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Modernism and Popular Music. /
A study of the performance and composition of early twentieth-century popular music in the context of 'high' modernism.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: popular music and the experience of modernism; Modernity and modernism; The musicians; The structure of the argument; The aesthetics of popular music; A note on interdisciplinarity; Part I: Musical modernism: popular music in the time of jazz; Chapter 1 Classical modernity and popular music; Chapter 2 Twentieth-century modernism and "jazz" music; Part II: Gershwin, Porter, Waller, and Holiday; Chapter 3 Melting pot and meeting place: the Gershwin brothers and the arts of quotation.
- Chapter 4 "What is this thing called love?": Cole Porter and the rhythms of desireChapter 5 Signifying music: Fats Waller and the time of jazz; Chapter 6 Music without composition: Billie Holiday and ensemble performance; Conclusion: popular music and the revolution of the word; Notes; Bibliography; Index.