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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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Provides a history of gospel music. From Africa through the spirituals, from minstrel music through jubilee, and from traditional to contemporary gospel, this book shows the links between styles, social patterns, and artists. The emphasis is on the stories behind the songs and musicians.

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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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The authors present relevant and noteworthy research and insight into many therapies, including holistic, exposure, cognitive and behavioral therapies, and medicinal treatments. Each chapter features self-guided activities and journaling exercises, words of wisdom from establi...

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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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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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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.