Underhållningsmusik & storbandsmusik

For the first time, all data for recordings of non-classical piano made for issue on disc and cylinder records prior to 1935 are brought together in this work. The majority of the …

Les chansons, li es au cin ma depuis ses origines, ont acquis une force nouvelle et singuli re tant dans les productions commerciales que dans les　films d'auteur r cents, notamment …

Thirty years after she first heard his voice singing to her from a jukebox at her local drive-in, Barbara began her love affair with Frank Sinatra. After a tempestuous courtship, …

Here, for the first time, is a book which analyses popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical, or political point of view. Peter van der Merwe has …

Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., was a musician, writer, hotelier, and the first black bandmaster of the United States Navy. Born in the Virgin Islands in 1889, Adams joined the U.S. …

In this unique and readable study, Jon Finson views the mores and values of nineteenth-century Americans as they appear in their popular songs. The author sets forth lyricists' and …

Merengue-the quintessential Dominican dance music-has a long and complex history, both on the island and in the large immigrant community in New York City. In this ambitious work, …

Auf Grundlage dreier Zentralbegriffe aus der Musikanschauung der ersten Halfte des 18. Jahrhunderts (Bild, Affekt, Inventio) unternimmt der Autor eine Neuinterpretation der …

Partez a la rencontre de Ludwig van Beethoven avec ce Grand Article Universalis !Si nous ignorions tout de la vie de Beethoven, mais si son uvre entiere nous etait parvenue, nous …

From 'folk devils' to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. A …