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Say it loud!: the story of rap music
Par K. Jones. 1994
History of the popular American music form. Jones traces rap music's roots to the West African griot tradition, the charismatic…
sermons of African American preachers, and the "jive talking" of jazz musicians, comedians, and poets. Includes profiles of rap artists such as Run-D.M.C., Queen Latifah, and Ice-T. For junior and senior high readersA pocket tour of music on the Internet
Par Colin Berry. 1995
A music journalist and disc jockey discusses the basics of the Internet, necessary hardware and software, different providers, and lingo.…
He provides electronic addresses and brief descriptions of sites, newsgroups, and mailing lists for different aspects of musicWorld within a song: Music that changed my life and life that changed my music
Par Jeff Tweedy. 2023
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author…
Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he’s learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other, What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs? After two New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America’s best-loved performers and songwriters, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) and How to Write One Song , Jeff Tweedy is back with another disarming, beautiful, and inspirational book about why we listen to music, why we love songs, and how music can connect us to each other and to ourselves. Featuring fifty songs that have both changed Jeff’s life and influenced his music—including songs by the Replacements, Mavis Staples, the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish—as well as Jeff’s "Rememories," dream-like short pieces that related key moments from Jeff’s life, this book is a mix of the musical, the emotional, and the inspirational in the best possible way. * This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF with song credits and permissionsMeasure for measure: a musical history of science
Par Thomas Levenson. 1994
Account of how scientific thinking has been closely connected to music since the time of the ancient Greek Pythagoras, who…
discovered a relationship between mathematics, numbers, and sound. Levenson explores the parallel development of certain scientific and musical instrumentsThe complete lyrics of Ira Gershwin
Par Ira Gershwin. 1993
The lyricist's collaboration with his brother, George, and other major twentieth-century composers made him a pillar of American music theater…
for more than fifty years. Arranged in chronological order, the collection contains hundreds of lyrics plus Gershwin's comments and anecdotesWomen music makers: an introduction to women composers
Par Janet Lynch. 1992
Sketches the lives of ten women who overcame discrimination in a field dominated by men. Beginning with a seventeenth-century composer,…
the author tells how women played instruments, sang, and wrote music, but few were paid for their work. Still, these women found a way to be heard, even if they had to publish under assumed names. For junior and senior high and older readersThe frontiers of meaning: three informal lectures on music
Par Charles Rosen. 1994
Three lectures by the National Book Award-winning author of The Classical Style (BRA 16615). In "The Frontiers of Nonsense," Rosen…
claims that understanding music is a matter of feeling comfortable with it. In "How to Become Immortal," the author suggests that Beethoven's international fame was already in place during his lifetime. And in "Explaining the Obvious," Rosen discusses why he writes about musicAmerican music makers: an introduction to American composers
Par Janet Lynch. 1990
Biographical sketches of ten composers born in the United States. Nichols describes their most important works, suggests recordings worth listening…
to, and explores what made their music important. One composer added Creole touches, one drew on the sounds of Tin Pan Alley, and one was first to use the synthesizer, but all produced distinctly American music. For junior and senior high and older readersBob Dylan: behind the shades : a biography
Par Clinton Heylin. 1991
In a biography based largely on interviews, Heylin looks at the singer-songwriter's first fifty years, and examines the relationship between…
Dylan's life and his work. Heylin recounts Dylan's Minnesota childhood, as Robert Allen Zimmerman, his New York years writing "protest" songs, his 1966 motorcycle accident, his conversion to Christianity, and his use of changing musical stylesOpera and its symbols: the unity of words, music, and staging
Par Robert Donington. 1990
Discusses the use of symbolism in opera and the need to stage productions with the intentions of the composer and…
librettist in mind. Looks for hidden meanings in the words, music, and actions of specific scenes and characters. But Donington's thesis is that each element of opera must seek to retain its integrity while contributing to the dramatic wholeStravinsky: glimpses of a life
Par Robert Craft. 1992
Long-term confidant and aide to the Russian-born composer combines biographical and musical commentary in this homage to his mentor. Craft…
describes Stravinsky's early years as a refugee in France and America. The author gives his personal perspective on Stravinsky's family life and provides first-hand knowledge about the composition and performance of some of Stravinsky's best-known worksCopland, since 1943
Par Aaron Copland. 1989
This volume begins with Copland pondering how to get involved in World War II and follows the format of recollections…
and interludes begun in Copland: 1900 through 1942 (RC 36095, BR 9225). A joyous time follows when his well-known Appalachian Spring, commissioned by the Library of Congress, is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music on the day that victory in Europe is declaredPercy Grainger
Par Wilfrid Mellers. 1992
A study of the music of the Australian-born composer who lived half of his life in the United States. Mellers…
examines the multicultural influences on Grainger that make his music unique. Besides his considerable interest in folk song and other popular idioms, Grainger also drew inspiration from a wide range of classical literature. A virtuoso pianist, he was probably best-known for his simple piano piece "Country Gardens."Copland: 1900 through 1942
Par Aaron Copland. 1984
This autobiographical memoir draws heavily from oral history interviews, interspersed with reminiscences by Copland's colleagues and friends, put into perspective…
by Perlis's interludes. The volume covers the early years in the life and career of this American composer, who was born in 1900Opera as drama
Par Joseph Kerman. 1988
In this updated version of a book originally published more than thirty years ago, Kerman has added an extended preface,…
a critique of Mozart's Idomeneo, and an epilogue on operatic criticism. His revisions and deletions mainly focus on past opinions and critical judgments. He remains committed to the view that in opera the dramatist is the composer, and that other musical genres, such as the ballet, achieve drama in their own wayListen to the music: a self-guided tour through the orchestral repertoire
Par Jonathan Kramer. 1988
Describes in nontechnical language 290 of the most frequently heard orchestral works. Helps the reader to understand and enjoy the…
music by describing the distinctive features of each piece in the context of the composer's life and work. Arranged alphabetically by composer. Includes a glossary of foreign and musical terms with brief definitionsChadwick, Yankee composer
Par Victor Yellin. 1990
George Whitefield Chadwick, like most classically trained musicians before World War II, received a German education. Upon his return to…
the United States, his music was performed more frequently than that of most Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This biography traces his life and work as an innovative teacher and a composer of music with a distinctly American twistMozart
Par Marcia Davenport. 1956
First published in 1932. Revised in 1956 on the bicentenary of the Austrian composer's birth, following the publication of Mozart's…
letters and a new index to his works. This portrait of the child prodigy, who grew up in a talented family and developed into a musical genius, combines documented facts about his career with imaginary conversationsMeet me at Jim & Andy's: jazz musicians and their world
Par Gene Lees. 1988
A collection of portraits of instrumentalists and band leaders who frequent the New York jazz bar Jim and Andy's in…
the 1960s. Lees writes about artists he knows personally, and about a subject he knows intimately as a lyricist, a contributor to "Stereo Review," and a former editor of "Down Beat." Some strong language60 songs that explain the '90s
Par Rob Harvilla. 2023
A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a…
weirdly undefinable decade. The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to rambunctious ska-punk, from Axl to Kurt to Missy to Santana to Tupac to Britney. In 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90s, Ringer music critic Rob Harvilla reimagines all the earwormy, iconic hits Gen Xers pine for with vivid historical storytelling, sharp critical analysis, rampant loopiness, and wryly personal ruminations on the most bizarre, joyous, and inescapable songs from a decade we both regret entirely and miss desperately