Kategoria BISAC: Music >> History & Criticism - General

Gegenstand des Bandes ist die 2008 restaurierte, um 1350 entstandene 'Jenaer Liederhandschrift, die bedeutendste Handschrift zur Uberlieferung deutscher Sangspruchdichtung und ihrer Melodien. Der Band enthalt Beitrage zur Restaurierung selbst, zu Fragen der sprachgeschichtlichen und literaturhistorischen Situierung, zur Einrichtung des Codex und zu seiner Notationspraxis. Daruber hinaus dokumentiert er diejenigen handschriftlichen Fragmente, die auf Grund ihres Sprachstandes und ihrer Texte in der Forschung in einen entstehungsgeschichtlichen Zusammenhang mit der 'Jenaer Liederhandschrift'...

Die Untersuchung fragt nach den Faktoren, die zur Ablosung des Minnelieds durch das Liebeslied gefuhrt haben, das seit dem Monch von Salzburg und in den Liederbuchern des 15./16. Jahrhunderts zum vorherrschenden Typ der Liebeslyrik geworden ist. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass der literarhistorisch und poetologisch weitreichende Wechsel zwischen diesen beiden Liedtypen im Zusammenhang mit spezifischen Veranderungen des literarischen Gattungssystems wahrend des 14. Jahrhunderts gesehen werden muss. Dabei spielt der fulminante Aufschwung der Minnerede eine wichtige Rolle. Nicht minder wichtig...

Queen Latifah's lyrics tout female superiority. Salt 'n' Pepa energize with eroticism. Julie Brown's unsettling version of a campus queen dethrones the mainstream icon. Martina McBride's song of liberation gives new meaning to Independence Day. Today in the music video industry, such women artists have assumed a remarkable and refreshing new presence.

Although many popular videos have been condemned for sexism, the medium has experienced a striking change. Both in repertoires and in performances, the politics of feminism has moved to the front row. More and more, women are being...

What did young people do for diversion and socialization in communities that banned most dancing and considered the fiddle to be the devil's instrument? The American play party was the fundamentalist's answer. Here the singing was acapella, the dancers followed proscribed steps, and arm and elbow swings would be the only touching.

The play party was a popular form of American folk entertainment that included songs, dances, and sometimes games. Though based upon European and English antecedents, play parties were truly an American phenomenon, first mentioned in print in 1837. The...

Leiber and Stoller were still in their teens when they started working with some of the pioneers of rock and roll, writing such hits as "Hound Dog," which eventually became a #1 record for Elvis Presley. Jerry and Mike became the King's favorite songwriters, giving him...

Music Traditions, Cultures, and Contexts is a tribute to the ethnomusicologist Beverley Diamond in recognition of her outstanding scholarly accomplishments. The volume includes essays by leading ethnomusicologists and music scholars as well as a biographical introduction.

The book's contributors engage many of the critical themes in Diamond's work, including musical historiography, musical composition in historical and contemporary frameworks, performance in diverse contexts, gender issues, music and politics, and how music is nested in and relates to broader issues in...

In 1832 the Scottish ballad collector Peter Buchan of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, presented an anthology of risque' and convivial songs and ballads to a Highland laird. When Professor Francis James Child of Harvard was preparing his magisterial edition of The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, he made inquiries about it, but it was not made available in time to be considered for his work. On his death it was presented to the Child Memorial Library at Harvard. Because of its unseemly materials, the manuscript has languished there ever since, unprinted, though referred to now and...

During 1975 and 1976, renowned underground photo-journalist Kim Gottlieb,
and her husband, Island publicity head Jeff Walker, documented what is now
widely recognized as the Golden Age of reggae. Over two...

Few singer-songwriters have been as influential as Joni Mitchell. Her song "Both Sides, Now" has been recorded over 640 times, while Bill and Hillary Clinton credit her "Chelsea Morning" as the inspiration for their daughter's name. "The Words and Music of Joni Mitchell" surveys the entire output of this legendary artist, from her 1968 debut album "Song to a SeagulI" to her 2007 album "Shine."

After a brief overview of Mitchell's career and a chapter that explains some of the important technical features of the guitar styles upon which she draws, the book offers an in-depth discussion...