Greil Marcus 
Mystery Train [EPUB ebook] 

‘Remixing multilingualism’ is conceptualised in this book as engaging in the linguistic act of using, combining and manipulating multilingual forms. It is about creating new ways of ”doing” multili …

Caritas relates the ”true”, yet largely undocumented story of Christine Carpenter, a 14th-century anchoress who moves towards insanity as her desire for a divine revelation continues to be unfulfil …

Whose Music? combines historical, musicological, and sociological materials and styles of analysis in ways that connect to the field of sociology. The analyses of social class systems presented here …

Born in 1885 in Porto, Portugal, to a middle-class musical family, Guilhermina Suggia began playing cello at the age of five. A child prodigy, she was already a seasoned performer when she won a scho …

First published in 1998, music scored for film has only relatively recently received the critical attention which it merits. Many composers in the twentieth century have written works for films or do …

Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig (1897-1948) was a Viennese musicologist and critic who studied at the universities of Budapest and Vienna. From 1933 he embarked on producing a large-scale study of Mahler bu …

Jazz Guitar Styles is an instruction book designed for the guitarist who already knows the fundamentals but wishes to explore the ‘classic’ style of swing-era guitar. It offers a clear, concise intro …

Now updated with two new chapters and an extraordinary collection of photographs, this second edition of Paul Friedlander”s Rock and Roll: A Social History is a smash hit. The social force of rock a …

Unique and exciting, this ethnographic study is the first to address a little-known subculture, which holds a fascination for many. The first decade of the twenty-first century has displayed an ever …

First Published in 1995. Il primo libro delle musiche (Venice, 1618) …