General

In Dreams in Double Time Jonathan Leal examines how the musical revolution of bebop opened up new futures for racialized and minoritized communities. Blending lyrical nonfiction with transdisciplinary critique and moving beyond standard Black/white...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467104357Author Timothy W. SharpFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingDimensions(mm) 235mm * 165mm * 8mm

Many listeners first heard “Hound Dog” when Elvis Presley’s single topped the pop, country, and R&B charts in 1956. But some fans already knew the song from Big Mama Thornton’s earlier recording, a giant but exclusively R&B hit. In Hound Dog Eric...

Based on new archival evidence and interviews, and setting out a new theoretical framework for music video analysis, Emily Caston presents a major new analysis of music videos from 1966-2016, identifying not only their distinctive British traits, but...

Following his investigation into experimental music and sound recording in Records Ruin the Landscape, David Grubbs turns his attention to the live performance of improvised music with an altogether different form of writing. Now that the audience is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571572076Author Benjamin BrittenPage Count 284Imprint Faber Music LtdPublisher Faber Music Ltd

Sounds Irish, Acts Global critically examines both the history of Ireland's popular music industry as well as the current music scene in the country. By placing recent industry developments in the context of that history, the authors present a new way of...

In Old Town Road, Chris Molanphy considers Lil Nas X’s debut single as pop artifact, chart phenomenon, and cultural watershed. “Old Town Road” was more than a massive hit, with the most weeks at No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 history. It is also a prism...

From Bill Clinton playing his saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show to Barack Obama referencing Jay Z’s song “Dirt off Your Shoulder,” politicians have used music not only to construct their personal presidential identities but to create the broader...

* The first history and musicology of the Black Women’s Liberation Movement in relationship to the Black Power Movement and mainstream Women’s Liberation Movement (circa 1965 to 1979) * Essential reading for Black popular music studies, Black popular...

GOTH is an entertaining and engaging historical memoir of the genre of Goth music and culture, exploring creative giants like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, Joy Division and many more great bands that offered a place of refuge for the...

This book, authored by the late Princeton music scholar Harold Powers, discusses a single Indian rāga called Rītigaula. Rītigaula’s pitch structure, conventions surrounding its performance, and its treatment in historical Indian music treatises are...

Progressive and libertarian, anti-Communist and revolutionary, Democratic and Republican, quintessentially American but simultaneously universal. By the late 1980s, rock music had acquired a dizzying array of political labels. These claims about its...

Desmond Child is the ultimate hitmaker, contributing to some of the biggest smash global hits that helped ignite the success of music icons KISS, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Ricky Martin, Katy Perry, and countless others. In Livin’ On A Prayer, he...

Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from Ngiembɔɔn communities of Central and West Cameroon as touchstones for proposing new approaches to arts scholarship and community development. Building on...

For some people, at some times, in some places, on some drugs, dance music can be a gateway to transformative, even transcendent experiences. With the help of skilled DJs, dancers can reach euphoric states, discard their egos, and feel social barriers...

- Brings together revised and updated essays, furthering a conversation that is decades in the making, with additional chapters added- Applicable to a variety of courses on film music, cultural/media studies, and aesthetics- Written by a respected,...

- Brings together revised and updated essays, furthering a conversation that is decades in the making, with additional chapters added- Applicable to a variety of courses on film music, cultural/media studies, and aesthetics- Written by a respected,...

Important musical trends are placed in a broader cultural, social, political, and economic context Comprehensive coverage from the roots of jazz in African music to present day Covers commonly overlooked styles, such as Orchestral jazz, Cubop, and...

Important musical trends are placed in a broader cultural, social, political, and economic context Comprehensive coverage from the roots of jazz in African music to present day Covers commonly overlooked styles, such as Orchestral jazz, Cubop, and...

- A standard bearer text in Hip Hop Studies, this Reader brings together the most important and up-to-date hip-hop scholarship in one comprehensive volume. - This new edition also includes greater coverage of gender, sexuality, and diversity in hip-hop,...

Networked Music Performance (NMP) is the essential guide to both playing music online and ensemble music through networks. Offering a range of case studies, from highly technical solutions to inclusive community projects, this book provides inspiration...

Jazz and Death: Reception, Rituals, and Representations critically examines the myriad and complex interactions between jazz and death, from the New Orleans "jazz funeral" to jazz in heaven or hell, final recordings, jazz monuments, and the music’s own...

Provides a wide range of case studies of music in film scenes, allowing instructors to pick and choose examples to focus on. Each case study is accessibly written and follows the same format, breaking down elements of the scene for students in a clear...

In both video games and animated films, worlds are constructed through a combination of animation, which defines what players see on the screen, and music and sound, which provide essential cues to action, emotion, and narrative. This book offers a rich...

Originally published in 1966, this was the first book on this subject to be published for over a hundred years. It covers all facets including little-known types of Gaelic song, the bagpipes and their music, including the esoteric subject of pibroch, the...

• For advanced jazz piano instruction• A reference resource for technical study in harmonic development• Methodology used is a jazz adaptation of techniques derived from the structural innovations of Beethoven,Book InformationISBN 9781032399232Author...

A twisting path through Austin’s underground music scene in the twentieth century’s last decade, narrated by the people who were there.It’s 1990 in Austin, Texas. The next decade will be a tipping point in the city's metamorphosis from sleepy college...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792462375Author Michael Creighton MoenchPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781138238039Author Michael BaumgartnerFormat HardbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

This edition of Jazz Journey covers jazz from its 19th Century forerunners through the 20th century. This jazz journey takes the reader and listener on an historical audio and video tour of some of the great jazz performances of the last hundred years...

Despite the close and longstanding links between sport and music, the relationships between these two significant cultural forms have been relatively neglected. This book addresses the oversight with a series of highly original essays written by authors...

Have you ever wondered who your favourite artists admire and who they want to shine a spotlight on? Wonder no longer. In this first volume of Accolades, a wide range of musicians, composers, and songwriters praise and present their treasured gems...

From Angie to Wild Horses, Start Me Up to Ruby Tuesday, Rolling Stones Legends Alphabet is a blues-soaked journey through the works of Mick, Keith, Jones, Wyman, and Watts. Grab a Jagger-inspired velvet suit, and prepare for pure satisfaction as we dive...

Provides a wide range of case studies of music in film scenes, allowing instructors to pick and choose examples to focus on. Each case study is accessibly written and follows the same format, breaking down elements of the scene for students in a clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901447248Author Ian GlasperFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint Cherry Red BooksPublisher Cherry Red BooksWeight(grams) 652g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846096754Author Nerina PallotPage Count 56Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

This work charts the rise of house music from its roots in the underground, black, gay scene in Chicago. It discusses how the rave scene has changed the face of youth culture, and addresses the issues of drugs and commercialization. There are interviews...

"Fascinating details and anecdotes accompany this engaging account of the emergence of dramatic new ideas and forms in music over the centuries..." David Politzer, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics. "A thought-provoking, stimulating, and highly...

A STUNNING NEW AND COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION OF THE FENDER BIBLE FOR 2025Leo Fender's guitars have arguably shaped modern music more than any other brand. This remarkable, fully updated tome collects together more rare Fender guitars than have ever been...