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Pages: 363
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-02-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
Who's better? Billie Holiday or P. J. Harvey? Blur or Oasis? Dylan or Keats? And how many friendships have ridden on the answer? Such questions aren't merely th
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Pages: 360
Pages: 360
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-05 - Publisher: Routledge
As a sociologist Simon Frith takes the starting point that music is the result of the play of social forces, whether as an idea, an experience or an activity. T
Language: en
Pages: 151
Pages: 151
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
During the last few decades, most cultural critics have come to agree that the division between "high" and "low" art is an artificial one, that Beethoven's Nint
Language: en
Pages: 162
Pages: 162
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-21 - Publisher: Routledge
This book explores the fundamentals of popular music performance for students in contemporary music institutions. Drawing on the insights of performance practic