Musik

Following the first volume on Dmitry Shostakovich's early career and his emergence as the first composer for Soviet Russian cinema, this book examines Shostakovich's continued development as a film composer and his navigation of Stalinist cultural politics from 1936 to 1953.

This book explores the digital transformation of performing arts, taking readers on a journey through classical orchestras as illustrative examples.

A Short Introduction to Anneliese is the second volume in author James Elkins’ multi-volume mega-novel Five Strange Languages being published by Unnamed Press, all of which trace the final year of Samuel Emmer’s life before he disappears. When Samuel Emmer meets unemployed biologist Anneliese Glur for dinner during his stopover in Frankfurt, he has no notion of what to expect. Anneliese is an old friend and former colleague of his boss, and he agrees to dinner for no other reason than he has nothing better to do. As it turns out, Anneliese is a torrent of observations, digressions, theories, hypotheses, and resentments. She complains about her niece, who lives with her and her brother Paul, and about their uncle Hans, whose dementia haunts Anneliese’s concerns about the state of her own mind. She deconstructs the “awfulness” of language, calling it an ill-fitting suit, and challenges the validity of memory. Most surprising is what Samuel comes to realize by the end of this strange dinner: that the insufferable but deeply compelling Anneliese is conducting a kind of interview with him – the purposes of which are not entirely clear. A month later, back home in Guelph, Samuel finds himself on the phone with Anneliese, listening to her once again. Her monologues are wild, seemingly endless, often laugh-out loud funny, and occasionally repellent; but nothing is random, for Anneliese Glur is systematically introducing Samuel not just to her work, but to a breakdown in her mind, which she describes as thirteen distinct problems in her thinking. She is fascinated by long books, and she tells Samuel what she thinks of dozens of books including epic poems, encyclopedias, Joyce, Proust, Aquinas, Velikovsky, Roussel, Wallace, Murnane, Sade, Gibbon, Schopenhauer, and Ossian. She is no longer sure that she is sane, and she needs Samuel to read her book – a comprehensive theory of the essence of life, that transcends category or definition – to see if it makes sense. But first, through a series of long conversations, she introduces him to the world of her mind. A Short Introduction to Anneliese has notes, which comprise a separate narrative at the end of the novel, written by Samuel in extreme old age (whom readers will recognize from Weak in Comparison to Dreams). This Samuel scarcely remembers Anneliese. Instead, her way of talking sounds to him like music. Her startling ideas have evaporated, leaving only melodies.

The story of women and punk told through the narratives of ordinary women from the streets of London in the 1970s to the beaches of California in the 2000s, providing details and anecdotes to bring to life the socio-political backdrop.With chapters covering all major punk movements, including the 1970s British punk explosion, 1980s American Hardcore, 1990s global pop punk, right up until the modern-day resurgence of musical activism around a variety of societal issues.The story told by the women themselves, using first-hand interviews with the ordinary women and girls who compromise the millions of punk fans from the 1970s to the present day."How punk engaged with the fight for women's rights and how it can achieve liberation for women. Punk was different and new from anything else. In a lot of ways, I was drawn to the scene because of the politics - feminism, working class solidarity, questioning everything, challenging authority. All these issues were important." - CamillaFor women like Camilla - who spent her teenage years in 1970s immersed in the local punk scene - punk was a thrilling and cataclysmic event that provided a new look, a new attitude and a new community. It seemed like the start of a social and cultural revolution, where old ideas and norms were swept away and new terms negotiated, especially for women.In a society where sex sells, these rebellious kids weren't buying the superficial and tawdry anymore - they were in search of the meaningful and the authentic.

This book historically examines musical and cultural relationships through popular music recordings, exploring the transatlantic journeys via academic, critical and commercial reception of the music. It will interest all those who study popular music, cultural studies, and music production, as well as popular music listeners.

This study considers the performativity of sound-producing sculptures made in the twenty-first century through a cultural history of certain works.

A major new biography of Joe Meek, the legendary maverick engineer, songwriter, artist manager and record producer. Joe Meek. Wayward genius; the British Phil Spector, the first producer to treat the recording studio as an instrument; head of one of the earliest independent record labels; creator of some of the most incredibly influential pop music ever, including 'Telstar', the first American number one single by a British band; and a man tormented by mental health issues and financial battles.He was all these and more, as author Darryl W. Bullock reveals through numerous original interviews with friends and colleagues in his compelling biography of the legendary producer.Love and Fury takes readers on a guided tour of Meek's fabled Holloway Road studio, examines the recordings issued during his lifetime, looks at the wealth of unreleased material he left behind - the legendary Tea Chest tapes, rumoured to include recordings by David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Ray Davies of the Kinks and others - and examines that events which ultimately led to murder and suicide.

