Modernism and popular music
"Traditionally, ideas about twentieth-century 'modernism' - whether focused on literature, music or the visual arts - have made a distinction between 'high' art and the 'popular' arts of best-selling fiction, jazz and other forms of popular music, and commercial art of one form or another. In Modern...
Salvato in:
| Autore principale: | |
|---|---|
| Ente Autore: | |
| Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
| Lingua: | inglese |
| Pubblicazione: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
|
| Soggetti: | |
| Accesso online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
| Tags: |
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
|
Sommario:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface; Introduction: popular music and the experience of modernism; Part I. Musical Modernism: Popular Music in the Time of Jazz: 1. Classical modernity and popular music; 2. Twentieth-century modernism and 'jazz' music; Part II. Gershwin, Porter, Waller, and Holiday: 3. Melting pot and meeting place: the Gershwin brothers and the arts of quotation; 4. 'What is this thing called love?': Cole Porter and the rhythms of desire; 5. Signifying music: Fats Waller and the time of jazz; 6. Music without composition: Billie Holiday and ensemble performance; Postscript: popular music and the revolution of the word; Bibliography; Index.