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  • La musique à la Renaissance

    La musique à la Renaissance est non seulement pratique, elle est aussi un concept qui participe d’une multitude de gestes et de pensées qui dépassent de loin ce qui est composé, interprété ou écouté, pour toucher à la conception de l’univers (la musique des sphères), à l’ordre des choses (les proportions), à la foi (la musique intérieure). Cet ouvrage retrace les diverses voies dans lesquelles se ... Leer más

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  • Music and the Renaissance

    Renaissance, Reformation and Counter-Reformation

    Edición de Philippe Vendrix ...
    Series series A Library of Essays on Renaissance Music
    This volume unites a collection of articles which illustrate brilliantly the complexity of European cultural history in the Renaissance. On the one hand, scholars of this period were inspired by classical narratives on the sublime effects of music and, on the other hand, were affected by the profound religious upheavals which destroyed the unity of Western Christianity and, in so doing, opened up ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Aux origines d’une discipline historique

    La musique et son histoire en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles

    Series series Bibliothèque de la faculté de philosophie et lettres de l’université de Liège
    La musicologie, discipline neuve parmi les sciences historiques, vit, en cette fin de siècle, un moment difficile de son histoire. Depuis 1985, à la suite de Joseph Kerman, l'interrogation sur son passé devient pratique courante. Cette tendance, particulièrement perceptible aux Etats-Unis, reflète sans nul doute un malaise. Et la musicologie n'est pas la seule remise en cause. Il en va de toute ... Leer más

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  • Verdi's Rigoletto

    A Short Guide to a Great Opera

    de Michael Steen ...
    Series series Great Operas
    From the première of Rigoletto at Venice's La Fenice in 1851, the Duke's La donna è mobile caught on with the public and has done much to ensure the ongoing popularity of Verdi's opera about the body in the sack. Rigoletto, the sarcastic court jester, is cursed by a nobleman who he has mocked. Subsequent events see the curse realised, as Rigoletto's daughter Gilda is kidnapped, raped, and later ... Leer más

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  • Forbidden Music

    The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis

    With National Socialism's arrival in Germany in 1933, Jews dominated music more than virtually any other sector, making it the most important cultural front in the Nazi fight for German identity. This groundbreaking book looks at the Jewish composers and musicians banned by the Third Reich and the consequences for music throughout the rest of the twentieth century. Because Jewish musicians and ... Leer más

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  • Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door

    de Nick Talevski ...
    The fascination with tragedy and the subsequent theatre of voyeurism are part of human nature, especially when it involves our icons, celebrities and musicians. Knocking On Heaven's Door is the definitive book of rock 'n' roll, pop, R&B and blues deaths.Often, only the biggest selling artists are written about and sometimes it is the death of a personality that cements their iconic status. ... Leer más

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  • Showtime At The Apollo

    The Story of Harlem's World Famous Theater

    de Ted Fox ...
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  • The Who's The Who Sell Out

    de John Dougan ...
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    Released in the U.S. in January 1968, The Who Sell Out was, according to critic Dave Marsh, a complete backfire--the album sold well, but not spectacularly [and was] ultimately a nostalgic in-joke: Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such a thing? Further rarifying its in-joke status was its unapologetic Englishness; 13 tracks stitched together in a mock pirate radio broadcast, without a ... Leer más

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  • Mozart's Grace

    de Scott Burnham ...
    Aspects of beauty in the music of MozartIt is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know. But few of us ask why. Why does the beautiful in Mozart stand apart, as though untouched by human hands? At the same time, why does it inspire intimacy rather than distant admiration, love rather than awe? And how does Mozart's music create and sustain its buoyant and ... Leer más

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  • Understanding the Leitmotif

    From Wagner to Hollywood Film Music

    The musical leitmotif, having reached a point of particular forcefulness in the music of Richard Wagner, has remained a popular compositional device up to the present day. In this book, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the background and development of the leitmotif, from Wagner to the Hollywood adaptations of The Lord of The Rings and the Harry Potter series. Analyzing both concert music and film ... Leer más

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  • Composing for the Red Screen

    Prokofiev and Soviet Film

    de Kevin Bartig ...
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    Sound film captivated Sergey Prokofiev during the final two decades of his life: he considered composing for nearly two dozen pictures, eventually undertaking eight of them, all Soviet productions. Hollywood luminaries such as Gloria Swanson tempted him with commissions, and arguably more people heard his film music than his efforts in all other genres combined. Films for which Prokofiev composed, ... Leer más

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