Download or read book Popular Performer Great Standards and Love Songs written by Alan Bergman and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These piano arrangements are based on a wide variety of popular songs that span almost three decades. All these hit songs contain wonderful lyrics written by legendary lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Titles: * I Believe in Love (from A Star Is Born) * In the Heat of the Night * Papa, Can You Hear Me? (from Yentl) * The Summer Knows (Theme from The Summer of '42) * What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? * Where Do You Start? * The Windmills of Your Mind (from The Thomas Crowne Affair) * Yellow Bird * You Don't Bring Me Flowers

Download or read book Popular Performer Great American Songbook for Advanced Piano Book 1 written by Dan Coates and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2008-05-23 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most famous selections from the Great American Songbook are included in this collection. These classic favorites, masterfully arranged by Dan Coates for advanced piano, sound rich and full and will delight audiences as well as provide hours of enjoyment for hobbyists, advancing students, professional musicians or any Popular Performer. Titles: * Anything Goes * Embraceable You * Falling in Love with Love * I Got Rhythm * In the Still of the Night * My Funny Valentine * So in Love * Someone to Watch Over Me * When I Fall in Love * With a Song in My Heart

Download or read book Popular Performer Great American Songbook Book 3 written by Dan Coates and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most famous selections from the Great American Songbook are included in this collection. These classic favorites, masterfully arranged by Dan Coates for advanced piano, sound rich and full and will delight audiences as well as provide hours of enjoyment for hobbyists, advancing students, professional musicians or any "popular performer." Titles: *Cry Me a River *I Only Have Eyes for You *I'm in the Mood for Love *It Had to Be You *I've Got You Under My Skin *Love Is Here to Stay *Make Someone Happy *Skylark *Summertime *What a Wonderful World *Where or When *You'll Never Know

Download or read book Love Songs written by Ted Gioia and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the unexplored history of the love song, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day, and discusses such topics as censorship, the legacy of love songs, and why it is a dominant form of modern musical expression.

Download or read book Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 1 written by John Shepherd and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-03-06 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music. In 500 entries by 130 contributors from around the world, the volume explores the topic in two parts: Part I: Social and Cultural Dimensions, covers the social phenomena of relevance to the practice of popular music and Part II: The Industry, covers all aspects of the popular music industry, such as copyright, instrumental manufacture, management and marketing, record corporations, studios, companies, and labels. Entries include bibliographies, discographies and filmographies, and an extensive index is provided.

Download or read book The Singer s Musical Theatre Anthology Volume 5 written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). More great songs for theatre singers of every description from contemporary withselections from recent shows ( The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, Grey Gardens, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, The Light in the Piazza, Spamalot, Spring Awakening, Wicked ), as well as a deeper look into classic musicals. As in all previous volumes in the series, all songs are in authentic versions in the original keys, with notes about each show and song.

Download or read book Love Songs written by Ted Gioia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love song is timeless. From its beginnings, it has been shaped by bohemians and renegades, slaves and oppressed minorities, prostitutes, immigrants and other excluded groups. But what do we really know about the origins of these intimate expressions of the heart? And how have our changing perceptions about topics such as sexuality and gender roles changed our attitudes towards these songs? In Love Songs: The Hidden History, Ted Gioia uncovers the unexplored story of the love song for the first time. Drawing on two decades of research, Gioia presents the full range of love songs, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day. The book traces the battles over each new insurgency in the music of love--whether spurred by wandering scholars of medieval days or by four lads from Liverpool in more recent times. In these pages, Gioia reveals that the tenderest music has, in different eras, driven many of the most heated cultural conflicts, and how the humble love song has played a key role in expanding the sphere of individualism and personal autonomy in societies around the world. Gioia forefronts the conflicts, controversies, and the battles over censorship and suppression spurred by such music, revealing the outsiders and marginalized groups that have played a decisive role in shaping our songs of romance and courtship, and the ways their innovations have led to reprisals and strife. And he describes the surprising paths by which the love song has triumphed over these obstacles, and emerged as the dominant form of musical expression in modern society.

Download or read book Real Men Don t Sing written by Allison McCracken and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The crooner Rudy Vallée's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans and drew harsh criticism from those threatened by his sensitive masculinity. Although Vallée and other crooners reflected the gender fluidity of late-1920s popular culture, their challenge to the Depression era's more conservative masculine norms led cultural authorities to stigmatize them as gender and sexual deviants. In Real Men Don't Sing Allison McCracken outlines crooning's history from its origins in minstrelsy through its development as the microphone sound most associated with white recording artists, band singers, and radio stars. She charts early crooners’ rise and fall between 1925 and 1934, contrasting Rudy Vallée with Bing Crosby to demonstrate how attempts to contain crooners created and dictated standards of white masculinity for male singers. Unlike Vallée, Crosby survived the crooner backlash by adapting his voice and persona to adhere to white middle-class masculine norms. The effects of these norms are felt to this day, as critics continue to question the masculinity of youthful, romantic white male singers. Crooners, McCracken shows, not only were the first pop stars: their short-lived yet massive popularity fundamentally changed American culture.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings written by Steve Sullivan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are covered, from pop, rock, soul, and country to jazz, blues, classic vocals, hip-hop, folk, gospel, and ethnic/world music. Collectors will find detailed discographical data—recording dates, record numbers, Billboard chart data, and personnel—while music lovers will appreciate the detailed commentaries and deep research on the songs, their recording, and the artists. Readers who revel in pop cultural history will savor each chapter as it plunges deeply into key events—in music, society, and the world—from each era of the past 125 years. Following in the wake of the first two volumes of his original Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, this follow-up work covers not only more beloved classic performances in pop music history, but many lesser -known but exceptional recordings that—in the modern digital world of “long tail” listening, re-mastered recordings, and “lost but found” possibilities—Sullivan mines from modern recording history. The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 3 and 4 lets the readers discover, and, through their playlist services, from such as iTunes toand Spotify, build a truly deepcomprehensive catalog of classic performances that deserve to be a part of every passionate music lover’s life. Sullivan organizes songs in chronological order, starting in 1890 and continuing all the way throughto the present to include modern gems from June 2016. In each chapter, Sullivanhe immerses readers, era by era, in the popular music recordings of the time, noting key events that occurred at the time to painting a comprehensive picture in music history of each periodfor each song. Moreover, Sullivan includes for context bulleted lists noting key events that occurred during the song’s recording

