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The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 247

The Cambridge Companion to the Rolling Stones

The first collection of academic essays focused entirely on the musical, historical, cultural and media impact of the Rolling Stones.

Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture, 1420-1600
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 353

Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture, 1420-1600

  • Categories: Art

This is the first in-depth study in any language exploring the vast cultural range of instrumental music during the Renaissance.

Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture, 1420–1600
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 353

Instrumentalists and Renaissance Culture, 1420–1600

This innovative and multi-layered study of the music and culture of Renaissance instrumentalists spans the early institutionalization of instrumental music from c.1420 to the rise of the basso continuo and newer roles for instrumentalists around 1600. Employing a broad cultural narrative interwoven with detailed case studies, close readings of eighteen essential musical sources, and analysis of musical images, Victor Coelho and Keith Polk show that instrumental music formed a vital and dynamic element in the artistic landscape, from rote function to creative fantasy. Instrumentalists occupied a central role in courtly ceremonies and private social rituals during the Renaissance, and banquets, dances, processions, religious celebrations and weddings all required their participation, regardless of social class. Instrumental genres were highly diverse artistic creations, from polyphonic repertories revealing knowledge of notated styles, to improvisation and flexible practices. Understanding the contributions of instrumentalists is essential for any accurate assessment of Renaissance culture.

The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 284

The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar

From its origins in the culture of late medieval Europe to enormous global popularity in the twentieth, the guitar and its development comprise multiple histories, each characterized by distinct styles, playing techniques, repertories, and socio-cultural roles. These histories simultaneously span popular and classical styles, contemporary and historical practices, written and unwritten traditions, and Western and non-Western cultures. This is the first book to encompass the breadth and depth of guitar performance, featuring twelve essays covering different traditions, styles, and instruments, written by some of the most influential players, teachers, and guitar historians in the world. The coverage of the book allows the player to understand both the analogies and the differences between guitar traditions; all styles--from baroque, classical, country, blues, and rock to flamenco, African, and Celtic--will share the same platform, along with instrument making. As musical training is increasingly broadened this comprehensive book will become an indispensable resource.

Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela

The first book-length study in any language dedicated specifically to lute, guitar, and vihuela.

Goa and Portugal
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

Goa and Portugal

Papers presented at the 2nd Conference on "Goa and Portugal: History and Development" held in Goa during Sept. 6-9, 1999.

Music and Science in the Age of Galileo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Music and Science in the Age of Galileo

Music and Science in the Age of Galileo features twelve new essays by leading specialists in the fields of musicology, history of science, astronomy, philosophy, and instrument building that explore the relations between music and the scientific culture of Galileo's time. The essays take a broad historical approach towards understanding such topics as the role of music in Galileo's experiments and in the scientific revolution, the musical formation of scientists, Galileo's impact on the art and music of his time, the scientific knowledge of instrument builders, and the scientific experiments and cultural context of Galileo's father, Vincenzo Galilei. This volume opens up new areas in both mu...

Music and Science in the Age of Galileo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Music and Science in the Age of Galileo

A collection of essays exploring the relations between music and the scientific culture of Galileo's time. It takes a broad historical approach towards understanding such topics as the role of music in Galileo's experiments and in the scientific revolution

Retrospection and Revision in Modern and Contemporary Art, Literature and Music
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 385

Retrospection and Revision in Modern and Contemporary Art, Literature and Music

This interdisciplinary book investigates the various ways in which North American and European modern and contemporary artists, authors, and musicians have returned to earlier works of their own, engaging in inventive revivals and transformations of the past in the present. The book is distinctive in its focus on such revisits, as well as in the diversity of art forms under review: in addition to visual art, the book explores fiction, poetry, literary criticism, film, rock music, and philosophy. This scope, together with the time-span covered in the book, from the 1850s to the twenty-first century, allows for a broad view on retrospection and revision. The case studies presented here offer a multifaceted exploration of the widely different goals to which practitioners of the arts have made retrospection and revision functional against the background of cultural, social, political, and personal forces.

Neapolitan Lute Music
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 210

Neapolitan Lute Music

xxi + 181 pp.