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Weird Al

Seriously

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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This Expanded Edition features even more insights on “Weird Al” Yankovic, including his activities during a tumultuous 2020 and 2021, diving deeper into the world of the iconic man who has made a career out of making us laugh. Funny music is often dismissed as light and irrelevant, but Yankovic’s fourteen successful studio albums prove there is more going on than comedic music's reputation suggests. Lily Hirsch weaves together original interviews with the prince of parody himself, creating a fresh take on comedy and music’s complicated romance. She reveals that Yankovic’s jests have always had a deeper meaning, addressing such topics as bullying, celebrity, and racial and gender stereotypes. The Expanded Edition celebrates Yankovic’s vast influence on musicians, comedians, and performing artists as well as what the man has meant to fans—in a time of uncertainty, Yankovic has served as a much-needed bright spot for many. From his love of accordions and Hawaiian print shirts to his popular puns and trademark dance moves, Weird Al is undeterred by those who say funny music is nothing but a low-brow pastime. And thank goodness. With his good-guy grace still intact, Yankovic remains unapologetically and unmistakably himself. Reveling in the mischief and wisdom of Yankovic’s over forty-year career, this book is an Al-expense-paid tour of a true comedic and musical genius.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538163519

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9781538163511

Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

By: Lily E. Hirsch

Although the use of music for extramusical purposes has been a part of American culture for some time, the phenomenon remained largely unknown to the general public until revelations became widespread of startling military practices during the second Iraq War. In Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment, Lily E. Hirsch explores the related terrain at the intersection of music and law, demonstrating the ways in which music has become a tool of law enforcement and justice through: police and community leaders’ use of classical music in crime deterrence and punishment; the use of rap lyrics as prosecutorial evidence; allegations of music as incitement to violence; and the role of music in U.S. prisons and in detention centers in Guantanamo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In the course of her study, Hirsch asks several questions: How does the law treat music? When and why does music participate in the law? How does music influence the legal process? How does the legal process influence music? And how do these appropriations affect the Romantic ideals underlying our view of music?

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University of Michigan Press

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047202874X

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9780472028740

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

By: Lily E. Hirsch

Examines the complicated history of a Jewish cultural organization supported by Nazi Germany

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University of Michigan Press

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0472034979

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9780472034970

Insulting Music

A Lexicon of Insult in Music

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Insulting Music

A Lexicon of Insult in Music

By: Lily E. Hirsch

Insulting Music explores insult in and around music and demonstrates that insult is a key dimension of Western musical experience and practice. There is insult in the music we hear, how we express our musical preferences, as well as our reactions to settings and sites of music and music making. More than that, when music and insult overlap, the effects can both promote social justice or undermine it, foster connection or break it apart. The coming together of music and insult shapes our sense of self and view of other people, underlining and constructing difference, often in terms of race and gender. In the last decade, music’s power dynamics have become an increasingly important concern for music scholars, critics, and fans. Studying musicians such as Frank Zappa, Nickleback, Taylor Swift, and the Insane Clown Posse, and musical phenomena such as musician jokes, the use of music to torture people, and the playing of music in restaurants, this book shows the various and contradictory ways insults are used to negotiate those existing dynamics in and around music.

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Springer Nature

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3031164660

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9783031164668

Can't Stop the Grrrls

Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono

By: Lily E. Hirsch

From stars like Britney Spears and Mariah Carey to classic icons like Yoko Ono, female musicians have long been the target of toxic labels in the media and popular culture: liar, crazy, snake, diva, and so on. This book takes a candid look at the full range of sexist labeling and inspires us to think about these remarkable women on their own terms"--

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Rowman & Littlefield

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153816907X

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Taking Funny Music Seriously

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Taking Funny Music Seriously

