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About this book: Wilfrid Mellers (26 April 1914 — 17 May 2008) ranks among the most eminent of contemporary British writers and lecturers on music. The range of his interest is exceptionally wide, encompassing music from the renaissance to the present day, form Monteverdi to Minimalism, not excluding Jazz and many different forms of popular music, as well as music from non-Western cultures. That breadth of vision is nowhere more apparent than in his occasional writings. Mellers has been writing musical journalism for more than fifty years. In the late 1990s when he was in his 80s, he continued week by week, to produce lively, erudite but eminently readable articles for The Times Literary Supplement, The Musical Times, and other publications on both sides of the Atlantic. The present volume reprints only a small part of this vast output: principally articles from the 1980s and 1990s, with a few from the early 1970s. In these necessarily concentrated and closely focused pieces, we find the essence of his thinking about music, its nature and its meaning. Written in the first instance for the general reader, they also offer insights that should be of importance to music students in schools, colleges, and universities. From a literary point of view, Wilfrid Meller's journalism echoese the dynamic style of his lecturing: the engaging and effervescent enthusiasm as he warms to his subject, and the numerous illuminating 'asides'. The scholarship and the range of reference is formidable, but also accessible. His sole aim is to bring his audience closer to the music: always it is what the music has to say to us that matters most Contents: Part Four: Instinct and Sensitivity: Composers New and Old Part Five: Americana Epilogue: New Worlds for Old (Ruth Crawford-Seeger)(1997) |
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About this book: This book is entitled 'Song' and is a 390 page, glossy paperback publication from Writer's Digest in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, published in 2007. It is an enthralling compilation of songwriting wisdom from 100 of the biggest names in music and is illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of each songwriter interviewed for the publication. The editor J. Douglas Waterman (the Editor-in-Chief of American Songwriter magazine, a bi-monthly publication which has also covered 'The Craft of Music') and his team set out in the summer of 2004 to compile - from American Songwriter issues dating back to 1984, as well as other sources - a thorough resonant compilation of conversations with the best songwriters around. The songwriters in this book have all taken their love of music into another realm - by writing (and for many, recording), songs themselves - and they've all been able to etch out a living in this endeavor. You can be sure that those included in this volume don't take their gift for granted. Songwriting is something they continually work at, and they view themselves as purely fortunate for the opportunity to do what they love as a profession....Songwriters - and other writers for that matter - thrive on observing, diagnosing, digging, discovering, uncovering, dwelling on, interpreting and reflecting n ideas and music that is worth their time and their listener's time. If you've bought this book, you're probably hoping to stir some brain cells and be inspired...inspired to write your first song, or to write better songs (if you're already on your way and want some fine-tuning with the masters), or maybe you just want to read about how the writers create the music that both you and they love. In any case, this book provides some revealing insight into songwriters' creative processes from the creators themselves. Songwriters Interviewed: About American Songwriter Magazine: American Songwriter was founded in 1984 and since then it has covered every aspect of the craft of songwriting and musical invention, from how and why writers give birth to their songs, to engaging and informative assessments of the songwriting culture as a whole. The magazine provides in-depth interviews with up-and-coming and established (and legendary) songwriters; discussions on performance rights organizations and legal issues; and interviews with publishers, producers and A&R executives. |
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