<P>Britain is widely considered the cradle of independent music culture. Bands like Radiohead and Belle and Sebastian, which epitomize indie music's sounds and attitudes, have spawned worldwide fanbases. This in-depth study of the British independent music scene explores how the behavior of fans, artists, and music industry professionals produce a community with a specific aesthetic based on moral values. Author Wendy Fonarow, ...
<P>Chambers is a virtually complete collection of composer Alvin Lucier's major works from 1965 to 1977, interspersed with twelve interviews with the composer by Douglas Simon. Each score is written in prose and may be read by musicians as instructions for performance or by general readers as descriptions of imaginary musical activities. In response to Simon's searching questions, Lucier expands on each composition, not o ...
<P>This innovative book, assembled by the editors of the renowned periodical Terra Nova, is the first anthology published on the subject of music and nature. Lush and evocative, yoking together the simplicities and complexities of the world of natural sound and the music inspired by it, this collection includes essays, illustrations, and plenty of sounds and music. The Book of Music and Nature celebrates our relationship with natur ...
Hansel und Gretel werden von ihrer Mutter zur Strafe in den Wald geschickt und sollen Beeren sammeln. Die Geschwister verlaufen sich in der Dammerung und entdecken das Pfefferkuchenhaus einer alten, hasslichen Hexe. Sie verzaubert die Kinder und will sie zu Lebkuchen backen. Mit gro?er List retten sich Hansel und Gretel und sto?en die bose Alte in ihren eigenen Ofen. Endlich werden die Kinder von ihren Eltern gefunden, die voller Sorgen im Wald ...
Oppa Wallusch ist der Erfinder des Rock and Roll. Der wahrhaft wahre Erfinder des Rock and Roll. Nach dem Krieg findet er ein Zuhause in Duisburg-Bissingheim, arbeitet als Funker fur die Deutsche Bahn und ist sehr viel unterwegs. Auf seinen Reisen trifft er sie alle, die ganz Gro?en: Paul Kuhn, Pete Townshend, Jerry Garcia … Vor Chuck Berry erfindet er den Rock and Roll, mit Jim Marshall den Gitarrenverstarker, und Woody Guthrie entdeckt durch i ...
<P>In the thirty years since their immigration from Ethiopia to the State of Israel, Ethiopian-Israelis have put music at the center of communal and public life, using it alternatingly as a mechanism of protest and as appeal for integration. Ethiopian music develops in quiet corners of urban Israel as the most prominent advocate for equality, and the Israeli-born generation is creating new musical styles that negotiate the terms of ...
<P>Roots in Reverse explores how Latin music contributed to the formation of the n&#233;gritude movement in the 1930s. Taking Senegal and Cuba as its primary research areas, this work uses oral histories, participant observation, and archival research to examine the ways Afro-Cuban music has influenced Senegalese debates about cultural and political citizenship and modernity. Shain argues that the trajectory of Afro-Cuban m ...
<P>A New and Concise History provides a strong foundation for understanding how music, the music industry, and American culture intersect. Ethnomusicologist Eric Charry's innovative and road-tested teaching style is brought to you in this textbook suitable for general education courses in music. The book is organized around a series of timelines, tables, and figures created by the author, and provides fresh perspectives that b ...
Mississippi Songs along the road 11 1/2 Welthits und ein Reisebericht Im Fruhjahr 2015 erhalt der ostwestfalische Musiker Richie Arndt den Blues in Germany Award 2014 als bester zeitgenossischer Bluesmusiker Deutschlands und liefert damit die perfekte Stilschublade fur Presseberichte und Interviews ...
