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Musicologia
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 59.99This is the first study of its kind to address the presence of musical and acoustical metaphor in western science and philosophy from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present. The most difficult and controversial ideas of 20th century music are shown to connect with fundamental precepts of science and philosophy: existence, continuity, number,... more...
Mozart's Grace
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 29.95It is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know. But few of us ask why. Why does the beautiful in Mozart stand apart, as though untouched by human hands? At the same time, why does it inspire intimacy rather than distant admiration, love rather than awe? And how does Mozart's music create and sustain its buoyant... more...
The Beatles and McLuhan
Scarecrow Press 2012; US$ 64.99The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age examines how the incorporation of electric technology in The Beatles? art would enhance their musical impact. MacFarlane surveys the relationship between McLuhan's ideas on the nature and effects of electric technology and The Beatles own engagement of that technology; offers analyses of... more...
Music, Politics, and Violence
Wesleyan University Press 2012; US$ 27.99An in-depth consideration of the relationship between music and violence more...
Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy, Revised and Expanded Edition
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 21.99In a piano factory tucked away in Richmond, Indiana, Gennett Records produced thousands of records featuring obscure musicians from hotel orchestras and backwoods fiddlers to the future icons of jazz, blues, country music, and rock 'n' roll. From 1916 to 1934, the company debuted such future stars as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke,... more...
Fargo Rock City
Simon & Schuster UK 2012; Not AvailableThe year is 1983, and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. But he's got problems. For one, he's in the fifth grade. For another, he lives in rural North Dakota. Worst of all, his parents aren't exactly down with the long hairstyle which rocking requires. Luckily, his brother saves the day when he brings home a bit of manna from metal heaven, SHOUT... more...
Fargo Rock City
Simon & Schuster UK 2012; Not AvailableThe year is 1983, and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. But he's got problems. For one, he's in the fifth grade. For another, he lives in rural North Dakota. Worst of all, his parents aren't exactly down with the long hairstyle which rocking requires. Luckily, his brother saves the day when he brings home a bit of manna from metal heaven, SHOUT... more...
Twentieth-Century Music and Politics
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 119.95When considering the role music played in the major totalitarian regimes of the century it is music's usefulness as propaganda that leaps first to mind. But as this volume demonstrates, there is a complex relationship both between art music and politicised mass culture, and between entertainment and propaganda. Nationality, self/other, power and... more...
What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History (Third Edition)
W. W. Norton & Company 2012; US$ 40.80The music?front and center. The number 1 text in the market, What?s That Sound? treats rock as music first and foremost. New co-author Andy Flory has built on the classic strengths of the book to deliver this Third Edition, which includes revamped in-text listening guides, a four-color design, a new introductory chapter, updated material on music... more...









