Audiotopia [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and America / / Josh Kun |
Autore | Kun Josh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.42164/0973/0904 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Popular music - United States - History and criticism
Music - Social aspects - United States Multiculturalism - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american identity american studies art and music artists bronx critical analysis cultural studies discussion books ethnic demographic studies ethnic differences ethnic minorities havana hip hop klezmer latin rock literary movements los angeles modern history music and culture music historians music history music lovers music studies music nonfiction popular music race issues racial history racial issues retrospective us borders |
ISBN |
1-282-76321-0
9786612763212 1-4237-1729-5 0-520-93864-X 1-59875-582-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Strangers among Sounds -- One. Against Easy Listening -- Two. The Yiddish Are Coming -- Three. Life According to the Beat -- Four. Basquiat's Ear, Rahsaan's Eye -- Five. I,Too, Sing América -- Six. Rock's Reconquista -- Conclusion: La Misma Canción -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318803321 |
Kun Josh | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leonard Bernstein [[electronic resource] ] : the political life of an American musician / / Barry Seldes |
Autore | Seldes Barry <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 780.92 |
Soggetto topico | Musicians - Political activity - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american culture american history artists biography blacklisted career classical music cold war america composer engaging exile famous musicians fbi files folk heroes iconic musicians leonard bernstein library of congress maestro modern history music lovers musical career musical theater new york philharmonic new york nonfiction political activist political outcasts popular culture progressive politics retrospective revolutionaries state department |
ISBN | 0-520-94307-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Young American: Bernstein at Harvard -- 2. The Forties: Ascent and Blacklist -- 3. American Biedermeier: 1951-1959 -- 4. The Long Sixties: 1960-1973 -- 5. Norton Lectures: 1973 -- 6. Bernstein at Sea: 1974-1990 -- 7. Understanding Bernstein -- Epilogue: A Man in Dark Times -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778947903321 |
Seldes Barry <1938-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Moral fire [[electronic resource] ] : musical portraits from America's fin de siècle / / Joseph Horowitz |
Autore | Horowitz Joseph <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 780.973/09034 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - United States - 19th century - History and criticism
Music - United States - 20th century - History and criticism Music patronage - United States - History - 19th century Music patronage - United States - History - 20th century Musical criticism - United States - History - 19th century Musical criticism - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century music
20th century music american culture american history american music history american musical life american studies boston symphony orchestra charles ives classic music classical music classical orchestra cultural historians gilded age henry higginson henry krehbiel history of music human nature laura langford moral values music history and criticism music lovers music studies musicians and historians musicology turn of the century america us culture us history |
ISBN |
1-280-11649-8
9786613520784 0-520-95186-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Henry Higginson: High Culture, High Finance, and Useful Citizenship -- Chapter 2. Henry Krehbiel: The German-American Transaction -- Chapter 3. Laura Holloway Langford: Servitude, Disquiet, and "The History of Womankind" -- Chapter 4. Charles Ives: Gentility and Rebellion -- Summation: Defining an American Fin de Siècle -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790008103321 |
Horowitz Joseph <1948-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Norman Granz [[electronic resource] ] : the man who used jazz for justice / / Tad Hershorn ; foreword by Oscar Peterson |
Autore | Hershorn Tad |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (502 p.) |
Disciplina |
781.65092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Impresarios - United States
Jazz - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century jazz
african american jazz african american performers billie holiday ella fitzgerald entertainment industry history of jazz history of music influential african americans inspiring musicians jazz and blues jazz at the philharmonic jazz biography jazz icons jazz lovers jazz stars music and theater music lovers musician biography musician books oscar peterson overcoming prejudice post war jazz post wwii racial prejudice social activist social prejudice verve records world of jazz |
ISBN |
1-283-29183-5
9786613291837 0-520-94977-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Prologue: "I Made Things Work" -- 1. "A ll I Wanted Was My Freedom" -- 2. "A Marvelous Crucible" -- 3. Cole Train -- 4. "The Opener" -- 5. Let Freedom Swing -- 6. Norman Granz versus . . . -- 7. Mambo Jambo -- 8. Enter Ella and Oscar -- 9. The Continental -- 10. "I Feel Most at Home in the Studio" -- 11. Starry Nights -- 12. "T hat Tall Old Man Standing Next to Ella Fitzgerald" -- 13. The Jazz Hurricane -- 14. "T he Lost Generation" -- 15. Duke, Prez, and Billie -- 16. Joie de Verve -- 17. Across the Sea -- 18. "Musicians Don't Want to Jam" -- 19. Picasso on the Beach -- 20. "One More Once" -- 21. Takin' It on Out - for Good -- 22. "Somewhere There's Music" -- Epilogue: "My Career, Such As It Is . . ." -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781753803321 |
Hershorn Tad | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why classical music still matters [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence Kramer |
Autore | Kramer Lawrence <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics
Musical analysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
academic apologists chopin classical composers classical music classical musicians composers gershwin human nature johann sebastian bach johannes brahms love song media mozart music lovers music performance music studies musical composers musical history musicians piano music popular culture ravel scholarly schubert schumann technology |
ISBN |
1-281-75247-9
9786611752477 1-4294-7181-6 0-520-93364-8 1-4337-0967-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- In Lieu Of A Preface -- Chapter One. Classical Music And Its Values -- Chapter Two. The Fate Of Melody And The Dream Of Return -- Chapter Three. Score And Performance, Performance And Film: Classical Music As Liberating Energy -- Chapter Four. But Not For Me: Love Song And The Heartache Of Modern Life -- Chapter Five. The Ghost In The Machine: Keyboard Rhapsodies -- Chapter Six. Crisis And Memory: The Music Of Lost Time -- Chapter Seven. Persephone's Fiddle: The Value Of Classical Music -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784420403321 |
Kramer Lawrence <1946-> | ||
Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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