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A study of Australian-born composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, who made her reputation in the USA in the 1940s and 1950s. Documents her music, performances and critical writings, as well as the work of previous biographers, bibliographers and interviewers.

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This book presents a selection of the greatest hits of Ib Ohlsson, the longtime illustrator for Foreign Affairs magazine. It is the story of our times, refracted through the lens of a great artist's singular vision.

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A comprehensive collection of information on recordings (LPs, CDs or Cassettes) in which percussion instruments are featured as solo instruments or as part of chamber ensembles, with the best of the literature and performers worldwide.

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Alphabetically arranged entries summarize the professional careers of over 500 percussionists from various musical venues. Where applicable, select discographies, bibliographies, and videographies accompany the entries.

This detailed reference will appeal to professional percussionists, instructors, and percussion historians.

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This book examines how Mexican artisans and artistic actors participate in translations of aesthetics, politics, and history through the field of craft.

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"The first book to explore folk singing from the perspective of performance studies, enabling original insights into the performance of folk songs, affect theory, archival research, autoethnography, intangible cultural heritage, and landscapes in performance"--

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In essays that span three decades, one of contemporary art's most esteemed critics celebrates artists who have persevered in the service of a medium.

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This study presents a historical overview of major figures in the genre, including W. C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, Bob Hope, and Woody Allen.

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This book demonstrates how experimentation generates new and creative music. It considers whether musical practice can provide worthwhile research outputs and how artistic research in music can assume a legitimate place in the academy. It goes on to demonstrate how exploration and experimentation function as legitimate artistic research in music.

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This book demonstrates how experimentation generates new and creative music. It considers whether musical practice can provide worthwhile research outputs and how artistic research in music can assume a legitimate place in the academy. It goes on to demonstrate how exploration and experimentation function as legitimate artistic research in music.

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Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky is an analytical and historical study of the twentieth century's most influential figures, by Milton Babbitt, Arthur Berger, Edward T. Cone, Robert Craft, Claudio Spies, and others; with new bibliographic and discographic studies prepared especially for this revised edition. Originally published in 1968.

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The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture. This collection of essays attests to the varied fields of interest the band and its followers, known as "Deadheads", have affected, including psychology.

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Smith explores Pete Townshend's artistic struggle between his own creative impulses and those of the commercial public. Townshend, early in his career, ignored his creative instincts to satisfy commercial agendas. After his success, he slowly withdrew to resolve his conflict between creativity and commercialism.

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This film calendar features literally a movie a week--for a year. As recommended and lovingly profiled in essays by Peter Bogdanovich: 52 vintage films (all available on videocassette) for viewing pleasure in one calendar year. 14 photos.

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"The most comprehensive academic examination of Peter Jackson's work and career"--

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A guide to the music of Britain's most prominent living composer, this volume contains the most complete listing available of Davies's works (unpublished as well as published) plus a comprehensive discography and a bibliography of nearly 1,000 items.

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A record of the work of Australian composer, Peter Sculthorpe, and of its reception by composer colleagues, performers, critics and audiences.

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