[PDF] American Musicians eBook

Author : Whitney Balliett
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 40,64 MB
Release : 2006-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781578068340

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All of the jazz profiles Whitney Balliett wrote for the New Yorker

Author : E. Douglas Bomberger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 1999-11-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0313032432

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The series of biographical sketches published by Brainard's Musical World between 1877 and 1889 is notable for the diversity of the musicians profiled and for the entertaining personal information provided. This period witnessed the establishment of musical institutions and attitudes toward music that have shaped American music to the present day. The biographies present a cross-section of American musicians in the late 19th century, including singers, instrumentalists, writers, teachers, and composers. Among the musicians included are some of America's most prominent conductors, such as Theodore Thomas and Leopold Damrosch; composers, such as John Knowles Paine and George F. Root; writers, such as John S. Dwight and Amy Fay; teachers, such as William Mason and Erminia Rudersdorff; and performers, such as Emma Abbott and Maud Powell. Scores of less familiar musicians who were also instrumental in shaping America's music are included as well. Originally intended for general readers, the biographical sketches not only shed light on musical topics but also include personal information that is seldom found in a traditional dictionary and which speaks to the attitudes and concerns of the late 19th century society. This work will be of value to scholars and researchers of 19th-century American music and to those interested in the development of popular song. Entries are alphabetically arranged and include select bibliographies. A general bibliography and index are also included.

Author : Anthony L. Glise
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,96 MB
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 1609742702

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Whether you're a seasoned traveler or making your first trip to Europe to study or work as a musician, this book will simplify your life. the Handbook for American Musicians Overseas describes details of understanding the different European music school systems, finding and getting into a school, and adjusting to a new country. A dictionary of contemporary music terms gives you the musical vocabulary that you'll need in French, German and Italian on a daily basis. Whether you're going to work or study music in Europe, this book is going to make life easier!

Author : Peter Guralnick
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 0316206741

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This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews with these legendary performers, Peter Guralnick captures the boundless passion that drove these men to music-making and that kept them determinedly, and sometimes almost desperately, on the road.

Author : Kenneth J. Bindas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 1992-09-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0313389748

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Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it reveal the attitudes of an era or generation. Always a major preoccupation of students, music is often ignored by teaching professionals, who might profitably channel this interest to further understandings of American social history and such diverse fields as sociology, political science, literature, communications, and business as well as music. In this interdisciplinary collection, scholars, educators, and writers from a variety of fields and perspectives relate topics concerning twentieth-century popular music to issues of politics, class, economics, race, gender, and the social context. The focus throughout is to place music in societal perspective and encourage investigation of the complex issues behind the popular tunes, rhythms, and lyrics.