Author: Michael Chanan
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859847060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This study examines the composer as a public figure. It examines the fate of the composer through successive incarnations and investigates a range of themes such as subjectivity and identity.
From Handel to Hendrix
Author: Michael Chanan
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859847060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This study examines the composer as a public figure. It examines the fate of the composer through successive incarnations and investigates a range of themes such as subjectivity and identity.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9781859847060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This study examines the composer as a public figure. It examines the fate of the composer through successive incarnations and investigates a range of themes such as subjectivity and identity.
George Frideric Handel: A Life with Friends
Author: Ellen T. Harris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393245896
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel’s music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself—known to most as the composer of Messiah—is a bit of a mystery. Though he took meticulous care of his musical manuscripts and even provided for their preservation on his death, very little of an intimate nature survives. One document—Handel’s will—offers us a narrow window into his personal life. In it, he remembers not only family and close colleagues but also neighborhood friends. In search of the private man behind the public figure, Ellen T. Harris has spent years tracking down the letters, diaries, personal accounts, legal cases, and other documents connected to these bequests. The result is a tightly woven tapestry of London in the first half of the eighteenth century, one that interlaces vibrant descriptions of Handel’s music with stories of loyalty, cunning, and betrayal. With this wholly new approach, Harris has achieved something greater than biography. Layering the interconnecting stories of Handel’s friends like the subjects and countersubjects of a fugue, Harris introduces us to an ambitious, shrewd, generous, brilliant, and flawed man, hiding in full view behind his public persona.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393245896
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel’s music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself—known to most as the composer of Messiah—is a bit of a mystery. Though he took meticulous care of his musical manuscripts and even provided for their preservation on his death, very little of an intimate nature survives. One document—Handel’s will—offers us a narrow window into his personal life. In it, he remembers not only family and close colleagues but also neighborhood friends. In search of the private man behind the public figure, Ellen T. Harris has spent years tracking down the letters, diaries, personal accounts, legal cases, and other documents connected to these bequests. The result is a tightly woven tapestry of London in the first half of the eighteenth century, one that interlaces vibrant descriptions of Handel’s music with stories of loyalty, cunning, and betrayal. With this wholly new approach, Harris has achieved something greater than biography. Layering the interconnecting stories of Handel’s friends like the subjects and countersubjects of a fugue, Harris introduces us to an ambitious, shrewd, generous, brilliant, and flawed man, hiding in full view behind his public persona.
Play like Jimi Hendrix
Author: Andy Aledort
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495058417
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
(Play Like). Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of the ultimate guitar god, Jimi Hendrix. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Hendrix's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs, and much more. Included is a unqiue code that will give you access to audio files of all the music in the book online. Songs include: All Along the Watchtower * Bold As Love * Foxey Lady * Hey Joe * Purple Haze * Voodoo Child (Slight Return) * The Wind Cries Mary * and more.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495058417
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
(Play Like). Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of the ultimate guitar god, Jimi Hendrix. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Hendrix's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs, and much more. Included is a unqiue code that will give you access to audio files of all the music in the book online. Songs include: All Along the Watchtower * Bold As Love * Foxey Lady * Hey Joe * Purple Haze * Voodoo Child (Slight Return) * The Wind Cries Mary * and more.
Handel in London
Author: Jane Glover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681779471
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Freidrich Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of music activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Rinaldo and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, but also of courts and cabals of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung, and loved, in this country—and throughout the world—for three hundred years.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1681779471
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Freidrich Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of music activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Rinaldo and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, but also of courts and cabals of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung, and loved, in this country—and throughout the world—for three hundred years.
