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Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song

By: Professor Allan F Moore

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Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song

By: Professor Allan F Moore

Allan F. Moore presents a study of recorded popular song, from the recordings of the 1920s through to the present day. Analysis and interpretation are treated as separable but interdependent approaches to song. Analytical theory is revisited, covering conventional domains such as harmony, melody and rhythm, but does not privilege these at the expense of domains such as texture, the soundbox, vocal tone, lyrics. Moore continues by developing a range of hermeneutic strategies largely drawn from outside the field (in the most part, within psychology and philosophy) but still deeply relevant to the experience of song.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409495248

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9781409495246

Theories of the Information Society

By: Professor Frank Webster,Frank Webster

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Theories of the Information Society

By: Professor Frank Webster,Frank Webster

Information has come to be regarded as a symbol of the age in which we live. Talk nowadays is of an `information technology' revolution, even of an `information society'. But just what does this mean? In Theories of the Information Society Frank Webster sets out to make sense of the information explosion. He examines and assesses a variety of `images of the information society', and takes a sceptical look at what thinkers mean when they do refer to an `information society'. He looks closely at different approaches to informational developments, and provides critical commentaries on all the major post-war theories.

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313

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Routledge

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1134460287

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9781134460281

The Dream That Kicks

The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

By: Michael Chanan

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The Dream That Kicks

The Prehistory and Early Years of Cinema in Britain

By: Michael Chanan

The Dream the Kicks is a classic account of the prehistory and early years of cinema in Britain. In this new paperback edition, which has been thoroughly revised to take into account recent scholarship of early cinema, Michael Chanan provides a fasciniating account of the rich and hitherto hidden history of the origins of film. Chanan demonstrates that the theory of `the persistence of vision', which led to the invention of moving pictures, has been superceded by modern scientific findings. In its place, he puts forward a theory of invention as a type of bricolage, and shows that cinematography was a product of the forces of nineteenth century capitalism. He discusses the wealth of influences, both popular and bourgeois, on the culture of early cinema, including diorama, the magic lantern, itinerant entertainers and music hall. He looks at the relationship between film and photography, and considers the nascent film business, the ways in which early cinema was received by its audiences and the developing aesthetics of cinema in its first fifteen years.

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430

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Routledge

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1134816790

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9781134816798

Living Electronic Music

By: Professor Simon Emmerson

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Living Electronic Music

By: Professor Simon Emmerson

Drawing on recent ideas that explore new environments and the changing situations of composition and performance, Simon Emmerson provides a significant contribution to the study of contemporary music, bridging history, aesthetics and the ideas behind evolving performance practices. Whether created in a studio or performed on stage, how does electronic music reflect what is live and living? What is it to perform 'live' in the age of the laptop? Many performer-composers draw upon a 'library' of materials but others refuse to abandon traditionally 'created and structured' electroacoustic work. Lying behind this maelstrom of activity is the perennial relationship to 'theory', that is, ideas, principles and practices that somehow lie behind composers' and performers' actions. The relationship of the body performing to the spaces around has also undergone a revolution as the source of sound production has shifted to the loudspeaker. Emmerson considers these issues in the framework of our increasingly 'acousmatic' world in which we cannot see the source of the sounds we hear.

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220

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409493717

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9781409493716

Bruckner's Fourth

The Biography of a Symphony

By: Benjamin M Korstvedt,George N and Selma U Jeppson Professor of Music Department of Visual and Performing Arts Benjamin M Korstvedt

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Bruckner's Fourth

The Biography of a Symphony

By: Benjamin M Korstvedt,George N and Selma U Jeppson Professor of Music Department of Visual and Performing Arts Benjamin M Korstvedt

Bruckner's Fourth: The Biography of a Symphony is a detailed account of the music and history of the most well-known symphony by the great Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). This book presents the first accurate, complete account of the history of this symphony based on extensive new research and critical analysis.

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356

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Oxford University Press

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0197765661

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Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

By: Professor William Washabaugh

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Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

By: Professor William Washabaugh

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain explores the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural identity. Further, it aims to demonstrate that these Andalusian efforts form part of the ambitious project of rethinking the nation-state of Spain, and of reconsidering the nature of national identity. A salient theme in this book is that the development of notions of style and identity are mediated by social institutions. Specifically, the book documents the development of flamenco's musical style by tracing the genre's development, between 1880 and 1980, and demonstrating the manner in which the now conventional characterization of the flamenco style was mediated by krausist, modernist, and journalist institutions. Just as importantly, it identifies two recent institutional forces, that of audio recording and cinema, that promote a concept of musical style that sharply contrasts with the conventional notion. By emphasizing the importance of forward-looking notions of style and identity, Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain makes a strong case for advancing the Spanish experiment in nation-building, but also for re-thinking nationalism and cultural identity on a global scale.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409495264

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9781409495260

Black Box

KAL 007 and the Superpowers

By: Alexander Dallin,Professor Alexander Dallin

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KAL 007 and the Superpowers

By: Alexander Dallin,Professor Alexander Dallin

An analysis of the 1983 Korean airliner incident explores the possible explanations for the straying over Soviet territory, the information that supports or contradicts each other, and the handling of the incident

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150

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Univ of California Press

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0520055152

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9780520055155

Book's by Professor Michael Chanan

Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song

Song Means: Analysing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song

Theories of the Information Society

Theories of the Information Society

The Dream That Kicks

The Dream That Kicks

Living Electronic Music

Living Electronic Music

Bruckner's Fourth

Bruckner's Fourth

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

Black Box

Black Box

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