Musical Migration and Imperial New York

Musical Migration and Imperial New York
Author: Brigid Cohen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2022-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226818012

"Through archival work and storytelling synthesis, Music Migration and Imperial New York revises, subverts, and supplements many inherited narratives about experimental music and arts in postwar New York into a sweeping new whole. From the urban street-level via music clubs and arts institutions to the world-making routes of global migration and exchange, this book seeks to redraw the geographies of experimental art and so to reveal the imperial dynamics, as well as profoundly racialized and gendered power relations, that shaped and continue to shape the discourses and practices of modern music in the United States. Beginning with the material conditions of power that structured the cityscape of New York in the early Cold War years (ca. 1957 to 1963), Brigid Cohen's book encompasses a considerably wider range of people and practices than is usual in studies of the music of this period. It looks at a range of artistic practices (concert music, electronic music, jazz, performance art) and actors (Varèse, Mingus, Yoko Ono, and Fluxus founder George Maciunas) as they experimented with new modes of creativity"--

Understanding Music

Understanding Music
Author: Jeremy Yudkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN:

"Jeremy Yudkin's" book is a rich music appreciation program that supports the ultimate goal of teaching active listening. By focusing on music of the Western tradition in its social, historical, and global context, this book engages readers in an active listening experience of music through a lively narrative text and innovative activities. Topic coverage includes music around the world, the fundamentals of music, the art of listening, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque Era, the Classic Era, Beethoven, the Nineteenth Century, and the Twentieth Century. For those interested in developing active listening skills and a deeper appreciation for music.

Stefan Wolpe and the Avant-Garde Diaspora

Stefan Wolpe and the Avant-Garde Diaspora
Author: Brigid Maureen Cohen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1107003008

Cohen traces a history of modernism in migration through the composer Stefan Wolpe, from the Bauhaus to Black Mountain College.

Experimentalism Otherwise

Experimentalism Otherwise
Author: Benjamin Piekut
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011-04-04
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520268512

A book about the links between avant garde music and the art scene in New York City in the 1960s. John Cage and Iggy Pop, together at last.

Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop

Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop
Author: Jeremy Yudkin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Focusing on one of the legendary musicians in jazz, this book examines Miles Davis's often overlooked music of the mid-1960s with a close examination of the evolution of a new style: post bop. Jeremy Yudkin traces Davis's life and work during a period when the trumpeter was struggling with personal and musical challenges only to emerge once again as the artistic leader of his generation. A major force in post-war American jazz, Miles Davis was a pioneer of cool jazz, hard bop, and modal jazz in a variety of small group formats. The formation in the mid-1960s of the Second Quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams was vital to the invention of the new post bop style. Yudkin illustrates and precisely defines this style with an analysis of the 1966 classic Miles Smiles.

Bed-Stuy Is Burning

Bed-Stuy Is Burning
Author: Brian Platzer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-07-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501146955

"Aaron, a disgraced rabbi turned Wall Street banker, and Amelia, his journalist girlfriend, live with their newborn in Bedford-Stuyvesant, one of the most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City. The infusion of upwardly mobile strivers into Bed-Stuy's historic brownstones belies the tension simmering on the streets below. But after a cop shoots a boy in a nearby park, a riot erupts--with Aaron and his family at its center. Over the course of one cataclysmic day, issues of race, policing, faith, and professional ambition will collide"--

Excursions in World Music, Sixth Edition

Excursions in World Music, Sixth Edition
Author: Bruno Nettl
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2015-09-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1317350294

Explore the relationship between music and society around the world This comprehensive introductory text creates a panoramic experience for beginner students by exposing them to the many musical cultures around the globe. Each chapter opens with a musical encounter in which the author introduces a key musical culture. Through these experiences, students are introduced to key musical styles, musical instruments, and performance practices. Students are taught how to actively listen to key musical examples through detailed listening guides. The role of music in society is emphasized through chapters that focus on key world cultural groups.

Buford the Bully

Buford the Bully
Author: June Pierce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014-06-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996099011

Buford is a large, lonely bullfrog. Having left his home in the wetlands, he is excited to be living in Sweet Valley where the pond is a flurry of activity. As he watches others play, Buford is not asked to join them. His anger and jealousy lead to bullying. Buford finds out the hard way that his behavior needs to change. June Pierce, a retired teacher, has her Master's degree in both regular education and special education. A member of The Society of Children's Book writers, Ms. Pierce is a published author and Folk Artist, teaching Early American Decoration and European Folk Art in her studio in Hyde Park, New York. Tatiana Rhinevault is a fine artist and illustrator, educated at the University of Moscow, Russia, and has exhibited her paintings worldwide. Ms. Rhinevault teaches in her studio in Hyde Park, New York.

Mingus Speaks

Mingus Speaks
Author: Charles Mingus
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0520275233

In-depth interviews, conducted several years before Mingus died, capture the composer's spirit and voice, revealing how he saw himself as composer and performer, how he viewed his peers and predecessors, how he created his extraordinary music, and how he looked at race. Augmented with interviews and commentary by ten close associates--including Mingus's wife Sue, Teo Macero, George Wein, and Sy Johnson.