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A survey of the American composers who invented new musical languages.The first survey of the American composers who invented new musical languages from the turn of the 20th century Includes the early pioneering flair of Charles Ives and, later, Henry Cowell and John Cage Examines the work of Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varese, Harry Partch, Colin McPhee and Lou Harrison A spirit of innovation has flourished in American music since the turn of the twentieth century, with composers keen to diverge from European influences and invent new musical languages. Charles Ives captured this early pioneering flair, taken up later by Henry Cowell and John Cage - all initially met with much critical resistance. The same exploratory driving force is equally strong in the music of Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varese, Harry Partch, Colin McPhee, Lou Harrison and members of America''s youngest composing generation. This volume traces the development of this boundary-breaking musical verve through a series of daring composers, whom we now recognize as established, as without them the music of today would not be the same.

This riveting expose of Yoko Ono covers her early life growing up as the eldest daughter of a wealthy Japanese family and her personal experience as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of the World War II. Detailed are her move to New York for schooling during the 1950s, her first marriage to a composer, and her early days as an experimental artist in London during the early 1960s. New light is shed on her initial meeting with John Lennon and their 13-year relationship, and the rebuilding of her life after his tragic murder. Her life as artist, musician, businesswoman, and mother are explored from her youth to the present.

Cuarenta años dan para escribir mucho sobre los Beatles. Los propios autores de este libro reconocen que casi no queda ya nada por decir: todo se ha contado. Y quizá ése sea el problema, que no sólo se ha contado todo, sino que se ha contado muchas veces, en ocasiones con acierto, y en otras con bastante poca fortuna. La acumulacion de datos sobre la historia de los Beatles es soberbia. Que parte de esa informacion sea inexacta es algo que los seguidores de los Fab Four ya tienen asumido. Rectificar todos esos errores es un laborioso trabajo que algunos escritores especializados han comenzado a realizar. En lugar de volver a contarlo todo, lo que hacen es tratar de poner las cosas en su sitio.

Alan ClaysonSerge Gainsbourg was famous - or infamous - for his 1969 hit Je T'Aime . . . Moi Non Plus, in which he and Jane Birkin simulated the sounds of sex. The song's notoriety overshadowed an often brilliant - and wildly controversial - career as a composer, novelist, director, and actor. A shameless and charming self-promoter, Gainsbourg rose from humble beginnings to become the lover of such icons as Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot. He continued scandalizing polite society until his death in 1991; among his many infamies are a scandalous reggae arrangement of La Marseillaise and songs celebrating masturbation, incest, Nazism, and oral sex.

Quincy Jones, Vibe Magazine, the Editors of Vibe Magazine"The tragedy of Tupac is that his untimely passing is representative of too many young black men in this country....If we had lost Oprah Winfrey at 25, we would have lost a relatively unknown, local market TV anchorwoman. If we had lost Malcolm X at 25, we would have lost a hustler nicknamed Detroit Red. And if I had left the world at 25, we would have lost a big-band trumpet player and aspiring composerjust a sliver of my eventual life potential." From the Foreword by Quincy Jones The real story of Tupac's murder may not ever emerge. This may be the only lasting testament to the many faces of Tupac Shakurof a life lived fast and hard, of a man cloaked in contradictions. A young man who was just starting to come into his own. "I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven." Tupac Shakur, June 1996

Replacing Pete Best on drums just as The Beatles were set to record Love Me Do, Ringo Starr became not only the luckiest man in pop music, but also the epitome of the rock and roll lifestyle: fame, fortune, glamorous women, plum film roles, and one-name recognition. After the group''s 1970 breakup, only the genial, even-tempered Ringo remained on good terms with all of his feuding ex-mates. But behind the sunglasses and the quips lies another story: a hardscrabble childhood in Liverpool, frequent bouts of poor health, lack of education, and a long battle with alcoholism. Alan Clayson''s biography traces Starr''s entire life and career, from his early days with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes through the tumultuous Fab Four years and to his wildly successful stint as an actor and solo artist. This biography remains the definitive account of the man who anchored the Mersey Sound.

