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Books on: (english OR british OR england) AND music

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A Dictionary of Old English Music & Musical Instruments

Book by Jeffrey Pulver; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1923

Subjects:

Music--Dictionaries, Music--England, Musical Instruments--England

Collections: Entire Library

...was at about this period that the English composers began to imitate the...of the form at that period in England are given by Humphrey Salter...Farmers Borey." A printed book in the British Museum K. 1, c. 5 contains a...service for the sovereigns of England. The earliest information we have of the English Chapel Royal is contained in the Liber Niger Damus Regis British Museum; Harleian MSS. 293 and...appearance of allusions to it in English manuscripts would seem to suggest England as one of the first countries to...603; end of the Tenth Century; British Museum; and a Psalter dating from...
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Some British Collectors of Music, C. 1600-1960

Book by A. Hyatt King; At the University Press, 1963

Subjects:

Music--Collectors And Collecting

Collections: Entire Library

...instrumental works, English and foreign, of...when the north of England was greatly enriched by the music left to Durham...rarities of early English music, and in piecing...enterprising of the great British collectors of the...eighteenthcentury English songs, once Burneys...It is now in the British Museum. Sotheby...collection of music is for the most...
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The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958

Book by Jan G. Swynnoe; Boydell Press, 2002

Subjects:

Motion Picture Music--Great Britain--History And Criticism

Collections: Entire Library

...great period of British lm music drew to a close. 1. Differences...bird evades almost every English director. 3 There can...fundamental identity. The British director John Paddy Carstairs...theater-oriented tradition in England. 6 What Chaplin might...as has been suggested, the British and the American lm were...and widely acclaimed lm music to accompany rhythmic action...dramatic terms based on the English theatrical tradition when...
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John Jenkins and His Time: Studies in English Consort Music

Book by Andrew Ashbee, Peter Holman; Clarendon Press, 1996

Subjects:

Chamber Music--England--17th Century--History And Criticism, Jenkins, John--1592-1678

Collections: Entire Library

John Jenkins (1592-1678) was a leading English composer of instrumental music in the mid-seventeenth century. These studies by leading experts focus not only on his life and work but also on the music of such contemporaries as Gibbons, Ferrabosco II, Mico, and Cobbold; period instruments; and consort manuscripts.
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English Imaginaries: Six Studies in Anglo-British Modernity

Book by Kevin Davey; Lawrence & Wishart, 1999

Subjects:

Great Britain--Civilization--1945-, National Characteristics, British, Popular Culture--Great Britain--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...option of retreat, whether to Little England or the stubborn fantasy of the left...the viability and future of Anglo-British whiteness in the modern world, and the need to renegotiate the English imaginary. I have avoided comparable...for subsequent developments in rock music, fashion and British art and for...of young people now say they are English rather than British. But their Englishness consists of an affec- tive attachment to the England football team, the national anthem...

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Journal Articles on: (english OR british OR england) AND music

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Anglo-Jew or English/British? Some Dilemmas of Anglo-Jewish History

Journal article by Peter Stansky; Jewish Social Studies, Vol. 2, 1995

Subjects:

Jews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...type of man or woman so unfit, so un-English and morally and personally so alien...compilation for a History of the Jews in England." There were 2,945 items on exhibit...at the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and the South Kensington...Finally, there was a concert of Jewish music. The exhibition was part of the...they were persuaded by liberal England to believe) that full acceptance of Jews by English society depended upon their good...in Richard Bolchover study of British Jewry and the Holocaust . He acknowledges...
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Peace, Order, and Good Songs: Popular Music and English-Canadian Culture

Journal article by David J. Jackson; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 35, 2005

Subjects:

Anti-Americanism--Analysis, Anti-Americanism--History, Anti-Americanism--Political aspects, Anti-Americanism--Religious aspects, Anti-Americanism--Social aspects, Anti-Americanism--Surveys, Canadian musicians--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Canadian national characteristics--Analysis, Canadian national characteristics--Social aspects, Musicians, Canadian--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, National characteristics, Canadian--Analysis, National characteristics, Canadian--Social aspects, Popular music--Analysis, Popular music--Economic aspects, Popular music--History, Popular music--Social aspects, Popular music--Surveys, Recording industry--Marketing, Sound recording industry--Marketing

