Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Listen to this Listen to this Alex Ross Après le succès de The Rest is Noise, le critique américain Alex Ross revient avec Listen to This, un cocktail revigorant d'essais sur la musique pop, rock, jazz et classique. OL16224080W
The quilting points of musical modernsim The quilting points of musical modernsim J. P. E. Harper-Scott Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category and a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis and forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Sovi… OL16607814W
Black Sabbath and philosophy Black Sabbath and philosophy William Irwin "A philosophical look at heavy metal's dark masters of reality, Black Sabbath Black Sabbath is one of the world's most influential and enduring rock bands. Dubbed "the Beatles of heavy metal" by Roll… OL16705013W
The music instinct The music instinct Philip Ball The Music Instinct Philip Ball provides the first comprehensive, accessible survey of what is known--and what is still unknown--about how music works its magic, and why, as much as eating and sleepin… OL16995607W
How Music Works How Music Works David Byrne The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place, and recording technology, discussing how evo… OL17068219W
The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach André Pirro Offered here for the first time in English, The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach (L'Esthétique de Jean-Sébastien Bach), by the celebrated scholar and organist André Pirro, was originally published … OL17894929W
Metaphysical Graffiti Metaphysical Graffiti Randall E. Auxier 1 online resource OL20217335W
Rock me Amadeus Rock me Amadeus Seb Hunter It should have been a straightforward plan. When Seb Hunter turned his back on his cherished record collection in search of more nourishing sounds, rock'n'roll cold turkey was going to be the least o… OL20854042W
Eduard Hanslick Eduard Hanslick Dietmar Strauß The present seventh volume of the new historical-critical complete edition of Eduard Hanslick's works contains texts of the years 1864 to 1865, which are for the most part contributions from the Vien… OL20933598W
Parallels and Paradoxes Parallels and Paradoxes Edward W. Said These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues--which grew out of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks--are an exchange between two of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: Daniel Baren… OL27387W
Pyramids at the Louvre Pyramids at the Louvre Glenn Watkins ix, 571 p. : 25 cm OL3829116W
The Music of the Spheres The Music of the Spheres Jamie James This book provides the parallel histories of music and science, from celestial harmony to cosmic dissonance. For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed the universe was a stately, ordered me… OL4252635W
In search of opera In search of opera Carolyn Abbate "In her new book, Carolyn Abbate considers the nature of operatic performance and the acoustic images of performance present in operas from Monteverdi to Ravel. Paying tribute to music's realization … OL4447586W
Musical time Musical time Barbara R. Barry xv, 391 : 24 cm OL4810141W