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From the Yardbirds to Cream, Blind Faith to Derek and the Dominos, and a hugely-successful solo career, Eric Clapton's fifty years in the music business can look like an uninterrupted rise to become one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived. But his story is as...
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Headline
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2015-03-12
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Gegenstand dieser Studie sind die Auswirkungen der Französischen Revolution auf die Oper des 19. Jahrhunderts. Unter Berücksichtigung der Oper der französischen Revolutionszeit, der neapolitanischen Oper unter französischer Herrschaft und der historischen Opern Rossinis...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-01-19
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The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities, prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we really know about the origins of these intimate expressions of the heart?...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-01-14
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At the age of 26, Théophanis Lamboukas meets Edith Piaf, in January 1962. He is to become her second husband and the duo will perform her last big hit, 'A quoi ça sert l'amour?'When the star's secretary, Claude Figus, introduces them to each other, Théo is so dazzled by...
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L'Archipel
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2015-01-01
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This short book, taken from Remembered For A While, tells the stories and circumstances that surround every known recording in Nick Drake's canon (as well as a few unrecorded songs). The result is like a detailed, extended series of liner notes, something to read while...
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John Murray
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2014-12-18
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This monograph is an authoritative study of the œuvre of one of the most important composers of our time. For the first time, Ligeti’s key works are presented in the context of their drafts and sketches. His personal and artistic development is set forth and...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-11-25
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The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana.In 1967 at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, a young guitarist played a blistering solo that announced a prodigious talent. Two years later he played a historic set at Woodstock, and the world came...
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Orion
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2014-11-06
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'Explodes in to life from the opening paragraph' RECORD COLLECTORThink you know the story of Jim Morrison and The Doors? This revelatory and explosive biography from critically acclaimed rock journalist Mick Wall will make you think again.'The pick of the best guitar...
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Orion
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2014-10-30
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With words by Ed Sheeran and illustrations by his childhood friend, artist Phillip Butah (who produces artwork for Sheeran's albums and singles), and accompanying photos, Ed Sheeran: A Visual Journey is an exclusive, fully authorised, first-person account by Ed of how...
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Cassell
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2014-10-09
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We can all name the classic rock and pop albums of the last fifty years. But what about the great lost albums? The albums that fell behind the back of the musical sofa? The albums that, in a very real sense, have been completely made up by the authors of this book?It...
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Sphere
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2014-09-25
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Many books have appeared over the years about the Beatles lyrics -- about the words of those songs which the whole world knows and sings, and will sing for ever, as long as we have the breath to hum the tunes. But no one has ever tried to track down and publish the...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2014-09-25
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Defining Deutschtum: Political Ideology, German Identity, and Music-Critical Discourse in Liberal Vienna offers a nuanced look at the intersection of music, cultural identity, and political ideology in late-nineteenth-century Vienna. Drawing on an extensive selection of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-09-16
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In Arranging Gershwin, author Ryan Bañagale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece Rhapsody in Blue not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its inception in 1924, yet one unconsidered until now. Shifting emphasis...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-09-11
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The man behind "I Could Have Danced all Night" and "Almost Like Being in Love", lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the American musical stage. In penning the lyrics to some of the most well-known and beloved...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-08-01
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Winner of the 2015 Music in American Culture Award from the American Musicological Society
When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings, notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-07-25
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Winner of the 2015 Music in American Culture Award from the American Musicological Society
When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings, notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-07-25
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Today Georges Bizet is most immediately recognized as the composer of the acclaimed opera Carmen. One of the most frequently performed operas for over a century, Carmen explores concepts such as the femme fatale and murderous jealousy with vivacity, color, and a wealth...
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Oxford University Press
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2014-07-23
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Die Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen der nationalsozialistischen Kunst- und Kulturpolitik im Bereich des Musiktheaters, dargestellt am Beispiel der Bayerischen Staatsoper in München. Anhand eines rekonstruierten Spielplans der Weimarer Zeit und des Dritten Reiches,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-07-07
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A compellingly candid memoir that details Jackson's life in seclusion, by the bodyguards who were with him in his final days - with a new introduction to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Michael Jackson's death . Hounded by the tabloid media, driven from his...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2014-06-03
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Die wissenschaftliche Musikpädagogik ist auf vielfältige Weise mit benachbarten Disziplinen vernetzt. Hinter dem Titel Rollenspiele verbergen sich 28 Grenzgänge in den Bereichen Musik und Bühne, Musikpädagogik als Wissenschaft sowie Musik und Popularität.Die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-13
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