Settling Scores - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Settling Scores write by David Monod. This book was released on 2006-03-08. Settling Scores available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Classical music was central to German national identity in the early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach and Beethoven and artists such as conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and pianist Walter Gieseking was cited by the Nazis as justification for German expansionism and as evidence of Aryan superiority. In the minds of many Americans, further German aggression could be prevented only if the population's faith in its moral and cultural superiority was shattered. In Settling Scores, David Monod examines the attempted "denazification" of the German music world by the Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of Military Government. The occupying American forces barred from the stage and concert hall all former Nazi Party members and even anyone deemed to display an "authoritarian personality." They also imported European and American music. These actions, however, divided American officials and outraged German audiences and performers. Nonetheless, the long-term effects were greater than has been previously recognized, as German government officials regained local control and voluntarily limited their involvement in artistic life while promoting "new" (anti-Nazi) music.
Settling the Score
Settling the Score - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Settling the Score write by Kathryn Kalinak. This book was released on 1992-12-01. Settling the Score available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beginning with the earliest experiments in musical accompaniment carried out in the Edison Laboratories, Kathryn Kalinak uses archival material to outline the history of American music and film. Focusing on the scores of several key composers of the sound era, including Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Captain Blood, Max Steiner’s The Informer, Bernard Herrmann’s The Magnificent Ambersons, and David Raksin’s Laura, Kalinak concludes that classical scoring conventions were designed to ensure the dominance of narrative exposition. Her analyses of contemporary work such as John Williams’ The Empire Strikes Back and Basil Poledouris’ RoboCop demonstrate how the traditions of the classical era continue to influence scoring practices today.
Settling New Scores
Settling New Scores - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Settling New Scores write by . This book was released on 1999. Settling New Scores available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Settling the Pop Score
Settling the Pop Score - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Settling the Pop Score write by Stan Hawkins. This book was released on 2002. Settling the Pop Score available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The analysis of popular music forces us to rethink the assumptions that underpin our approaches to the study of Western music. Not least, it brings to the fore an idea that many musicologists still find uncomfortable - that commercial production and consumption can be aligned with artistic authenticity. Reading pop texts takes place through dialogue on many levels, which, as Stan Hawkins argues, deals with how musical events are shaped by personal alliances between the artist and the recipient. The need for a critical approach to evaluating popular music lies at the heart of this book. Hawkins explores the relationships that exist between music, spectatorship and aesthetics through a series of case studies of pop artists from the 1980s and 1990s. Madonna, Morrissey, Annie Lennox, the Pet Shop Boys and Prince represent the diversity of cultures, identities and sexualities that characterised the start of the MTV boom. Through the interpretation of aspects of the compositional design and musical structures of songs by these pop artists, Hawkins suggests ways in which stylistic and technical elements of the music relate to identity formation and its political motivations. Settling the Pop Score examines the role of irony and empathy, the question of gender, race and sexuality, and the relevance of textual analysis to the study of popular music. Interpreting pop music within the framework of musicology, Hawkins helps us to understand the pleasure so many people derive from these songs."--Provided by publisher.
The Testing Charade
The Testing Charade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Testing Charade write by Daniel Koretz. This book was released on 2017-08-31. The Testing Charade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing better. 6 x 9.
