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Neufeld explores U2s phases of artistic expression, cultural engagement, and employment of faith and activism as a foundation for success. Through close readings of their musical work and the interplay of artistic and social engagement, this book outlines how U2 forever changed the very musical and political culture from which it was born.

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This bio-bibliography is devoted to Ulysses Kay, the prolific American composer, who has produced more than 135 compositions. The volume includes his biography, a chronological listing of his work, a discography to Spring 1994, and an annotated bibliography.

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"A discussion of the topics of curation, geography, and material production in the context of sound studies and the sonic world"--

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The author provides inquiring listeners, able to read musical quotations, with a general understanding of the role of harmony in music. He shows its interconnection with melody, form, style, and the history and psychology of music.

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Introducing the reader to the wisdom of Art Blakey's - One of the greatest jazz performers and teachers of all time - teaching through his quotes and reaching into the deepest grotto of the meaning of each one of them.

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This book teaches singers how to analyze the musical and textual content in songs in order to discover hidden meanings and create more compelling performances. The book provides a guided analysis of twenty Schubert songs, ranging from simple to more complex, with each song highlighting a new analytical technique.

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This book teaches singers how to analyze the musical and textual content in songs in order to discover hidden meanings and create more compelling performances. The book provides a guided analysis of twenty Schubert songs, ranging from simple to more complex, with each song highlighting a new analytical technique.

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"Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, t"

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Who 'speaks' to us in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony This title opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as the author explores the voices projected by music.

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The activity of women in American music from the 18th to 21st centuries. It describes hundreds of women composers, instrumentalists, conductors, orchestra and opera managers, music educators, and music patrons.

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Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false.

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New information includes details on recording dates, personnel, vocalists and soloists, sources, playing times, composers, test pressings, studio dialogue, and spoken introductions, together with data on selections made from newly discovered V-Disc recording sessions.

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This survey of choral literature, written by American composers from 1760 through the 1990s, examines nearly 3,000 pieces of choral music written by over 300 composers.

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"Uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a central document of Afro-diasporic music in 21st-century Lisbon and as a case study of postcolonial encounters in global popular music"--

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"Uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a central document of Afro-diasporic music in 21st-century Lisbon and as a case study of postcolonial encounters in global popular music"--

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Memorializes the singular talent of David McComb through a hauntological examination of contemporary recordings of his lost songs by various singers from Australias independent musical scene.

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The Vermont Reggae Festival, born in Burlington Vermont in 1986, became an historic event forever etched into the musical history of the city. Achieving the manifestation of peace, love, celebration of life, joy, fun, and excitement through the power of Reggae music. The Vermont Reggae Festival was a musical happening given as a gift to each attendee-all for the whopping ticket price of...FREE!!

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Ricardo Averbach places Heitor Villa-Lobos as the top exponent of Cultural Cannibalism in music, an aesthetic movement that has been neglected due to traditional Eurocentric views of Modernism. Villa-Lobos and Modernism shows how much our present aesthetics owes to the Modernist ideas introduced by the Brazilian composer.

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Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold is the first critical biography of the esteemed American composer, bringing together scholarly work and short contributed essays of prominent performers. Andrea Olmstead weaves a captivating narrative of the composer from his early life to his musical activities at Juilliard and death in 1987.

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Violet Balestreri Archer is a leading force in contemporary music of North America. Her own music has been performed throughout the world and at international festivals and music congresses.

This bio-bibliography is the first book-length study of Archer.

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This bibliography enhances the repertoire of the violinist by providing convenient access to a new solo recital, concerto, and chamber music literature: the music of women composers.

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