Download or read book Top Popular Music of the Early 20th Century 1900 1949 Rankings Artists Links written by Wayne Cottrell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features by-decade rankings of music singles and albums, in six different genres, covering the first half of the 20th century. The decade of the 1890s is also included. The rankings pertain to U.S. music charts, wherein a typical week's chart would be based on sales, radio airplays, jukebox plays, and-or a combination of one or more of these. The genres include children's, classical, country, instrumental, popular, and rhythm & blues music. Short biographies on a selection of artists are located throughout the book. The artists index includes some vital statistics.

Download or read book Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 2 written by John Shepherd and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-05-08 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music. In 500 entries by 130 contributors from around the world, the volume explores the topic in two parts: Part I: Social and Cultural Dimensions, covers the social phenomena of relevance to the practice of popular music and Part II: The Industry, covers all aspects of the popular music industry, such as copyright, instrumental manufacture, management and marketing, record corporations, studios, companies, and labels. Entries include bibliographies, discographies and filmographies, and an extensive index is provided.

Download or read book The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Soprano written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. SOPRANO CONTENTS: Bess, You Is My Woman * Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I Loves You, Porgy * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * The Man I Love * Maybe * My Man's Gone Now * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).

Download or read book The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Mezzo Soprano Belter written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. MEZZO-SOPRANO/BELTER CONTENTS: Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * The Man I Love * Maybe * My Man's Gone Now * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).

Download or read book Classic American Popular Song written by David Jenness and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: What happened to American popular song after 1950? There are numerous books available on the so-called Golden Age of popular song, but none that follow the development of popular song styles in the second half of the 20th century. While 1950 is seen as the end of an era, the tap of popular song creation hardly ran dry after that date. Many of the classic songwriters continued to work through the following decades: Porter was active until 1958; Rodgers until the later 1970s; Arlen until 1976. Some of the greatest lyricists of the classic era continued to do outstanding and successful work: Johnny Mercer and Dorothy Fields, for example, continued to produce lyrics through the early '70s. These works could be explained as simply the Golden Age's last stand, a refusal of major figures to give in to a new reality. But then, how can we explain the outstanding careers of Frank Loesser, Cy Coleman, Jerry Herman, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, Fred Kander and John Ebb, Jule Styne, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and several other major figures? Where did Stephen Sondheim come from? For anyone interested in the development of American popular song -- and its survival -- this book will make fascinating reading.

Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture III written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock Music in American Popular Culture III: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources explores the fascinating world of rock music and examines how this medium functions as an expression of cultural and social identity. This nostalgic guide explores the meanings and messages behind some of the most popular rock ’n’roll songs that captured the American spirit, mirrored society, and reflected events in our history. Arranged by themes, Rock Music in American Popular Culture III examines a variety of social and cultural topics with related songs, such as: sex and censorship--“Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel and “Night Moves” by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band holiday songs--“Rockin’Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee and “The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole death--“Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-Las and “The Unknown Soldier” by The Doors foolish behavior--“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge and “What Kind of Fool” by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb jobs and the workplace--“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by The Police and “Dirty Laundry” by Don Henley military involvements--“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by the Andrews Sisters and “War” by Edwin Starr novelty recordings--“The Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley and “Eat It” by Weird Al Yankovic letters and postal images--“P. S. I Love You” by The Beatles and “Return to Sender” by Elvis Presely In addition, a discography and a bibliography after each section give further examples of the themes and resources being discussed, as do extensive lists of print references at the end of the text.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century written by Lol Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century is an alphabetically arranged encyclopedia of all aspects of music in various parts of the world during the 20th century. It covers the major musical styles--concert music, jazz, pop, rock, etc., and such key genres as opera, orchestral music, be-bop, blues, country, etc. Articles on individuals provide biographical information on their life and works, and explore the contribution each has made in the field. Illustrated and fully cross-referenced, the Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century also provides Suggested Listening and Further Reading information. A good first point of reference for students, librarians, and music scholars--as well as for the general reader.

Download or read book The Singer s Anthology of Gershwin Songs Baritone written by Richard Walters and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. BARITONE CONTENTS: Bess, You Is My Woman * Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm * A Foggy Day (In London Town) * He Loves and She Loves * How Long Has This Been Going On? * I Got Rhythm * I Loves You, Porgy * I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise * I've Got a Crush on You * Isn't It a Pity? * Let's Call the Whole Thing Off * Love Is Here to Stay * Love Walked In * Maybe * Nice Work If You Can Get It * 'S Wonderful * Somebody Loves Me * Someone to Watch Over Me * Soon * Summertime * They All Laughed * They Can't Take That Away from Me * Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).