Known for his strut and stomp, the present-day Sir Mick Jagger rose from humble beginnings with his best friend Keith Richards to become the ultimate rock star, an electrifying stage presence who helped the Rolling Stones sell millions of records and inspire sometimes scary levels of devotion from fans, critics, and groupies. Known for his lively, authoritative biographies of noted rockers, Alan Clayson takes on the "Prince of Pout," whose flamboyant performances and over-the-top lifestyle often overshadowed his enormous skill as musician and writer. Clayson delves deep to find what drives Mick, his influences on other performers like Steven Tyler and Bon Jovi, the provocative sense of humor, the years of sexual and drug experimentation, the tragedy at Altamont, and his seminal position in the "free love" movement that made rock and roll life so alluring in the 1960s.

Coppini no ha muerto. Coppini vive en estas páginas. Reposa enel cálido abrazo de quienes le han querido, de quienes se hansentido conmovidos por su cancionero pop y por una personalidadque siempre estuvo presente en la escena musical pese aque el exitoese caprichoso y endiablado enteno siempre leacompañara como merecia. Nos quedan, como mochila creativainmensa, sus aventuras abordo de Siniestro Total o Golpes Bajosy esa sorprendente etapa en solitario, por desgracia, truncadaprematuramente. Tambien, esa poesia libre y su talante inconformista,en medio del naufragio de un tiempo de cenizas. Memoriaeterna a German Coppini, ignoto coleccionista de moscas.

Mucho se ha escrito sobre la vida y la obra de Joan Manuel, el primero de nuestros autores y cantantes, figura indiscutible y, me atrevo a decir, indiscutida, de nuestra canción y poesía popular. Se ha editado ensayos sobre su poética, estudios sobre su música, biografías, anecdotarios, memorias de viaje, entrevistas... No era fácil buscar un nuevo enfoque, porque también se han repetido los dicos donde las canciones de Serrat sonaban en otras voces o en otros estilos musicales, desde la salsa al mundo orquestal, sin olvidarnos del jazz.

Una aproximación nacida de la familiaridad que une la pasión, el conocimiento y la buena escritura.ABoy Walking presenta un recorrido documentado y amenísimo por los primeros años creativos del músico y poeta Bob Dylan, que mezcla biografia, autobiografia, ensayo y literatura. El autor se nutre de bibliografia fundamental no traducida al españolScaduto, Shelton, Heylin, Malone, Rotolo, entre otrospara recrear con ritmo y minuciosidad la atmosfera de los comienzosmapas, conciertos, viajes, ahondar de manera critica en su trabajo y acompañar poeticamente al premio Nobel de Literatura desde Hibbing, su pueblo natal, hasta las bohemias calles del Village de New York. Ademas de proponer un estudio de la obra, vida e influencias de Dylan desde sus inicios, en particular de la estrecha relacion entre el renacimiento del folk y la cultura no solo norteamericana de los años sesenta, el texto atrapa el ambiente que se respiraba en una epoca convulsa que marco al genio norteamericano, aquel ambiente de irreverencia, fundas de instrumentos en callejones al mediodia, duermevela en sofas ajenos, musica de tocadiscos y jovenes fiestas en la calle MacDougal hasta el amanecer. El libro tiene vocacion de caminante, un esquivo y a la vez muy preciso cuaderno de bitacora donde se unen la guitarra, el viaje y lo ...

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Aquesta és la reimpressió del primer llibre de Pau Casals, en el qual reflexionà sobre la nostra època i descriví la commovedora història de la seva extraordinària vida. És la història de la recerca apassionada de la bellesa i la justícia, en un període d'una enorme turbulència, en un món dislocat per les guerres i les revolucions. És una història en la que el protagonista va tocar per a la reina Victòria del Regne Unit, a finals del segle XIX, i per al president John F. Kennedy, poc abans de la mort d'aquest. És la història d'un músic excels, d'un patriota fervent, d'un home que amb més de noranta anys es va embarcar en una creuada personal per la pau, portant la seva música per mig món.