Music and Performing Arts
Deep Soul BalladsFrom Sam Cooke to Stevie WonderDeep Soul Ballads looks back to an earlier era in soul music from a contemporary viewpoint and rediscovers132 ballads recorded by (mostly) black American soul singers across a 25-year post-war period. Much of the best soul music of the Sixties and Seventies never received much mainstream exposure,... Full review£12.00 
Recorded MusicPhilosophical and Critical ReflectionsRecorded Music: Philosophical and Critical Reflections brings together an international collection of experts to explore various philosophical issues surrounding recordings. In recent musicology, there is growing awareness of music as a performance art. Musicologists are beginning to regard... Full review£30.00 
Zemlinsky StudiesZemlinsky Studies comprises a varied and fascinating collection of essays by international scholars and musicians on this important early twentieth-century composer and conductor, a reappraisal of whose work was first promised in the late 1950s with Adorno's famous essay in Quasi una fantasia.... Full review£15.00 
Blood, Sweat & TheoryResearch through Practice in PerformancePractice-based research is the default approach to postgraduate activity in Drama, Theatre and Performance. Yet it is only recently beginning to yield any rigorous theory-based guides for researchers, practitioners, supervisors and mentors. As a major contribution to the field this book is a vital... Full review£29.95 |