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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806262003321

Autore

Bowman Durrell

Titolo

Experiencing Peter Gabriel : a listener's companion / / Durrell Bowman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

ISBN

1-4422-5200-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

The listener's companion

Disciplina

782.42166092

Soggetti

Rock music - England - History and criticism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Timeline; Introduction; 1 "Tell Me My Life Is about to Begin"; 2 "The Chamber Was in Confusion"; 3 "They've Come to Take Me Home"; 4 "If Looks Could Kill"; 5 "Cover Me, When I Run"; 6 "This Is the New Stuff"; 7 "I Reach Out through the Border Fence"; 8 "In Transition Once Again"; Conclusion; Selected Listening; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Durrell Bowman discusses the sounds and stories of the innovative and versatile English singer-songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel's songs. From his studio albums as a solo artist with the band Genesis to his film and media scores and movie songs, Gabriel's music ranges from mainstream celebrations of pop styles to experimental arrangements filled with disarmingly personal emotions. As part of the Listener's Companion series, this volume gives readers an enhanced experience of key works by exploring the environments in which the works were written and first performed as well as the environme