When did Russia become "modern?" Historians of Russia - including even many Russian historians - have long tried to identify Russia's "modern" moment. While most scholars have looked to economic or ideological transitions, noted historian and critic Paul du Quenoy approaches the problem through culture, and specifically the performing arts, as ......
Bach and Mozart: Connections, Patterns, and Pathways
Today, the names Bach and Mozart are mostly associated with Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But this volume of Bach Perspectives offers essays on the lesser-known musical figures who share those illustrious names alongside new research on the legendary composers themselves. Topics include the keyboard transcriptions of J. S. ......
In the 1990s, Chicago was at the center of indie rock, propelling bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair to the national stage. The musical ecosystem from which these bands emerged, though, was expansive and diverse. Grunge players comingled with the electronic, jazz, psychedelic, and ambient music communities, and an inventive, ......
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the ......
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the ......
On December 4, 1957, Miles Davis?revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis?Malle's Ascenseur?pour?l'echafaud. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave,?Ascenseur?challenged mainstream filmmaking conventions, emphasizing experimentation?and creative collaboration.?It was in this?environment?during the late 1950s ......
On December 4, 1957, Miles Davis?revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis?Malle's Ascenseur?pour?l'echafaud. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave,?Ascenseur?challenged mainstream filmmaking conventions, emphasizing experimentation?and creative collaboration.?It was in this?environment?during the late 1950s ......
From the 1980s through the early 2000s, a golden era for southern roots music, producer and three-time Grammy winner Scott Billington recorded many of the period's most iconic artists. Working primarily in Louisiana for Boston-based Rounder Records, Billington produced such giants as Irma Thomas, Charlie Rich, Buckwheat Zydeco, Johnny Adams, Bobby ......
The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed examines the events and factors that gave the Muscle Shoals sound such a potent cultural power. Many ......
