Gothic music : the sounds of the uncanny / by Elferen, Isabella van

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Musical meaning : toward a critical history / by Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Hermeneutics and musical history: a primer without rules, an exercise with Schubert -- Hands on, lights off: the Moonlight Sonata and the birth of sex at the piano -- Beyond words and music: an essay on songfulness -- Franz Liszt and the virtuoso public sphere: sight and sound in the rise of mass entertainment -- Rethinking Schumann's Carnaval: identity, meaning, and the social order -- Glottis envy: the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera -- Hercules' hautboys: mixed media and musical meaning -- The voice of Persephone: musical meaning and mixed media -- Powers of blackness: jazz and the blues in modern concert music -- Long ride in a slow machine: the alienation effect from Weill to Shostakovich -- Chiaroscuro: Coltrane's American songbook -- Ghost stories: cultural memory, mourning, and the myth of originality.…”
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Musical meaning : toward a critical history / by Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Hermeneutics and musical history: a primer without rules, an exercise with Schubert -- Hands on, lights off: the Moonlight Sonata and the birth of sex at the piano -- Beyond words and music: an essay on songfulness -- Franz Liszt and the virtuoso public sphere: sight and sound in the rise of mass entertainment -- Rethinking Schumann's Carnaval: identity, meaning, and the social order -- Glottis envy: the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera -- Hercules' hautboys: mixed media and musical meaning -- The voice of Persephone: musical meaning and mixed media -- Powers of blackness: jazz and the blues in modern concert music -- Long ride in a slow machine: the alienation effect from Weill to Shostakovich -- Chiaroscuro: Coltrane's American songbook -- Ghost stories: cultural memory, mourning, and the myth of originality.…”
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Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music / by Davis, Hank, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…How Elvis and the Jones Brothers ended up in the Memphis landfill ; Hannah Fay and Jeannie Greene : searching for missing singers ; Allerton and Alton : black, white, and bluegrass ; Donna Dameron loses her gig in an Iowa cornfield ; The Kirby Sisters : envy wrapped in red velvet ; "Unchained melody" : the pre-ghost story ; Chuck Berry and other passengers on the hellbound train ; Delia's not gone : the musical legacy of the late Delia Green / with Paula Cimba -- Part IV: Doo wop stories. …”

Der Freischu̿tz = The free-shooter / by Fisher, Burton D.

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Der Freischütz = The free-shooter / by Fisher, Burton D.

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