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SA16-382 What is a Wommett: The Autobiography of Mick Abrahams.
  Abrahams, Mick/ 9781906358488
 
  Mick Abrahams first rose to fame as a guitarist during the 1960s and was a founder member of Jethro Tull, although his time with the band was to prove short lived owing to the vividly contrasting musical styles of himself and Ian Anderson. In his autobiography What is a Wommett Mick finally puts the record straight about this parting of the ways and the events that have shaped the man and his music since that time up to the present day. Perhaps best known for his time with Blodwyn Pig, the band he formed after leaving Tull, Abrahams has continued to delight fans with his own brand of blues, jazz and rock on highly acclaimed albums spanning several decades. With a fitting foreword by radio presenter and champion of great music, Bob Harris, this autobiography provides a fascinating insight into the character of an upbeat man who hasn't allowed anything to keep him down for long. Packed with anecdotes and stories about Mick's life in and out of the spotlight, this book is a must have for his fans and anyone who remembers the excitement of the emerging new musical talent of the sixties.
Say It Loud!: My Memories of James Brown, Soul Brother No. 1.
  Rhodes, Don/ 9781599213620
 
 
Horse Country: A Celebration of Country Music and the Love of Horses.
  Wysocky, Lisa/ 9781599212456
 
 
WA201 音樂•美學•從傳統到現代
  方銘健著 / 9789574143252
 
  筆者希望在西方音樂美學領域中，能夠整理一套依循年代演變的音樂美學觀。本書所謂傳統是指西方固有的美學遺產而言，探討的範圍從古希臘一直到今。
WA200 西洋音樂史－理念與建構(第三版)
  方銘健著/ 9789574129287
 
  西洋音樂史"理念與建構"一書是從理念上來論述音樂，因此本書不以單一作品來作分析，亦無具體而特定之音樂作品作為介紹賞析部分。作曲家的生平，除了少數幾位外也只輕描淡寫的就重點式帶過，而重要的歷史背景參考則至於附錄當中，如此比較不會打斷了讀者閱讀上之流暢，畢竟每一位偉大的作曲家、或是經典之作，之後都應輔以同時期的重要歷史文化，以及人文背景為參考，這也是所謂時勢造英雄之意，而英雄則在時代洪流當中領導一種品味風格的改變，或一種風格的傳承。 本書的編排由古希臘開始，接著中世紀、文藝復興、巴洛克、古典時期。在古典之後貝多芬自成一章，但他不僅點燃了浪漫主義的燎原火，亦能給予古典時期最成熟與完美的呈現，貝多芬之後浪漫時期，接著現代音樂。最後在附錄中有參考文獻、索引及主要樂種綱要方便讀者搜尋單一樂種演進資料。筆者希望當面對西方各種文化變遷之時，能有更深遠而廣泛的胸襟與眼光來欣賞西方音樂。
VA18-68 Icons of R&B and Soul, 2-Vols/Set.
  Gulla, Bob/ 9780313340444
 
  Drawn from a mosaic of influences, including folk, gospel, and blues, R&B represents both everything that came before and nothing that was heard before. This is the music that bridged the gap between audiences and helped, at the very height of racism in America, to dismantle racial barriers. So much of today's music is derived directly from the highly influential and critically important sounds of R&B that without it we would have never known the classic soul of the late '50s and '60s, the glory days of the genre. Similarly, rock n' roll as seen through the eyes of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley would have never evolved without the foundation laid by their R&B predecessors. Through substantial entries on the chief architects and innovators, Icons of R&B and Soul offers a vibrant overview of the music's impact in American culture and how it reflected contemporary society's politics, trends, and social issues. Numerous sidebars highlight Motown, prominent record labels, hit songs, related singers and songwriters, key events, and significant aspects of the music industry. Also included is a list of important print and Web resources, as well as a list of selected recordings. An essential reference for high school and public libraries, this encyclopedia will help students explore the historical and cultural framework of R&B and soul music through the musicians who have come to define the genre. Among the featured: -Ray Charles -Little Richard -Fats Domino & New Orleans R&B -Ruth Brown -Sam Cooke -Etta James -James Brown -Aretha Franklin -The Supremes -Otis Redding -Ike & Tina Turner -Curtis Mayfield -Berry Gordy -Stevie Wonder -Marvin Gaye -Smokey Robinson -The Temptations -Prince
GA16-24-61 Contemporary Musicians V61
  / 9780787680749
 