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Sounds of Survival tells a story of unexpected musical continuity across some of the twentieth century's most cataclysmic events. It examines an integrated Polish-Jewish musical community as its members contended with antisemitism in the 1930s, were persecuted during the Nazi occupation, and attempted to establish a renewed musical culture from the ashes of World War II and the Holocaust. Attending to these musicians from the 1920s into the 1950s, the book is a rigorous examination of Jewishness within twentieth-century Polish classical music, and the first to examine how the Holocaust was a defining event for the country's musical culture. J. Mackenzie Pierce argues that despite the nearly unimaginable violence experienced by these musicians, many of their projects and ideals were reinvited and preserved across war and genocide. Thus, he rejects the common assumption that World War II and the Holocaust were epoch-defining ruptures in Polish, Jewish, and European culture, instead showing that the midcentury was a period of fervent reinvention and cultural development in response to trauma.

On Elton John offers a lively, provocative, and imaginative new way to explore the career and music of Elton John within the contexts both of other artists from David Bowie to Britney Spears and of sweeping shifts in popular culture during Sir Elton's lifetime. A must-have for fans, the book will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in music history, popular culture, and the social issues of our era.

2Pac 4Evr is the outstanding new book by renowned author Francis Nicholas Driscoll, which depicts in great detail the trials and tribulations of the artist, while diving deep into the specifics of his albums and movies. The author simultaneously pinpoints the parallels between his and 2Pac's own life, being that Francis had a traumatic near death experience in '91 that left him with a C7 Quadriplegic Spinal Cord Injury, and wheelchair bound for life.Francis got hurt in '91, the victim of a train accident in NYC, and barely lived through it. That happened right after he discovered 2Pac's first works under the Digital Underground collaborative Rap Group.The author, despite sustaining a permanent Traumatic Brain Injury, somehow remembered all of 2Pac's albums and movies and, following an unjust eviction from a handicapped living community, Francis proceeded to write this book as a moving tribute to the prolific rap star.

The Icon Catalogue is a series of small A6 zines profiling 40 record labels in various dance music genres such as Techno, Drum & Bass, Jungle, UK Garage and Dubstep. From the most important labels responsible for the scene's foundations to rare, hard-to-find imprints now defunct, plus a few heavy-hitting newcomers. UK Hardcore Volume 1 features the likes of Basement Records, Dark Horse, Liquid Wax, Satin Storm, Symphony Sounds, Tone Def and many more.

The follow-up to Kristin Caseys widely acclaimed memoir Rock Monster: My Life with Joe WalshCasey Dancer is the true story of a 39-year-old part-time stripper, full-time real estate agent, and struggling writer navigating the chaos of love and ambition. Fresh out of a tumultuous divorce and newly sober, Kristin finds herself struggling to re-enter the dating scene. When she falls for Lalo, a charming but troubled ex-coke dealer, their steamy affair leads to deep emotional conflict, testing her boundaries and stirring memories of past relationships.Through the highs of passion, the lows of financial strain, and the gritty realities of sex work, Kristin fights to reclaim her sense of self.Bold, raw, and unapologetically honest, Casey Dancer is a story of resilience, vulnerability, and self-discovery.

The ultimate Christmas gift for this 'Noël'!Show your loyalty to the ultimate Rock 'n' Roll Stars with this Supersonic celebration of the Gallagher brothers. Featuring Liam and Noel's most outrageous quotes and the quizzes and questions you need to prove you deserve to be at the concerts more than anyone else, this is the ultimate celebration of the band that defined an era.Learn:Where Oasis recorded their iconic first albumWhat Noel said about Liam after the band broke up in 2009Which Oasis song is Liam's favouriteAnd more...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Today, Morocco's hip hop artists are vital to their country's reputation as diverse, creative, and modern. But in the 1990s and 2000s, teenage amateurs shaped their craft and ideals together as the profound socioeconomic changes of neoliberalization swept through their neighborhoods. Values That Pay traces Moroccan hip hop's trajectory from sidewalk cyphers and bedroom studios to royal commendations and international festivals. Kendra Salois draws from more than ten years of research into her interlocutors' music and moral reasoning to frame this institutionalization around the constitutive tensions of hip hop aesthetics and neoliberal life. Entrepreneurial artists respond to their unavoidable complicity with an extractive state through aesthetic and interpersonal sincerity, educating their fans on the risks and responsibilities of contemporary citizenship. Salois argues that over the past forty years, Moroccan hip hop practitioners have transformed not only themselves but also what it means to be an ethical citizen in a deeply unequal nation.

Zendaya is Gen Z's undisputed style queen - and these pages are here for it, celebrating her most sensational outfits in a gorgeous addition to this bestselling series.

Blondie in Camera 1978 beautifully presents the most celebrated photos of the late 1970s' biggest breakthrough band.