Man In The Music

Author : Joseph Vogel
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525566589
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Man in the Music written by Joseph Vogel and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For half a century, Michael Jackson’s music has been an indelible part of our cultural consciousness. Landmark albums such as Off the Wall and Thriller shattered records, broke racial barriers, amassed awards, and set a new standard for popular music. While his songs continue to be played in nearly every corner of the world, however, they have rarely been given serious critical attention. The first book dedicated solely to exploring his creative work, Man in the Music guides us through an unparalleled analysis of Jackson’s recordings, album by album, from his trailblazing work with Quincy Jones to his later collaborations with Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Rodney Jerkins. Drawing on rare archival material and on dozens of original interviews with the collaborators, engineers, producers, and songwriters who helped bring the artist’s music into the world, Jackson expert and acclaimed cultural critic Joseph Vogel reveals the inspirations, demos, studio sessions, technological advances, setbacks and breakthroughs, failures and triumphs, that gave rise to an immortal body of work.

Author : Anthony Burgess
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557834898
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Man & Music written by Anthony Burgess and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Anthony Burgess was the author of over 50 books, including his best known novel, "A Clockwork Orange." But Burgess always emphasized music as the ruling passion in his creative life. Largely self-taught in music, Burgess composed his first symphony before he was twenty, many years before his first novel, and he was the composer of over 65 musical works. In these deeply insightful meditations, the renowned writer explores the meaning of music, the intention of the composer and the process of composition, and the seemingly elusive relationships between literature and music. Burgess shows how "the process of literary composition are revealed by the writers themselves" and then gathers evidence to understand the "inexplicable magic" of the details of the operation of music what is music's "intelligibility"? From Shakespeare to the lyric verse of Gerard Manley Hopkins, from the modernists T.S. Eliot and James Joyce to the modern lyricists Lorenz Hart and Stephen Sondheim, Burgess reveals how prose writers have struggled to tap the inherent musicality of their material. This treasured classic, at last back in print, provides a fascinating perspective on the mutually enriching relationship of these two creative arts by a man who mastered them both.

Author : Tim Riley
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401303935
Total Pages : 809 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lennon written by Tim Riley and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his commanding new book, the eminent NPR critic Tim Riley takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame. Riley portrays Lennon's rise from Hamburg's red light district to Britain's Royal Variety Show; from the charmed naivetéf "Love Me Do" to the soaring ambivalence of "Don't Let Me Down"; from his shotgun marriage to Cynthia Powell in 1962 to his epic media romance with Yoko Ono. Written with the critical insight and stylistic mastery readers have come to expect from Riley, this richly textured narrative draws on numerous new and exclusive interviews with Lennon's friends, enemies, confidantes, and associates; lost memoirs written by relatives and friends; as well as previously undiscovered City of Liverpool records. Riley explores Lennon in all of his contradictions: the British art student who universalized an American style, the anarchic rock 'n' roller with the moral spine, the anti-jazz snob who posed naked with his avant-garde lover, and the misogynist who became a househusband. What emerges is the enormous, seductive, and confounding personality that made Lennon a cultural touchstone. In Lennon, Riley casts Lennon as a modernist hero in a sweeping epic, dramatizing rock history anew as Lennon himself might have experienced it.

Author : James Huneker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chopin written by James Huneker and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel Sachs
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199939187
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry Cowell written by Joel Sachs and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joel Sachs offers the first complete biography of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American music. Henry Cowell, a major musical innovator of the first half of the century, left a rich body of compositions spanning a wide range of styles. But as Sachs shows, Cowell's legacy extends far beyond his music. He worked tirelessly to create organizations such as the highly influential New Music Quarterly, New Music Recordings, and the Pan-American Association of Composers, through which great talents like Ruth Crawford Seeger and Charles Ives first became known in the US and abroad. As one of the first Western advocates for World Music, he used lectures, articles, and recordings to bring other musical cultures to myriad listeners and students including John Cage and Lou Harrison, who attributed their life work to Cowell's influence. Finally, Sachs describes the tragedy of Cowell's life, being sentenced to fifteen years in San Quentin -- of which he served four -- after pleading guilty to a morals charge that even the prosecutor felt was trivial. Providing a wealth of insight into Cowell's ideas and philosophy, Joel Sachs lays out a much-needed perspective on one of the giants of twentieth-century American music.

Author : Meredith Willson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452965013
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "But He Doesn't Know the Territory" written by Meredith Willson and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the creation of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man—reprinted now as the Broadway Edition Composer Meredith Willson described The Music Man as “an Iowan’s attempt to pay tribute to his home state.” Now featuring a new foreword by noted singer and educator Michael Feinstein, this book presents Willson’s reflections on the ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, and finally successes of making one of America’s most popular musicals. Willson’s whimsical, personable writing style brings readers back in time with him to the 1950s to experience firsthand the exciting trials and tribulations of creating a Broadway masterpiece. Fresh admiration of the musical—and the man behind the music—is sure to result.

Author : Carl Davis, Sr.
Publisher : Life To Legacy LLC
ISBN 13 : 0983131724
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Behind the Music written by Carl Davis, Sr. and published by Life To Legacy LLC. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed through the author's website: www.CarlDavisStory.com.

Author : Julius Portnoy
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0837170001
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music in the Life of Man written by Julius Portnoy and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1973-12-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karen Ehrhardt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547545746
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Jazz Man written by Karen Ehrhardt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this toe-tapping jazz tribute, the traditional "This Old Man" gets a swinging makeover, and some of the era's best musicians take center stage. The tuneful text and vibrant illustrations bop, slide, and shimmy across the page as Satchmo plays one, Bojangles plays two . . . right on down the line to Charles Mingus, who plays nine, plucking strings that sound "divine." Easy on the ear and the eye, this playful introduction to nine jazz giants will teach children to count--and will give them every reason to get up and dance! Includes a brief biography of each musician.

Author : Chris Roberts
Publisher : Carlton Books
ISBN 13 : 9781787391086
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Michael Jackson written by Chris Roberts and published by Carlton Books. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with stunning photographs, this is the ultimate reference to the King of Pop: Michael Jackson Years after his death, Michael Jackson continues to captivate fans. The Complete Michael Jackson is the definitive look at the pop idol's long and storied career--from start to finish, with nothing left out. Fantastic images capture every part of the music titan's life, from his childhood debut as a member of the Jackson 5 all the way through his preparations for his sell-out season at the O2 arena. Music writer Chris Roberts exhaustively explores every album, recording, appearance, and gig, resulting in an unforgettable portrait of the most successful entertainer of all time. Short version for catalog