1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465816703321

Autore

Floyd Samuel A

Titolo

The power of Black music [[electronic resource] ] : interpreting its history from Africa to the United States / / Samuel A. Floyd, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995

ISBN

0-19-802437-1

9786610526796

1-4294-0641-0

1-280-52679-3

1-280-53503-2

9786610535033

0-19-510975-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Disciplina

780.8996073

781.6296073

Soggetti

African Americans - Music - History and criticism

Music - United States - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295), discography (p. 297-304), filmography (p. 305), and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1: African Music, Religion, and Narrative; 2: Transformations; 3: Syncretization and Synthesis: Folk and Written Traditions; 4: African-American Modernism, Signifyin(g), and Black Music; 5: The Negro Renaissance: Harlem and Chicago Flowerings; 6: Transitions: Function and Difference in Myth and Ritual; 7: Continuity and Discontinuity: The Fifties; 8: The Sixties and After; 9: Troping the Blues: From Spirituals to the Concert Hall; 10: The Object of Call-Response: The Signifyin(g) Symbol

11: Implications and ConclusionsAppendix; Printed Works Cited; Sound Recordings Cited; Films and Videotapes Cited; Index; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

When Jimi Hendrix transfixed the crowds of Woodstock with his gripping  version of ""The Star Spangled Banner,"" he was building on a



foundation reaching back, in part, to the revolutionary guitar playing of Howlin' Wolf and the other great Chicago bluesmen, and to the Delta blues traditionbefore him. But in its unforgettable introduction, followed by his unaccompanied ""talking"" guitar passage and inserted calls and responses at key points in the musical narrative, Hendrix's performance of the national anthem also hearkened back to a tradition even older than the blues, a traditionrooted in

2.

Record Nr.

UNICASTO00753104

Titolo

Il nuovo manuale delle professioni culturali : strumenti, percorsi e strategie per le professioni nuove / Francesco De Biase ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : UTET libreria, 1999

ISBN

8877505680

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 338 p. ; 24 cm.

Disciplina

331.702

Soggetti

Attivita culturali - Organizzazione

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798373303321

Autore

Bronckart Véronique

Titolo

Comment réagir en période de crise? : Les principes clés d'une bonne gestion de crise en entreprise / / par Véronique Bronckart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bruxelles, [Belgium] : , : 50Minutes, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

2-8062-6528-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 p.)

Collana

Coaching pro ; ; Numéro 50

Disciplina

363.345

Soggetti

Crisis management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791180203321

Autore

East Roger

Titolo

Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders / / Roger East and Richard J. Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Europa : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-317-63939-1

1-315-75951-9

1-317-63940-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasRichard <1977->

Disciplina

920/.009/0511

Soggetti

Heads of state

Prime ministers

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China, People's Rep.; Colombia; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Congo, Rep; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Croatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic

DenmarkDjibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Fiji; Finland; France; Gabon; Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, North; Korea, South; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta

Marshall IslandsMauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia; Moldova;



Monaco; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Palestine; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa; San Marino; São Tomé and Príncipe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan

SurinameSwaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vatican City; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Yugoslavia; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Appendix: Contact Details; Index: Dates of Taking Power; Index: Personal Names; Index: Types of Regime; Photographs

Sommario/riassunto

This new work of biographical reference presents succinct narrative biographies of every serving head of state and head of government.Its content covers approximately 200 countries and territories and provides over 300 biographical profiles.Each country section contains:* A brief explanation of its type of government and the roles of the head of state, the head of government and the legislature* Lists of the most recent heads of state and head of government, with dates of office* Biographical profiles of current head of state and government