The Definitive Paul Simon Songbook

Author : James Bennighof
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313082790
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Words and Music of Paul Simon written by James Bennighof and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Simon is commonly acknowledged to be one of the most successful singer-songwriters of the pop-rock era. His work has flourished in the context of Simon and Garfunkel as well as in his own solo career. Starting with the folk-rock style that marked his earliest significant success, he has drawn on a wide variety of influences, including many American traditions and, later, many international ones as well. He has won multiple Grammy awards in both the duo and the solo phases of his career. His songwriting has also provided the impetus for brief forays into film and musical theatre. After providing a brief biographical overview, this work examines Simon's songwriting work in depth, providing a critical discussion of each song as a fusion of text and music so as to help the reader to identify elements that enhance appreciation. A particularly valuable contribution in this context is the discussion of the wide variety of musical elements that contribute significantly to the value of Simon's work. These include such easily-understandable issues as verse-chorus structure, melodic variation, selection of particular instruments and even performers, variation of musical style within a song, general harmonic characteristics, relationships among keys, rhythm and pacing of text, etc. While the book proceeds chronologically through Simon's recorded output, specific threads are developed throughout, and the discussion of individual songs takes place in the context of these threads, both drawing on them and developing them further. The diversity of Paul Simon's work reflects his very American background, and no discussion of American music is complete without accounting for his influence.

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711979123
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon - Greatest Hits written by Paul Simon and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Sales America). 14 of his best, arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Includes: The Boxer * Bridge Over Troubled Water * 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) * Homeward Bound * I Am a Rock * Mother and Child Reunion * Scarborough Fair/Canticle * The Sound of Silence * Still Crazy After All These Years * You Can Call Me Al * and more.

Author : Peter Ames Carlin
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627790357
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Peter Ames Carlin and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon’s album “Graceland” sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn’t stop there. The grandchild of Jewish emigrants from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian empire, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning—and flexibility—of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world. Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s Homeward Bound is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history.

Author : Robert Hilburn
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501112139
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon written by Robert Hilburn and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed music writer Robert Hilburn’s “epic” and “definitive” (Rolling Stone) biography of music icon Paul Simon, written with Simon’s full participation—but without his editorial control—that “reminds us how titanic this musician is” (The Washington Post). For more than fifty years, Paul Simon has spoken to us in songs about alienation, doubt, resilience, and empathy in ways that have established him as one of the most beloved artists in American pop music history. Songs like “The Sound of Silence,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Still Crazy After All These Years,” and “Graceland” have moved beyond the sales charts and into our cultural consciousness. But Simon is a deeply private person who has said he will not write an autobiography or talk to biographers. Finally, however, he has opened up for Robert Hilburn—for more than one hundred hours of interviews—in this “brilliant and entertaining portrait of Simon that will likely be the definitive biography” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Over the course of three years, Hilburn conducted in-depth interviews with scores of Paul Simon’s friends, family, colleagues, and others—including ex-wives Carrie Fisher and Peggy Harper, who spoke for the first time—and even penetrated the inner circle of Simon’s long-reclusive muse, Kathy Chitty. The result is a deeply human account of the challenges and sacrifices of a life in music at the highest level. In the process, Hilburn documents Simon’s search for artistry and his constant struggle to protect that artistry against distractions—fame, marriage, divorce, drugs, record company interference, rejection, and insecurity—that have derailed so many great pop figures. “As engaging as a lively American tune” (People), Paul Simon is a “straight-shooting tour de force…that does thorough justice to this American prophet and pop star” (USA TODAY, four out of four stars). “Read it if you like Simon; read it if you want to discover how talent unfolds itself” (Stephen King).

Author : Paul Simon
Publisher : Acoustic Masters
ISBN 13 : 9781844491810
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acoustic Masters for Guitar--Paul Simon written by Paul Simon and published by Acoustic Masters. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Music Sales America). A great collection of Paul Simon's acoustic guitar tracks transcribed for guitar tab & standard notation with complete lyrics. 17 songs include: Armistice Day * 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover * Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard * and more.

Author : Ricky Nelson
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1458490661
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ricky Nelson - 20 Greatest Hits (Songbook) written by Ricky Nelson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A huge star at a young age thanks to his role on his parents' TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , Ricky Nelson's charmed life continued when he became one of the first teen idols in rock'n'roll. This collection assembles 20 top hits from Nelson, who was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Includes: Be-Bop Baby * Believe What You Say * Garden Party * Hello Mary Lou * I'm Walkin' * It's Late * Lonesome Town * Poor Little Fool * Stood Up * Travelin' Man * and more.

Author : Michael Feinstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451645309
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gershwins and Me written by Michael Feinstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal. Now, in The Gershwins and Me, Michael Feinstein shares unforgettable stories and reminiscences from the music that defined American popular song, along with rare Gershwin memorabilia he's collected through the years. Includes an accompanying CD packed with Feinstein's original recordings of 12 Gershwins' songs.

Author : Donna Kauffman
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426860048
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simon Says... written by Donna Kauffman and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uh-oh. Respectable night manager Sophie Maplethorpe is about to break and enter—in her own hotel. Worse, she ducks into the wrong room! But it's hard to be sorry when she discovers the most sexy, mysterious guy in it…. International security expert Simon Lassiter is on the verge of finding a stolen precious—and pricey—gem…until the most criminally inept but majorly hot woman creeps into his room. Much to their soon-discovered mutual pleasure! But Simon's got hard-earned savvy and sophistication. He's not about to trust a woman who just happened to stumble into a major heist. Not even if she is willing to do anything Simon says in the bedroom….

Author : Laura Jackson
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806525396
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Simon written by Laura Jackson and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - First time in paperback.- Paul Simon, with Simon and Garfunkel, and as a solo artist has sold 50 million records in the United States alone.- Simon and Garfunkel were the opening act for the 2003 Grammy Awards.- Simon received a 2003 Oscar nomination for his song "Father and Daughter," from the animated The Wild Thornberrys Movie.- Simon is a 2002 Kennedy Center Honors winner.- Includes a discography and index.

Author : Russ Shipton
Publisher : Music Sales
ISBN 13 : 9780711984271
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guitar Player written by Russ Shipton and published by Music Sales. This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitarskole.