"Musicologia crackles with ideas. Maconie writes as a professional musician who sees the art as 'meaningful activity' and who at the same time is at home both with the history of philosophy and physic
This book covers 60 years of translations, studies, and other writings, which represent Iraq's national literature, including recent works of numerous Iraqi writers living in Western exile. By drawing
Clarinetist Kenny Davern ranked among the best jazz musicians for more than fifty years. The unique and instantly recognizable sound of his clarinet, coupled with his wide-ranging intellect and quick
The Web is always moving, always changing. As some Web sites come, others go, but the most effective sites have been well established. A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites provides a list of key web s
During the 100 years since Benny Goodman's birth, interest in his life and music remains as intense as ever---yet there has been no recent discographical information. Benny Goodman: A Supplemental Di
This volume addresses the difficulties scholars encounter when conducting research on film and television music, providing a detailed taxonomy of film music primary sources and explaining how to find
"In Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): A Bio-Bibliography. Anna E. Kijas examines the career of the highly influential Polish pianist and composer, focusing on Szymanowska's life from her days as a young
Wilkin, a library services consultant, professional storyteller, and former librarian specializing in children's materials, provides an analysis of depictions of African Americans in books that won th
Elie Siegmeister, American Composer: A Bio-Bibliography is the first book-length treatment of the life and work of composer Elie Siegmeister. It includes a comprehensive listing of his works, includin
Flanagan, a Ph.D. candidate in critical and cultural studies at the U. of Pittsburgh, brings together 13 essays that examine the films of director Ken Russell in different contexts, from his Monitor f
New Jersey-based utility intellectual Robins has constructed an annotated bibliography of American novelist, short story writer, and playwright Elkin (1930-95). His introductory matter includes a chro
Casty turns here from his usual focus on the films themselves to look at how the industry as a whole reacted to the McCarthy attacks during the late 1940s and early 1950s. He describes the culture of
From his first feature film, The Duellists, to his international successes Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and American Gangster, Ridley Scott has directed some of
The Annual Review of Jazz Studies (ARJS) is a journal providing a forum for the ever expanding range and depth of jazz scholarship, from technical analyses to oral history to cultural interpretation.
One of the best known American musical styles, boogie woogie has a history that goes back to barrelhouses in the U.S. South at turn of the twentieth century. Silvester traces the evolution of the styl
The Progressive Era, the period in the United States between 1898 and 1917, was a time of great social, political, and industrial change. Following the Spanish-American War of 1898, an event that sig
Vassiliou (geophysics, California Institute of Technology) presents alphabetically arranged entries on significant people, places, events, companies, and definitions in the modern petroleum industry (
The A to Z of the Gilded Age relates the history of the major events, issues, people, and themes of the American "Gilded Age" (1869-1899). This period of unprecedented economic growth and technical ad
In a surprising number of espionage cases sex has played a significant role - often only in the background - possibly as a reason why a particular individual has lived beyond his means and is in despe
Environmentalism involves thousands of international, national, and local environmental groups, as well as hundreds of international agreements, scores of national environmental agencies, and countle
