One of todays most widely acclaimed composers, Arvo P rt broke into the soundscape of the Cold War West with Tabula Rasa in 1977, a work that introduced his signature tintinnabuli style to listeners throughout the world. In the fir...Daugiau...
Jolene is one of Dolly Partons most well-known and beloved songs. Released in 1974 as the title song of Dollys thirteenth studio album, it has become a cultural phenomenon. Often seen as a cheating song, Jolene is compelling because of its ambi...Daugiau...
Jolene is not only one of Dolly Partons most beloved songs, but also a cultural phenomenon, made and remade by many artists including Olivia Newton-John, The Congo Cowboys, Lil Nas X, and Chiquis and Becky G. It is also an inspiration for several...Daugiau...
Why has Berliozs Requiem has come to be understood as a product of nineteenth-century Romanticism and how can listeners understand it beyond that context? This book offers a fascinating exploration of the Requiem within the cultural context of Frenc...Daugiau...
El amor brujo (trans. Love, the Magician) is a theater work by the Spanish classical composer Manuel de Falla. It showcases flamenco, the music of the Gitanos who traditionally form Spains underclass. When it premiered in Spain in 1915, i...Daugiau...
Hector Berliozs Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts, 1837) remains a fixture in the repertoire of choirs and orchestras today. Since 2003, it has been performed in its entirety over one hundred times and has appeared on concert programs spannin...Daugiau...
El amor brujo (trans. Love, the Magician) is a theater work by the Spanish classical composer Manuel de Falla. It showcases flamenco, the music of the Gitanos who traditionally form Spains underclass. When it premiered in Spain in 1915, i...Daugiau...
The book is devoted to Shostakovichs most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalins Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perple...Daugiau...
The book is devoted to Shostakovichs most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalins Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics recognized it as a masterpiece, but they were perple...Daugiau...
Shimmering in maximal minimalism, joyful bleakness, and bodiless intimacy, Laurie Andersons Big Science diagnosed crises of meaning, scale, and identity in 1982. Decades later, the strange questions it poses loom even larger: How do we...Daugiau...
Shimmering in maximal minimalism, joyful bleakness, and bodiless intimacy, Laurie Andersons Big Science diagnosed crises of meaning, scale, and identity in 1982. Decades later, the strange questions it poses loom even larger: How do we...Daugiau...
Gioachino Rossinis Barber of Seville surveys the operas fascinating performance history, mapping out the myriad changes that have affected the work since its premiere, exploring many of the personalities responsible for those alterations, and taki...Daugiau...
Gioachino Rossinis The Barber of Seville surveys the operas fascinating performance history, mapping out the myriad changes that have affected the work since its premiere, exploring many of the personalities responsible for those alteratio...Daugiau...
Before Anton n Dvor ks New World Symphony became one of the most universally beloved pieces of classical music, it exposed the deep wounds of racism at the dawn of the Jim Crow era while serving as a flashpoint in broader debates about the American...Daugiau...
Beethovens String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1826) is firmly a part of the modern-day canon, and also makes its presence felt in popular culture, notably in film (for example, A Late Quartet, 2012). Yet in recent times, the terms in which t...Daugiau...
Beethovens String Quartet in C-sharp minor Op. 131 (1826) is not only firmly a part of the scholarly canon, the performing canon, and the pedagogical canon, but also makes its presence felt in popular culture. Yet in recent times, the terms in which...Daugiau...
Before Anton n Dvor ks New World Symphony became one of the most universally beloved pieces of classical music, it exposed the deep wounds of racism at the dawn of the Jim Crow era while serving as a flashpoint in broader debates about the American...Daugiau...
Giacomo Puccinis La Boh me is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? In this book, author Alexandra Wilson traces La Boh mes rise to fame and demonstrates that its success gr...Daugiau...
Giacomo Puccinis La Boh me is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? In this book, author Alexandra Wilson traces La Boh mes rise to fame and demonstrates that its success gr...Daugiau...
Over the Rainbow exploded into worldwide fame upon its performance by Judy Garland in the MGM film musical The Wizard of Oz (1939). Voted the greatest song of the twentieth century in a 2000 survey, it is a masterful, delicate balance of s...Daugiau...
Over the Rainbow exploded into worldwide fame upon its performance by Judy Garland in the MGM film musical The Wizard of Oz (1939). Voted the greatest song of the twentieth century in a 2000 survey, it is a masterful, delicate balance of s...Daugiau...
