Author : Bradley Smith
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Music
ISBN :
This is a guide to progressive music from Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream to Popol Vuh and Throbbing Gristle, providing a look at the music that goes beyond the boundaries of the main stream.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 1998-01-24
Category :
ISBN :
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Author : Barry Alfonso
Publisher : Watson-Guptill Publications
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,15 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780823077182
Chronicling the amazing rise of this genre from its gospel roots to today's diverse musical sound, this guide offers a complete capsule encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian artists as well as an introduction to the music form. 40 illustrations.
Author : Raymond I. Schuck
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 0786471050
Since its release in 1971, Don McLean's song "American Pie" has become an indelible part of U.S. culture. It has sparked countless debates about the references within the lyrics; been celebrated as a chronicle of American life from the late 1950s through the early 1970s; and has become iconic itself as it has been remade, parodied, and referenced within numerous texts and forums. This volume offers a set of new essays that focus on the cultural and historical significance of the song. Representing a variety of perspectives and fields of study, the essays address such topics as historical and literary interpretations of the song's lyrics, its musical qualities, the commentary the song offers on rock and roll history, the continuing significance of the song, and the ways in which the song has been used by various writers and artists. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Paul Hegarty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0826444830
A brilliant new survey and intelligent exploration of progressive rock, from its origins through to contemporary artists. Nicely illustrated, it includes rare photos of artists like Kate Bush and Genesis.
Author : Paul Hegarty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 1501370839
The original edition of Beyond and Before extends an understanding of progressive rock by providing a fuller definition of what progressive rock is, was and can be. Called by Record Collector the most accomplished critical overview yet of progressive rock and one of their 2011 books of the year, Beyond and Before moves away from the limited consensus that prog rock is exclusively English in origin and that it was destroyed by the advent of punk in 1976. Instead, by tracing its multiple origins and complex transitions, it argues for the integration of jazz and folk into progressive rock and the extension of prog in Kate Bush, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree and many more. This 10-year anniversary revised edition continues to further unpack definitions of progressive rock and includes a brand new chapter focusing on post-conceptual trends in the 2010s through to the contemporary moment. The new edition discusses the complex creativity of progressive metal and folk in greater depth, as well as new fusions of genre that move across global cultures and that rework the extended form and mission of progressive rock, including in recent pop concept albums. All chapters are revised to keep the process of rethinking progressive rock alive and vibrant as a hybrid, open form.
Author : New York Public Library. Music Division
Publisher :
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Ignacio Corona
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780739118214
Postnational Musical Identities gathers interdisciplinary essays that explore how music audiences and markets are imagined in a globalized scenario, how music reflects and reflects upon new understandings of citizenship beyond the nation-state, and how music works as a site of resistance against globalization. "Hybridity," "postnationalism," "transnationalism," "globalization," "diaspora," and similar buzzwords have not only informed scholarly discourse and analysis of music but also shaped the way musical productions have been marketed worldwide in recent times. While the construction of identities occupies a central position in this context, there are discrepancies between the conceptualization of music as an extremely fluid phenomenon and the traditionally monovalent notion of identity to which it has historically been incorporated. As such, music has always been linked to the construction of regional and national identities. The essays in this collection seek to explore the role of music, networks of music distribution, music markets, music consumption, music production, and music scholarship in the articulation of postnational sites of identification.
Author : Norman Abjorensen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 1538102153
This book seeks to trace the rise of popular music, identify its key figures and track the origins and development of its multiple genres and styles, all the while seeking to establish historical context. It is, fundamentally, a ready reference guide to the broad field of popular music over the past two centuries. It has become a truism that popular music, so pervasive in the modern world, constitutes a soundtrack to our lives – a constant though changing presence as we cross thresholds and grow from children to teenagers to adults. But it has become more than a soundtrack; it has become a narrative. Not just an accompaniment to our daily lives but incorporating our lives, our sense of identity, our lived experiences, into it. We have become part of the music just as the music has become part of us. The Historical Dictionary of Popular Music contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on major figures across genres, definitions of genres, technical innovations and surveys of countries and regions. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about popular music.
Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Rock music
ISBN :
From movie music of the '50s to "twist" and surf music of the '60s, this book tells the story of rock instrumentals and the artists who influenced them.
