Surveying the range of Sun Ra’s extraordinary creativity, this book explores how the father of Afrofuturism brought “space music” to a planet in need of transformation, supporting the aspirations of black people in an inhospitable white world.
Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows, he pioneered free-form improvisation in an ensemble setting with the devoted band he called the “Arkestra.” Sun Ra took jazz from the inner city to outer space, infusing traditional swing with far-out harmonies, rhythms, and sounds. Described as the father of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra created “space music” as a means of building a better future for American blacks here on earth.
A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism offers a spirited introduction to the life and work of this legendary but underappreciated musician, composer, and poet. Paul Youngquist explores and assesses Sun Ra’s wide-ranging creative output—music, public preaching, graphic design, film and stage performance, and poetry—and connects his diverse undertakings to the culture and politics of his times, including the space race, the rise of technocracy, the civil rights movement, and even space-age bachelor-pad music. By thoroughly examining the astro-black mythology that Sun Ra espoused, Youngquist masterfully demonstrates that he offered both a holistic response to a planet desperately in need of new visions and vibrations and a new kind of political activism that used popular culture to advance social change. In a nation obsessed with space and confused about race, Sun Ra aimed not just at assimilation for the socially disfranchised but even more at a wholesale transformation of American society and a more creative, egalitarian world.
Описание: The self-proclaimed "Hottest Band in the Land", KISS is one of the most popular groups in the history of rock, having sold more than 100 million albums during their more than 40-year reign. This encyclopedia of all things KISS provides detailed information on their songs, albums, tours, television and movie appearances, merchandise, solo work and much more.
Описание: This book answers unusual questions from classical music lovers about things they have always wondered but didn`t know who to ask.The answers come from professional musicians and give a glimpse into how musicians think and talk about their profession. Readers will find themselves asking "Who knew!"
Описание: By January 1978, the Sex Pistols were the most talked about band on the planet. This book covers the Pistols 1978 tour of America from varying perspectives - with many people sharing their experiences for the first time. The book also endeavours to separate fact from the many fallacies that still surround those twelve days of mayhem when the Sex Pistols wended their way across an unsuspecting USA.
Автор: Scott, Robert Название: Abba ISBN: 1847323308 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847323309 Издательство: Carlton Books Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Traces the story of the Swedish supergroup, ABBA, which has sold an estimated 350,000,000 records, tapes, and CDs through their songs. Starting with their world - conquering 1970s disco hits, this book travels through to the more reflective 1980s, with The Winner Takes It All marking a watershed in their output.
Автор: Cline Название: The Graph Music of Morton Feldman ISBN: 110710923X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107109230 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17266.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: David Cline provides a detailed analysis of Morton Feldman`s groundbreaking graph music and its considerable impact upon the development of post-war classical music. This book highlights the influence of contemporary art on Feldman`s works and explores his relationships with Earle Brown, John Cage, Christian Wolff and David Tudor.
Автор: Noble Название: Composing Ambiguity: The Early Music of Morton Feldman ISBN: 1138270539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138270534 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8726.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: American composer Morton Feldman is increasingly seen to have been one of the key figures in late-twentieth-century music, with his work exerting a powerful influence into the twenty-first century. At the same time, much about his music remains enigmatic, largely due to long-standing myths about supposedly intuitive or aleatoric working practices. In Composing Ambiguity, Alistair Noble reveals key aspects of Feldman's musical language as it developed during a crucial period in the early 1950s. Drawing models from primary sources, including Feldman's musical sketches, he shows that Feldman worked deliberately within a two-dimensional frame, allowing a focus upon the fundamental materials of sounding pitch in time. Beyond this, Feldman's work is revealed to be essentially concerned with the 12-tone chromatic field, and with the delineation of complexes of simple proportions in 'crystalline' forms. Through close reading of several important works from the early 1950s, Noble shows that there is a remarkable consistency of compositional method, despite the varied experimental notations used by Feldman at this time. Not only are there direct relations to be found between staff-notated works and grid scores, but much of the language developed by Feldman in this period was still in use even in his late works of the 1980s.
Описание: Morton Feldman: Friendship and Mourning in the New York Avant-garde brings new attention to friendship in the history of avant-garde music, art, and poetry. Through detailed study of composer Morton Feldman's collaborations with John Cage, Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Seymour Lipton, Frank O'Hara, Charlotte Moorman, and Joan La Barbara, the book demonstrates how personal and aesthetic conflicts over abstract expressionism and experimental music raged primarily on the socio-political terrain of friendship. Morton Feldman also argue that acts of mourning through artistic production were essential to the a group identity of the New York School. Feldman's myriad relationships provide evidence showing that friendship mediates aesthetic objects and was itself mediated by them in return. Artifacts like poems, films, compositions, and recordings register the tensions between the agape of friendship and what Gillian Rose calls the "agon of authorship." This book offers a method for documenting the affective and epistemological conditions of friendship-how it makes us feel about historical subjects and what it enables us to know about them. It offers an emotional and intimate retelling of New York modernism written from the point of view of Feldman's community.
Описание: Morton Feldman: Friendship and Mourning in the New York Avant-Garde documents the collaborations and conflicts essential to the history of the post-war avant-garde. It offers a study of composer Morton Feldman’s associations and friendships with artists like John Cage, Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Frank O’Hara, Charlotte Moorman, and others. Arguing that friendship and mourning sustained the collective aesthetics of the New York School, Dohoney has written an emotional and intimate revision of New York modernism from the point of view of Feldman's agonistic community.
Автор: Alistair Noble Название: Composing Ambiguity: The Early Music of Morton Feldman ISBN: 140945164X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409451648 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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.
Автор: Irwin William Название: Black Sabbath and Philosophy ISBN: 1118397592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118397596 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2526.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A philosophical look at heavy metal`s dark masters of reality, Black Sabbath Black Sabbath is one of the world`s most influential and enduring rock bands.
Автор: Holmes Thom Название: Electronic and Experimental Music ISBN: 113879273X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138792739 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7501.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture provides a comprehensive history of electronic music, covering key composers, genres, and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis. This textbook has been extensively revised with the needs of students and instructors in mind. The reader-friendly style, logical organization, and pedagogical features of the fifth edition allow easy access to key ideas, milestones, and concepts.
New to this edition:
A companion website, featuring key examples of electronic music, both historical and contemporary.
Listening Guides providing a moment-by-moment annotated exploration of key works of electronic music.
A new chapter Contemporary Practices in Composing Electronic Music.
Updated presentation of classic electronic music in the United Kingdom, Italy, Latin America, and Asia, covering the history of electronic music globally.
An expanded discussion of early experiments with jazz and electronic music, and the roots of electronic rock.
Additional accounts of the vastly under-reported contributions of women composers in the field.
More photos, scores, and illustrations throughout.
The companion website features a number of student and instructor resources, such as additional Listening Guides, links to streaming audio examples and online video resources, PowerPoint slides, and interactive quizzes."
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