. At times the group was negatively associated with s……続きを見る

The use of irony in music is just beginning to be defined and critiqued, although it has been used, implied and decried by composers, performers, listeners and critics for centuries. Irony in popula……続きを見る

In 1936 the Mongolian socialist government decreed the establishment of a film industry with the principal aim of disseminating propaganda to the largely nomadic population. The government sent prom……続きを見る

Turbo-folk music is the most controversial form of popular culture in the new states of former Yugoslavia. Theoretically ambitious and innovative, this book is a new account of popular music that ha……続きを見る

To perform well in today's highly competitive world where technical skills have been advanced to an unprecedented degree, a singer must be able to handle incredible pressure within the performing ar……続きを見る

In shaping choral tone, directors often wish to improve the sound of their choir, but are challenged to pinpoint underlying problems or to guide singers toward solutions. Now, in Prescriptions for C……続きを見る