 
GA16-24-60 Contemporary Musicians V60
  / 9780787680732
 
 
GA16-24-59 Contemporary Musicians V59
  / 9780787680725
 
 
GA16-24-58 Contemporary Musicians V58
  / 9780787680718
 
 
GA16-24-57 Contemporary Musicians V57
  / 9780787680701
 
 
Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge.
  Kahn-Harris, Keith/ 9781845203986
 
  Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulates on the edge of mainstream culture within the confines of an obscure 'scene', in which members explore dangerous themes such as death, war and the occult, sometimes embracing violence, neo-fascism and Satanism. In the first book-length study of extreme metal, Keith Kahn-Harris draws on first-hand research to explore the global extreme metal scene. He shows how the scene is a space in which members creatively explore destructive themes, but also a space in which members experience the everyday pleasures of community and friendship. Including interviews with band members and fans, from countries ranging from the UK and US to Israel and Sweden, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge demonstrates the power and subtlety of an often surprising and misunderstood musical form.
Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge.
  Kahn-Harris, Keith/ 9781845203993
 
  Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulates on the edge of mainstream culture within the confines of an obscure 'scene', in which members explore dangerous themes such as death, war and the occult, sometimes embracing violence, neo-fascism and Satanism. In the first book-length study of extreme metal, Keith Kahn-Harris draws on first-hand research to explore the global extreme metal scene. He shows how the scene is a space in which members creatively explore destructive themes, but also a space in which members experience the everyday pleasures of community and friendship. Including interviews with band members and fans, from countries ranging from the UK and US to Israel and Sweden, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge demonstrates the power and subtlety of an often surprising and misunderstood musical form.
VA18-66 Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History, The. 6-Vols/Set.
  / 9780313329371
 
  Neil Young once said that rock and roll will never die, and indeed, rock music has played an enormous role in American culture ever since its beginnings in the 1950s. From early rock n' roll to the British Invasion, from the psychedelic era to the growth of corporate rock and the underground scene, from the video generation to the grunge and post-grunge years, rock music has been an undeniable force in both reflecting and shaping cultural trends in the United States. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History is a landmark six-volume set that brings unprecedented depth to the understanding of rock music and the many ways it has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture. The six volumes in this set provide narrative chapters on important musicians, writers, producers, trends, genres, concerts, and more within these exciting periods in rock music history.
VA18-58 Four-hand piano arrangements of popular works of classical music.
  Stratievsky, Adam/ 9785950005725
 
  This volume is the first in the series Classics for Children and Adults. The series is planned in six (and maybe more) instalments, and offers four-hand arrangements of orchestral, chamber and vocal compositions by composers from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The transcriptions have been made in such a way that one of the parts (in some pieces the upper, in others the lower) is set out in an extremely simply manner and is accessible technically to the performer who has only a bare command of the instrument. At the same time, the texture of the original has been preserved to the greatest possible extent — without any of the abridgements and simplifications so often permitted, unfortunately, in arrangements of orchestral music intended for children's music-making. The series is aimed at young musicians and teachers at children's music schools, students who are not pianists and piano teachers dealing with pupils who are not first-study pianists, and the countless lovers of classical music who would like not just to listen to it but to play it as well. The arrangements have been made by the musicologist and composer Adam Stratiyevsky. He is a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatoire. Between the 1950s and 1970s he collaborated with the city's Young Spectators' Theatre, writing music for many productions. For many years he taught at colleges of music in Leningrad-St Petersburg. Stratiyevsky has lived in Israel since 1988. These four-hand transcriptions were written for his son when the latter was 6-7 years of age.
VA03-103-18 Performing Arts in Contemporary China.
  Mackerras, Colin/ 9780415361620
 