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...up to. An examination of popular musics contribution to English-speaking Canadians culture is important in itself because...Blue Rodeo, whose music borrows from sources as diverse as British Invasion and psychedelic pop, country and western, singer-songwriter...opening lines, "We met in Montreal/Far from the crime." (53) "English Bay" has as its title a Canadian location and part of the...solo song "Whistler," of course, takes place in Whistler, British Columbia. By showing through example that Canada is a place...
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Black British Cultural Studies and the Rap on Gangsta

Journal article by Eithne Quinn; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 20, 2000

Subjects:

Blacks--United Kingdom, Hall, Stuart--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Rap music--Social aspects, United Kingdom--Popular culture

Collections: Entire Library

Black British cultural studies and the rap on gangsta...cultural studies. Across the Atlantic in England, Stuart Hall proclaimed "the end of the...Kobena Mercer (1988; 1994), and other British scholars--along with many U.S. intellectuals...intellectuals); finally, to argue that British cultural studies--applied retrospectively...
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Rejoinder: To Stanley Weintraub's Review: Emma Sutton, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s

Journal article by Emma Sutton; English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 47, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Emma Sutton, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Stanley Weintraubs Review: Emma Sutton, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s. by Emma Sutton To Stanley...demonstrate the political resonance of his texts, the extent to which music was self-consciously employed by Beardsley and others as a means...
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The Music Hall & Popular Culture

Journal article by Roger Luckhurst; English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 49, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Music Hall and Modernity: The Late-Victorian Discovery of Popular Culture (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Music Hall Popular Culture. by Roger Luckhurst Barry J. Faulk. Music Hall and Modernity: The Late-Victorian Discovery...University Press, 2004. xii + 224 pp. $42.95 WILTONS MUSIC HALL, the only surviving grand hall left in London...

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Magazine Articles on: (english OR british OR england) AND music

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Best of British: Pop Music Provides a National Identity Based on Creativity Rather Than Hatred, Writes Hanif Kureishi

Magazine article by Hanif Kureishi; New Statesman, Vol. 136, March 19, 2007

Subjects:

Music--Forecasts and trends, Music--Performance, Musical performance--Forecasts and trends, Popular music--Forecasts and trends, Rock music--Forecasts and trends

Collections: Entire Library

Best of British: Pop Music Provides a National Identity Based on Creativity Rather Than Hatred, Writes Hanif Kureishi. by Hanif Kureishi Last month...
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Classroom Keys to Mexican Music

Magazine article by Suzanne Murphy-Larronde; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 57, May-June 2005

Subjects:

Mexican music--Study and teaching, Music teachers--Interviews, Music, Mexican--Study and teaching, Palomeque, Elizabeth de la Cruz

Collections: Entire Library

Classroom Keys to Mexican Music. by Suzanne Murphy-Larronde...BEFORE four on a weekday afternoon and music teacher Elizabeth de la Cruz Palomeque...essential component of the traditional music orchestras that performed at ballrooms...
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Brazil's Joyce: Music on Her Own Terms

Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 49, May-June 1997

Subjects:

Brazil--Music, Joyce--Interviews, Music, Latin-American--Personalities, Singers--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

Brazils Joyce: music on her own terms by Mark Holston...electrified the contemporary Brazilian music world and trumpeted the arrival of a new...stage of her countrys often chaotic popular music scene with an album as imposing and charming...
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Ariel Ramirez: High Fidelity for Folk: A Passionate Exponent of Traditional Music, This Prolific Composer Has Brought the Rhythms of Argentina's Interior to World Audiences

Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 55, September 2003

Subjects:

Church music--International aspects, Music in churches--International aspects, Music, Latin-American--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...folk: a passionate exponent of traditional music, this prolific composer has brought the...also set to the rhythms of Argentine folk music. At the time, Philips executives gambled...project largely because interest in folk music was on the rise and an earlier mass inspired...
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South-West Sound: Jason Cowley Traces the Career of the Troubled, Unique Collective That Changed the Face of British Dance Music

Magazine article by Jason Cowley; New Statesman, Vol. 135, March 27, 2006

Subjects:

Massive Attack (Music group)--History, Massive Attack (Music group)--Officials and employees, Massive Attack (Music group)--Works, Pop groups--History, Pop groups--Officials and employees, Pop groups--Works, Sound recordings--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

South-West Sound: Jason Cowley Traces the Career of the Troubled, Unique Collective That Changed the Face of British Dance Music. by Jason Cowley Who are or what is Massive Attack? At times it seems to be less a band or a group than...

