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Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England: Gender and Self-Definition in an Emergent Writing Culture

by Kate Narveson

Analysing print and manuscript sources from 1580 to 1660, this volume studies how lay immersion in the Bible gave rise to a non-professional writing culture. Narveson examines the development of that culture,...


The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

by George Antony Thomas

Analysing the occasional verse writings of the celebrated colonial Mexican nun, Thomas brings to light the particular socio-historical significance of these works, which until now literary scholars have largely...


The Art of Record Production: An Introductory Reader for a New Academic Field

by Simon Frith & Simon Zagorski-Thomas

This book is designed as a general introductory reader, a textbook for undergraduate degree courses studying the creative processes involved in the production of recorded music. The aim is to introduce students...


Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Policy, Ideology, and Practice in the Preservation of East Asian Traditions

by Keith Howard

Focussing on music traditions, these essays explore the policy, ideology and practice of preservation and promotion of East Asian intangible cultural heritage. For the first time, Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan...


The Music History Classroom

by James A. Davis

The Music History Classroom brings together essays written by recognized and experienced teachers to assist in the design, implementation, and revision of college-level music history courses. This single volume...


The Music of David Lumsdaine: Kelly Ground to Cambewarra

by Michael Hooper

Australian by birth but a long-time resident of Great Britain, David Lumsdaine (b.1931) is central to both Australian and British modernism. By analysing a series of Lumsdaine's compositions, focusing on works...


The Ziegfeld Follies: A History in Song

by Ann Ommen van der Merwe

This documented history reconstructs the song performances of each annual production of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1907 to 1931. In so doing, it demonstrates the important role of song in facilitating the comedy...


Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors

by Richard M. Hurst

Republic Studios: Between Poverty Row and the Majors documents the influence and significance of this major B studio. Originally published in 1979, this book provides a brief overview of the studio's economic...


White Horse, Black Hat: A Quarter Century on Hollywood's Poverty Row

by Jack C. Lewis

Author C. Jack Lewis spent 25 years in this world of low-budget Westerns, and here he portrays the human side of the industry through the many people with whom he came into contact as he worked his way from...


Singing: The First Art

by Dan H. Marek

This invaluable text breaks down complicated singing concepts with 64 specific vocal exercises designed to overcome faults and to develop vocal virtuosity. Drawings, musical examples, anatomical illustrations,...


Sight Singing Through Melodic Analysis: A Guide to the Study of Sight Singing and an Aid to Ear Training Instruction

by Leland D. Bland

This book is a guide to the study of sight singing and a valuable aid to ear training instruction. Although the book draws upon theoretical concepts it is easy to read and to follow. Readers learn to distinguish...


The Runaway Bride: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930s

by Elizabeth Kendall

Kendall's examination of classic comedies from It Happened One Night to The Lady Eve -and the comediennes who starred in them-reveals what these films said about America during the Depression and how they helped...


Harmonicas, Harps and Heavy Breathers: The Evolution of the People's Instrument

by Kim Field

This definitive volume celebrates the harmonica's illustrious history, focusing on every musical genre that has felt the harp's impact.


Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood

by Wes D. Gehring

This is the first full-length biography of Irene Dunne, one of the most versatile actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age. A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors award in 1985, Dunne's acting highlights include...


Corporate Art Collections: A Handbook to Corporate Buying

by Charlotte Appleyard & James Salzmann

This new volume in the series of Handbooks in International Art Business published in association with Sotheby's Institute of Art offers a timely guide to corporate collecting, examining the history, nature...


Early Modern Encounters with the Islamic East: Performing Cultures

by Sabine Schülting & Sabine Lucia Müller

An exploration of early modern encounters between Christian Europe and the (Islamic) East from the perspective of performance studies and performativity theories, this collection offers new perspectives on how...


Regarding the Cinema

by Bert Cardullo

Regarding the Cinema: Fifteen Filmmakers and Their Films is a collection of essays on some of the most important films - and film artists - of our time. The films treated are from Italy, France, Germany, the...


Clever Digital Photography Ideas - Extending and enhancing your camera skills and more clever ideas

by Peter Cope

A practical, accessible guide to the ingenious and creative things that can be done with a digital compact or camera phone. Clever Digital Photography Ideas: Extending and enhancing your camera skills and more...


Cuban Counterpoints: The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz

by Mauricio A. Font & Alfonso W. Quiroz

While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist...


The Melodic Tradition of Ireland

by James R. Cowdery

This is a major work, at once synthetic and analytical. The author has drawn on previous studies of Irish music and general melodic theory to describe the inner workings of a rich melodic tradition. Irish folk...