  The overthrow of the 'gang of four' in October 1976 had profound effects in all areas of Chinese society, and probably nowhere can this be more clearly seen than in the performing arts. Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's widow, was strongly interested in the performing arts and exercised great influence over them. This book describes her influence and the effects its removal had on the arts. Although the period covered is mainly that since the death of Mao, there is also considerable reference to the years following the Cultural Revolution.
VA01-48-e8 Music in Shakespearean Tragedy.
  Sternfeld, W./ 9780415353274
 
 
VA18-47 Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, 2-Vols/Set.
  Murray, Christopher John/ 9781579583613
 
  Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era takes a broad view of this cultural period, focusing on the developments that can be seen as characterizing the profound changes in thought and sensibility that occurred during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. This illustrated, two-volume set of approximately 850 entries, including some that examine individuals and concepts not usually viewed as 'Romantic' (such as Kant and French artist Jacques-Louis David), will consist of analytical essays with annotated bibliographies, suggestions for further reading, and, in the case of individual-entries, a separate paragraph of biographical information. The principle aims of Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era are to provide readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate account of the literature, thought, music, and art of the period; to indicate the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism.
VA18-43 Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set.
  Frith, Simon/ 9780415299053
 
  Popular music studies is a rapidly expanding field with changing emphases and agendas. The music industry has changed in recent years, as has governmental involvement in popular music schemes as part of the culture industry. The distinction between the major record labels and the outsider independents has become blurred over time. Popular music, as part of this umbrella of the culture industry, has been progressively globalized and globalizing. The tensions within popular music are now no longer between national cultural identity and popular music, but between the local and the global. This four volume collection examines the changing status of popular music against this background. Simon Frith examines the heritage of popular music, and how technology has changed not only the production but the reception of this brand of sound. The collection examines how the traditional genres of rock, pop and soul have broken down and what has replaced them, as well as showing how this proliferation of musical styles has also splintered the audience of popular music.
VA18-50 Igor Stravinsky's Orchestrations of Beethoven's & Mussorgsky's Song of the Flea.
  Klimovitsky, A. I./ 9785950005718
 
  State-of-the-art facsimile publishing of two Stravinsky's manuscripts gives the reader the opportunity for self-study of these works of this great Russian composer in full detail. This book is richly illustrated with documentary and photographic materials related to the Stravinsky's work and to the first performance of these pieces in 1909 by renowned base Feodor Chaliapin and famous Russian conductor Alexander Siloti. Includes: *Never published before facsimile copies of two Stravinsky`s manuscripts *The editions of Beethoben's and Musorgsky's "Song of The Flea" which were at Stravinsky disposal. *The rare first published edition of Stravinsky's orchestrations of Beethoven and Mussorgsky's Song of The Flea with Stravinsky's prepublication notes *The proof sheets of the never before published edition of Stravinsky's orchestration of Musorgsky's Song of The Flea which was originally intended to be printed prior to the first edition but never was. *Never before published facsimile copy of handwritten score with penciled corrections and notes by Igor Stravinsky and the first conductor, Alexanr Siloti *Examples of the orchestration parts for some of the instruments for Stravinsky's orchestrations within the textual descriptions *Epistolary sources, analytical essays, other historical and cultural studies, together with an extensive reference part.
VA18-41 Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set.
  Auslander, Philip/ 9780415255110
 
  Over the past twenty years, 'performance' has emerged as a central analytical and critical concept. Now the focus of a burgeoning academic discipline, performance studies, it is also crucial to many other fields, including anthropology, sociology, communications, art history, cultural studies, linguistics and rhetoric. This collection brings together major texts articulating perspectives on performance and performativity. The multi-disciplinary approach of this collection reflects the growing importance of the concept of performance across a variety of disciplines. With a new introduction contextualising the concept's rise, and a full index to guide the reader through the work, this will be an invaluable reference tool for students and researchers alike.
GA16-21 Encyclopedia Of The Musical Theatre, 3-Vols/Set.
  Ganzl/ 9780028649702
 
