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Author : David Metzer
Release : 2017-09-21
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 525/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Ballad in American Popular Music by : David Metzer
Download or read book The Ballad in American Popular Music written by David Metzer. This book was released on 2017-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to explore the ballad's history and emotional appeal, surveying seventy years of the genre in modern America.
Author : John A. Lomax
Release : 2013-07-24
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 92X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis American Ballads and Folk Songs by : John A. Lomax
Download or read book American Ballads and Folk Songs written by John A. Lomax. This book was released on 2013-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, and many more.
Author : David Joel Metzer
Release : 2017
Genre : MUSIC
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 158/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Ballad in American Popular Music by : David Joel Metzer
Download or read book The Ballad in American Popular Music written by David Joel Metzer. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to explore the history and appeal of these treasured songs. David Metzer investigates how and why the styles of ballads have changed over a period of more than seventy years, offering a definition of the genre and discussing the influences of celebrated performers including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and Whitney Houston. The emotional power of the ballad is strongly linked to the popular mood of the time, and consequently songs can tell us much about how events and emotions were felt and understood in wider culture at specific moments of recent American history. Tracing both the emotional and stylistic developments of the genre from the 1950s to the present day, this lively and engaging volume is as much a musical history as it is a history of emotional life in America.
Author : David Metzer
Release : 2017-09-21
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 746/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Ballad in American Popular Music by : David Metzer
Download or read book The Ballad in American Popular Music written by David Metzer. This book was released on 2017-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to explore the history and appeal of these treasured songs. David Metzer investigates how and why the styles of ballads have changed over a period of more than seventy years, offering a definition of the genre and discussing the influences of celebrated performers including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and Whitney Houston. The emotional power of the ballad is strongly linked to the popular mood of the time, and consequently songs can tell us much about how events and emotions were felt and understood in wider culture at specific moments of recent American history. Tracing both the emotional and stylistic developments of the genre from the 1950s to the present day, this lively and engaging volume is as much a musical history as it is a history of emotional life in America.
Author : David Metzer
Release : 2003-04-17
Genre : Music
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 092/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Quotation and Cultural Meaning in Twentieth-Century Music by : David Metzer
Download or read book Quotation and Cultural Meaning in Twentieth-Century Music written by David Metzer. This book was released on 2003-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, musicians frequently incorporated bits of works by other musicians into their own compositions and performances. When a musician borrows from a piece, he or she draws upon not only a melody but also the cultural associations of the original piece. By working with and altering a melody, a musician also transforms those associations. This book explores that vibrant practice, examining how musicians used quotation to participate in the cultural dialogues sustained around such areas as race, childhood, madness, and the mass media.
