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A little history of music
Human beings have always made music. Music can move us and tell stories of faith, struggle, or love. It is common to all cultures across the world. But how has it changed over the millennia? Robert Philip explores the extraordinary history of music in all its forms, from our earliest ancestors to today's mass-produced songs. This is a truly global story. Looking to Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and beyond, Philip reveals how musicians have been brought together by trade and migration and examines the vast impact of colonialism. From Hildegard von Bingen and Clara Schumann to Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, great performers and composers have profoundly shaped music as we know it.
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The musical topic : hunt, military and pastoral
The Musical Topic discusses three tropes prominently featured in Western
European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral. Raymond Monelle provides
an in-depth cultural and historical study of musical topics -- short melodic
figures, harmonic or rhythmic formulae carrying literal or lexical meaning --
through consideration of their origin, thematization, manifestation, and meaning.
The Musical Topic shows the connections of musical meaning to literature, social
history, and the fine arts.
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The lute in the Dutch golden age
The role of the lute in the 17th-century Dutch Republic can be compared to that of the piano in the 19th century. It was not only the universal instrument for solo music-making, but it was also widely used in ensembles and to accompany singers. The lute was mainly the instrument of the social elite, the aristocracy and prosperous burghers. It was frequently represented in the literature and painting of the period, in which it was used to symbolize a wide range of things, from the most lofty to the most down-to-earth.
This richly illustrated book is the first overview of the history of the lute during the Republic's 'Golden Age'. Every aspect of the instrument is covered: famous and obscure lutenists, professional musicians and more or less gifted amateurs, the lute music that was transmitted in printed books and manuscripts, lute makers and the international lute trade. Furthermore, the instrument's place in the Dutch literature and painting of the period is explored. The book thus contributes to our knowledge of the lute and of the rich culture of the Republic, especially its musical aspect, which has been relatively neglected to date.
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Performing civility
Although competitions in classical music have a long history, the number of contests has risen dramatically since the Second World War, all of them aiming to launch young artists' careers. This is not the symptom of marketization that it might appear to be. Despite the establishment of an international governing body, competitions are plagued by rumors of corruption, and even the most mathematically sophisticated voting system cannot quell accusations that the best talent is overlooked. Why do musicians take part? Why do audiences care so much about who wins? This is the first book to address these questions. In this groundbreaking study, Lisa McCormick draws from firsthand observations of contests in Europe and the US, in-depth interviews with competitors, jurors and directors, as well as blog data from competition observers to argue that competitions have endured because they are not only about music, they are also about civility.
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1989
In a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a year famously described as “the end of history.” Amid the historic overturnings of 1989, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, pop music also experienced striking changes. Vividly conjuring cultural sensations and events, Clover tracks the emergence of seemingly disconnected phenomena--from grunge to acid house to gangsta rap--asking if ”perhaps pop had been biding its time until 1989 came along to make sense of its sensibility.” His analysis deftly moves among varied artists and genres including Public Enemy, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, De La Soul, The KLF, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, U2, Jesus Jones, the Scorpions, George Michael, Madonna, Roxette, and others. This elegantly written work, deliberately mirroring history as dialectical and ongoing, summons forth a new understanding of how “history had come out to meet pop as something more than a fairytale, or something less. A truth, a way of being.”
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Southern History Remixed
How popular music reveals deep histories of racial
tensions in southern culture
Southern History Remixed spotlights the key role of
popular music in the shaping of the United States South from the
late nineteenth century to the era of rock 'n' roll in the 1940s,
'50s, and '60s. While musical activities are often sidelined in
historical narratives of the region, Michael Bertrand shows that
they can reveal much about social history and culture change as he
connects the rise of rock 'n' roll to the civil rights movement for
racial equality.
In this book, Bertrand traces a long-term culture war in which
white southerners struggled over the region's cultural complexion
with music serving as an engine that both sustained and challenged
white supremacy. He shows how rock 'n' roll emerged as a
working-class genre with biracial sources that stoked white racial
anxieties and engaged the region's color and culture lines. This
book discusses the conflict over southern identity that played out
in responses to jazz, barn dance radio, Pentecostal and gospel
music, Black radio programming, and rhythm and blues, concluding
with a close look at the popularity of Elvis Presley within a
racially segregated society.
Southern History Remixed suggests that both Black and
white southerners have used music as a tool to resist or negotiate
a rigid regional hierarchy. Urging readers and scholars to take the
study of popular music seriously, Bertrand argues that what occurs
in the music world affects and reflects what happens in politics
and history.
A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley
Harrold and Randall M. Miller
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Bridge and Tunnel Boys
Born four months apart, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both released their debut albums in the early 1970s, quickly becoming two of the most successful rock stars of their generation. While their critical receptions have been very different, surprising parallels emerge when we look at the arcs of their careers and the musical influences that have inspired them.Bridge and Tunnel Boys compares the life and work of Long Islander Joel and Asbury Park, New Jersey, native Springsteen, considering how each man forged a distinctive sound that derived from his unique position on the periphery of the Big Apple. Locating their music within a longer tradition of the New York metropolitan sound, dating back to the early 1900s, cultural historian Jim Cullen explores how each man drew from the city's diverse racial and ethnic influences. His study explains how, despite frequently releasing songs that questioned the American dream, Springsteen and Joel were able to appeal to wide audiences during both the national uncertainty of the 1970s and the triumphalism of the Reagan era. By placing these two New York-area icons in a new context, Bridge and Tunnel Boys allows us to hear their most beloved songs with new appreciation.
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