War And Death In The Music Of George Crumb

Author : Abigail Shupe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000644677
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Death in the Music of George Crumb written by Abigail Shupe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies George Crumb’s The Winds of Destiny (2004) and Black Angels (1970) as artifacts of collective memory and cultural trauma. It situates these two pieces in Crumb’s output and unpacks the complex methodologies needed to understand these pieces as contributions and challenges to traditional narratives of the Civil War and the Vietnam War. The Winds of Destiny is shown to be a critical commentary on the legacy of American wars and militarism, both concepts crucial to American identity. The Winds of Destiny also acts as an ironic war memorial as a means of critiquing such concepts. Black Angels has long been associated with the Vietnam War. This book shows how this association began and how it endures through connections to iconic Vietnam War media, including films and books. Together these analyses show the legacy of trauma in American collective memory, which is in a continuous crisis. Crumb’s musical critiques point to a need to resist conventional narratives and to begin to heal trauma on a collective level. This book will be of interest to students of contemporary American music, American studies, and memory studies. It benefits readers by newly situating Crumb’s music within these three fields of study.

Author : Maurice Windleburn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003853595
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Zorn’s File Card Works written by Maurice Windleburn and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-13 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first study of John Zorn’s ‘file card’ works, with special focus made on the pieces Godard (1985), Spillane (1986), Interzone (2010), and Liber Novus (2010). It explains the unique creative process behind these compositions, contextualizing them in relation to the history of file cards, the ‘open work’ concept, cinematic listening, and uncreative aesthetics. Semiotic, hermeneutic, and ekphrastic analyses draw hypertextual links between the four file card compositions and the worlds of their respective dedicatees: author Mickey Spillane, filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, novelist William S. Burroughs and painter Brion Gysin, and psychiatrist C. G. Jung. This book will appeal not only to those interested in Zorn’s music, but also to scholars of music semiotics and hermeneutics, intermedia studies, and avant-garde music.

Author : David Cohen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313016984
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Crumb written by David Cohen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Crumb is a composer at the forefront of post-World War II American music, and never before has one volume combined a portrait of his life with a catalogue of his extensive work. David Cohen's George Crumb: A Bio-Bibliography corrects this by providing the reader and researcher with an overview of Crumb's life, career, and compositions; and an annotated guide to literature by and about the composer—including not only articles and books, but also album reviews, concert reviews, and interviews. The biographical portion, written in close consultation with the subject, has resulted in perhaps the most complete and accurate biography currently in existence—an irreplaceable resource for anyone seeking a full understanding of 20th-century music.

Author : David Cohen
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book George Crumb written by David Cohen and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2002-06-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Crumb is a composer at the forefront of post-World War II American music. This volume combines a portrait of his life with a catalogue of his extensive work. It also features an annotated guide to literature by and about the composer.

Author : Lisa C. DeLorenzo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197581471
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music Lesson Plans for Social Justice written by Lisa C. DeLorenzo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A new approach to teaching general music. This book is a collection of lesson plans and units that artfully blend music making with relevant issues of social justice. Particularly accessible to middle and high school classroom music teachers, the book includes a companion website with links to all of the music listening and videos. Student-centered lessons include discussion prompts, experiences with diverse genres and styles of music, and music making projects with an integration of technology that activate students' creativity and empathy. Unit topics-ranging from "War" to "Climate Change"-include cross-disciplinary lessons with the arts playing a central role. Well-researched introductory materials as well as "how-to" guides for topics, such as "composing in the classroom," enhance its practicality. This book is a resource, with ready-to-go lessons and classroom materials, offering music teachers a lens for engaging students in purposeful music making toward social justice"--

Author : Alejandro L. Madrid
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052870
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tania León's Stride written by Alejandro L. Madrid and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León’s achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from a chronological account, Madrid looks at León through the issues that have informed and defined moments in her life and her professional works. León’s words become a starting ground--but also a counterpoint--to the accounts of the people in her orbit. What emerges is more than an extraordinary portrait of an artist's journey. It is a story of how a human being reacts to the challenges thrown at her by history itself, be it the Cuban revolution or the struggle for civil and individual rights. Nuanced and multifaceted, Tania León's Stride looks at the life, legacy, and milieu that created and sustained one of the most important figures in American classical music.

Author : Fiona Maddocks
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 057132939X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music for Life written by Fiona Maddocks and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? How do we choose the works that inspire, delight, comfort or console? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries, arguing passionately, persuasively and at times obstinately for their inclusion, putting each work in its cultural and musical context, discussing omissions, suggesting alternatives and always putting the music first.

Author : Bruce Adolphe
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0879102861
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Mozart, Parrots and Cherry Blossoms in the Wind written by Bruce Adolphe and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exhilarating mix of humour, philosophy, fact and whimsy that marks these essays derives from more than 200 lectures Bruce Adolphe has given over more of the past decade, at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre and at music festivals around the States. The composer of four operas as well as chamber music, concertos and orchestral works, Adolphe has written for Itzhak Perlman, David Shifrin, the Beaux Arts Trio, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and many other renowned musicians. His essays, however divergent their apparent subjects, all serve a common purpose: to deepen our understanding of how music comes to be and how it may be enjoyed.

Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457439797
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Masters of American Piano Music written by Maurice Hinson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume surveys American piano music over the last two centuries, providing biographical information on composers as well as performance notes. Pieces are presented in their original form and have been selected for late-intermediate to advanced pianists.

Author : University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) Publications written by University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1880 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes miscellaneous newsletters (Music at Michigan, Michigan Muse), bulletins, catalogs, programs, brochures, articles, calendars, histories, and posters.