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  • Where Music Helpsby Brynjulf Stige; Gary Ansdell; Cochavit Elefant; Mercédès Pavlicevic

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 39.95

    This book explores how people may use music in ways that are helpful for them, especially in relation to a sense of wellbeing, belonging and participation. The central premise for the study is that help is not a decontextualized effect that music produces. The book contributes to the current discourse on music, culture and society and it is developed... more...

  • Elgar's Earningsby John Drysdale

    Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 90.00

    This book investigates whether Elgar's complaints about a lack of money can be justified by the facts. It examines the relatively poor terms offered by music publishers to composers of serious music in general and Elgar in particular and explores the reasons why successful painters and authors could obtain much better terms. The comparative analysis... more...

  • Overweight Sensationby Mark Cohen

    Brandeis University Press 2013; US$ 28.99

    A groundbreaking biography of the song parodist and Jewish humorist more...

  • Mr Gigby Nige Tassell

    Short Books 2013; US$ 11.65

    Nige 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...

  • Noel Gallagherby Lucian Randall

    John Blake 2013; US$ 12.99

    A look at the musician who is as well-known for his singer-songwriting talent as he is for his controversial, outspoken statements and his tempestuous relationships With the renowned Britpop band Oasis at the forefront of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, Noel Gallagher was responsible for writing some of the big anthems of the period, including... more...

  • Beyond A Love Supremeby Tony Whyton

    Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 15.99

    Recorded by his quartet in a single session in 1964, A Love Supreme is widely considered John Coltrane's magnum opus and one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. In Beyond A Love Supreme, Tony Whyton explores both the musical complexities of A Love Supreme and the album's seminal importance in jazz history. Marking Coltrane's transition... more...

  • Messiaen's Musical Techniquesby Gareth Healey

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Despite Messiaen's position as one of the greatest technical innovators of the twentieth century, his musical language has not been comprehensively defined and investigated. Given the reliance on idiosyncratic techniques, clear comprehension of the music is impossible without a detailed knowledge of Messiaen's methods. Gareth Healey charts... more...

  • Composing Ambiguityby Alistair Noble

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Alistair Noble reveals key aspects of Morton Feldman's musical language as it developed during a crucial period in the early 1950s. Drawing models from primary sources, he shows that Feldman worked deliberately within a two-dimensional frame, allowing a focus upon the fundamental materials of sounding pitch in time. Through close reading of several... more...

  • Singer-Songwriters and Musical Open Micsby Marcus Aldredge

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    Marcus Aldredge presents an ethnographic exploration of New York City’s live music events where musicians signup and perform short sets. Drawing from multiple qualitative methods, Aldredge describes how open mics have etched a vital organizational place in the Western and urban musical landscape. Important themes in the book include: the tension... more...

  • Bodies of Soundby Sherril Dodds; Susan C. Cook

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95

    From 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...