  In the past ten years, a lot has happened in the musical theatre. New shows have opened and closed, new talents have emerged, and hit shows have made triumphant returns to Broadway. Now, the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre - a 1994 Dartmouth Medal honorable mention -- has been fully revised and updated to document new developments with 500 new articles, more than 4,000 revised articles and dozens of color photos. From the dawn of operetta in the 18th century to the present, this set offers an unrivaled amount of information on the people, the songs and shows in America and around the world.
GA16-19 American Musical Traditions, 5-Vols/Set.
  Titon, Jeff Todd/ 9780028646244
 
  Prepared in conjunction with the Smithsonian/Folkways Archives, this set highlights the contributions of Native American, European-American, African American and immigrant groups (including Asian, Hispanic, Western and Eastern European cultures) to our rich musical heritage. Within each volume, different groups or genres of music are examined in terms of how they are performed. Maps, charts and photos show how the music has grown and spread and the interrelationships between musical cultures. Biographies of musicians are included in sidebars, and terms are defined throughout the text. Included in the set are five volumes: •Volume I: Native American Music •Volume II: African-American Music •Volume III: British Isles Music •Volume IV: European American Music •Volume V: Latino and Asian-American Music
GA16-12-2 American Song - The Complete Companion to Tin Pan Alley Song. Volumes 3 and 4, 2-Vols/Set.
  BLOOM/ 9780028654782
 
 
VC02-16 Music Business Handbook and Career Guide.
  Baskerville, David/ 9780761916673
 
  The Seventh Edition of the Music Business Handbook and Career Guide remains the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the US$100 billion music industry of the United States. This thoroughly revised edition includes complete coverage of all aspects of the music industry. Song-writing, publishing, copyright (national and international), licensing, artist management, promotion, recording, production, retailing and media are just some of the topics covered. There is a complete section on careers in music, including specific advice on getting started in the music business.
GA16-4 Baker's Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians: Centennial Edition, 6-Vols/Set.
  Nicolas Slonimsky/ 9780028655253
 
 
SA16-332 Globe Trot: A Musical Journey Around the World. (CD)
  / MCM3000
 
 
Place of Music, The.
  Leyshon, Andrew/ 9781572303133
 
  Music is omnipresent in human society, but its language can no longer be regarded as transcendent or universal. Like other art forms, music is produced and consumed within complex economic, cultural, and political frameworks in different places and at different historical moments. Taking an explicitly spatial approach, this unique interdisciplinary text explores the role played by music in the formation and articulation of geographical imaginations--local, regional, national, and global. Contributors show how music's facility to be recorded, stored, and broadcast; to be performed and received in private and public; and to rouse intense emotional responses for individuals and groups make it a key force in the definition of a place. Covering rich and varied terrain--from Victorian England, to 1960s Los Angeles, to the offices of Sony and Time-Warner and the landscapes of the American Depression--the volume addresses such topics as the evolution of musical genres, the globalization of music production and marketing, alternative and hybridized music scenes as sites of localized resistance, the nature of soundscapes, and issues of migration and national identity.
Place of Music, The.
  Leyshon, Andrew/ 9781572303140
 
  Music is omnipresent in human society, but its language can no longer be regarded as transcendent or universal. Like other art forms, music is produced and consumed within complex economic, cultural, and political frameworks in different places and at different historical moments. Taking an explicitly spatial approach, this unique interdisciplinary text explores the role played by music in the formation and articulation of geographical imaginations--local, regional, national, and global. Contributors show how music's facility to be recorded, stored, and broadcast; to be performed and received in private and public; and to rouse intense emotional responses for individuals and groups make it a key force in the definition of a place. Covering rich and varied terrain--from Victorian England, to 1960s Los Angeles, to the offices of Sony and Time-Warner and the landscapes of the American Depression--the volume addresses such topics as the evolution of musical genres, the globalization of music production and marketing, alternative and hybridized music scenes as sites of localized resistance, the nature of soundscapes, and issues of migration and national identity.
GA16-24-19 Contemporary Musicians, Volume 19.
  / 9780787610647
 
 
 

 

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