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Newspaper Articles on: (english OR british OR england) AND music

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THE YOUNG AMERICANS; It's Friday! Music IN THE Past Year, British Bands like Keane, Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs Have Enjoyed Unprecedented Success in America. but Now, the Return Match Is on. Here Are the Ten Best Up-and-Coming U.S. Acts to Watch out for over Here

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

THE YOUNG AMERICANS; Its Friday! Music IN THE Past Year, British Bands like Keane, Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs Have...return of Seventies-style progressive rock. Singing in English and Spanish, the big-haired El Paso ensemble are a mix...
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Breathing Life into the Tradition; Simon Evans Talks to English Folk Music Legend Maddy Prior about Traditional Music and the Wombles

Newspaper article by Simon Evans; The Birmingham Post (England), December 7, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Breathing Life into the Tradition; Simon Evans Talks to English Folk Music Legend Maddy Prior about Traditional Music and the Wombles. by Simon Evans For close on 30 years Maddy Prior has...
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Wild Wales: Talking about the Weather Is Music to the Ears of Scientists; Alun Prichard on How a Very British Obsession Has Its Worth

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 13, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Wild Wales: Talking about the Weather Is Music to the Ears of Scientists; Alun Prichard on How a Very British Obsession Has Its Worth. Byline: Alun Prichard IS CUSSING the weather is a British obsession rarely thought to be useful...
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Football: BYE BRITISH; Wenger: I Tried English Players but They Simply Weren't Up to It ARSENAL V SHEFF UTD, TODAY, 12.30PM

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 19, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...English players than we do. Do you feel they are more of a British club than Arsenal? Who have they produced who is home-grown...priority is always Arsenal but I feel a responsibility to English football as well and if I can produce 10 English players...you enjoy football you enjoy watching good players. "In music everyone accepts that England produces better records. They have invaded France, Spain...
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Could 'Mind Control' and Rock Music Make a British Sharapova? Maria Sharapova Is Just the Latest in a Long Line of Champions to Emerge from Nick Bollettieri's Florida Tennis Academy. Here We Reveal His Extraordinary Methods

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 6, 2004

Subjects:

Sharapova, Maria

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Could Mind Control and Rock Music Make a British Sharapova? Maria Sharapova Is Just...appear faintly spooky and alien to British observers who, perhaps, are used...high-volume rock music may be strange to British club tennis, but Macey believes...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (english OR british OR england) AND music

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New England Conservatory of Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; est. 1867, chartered and opened 1870. It is closely associated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
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Rock Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...longer just for dancing. After 1964 the music was influenced by British groups such as the Beatles . The 1950s Bill Haley and...Haley and the Comets in 1955. Haley succeeded in creating a music that appealed to youth because of its exciting back beat...Beatles, a group of four long-haired lads from Liverpool, England. They were initially acclaimed for their energy and appealing...
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Country and Western Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...vocals, and an emphasis on the banjo, mandolin, and fiddle. Country and western music is directly descended from the folk songs, ballads, and popular songs of the English, Scottish, and Irish settlers of the U.S. southeastern seaboard. Its modern lyrics...
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Church Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...cantata ; carol ; oratorio . See E. Routley, Twentieth-Century Church Music (1964); E. H. Fellowes, English Cathedral Music (5th ed. 1969); E. Dickinson, Music in the History of the Western Church (1902, repr. 1970); R. C. Von Ende...
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Fife , in Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...small transverse flute with six to eight finger holes adopted for military music by Swiss regiments serving in France in the late 15th cent. The fife was used in the British army until the end of the 19th cent. The piccolo has largely replaced...

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