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The first book to explore the nature and function of the oneiric in David Lynch's different phases and audio-visual formats.

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Documents for the expansion of repertoire from the marches and potpourris of the 1890s to the symphonic recordings of the late acoustical period.

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A historical and theoretical analysis of corporate architecture in the United States after the Second World War.

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An ambitious and highly original analysis of the terrain of contemporary and future film theory, production and practice.

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This book discusses the historical and musical development of the diatonic harp in Paraguay, an analysis of the musical contributions by harp composers and performers, a survey of the various traditional genres associated with the instrument, and a discussion of the popular and academic settings where the instrument has been cultivated.

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This book explores a genre of American science fiction television which emerged in the 1990sthat of conspiratorial science fiction.

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"When The Paris Diary exploded on the scene in 1966 there had never been a book in English quite like it: Its intimate combination of personal, literary, and social insights was unprecedented. Rorem's"

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Beginning with an introductory overview, this encyclopaedia contains entries for works including operas, diverse lyric compositions and ballets, as well as biographical sketches of composers, librettists, performers and choreographers. A repertory list (1671-1715) is included in the appendix.

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This second volume of The Paris Opera offers descriptions of balletic and lyrical compositions and biographical sketches of famous vocalists, dancers, choreographers, composers, and librettists. Contents of scenarios and librettos are reported scene by scene or act by act.

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In The Patron's Payoff, Jonathan Nelson and Richard Zeckhauser apply the innovative methods of information economics to the study of art. Their findings, written in highly accessible prose, are surprising and important. Building on three economic concepts--signaling, signposting, and stretching--the book develops the first systematic methodology fo

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This book explores the work of performance artist Regina Jos Galindo, emphasizing the power of her art as a tool to address and enact historical truths.

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In this book the author analyzes the autobiographies of Baby Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Pops Foster, and Lee Collins by integrating social, psychological, and literary theories. He argues that the autobiographies of New Orleans jazz musicians construct a sense of self and the collective grounded in ideas about authenticity.

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Find the best reference sources on theatre, dance, and related theatre arts quickly and efficiently with this new resource. Arranged by type of material, the book describes and evaluates the most significant directories, encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, and other works on theatre and dance.

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During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers. This title recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

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During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers. This title recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

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This volume describes the psychological problems of the stage, with a focus on education and prevention. It is part of a series on creativity research.

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This volume describes the psychological problems of the stage, with a focus on education and prevention. It is part of a series on creativity research.

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This book looks at the creative output of one of the world's greatest filmmakers, Ingmar Bergman, through the prism of his personal life, in particular his interpersonal and internal conflicts. The author-a practicing psychiatrist as well as a professor emeritus of psychiatry-...

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The Philadelphia Orchestra is the most-recorded orchestra in the United States. This discography contains a chronological list of recordings, detailing works performed, conductors, soloists, dates, venues, producers, and matrix information for 78-rpm recordings.

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