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A Rocket in My Pocket
Profile 2010; US$ 20.78A Rocket in my Pocket is the story of rockabilly music, the primal 50s howl of rockin rage that helped start it all.Rockabilly had its roots in country, blues, folk, hillbilly, R and B, boogie-woogie and most other indigenous Deep South forms of popular song that you could strum three chords along to or howl down a cheap microphone. It was young... more...
Drawn to Sound
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 29.99This ground-breaking volume bridges the fields of music and sound and also positions animation-film sound and music in the context of the screen and music industries. Animation experts like Paul Wells and Daniel Goldmark and film-music authorities including Philip Hayward, Ian Inglis and Janet Halfyard provide international perspectives on the history... more...
The Rock Metal Quiz Book
Andrews UK 2013; US$ 4.99Are you a fan of rock metal? Can you name the bands that are synonymous with this type of music and the songs that made them famous? Do you go to the Download Festival on the trail of your favourite rock stars? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you definitely wont want to be without with The Rock Metal Quiz Book.What UK band... more...
Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of a New Europe
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 49.95Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the grandest music spectacle anywhere in the world, the Eurovision... more...
Bodies of Sound
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95From the ragtime one-step of the early twentieth century to the contemporary practices of youth club cultures, popular dance and music are inextricably linked. This collection reveals the intimate connections between the corporeal and the sonic in the creation, transmission and reception of popular dance and music. The volume provokes a wide-ranging,... more...
Mr Gig
Short Books 2013; US$ 11.65Nige Tassell?s life has been defined by live music. It?s the fabric of his being, his bloodline, his DNA. He is Mr Gig. Or at least he was. A few years ago Mr Gig hung up his backstage pass and headed off to raise children in rural isolation. The thrill had gone. Now, with a widening waistline, less hair and a mid-life crisis coming over the hill,... more...
Sizhu Instrumental Music of South China
BRILL 2008; US$ 130.00A study on Chinese music, based on the author's extensive fieldwork and a thorough knowledge of the scholarly literature. Itexamines the theoretical underpinnigs. more...
Precious Metal
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 18.95The making of the 25 greatest extreme metal albums of all time, as told via exclusive band-member interviews, drawn and expanded from Decibel 's ?Hall of Fame? more...
Musik in der Mittelalter-Szene
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 46.37Das Mittelalter scheint heute allgegenwärtig. Sei es unter dem Begriff 'Lebendige Geschichte', 'Reenactment', 'Kultur', oder schlicht neudeutsch 'Event' - die Angebote, sich dem Mittelalter zu nähern sind zahlreicher denn je. Und während sich die einen Holzhäuser im Museumspark für lebendige Geschichtsdarstellung bauen und dort ihre Wochenenden als... more...
Stephen Sondheims Sweeney Todd
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 46.37Spätestens seit der Verfilmung durch Tim Burton wurde Stephen Sondheims Musical "Sweeney Todd" auch hierzulande einem breiten Publikum bekannt. 1979 am Broadway uraufgeführt, kann das Werk mittlerweile als Klassiker der Gattung bezeichnet werden und gilt gemeinhin als größte Leistung des amerikanischen Komponisten und Textautors. Aufgrund der musikalisch... more...