Starting At Zero
Author: Jimi Hendrix
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It didn't take long after Jimi Hendrix's death for the artist to become a myth of music. He has been surrounded by a shroud of intrigue since he first came into the public eye, and the mystery has only grown with time. Much has been written and said about him by experts and fans and critics, some of it true and some of it not; Starting at Zero will set the record straight. This is Hendrix in his own words. The lyricism and rhythm of Jimi Hendrix's writing will be of no surprise to his fans. Hendrix wrote prolifically throughout his life and he left behind a trove of scribbled-on hotel stationary, napkins and cigarette cartons. Starting at Zero weaves the scraps and bits together fluidly with interviews and lyrics revealing for the first time a continuous narrative of the artist's life, from birth through to the final four years of his life. The result is a beautifully poetic, charming and passionate memoir as smooth and memorable as Hendrix's finest songs. The pieces of Starting at Zero came together in large part because of the inspiration of Alan Douglas. Douglas first met Jimi Hendrix backstage at Woodstock, and soon after became Hendrix's producer and close friend. In creating the book he joined forces with Peter Neal, who edited Hendrix's writing with the reverence and light touch it deserved.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
It didn't take long after Jimi Hendrix's death for the artist to become a myth of music. He has been surrounded by a shroud of intrigue since he first came into the public eye, and the mystery has only grown with time. Much has been written and said about him by experts and fans and critics, some of it true and some of it not; Starting at Zero will set the record straight. This is Hendrix in his own words. The lyricism and rhythm of Jimi Hendrix's writing will be of no surprise to his fans. Hendrix wrote prolifically throughout his life and he left behind a trove of scribbled-on hotel stationary, napkins and cigarette cartons. Starting at Zero weaves the scraps and bits together fluidly with interviews and lyrics revealing for the first time a continuous narrative of the artist's life, from birth through to the final four years of his life. The result is a beautifully poetic, charming and passionate memoir as smooth and memorable as Hendrix's finest songs. The pieces of Starting at Zero came together in large part because of the inspiration of Alan Douglas. Douglas first met Jimi Hendrix backstage at Woodstock, and soon after became Hendrix's producer and close friend. In creating the book he joined forces with Peter Neal, who edited Hendrix's writing with the reverence and light touch it deserved.
Through Gypsy Eyes
Author: Kathy Etchingham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752827254
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Kathy Etchingham was Jimi Hendrix's Foxy Lady, and the inspiration for many of his best-known songs. They lived together in London for nearly two years and she recently hosted a party to celebrate a blue plaque in his name, at the house they shared in Brook Street.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752827254
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Kathy Etchingham was Jimi Hendrix's Foxy Lady, and the inspiration for many of his best-known songs. They lived together in London for nearly two years and she recently hosted a party to celebrate a blue plaque in his name, at the house they shared in Brook Street.
Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
Author: Patrick Kavanaugh
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310208068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310208068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Hendrix at Home
Author: Christian Lloyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954167011
Category : Popular music
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"By focusing on this key moment in Hendrix's extraordinary story, using extensive original research, Christian Lloyd's book brings a fresh perspective on our understanding of Jimi Hendrix, both as a man and as a musician." --back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954167011
Category : Popular music
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"By focusing on this key moment in Hendrix's extraordinary story, using extensive original research, Christian Lloyd's book brings a fresh perspective on our understanding of Jimi Hendrix, both as a man and as a musician." --back cover.
Jimi Hendrix
Author: Keith Shadwick
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 0879307641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This visual celebration and musical analysis of Jimi Hendrix, the genius who created modern guitar, includes 300 color and b&w photos--many never before published.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 0879307641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This visual celebration and musical analysis of Jimi Hendrix, the genius who created modern guitar, includes 300 color and b&w photos--many never before published.
Modern Chords
Author: Vic Juris
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610651774
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. Includes access to online audio that gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610651774
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
One of the world's great jazz guitarists, Vic Juris shares his insight into the wonderful world of harmony in this book. Not for the fainthearted, Vic teaches polychords and intervallic structures derived from the major, minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor and harmonic major scales in this must have jazz guitar book. Each section has etudes that will help students integrate each concept into their own playing. Includes access to online audio that gives students the opportunity to hear and play along with these cutting edge concepts