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Even in an age of unparalleled innovation and artistic freedom, Spirit stood head and shoulders above their 1960s-era rock ‘n’ roll contemporaries. Perhaps only Love shared the same sort of expansiv……続きを見る

For many instructors today, teaching canonical dramatic repertoire can be a fraught proposition: from Don Giovanni to South Pacific, key works in the history of opera and musical theater present cha……続きを見る

"More than a biography, It's No Wonder is a long-overdue act of recognition."--Booklist (starred review) The biography of Sylvia Moy, Motown’s first certified female in-house producer and songwriter……続きを見る

What has Broadway to do with Jerusalem? God on Broadway explores the theological questions cracked open by commercial theatre. It shows how the Great White Way--that apex of tourist consumerism and ……続きを見る

«Λέω παραμύθια να ξορκίσω το κακό, να γίνουν όλα μαγικά μ' ένα χορό». Οι στίχοι του Σωκράτη Μάλαμα αποτυπώνουν συλλογικές και υπαρξιακές αγωνίες, με τρόπο υπαινικτικό και δωρική απλότητα. Σε πολλά α……続きを見る

Black virality refers to the spread of Black performance that becomes uncontrollable because of its rapid and ubiquitous circulation through popular media. Gabriel A. Peoples examines Black people a……続きを見る

Challenging established views and assumptions about traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, this three-volume set offers readers a researched critique on black film. Volume O……続きを見る

Aus Anlass des 175. Todestages von Karl Leberecht Immermann am 25. August 2015 veranstalteten die Immermann-Gesellschaft, die Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft und das Heinrich-Heine-Institut in Düsseldor……続きを見る

1939 was a watershed year. The Great Depression was barely over; economics, politics, and culture braced for war. There was a lull before the storm and Hollywood, as if expecting to be judged by pos……続きを見る

Exploring the Land of Ooo: An Unofficial Overview and Production History of Cartoon Network’s "Adventure Time" is a guide through the colorful and exuberant animated television series that initially……続きを見る

This book treats of the relation of music to the mental progress.The music of a people may be considered in direct relation to their supersensuous natures. From this point of view alone, strongly ma……続きを見る

Transmedia Character Studies provides a range of methodological tools and foundational vocabulary for the analysis of characters across and between various forms of multimodal, interactive, and even……続きを見る

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Nachkommen des musikalischen Genies Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Dieses Buch bietet einen tiefgehenden Einblick in das Leben und die Schicksale von Mozarts ……続きを見る

The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demon……続きを見る

With his debut album Original Pirate Material (2002), Mike Skinner, who recorded under the name The Streets, combined the world of UK dance music with US hip-hop. Original Pirate Material is the res……続きを見る

While all music genres incorporate religious imagery, the blues has its origin in the soil of the church. In its infancy, the blues was often dismissed as undermining the church’s gospel songbook. T……続きを見る

Winner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles Award Winner of the MAAH Stone Book Award A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the Year A Pitchfork Best Music Book of the Year “Brooks traces all kinds of li……続きを見る

Afrofuturism in Black Panther: Gender, Identity, and the Re-making of Blackness, through an interdisciplinary and intersectional analysis of Black Panther, discusses the importance of superheroes an……続きを見る

Dave Brubeck's Time Out ranks among the most popular, successful, and influential jazz albums of all time. Released by Columbia in 1959, alongside such other landmark albums as Miles Davis's Kind of……続きを見る

Johann Sebastian Bach was a Lutheran and much of his music was for Lutheran liturgical worship. As these insightful essays in the twelfth volume of Bach Perspectives demonstrate, he was also influen……続きを見る

So wird das Showbusiness Ihr Business Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der Musik und entdecken Sie, wie Sie als leidenschaftlicher Musiker oder Produzent den Sprung auf die große Bühne schaffen! Christop……続きを見る

#FreeBritney. The world echoed with the cry, a testament to a pop princess trapped in a gilded cage. But Britney Spears is more than just a chart-topping icon. She's a survivor. This isn't just anot……続きを見る

"The oral history of the Star Trek franchise boldly continues" with inside stories and commentary from The Next Generation to the films of J.J. Abrams ( Kirkus Reviews). This is the true story behin……続きを見る

Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker*: The Dark Side of Film Fandom* focuses on fan discourse and discussion surrounding Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019), analyzing how white nationalist movi……続きを見る

In "Das deutsche Sängerfest in Nürnberg" entführt A. B. den Leser in die lebendige Welt der deutschen Musikkultur, die sich um die traditionsreiche Veranstaltung des Sängerfestes gruppiert. Der Auto……続きを見る

2025 Broadcast Historian Award, Library of American Broadcasting Foundation How mid-century television anthologies reflected and shaped US values and identities. From the late 1940s to the early 196……続きを見る

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been n……続きを見る

When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Ageーuntil publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest. Christina Crawford's book was……続きを見る

In "Stories of the Wagner Opera," H. A. Guerber elegantly distills the intricate narratives and profound themes woven into Richard Wagner's operatic masterpieces. Through vivid storytelling and insi……続きを見る

Punk rock evokes dissent and disruption, abrasive and anarchic musicality, and a host of countercultural aesthetics. Featuring original interviews and over one hundred images, Roots Punk: A Visual a……続きを見る