By: Lily E. Hirsch

Take funny music seriously! Though often dismissed as silly or derivative, funny music, Lily E. Hirsch argues, is incredibly creative and dynamic, serving multiple aims from the celebratory to the rebellious, the entertaining to the mentally uplifting. Music can be a rich site for humor, with so many opportunities that are ripe for a comedic left turn. Taking Funny Music Seriously includes original interviews with some of the best musical humorists, such as Tom Lehrer, "the J. D. Salinger of musical satire"; Peter Schickele, who performed as the invented composer P. D. Q. Bach, the supposed lost son of the great J. S. Bach; Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome of the funny music duo Garfunkel and Oates; comedic film composer Theodore Shapiro; Too Slim of the country group Riders in the Sky; and musical comedian Jessica McKenna, from the podcast Off Book, part of a long line of "funny girls." With their help, Taking Funny Music Seriously examines comedy from a variety of genres and musical contexts—from bad singing to rap, classical music to country, Broadway music to film music, and even love songs and songs about death. In its coverage of comedic musical media, Taking Funny Music Seriously is an accessible and lively look at funny music. It offers us a chance to appreciate more fully the joke in music and the benefits of getting that joke—especially in times of crisis—including comfort, catharsis, and connection.

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Indiana University Press

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0253069971

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9780253069979

Dislocated Memories

Jews, Music, and Postwar German Culture

By: Tina Frühauf,Lily Hirsch

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Dislocated Memories

Jews, Music, and Postwar German Culture

By: Tina Frühauf,Lily Hirsch

Winner of the 2015 Ruth A. Solie Award from the American Musicological Society The first volume of its kind, Dislocated Memories: Jews, Music, and Postwar German Culture draws together three significant areas of inquiry: Jewish music, German culture, and the legacy of the Holocaust. Jewish music-a highly debated topic-encompasses a multiplicity of musics and cultures, reflecting an inherent and evolving hybridity and transnationalism. German culture refers to an equally diverse concept that, in this volume, includes the various cultures of prewar Germany, occupied Germany, the divided and reunified Germany, and even "German (Jewish) memory," which is not necessarily physically bound to Germany. In the context of these perspectives, the volume makes powerful arguments about the impact of the Holocaust and its aftermath in changing contexts of musical performance and composition. In doing so, the essays in Dislocated Memories cover a wide spectrum of topics from the immediate postwar period with music in the Displaced Persons camps to the later twentieth century with compositions conceived in response to the Holocaust and the klezmer revival at the turn of this century. Dislocated Memories builds on a wide range of recent and critical scholarship in Cold War studies, cultural history, German studies, Holocaust studies, Jewish studies, and memory studies. What binds these distinct fields tightly together are the contributors' specific theoretical inquiries that reflect separate yet interrelated themes such as displacement and memory. While these concepts link the multi-faceted essays on a micro-level, they are also largely connected in their conceptual query by focus, on the macro-level, on the presence and the absence of Jewish music in Germany after 1945. Filled with original research by scholars at the forefront of music, history, and Jewish studies, Dislocated Memories will prove an essential text for scholars and students alike.

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Oxford University Press

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0199367493

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Weird Al

Seriously

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Rowman & Littlefield

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Anneliese Landau's Life in Music: Nazi Germany to Émigré California

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Anneliese Landau's Life in Music: Nazi Germany to Émigré California

By: Lily E. Hirsch

A detailed and moving account of the life of Anneliese Landau, who, in Nazi Germany and later in émigré California, fought against prejudice to do notable work in music.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1580469515

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Can't Stop the Grrrls

Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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Can't Stop the Grrrls

Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono

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Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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By: Lily E. Hirsch

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University of Michigan Press

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A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

By: Lily E. Hirsch

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A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

Musical Politics and the Berlin Jewish Culture League

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Examines the complicated history of a Jewish cultural organization supported by Nazi Germany

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Weird Al

Weird Al

Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

Insulting Music

Insulting Music

Can't Stop the Grrrls

Can't Stop the Grrrls

Taking Funny Music Seriously

Taking Funny Music Seriously

Dislocated Memories

Dislocated Memories

Weird Al

Weird Al

Anneliese Landau's Life in Music: Nazi Germany to Émigré California

Anneliese Landau's Life in Music: Nazi Germany to Émigré California

Can't Stop the Grrrls

Can't Stop the Grrrls

Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

Music in American Crime Prevention and Punishment

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

A Jewish Orchestra in Nazi Germany

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