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Author: Justin A. Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-02-12
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1107037468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Companion covers the hip-hop elements, methods of studying hip-hop, and case studies from Nerdcore to Turkish-German and Japanese hip-hop.
Author: Russell Hartenberger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-09-24
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 1108492924
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of rhythm and the richness of musical time from the perspective of performers, composers, analysts, and listeners.
Author: Justin A.. Williams
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It has been more than thirty-five years since the first commercial recordings of hip-hop music were made. This Companion, written by renowned scholars and industry professionals reflects the passion and scholarly activity occurring in the new generation of hip-hop studies. It covers a diverse range of case studies from Nerdcore hip-hop to instrumental hip-hop to the role of rappers in the Obama campaign and from countries including Senegal, Japan, Germany, Cuba, and the UK. Chapters provide an overview of the 'four elements' of hip-hop - MCing, DJing, break dancing (or breakin'), and graffiti - in addition to key topics such as religion, theatre, film, gender, and politics. Intended for students, scholars, and the most serious of 'hip-hop heads', this collection incorporates methods in studying hip-hop flow, as well as the music analysis of hip-hop and methods from linguistics, political science, gender and film studies to provide exciting new perspectives on this rapidly developing field.
Author: Simon Frith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-08-16
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521556606
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Companion maps the world of pop and rock, pinpointing the most significant moments in its history and presenting the key issues involved in understanding popular culture's most vital art form. Expert writers chart the changing patterns in the production and consumption of popular music, the emergence of a vast industry with a turnover of billions and the rise of global stars from Elvis to Public Enemy, Nirvana to the Spice Girls. They trace the way new technologies - from the amplifier to the internet - have changed the sounds and practices of pop and they analyse the way maverick entrepreneurs have given way to multimedia corporations. In particular they focus on the controversial issues concerning race and ethnicity, politics, gender and globalisation. Contains full profiles of a selection of figures from the pop and rock world.
Author: Nick Collins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-10-30
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1108548474
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Musicians are always quick to adopt and explore new technologies. The fast-paced changes wrought by electrification, from the microphone via the analogue synthesiser to the laptop computer, have led to a wide range of new musical styles and techniques. Electronic music has grown to a broad field of investigation, taking in historical movements such as musique concrète and elektronische Musik, and contemporary trends such as electronic dance music and electronica. The first edition of this book won the 2009 Nicolas Bessaraboff Prize as it brought together researchers at the forefront of the sonic explorations empowered by electronic technology to provide accessible and insightful overviews of core topics and uncover some hitherto less publicised corners of worldwide movements. This updated and expanded second edition includes four entirely new chapters, as well as new original statements from globally renowned artists of the electronic music scene, and celebrates a diverse array of technologies, practices and music.
Author: David Eden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-08-06
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0521888492
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Author: Russell Hartenberger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-03-10
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1316546217
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Percussion music is both the oldest and most recent of musical genres and exists in diverse forms throughout the world. This Companion explores percussion and rhythm from the perspectives of performers, composers, conductors, instrument builders, scholars, and cognitive scientists. Topics covered include percussion in symphony orchestras from the nineteenth century to today and the development of percussion instruments in chapters on the marimba revolution, the percussion industry, drum machines, and the effect of acoustics. Chapters also investigate drum set playing and the influences of world music on Western percussion, and outline the roles of percussionists as composers, conductors, soloists, chamber musicians, and theatrical performers. Developments in scientific research are explored in chapters on the perception of sound and the evolution of musical rhythm. This book will be a valuable resource for students, percussionists, and all those who want a deeper understanding of percussion music and rhythm.
Author: Knud Haakonssen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-03-06
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780521779241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an early proponent of the modern market economy. Political economy, however, was only one part of Smith's comprehensive intellectual system. Consisting of a theory of mind and its functions in language, arts, science, and social intercourse, Smith's system was a towering contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. His ideas on social intercourse also served as the basis for a moral theory that provided both historical and theoretical accounts of law, politics, and economics. This Companion volume provides an examination of all aspects of Smith's thought. Collectively, the essays take into account Smith's multiple contexts - Scottish, British, European, Atlantic; biographical, institutional, political, philosophical - and they draw on all of his works, including student notes from his lectures. Pluralistic in approach, the volume provides a contextualist history of Smith, as well as direct philosophical engagement with his ideas.
Author: Jennifer Ashton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-02-08
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0521766958
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explores the ways in which American poetry has documented and sometimes helped propel the literary and cultural revolutions of the past sixty-five years.
Author: Nicholas Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-09-19
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 1107161789
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Digital technology has profoundly transformed almost all aspects of musical culture. This book explains how and why.
