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Edward Elgar occupies a pivotal place in the British cultural imagination. His music has been heard as emblematic of Empire and the English landscape. The recent success of Anthony Paynes elaboration of the sketches for Elgars Third Symphony has prompted a critical revaluation of his music. This Companion provides an accessible and vivid account of Elgars work in its historical and cultural context. Established authorities on British music and scholars new in the field examine Elgars music from a range of critical perspectives, including nationalism, post-colonialism, decadence, reception and musical influences. There are also chapters on interpretation, including his own (Elgar was the first major composer to commit a representative quantity of his own work to record), and on Elgars relationships with the BBC and with his publishers. The book includes much new material, drawing on original research, as well as providing a comprehensive introduction to Elgars major musical achievements.

In this wide-ranging inside view of the history and practice of conducting, analysis and advice comes directly from working conductors, including Sir Charles Mackerras on opera, Bramwell Tovey on being an Artistic Director, Martyn Brabbins on modern music, Leon Botstein on programming and Vance George on choral conducting, and from those who work closely with conductors: a leading violinist describes working as a soloist with Stokowski, Ormandy and Barbirolli, while Solti and Abbado's studio producer explains orchestral recording, and one of the world's most powerful managers tells all. The ...

The Cambridge Companion to Bach goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bachs age. The second part discusses the music and Bachs compositional style, while Part Three considers Bachs influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer. Provides comprehensive and indispensable background to thought and composition in Bachs day Includes theories of how and why Bachs achievement has been influential Contains new ways of understanding Bachs achievement and analysing and understanding the music

Bruce Springsteen has sold over a hundred million albums, has won ten Grammy awards and an Oscar. Veteran journalist and ardent Springsteen fan Hank Bordowitz offers a comprehensive, meticulously researched and up-to-date biography, from Springsteen's birth in Long Branch, New Jersey, to the release of his album and never-ending tour. Including inside information on everything from high school cover bands to his marriages and family life, an exhaustive discography of albums, singles, videos and bootlegs, this is a definitive look at The Boss.

Stephin Merritt es el creador de bandas como The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, Future Bible Heroes o The Gothic Archies, para las que ha escrito un buen número de canciones desde finales de los 80 hasta la actualidad. Su proyecto principal, The Magnetic Fields, es una de las bandas mas relevantes del pop de las ultimas dos decadas. Ha publicado nueve albumes y diversos singles y EP, entre los que destaca "69 Love Songs" (Merge, 1999), uno de los discos mas ambiciosos y desaforados del pop de todos los tiempos por su extension y su sorprendente capacidad de vehicular el tema del amor el motivo por antonomasia de la musica popular desde cualquier estilo o forma musical imaginable. El universo literario de Merritt del que este volumen quiere ser un reflejo a partir de 100 canciones de su proyecto principal destila ironia, humor, sarcasmo, dulzura, melancolia, amargura y una inventiva y capacidad de rima sin parangon en la musica popular. Si bien las canciones no pueden separarse de su musica, este libro quiere reivindicar su aspecto literario, muchas veces pasado por alto a la hora de abordar el trabajo de una banda. Si atendemos a este aspecto, puede que Merritt sea uno de los mas lucidos y prolificos escritores que mejor ha sabido retratar el amor y las relaciones sentimental

(Guitar Chord Songbook). From the folk troubadour to electric iconoclast, born-again preacher to elder statesman, Bob Dylan has sound-tracked the last 50 years in an unparalleled catalog of song. This collection contains 70 Dylan classics from every part of his career. Arrangements are in the same keys as the original recordings and include chord symbols, guitar chord frames, and complete lyrics.Some songs included:All Along the WatchtowerBlowin'' in the WindForever YoungHurricaneIt Ain''t Me BabeJust like a WomanKnockin'' on Heaven''s DoorLay Lady LayLike a Rolling StoneMr. Tambourine ManRainy Day Women #12 & 35Tangled Up in BlueThe Times They Are A''Changin''and more.

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time--featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical genius, one of the most talented, beloved, accomplished, popular, and acclaimed musicians in history. He was also a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of "Uptown" to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of "Paisley Park." But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, the greatest pop star of his era. The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince--a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is composed of the memoir he was writing before his tragic death, pages that brings us into Prince's childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us into Prince's early years as a musician, before his first album released, through a scrapbook of Prince's writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince's evolution through candid images that take us up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book's fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rain--the final stage in Prince's self-creation, as he retells the autobiography we've seen in the first three parts as a heroic journey. The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring's riveting and moving introduction about his short but profound collaboration with Prince in his final months--a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he'd so carefully cultivated--and annotations that provide context to each of the book's images. This work is not just a tribute to Prince, but an original and energizing literary work, full of Prince's ideas and vision, his voice and image, his undying gift to the world.

Este volumen excepcional recoge 600 fotografías de los archivos del Daily Mail además de las crónica de los años dorados en los que la banda de Liverpool conmocionó el mundo. La beatlemanía irrumpió en la escena musical en noviembre de 1963. A partir de este momento, el cuarteto de Liverpool se erigio en un fenomeno de masas llamado a dejar una huella perenne en la cultura popular contemporanea. Incluye cientos de fotografias de la prensa de la epoca nunca reveladas hasta ahora.

A pesar de los miles de libros que hay sobre los Beatles, no existía ninguno centrado exclusivamente en las versiones de los Fab Four. Pero estás de suerte: este volumen supone una guía para poder orientarte en este universo sonoro en constante expansión, lleno de tesoros que a menudo han permanecido ocultos. Y es que la riqueza del legado musical de los de Liverpool ha servido de inspiración para miles de grupos y artistas de muy diversos estilos: folk, jazz, blues, punk, country, rock progresivo, hip-hop, música latina, rock duro, reggae o discos para niños. Aquí tienes las 100 mejores versiones que se han hecho de los Beatles: desde los Rolling Stones a Billie Eilish, pasando por gente como Ella Fitgerald, Joe Cocker, Yes, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Nina Simone, Phil Collins, Jaco Pastorius, Sting, Pixies, Metallica, Amy Winehouse o Jacob Collier. Además, un apéndice con otras 50 versiones finalistas (Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Phish, Sidonie, Sufjan Stevens o Ghost). Así podrás seguir disfrutando de la música de los Fab Four de muchas maneras diferentes.