Programme music in the last four centuries; a contribution to the history of musical expression. by Niecks, Frederick, 1845-1924

Subjects: “…Program music.…”

Stories of symphonic music; a guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures, and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day, by Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939

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Musique et musiciens de la vieille France, by Brenet, Michel, 1858-1918

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Understanding the leitmotif : from Wagner to Hollywood film music / by Bribitzer-Stull, Matthew, 1972-

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Beethoven's "Orpheus" concerto : the fourth piano concerto in its cultural context / by Jander, Owen

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Nature in music and other studies in the tone-poetry of today. by Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939

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Top 40 democracy : the rival mainstreams of American music / by Weisbard, Eric

Subjects: “…Radio programs, Musical United States History 20th century.…”

Basic materials in music theory : a programmed course / by Harder, Paul O.

“…A Programed music theory series.…”

Wagner's musical prose : texts and contexts / by Grey, Thomas S.

Table of Contents: “…The birth of the music drama from the "labor-pains of program music" ;…”

Sound diplomacy : music and emotions in transatlantic relations, 1850-1920 / by Gienow-Hecht, Jessica C. E., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Transatlantic cultural relations before World War I -- Music, magic, and emotions -- The houseguests : rooted cosmopolitans -- American hosts -- Love affairs : audiences and programs -- Musical patriotism and the fear of Europe -- Facing the music in World War I.…”

Aesthetics of music : musicological perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Stephen Downes -- Values and judgments / James Garratt -- Absolute music / Thomas Grey -- Program music / James Hepokoski -- Beautiful and sublime / Stephen Downes -- Dialectics and musical analysis / Julian Horton -- Classicism/neoclassicism / Keith Chapin -- Romanticism/anti-romanticism / Sanna Pederson -- Jazz avant-garde -- tradition / Kenneth Gloag -- Narrative / Nicholas Reyland -- Music and the moving image / Jeremy Barham -- Irony / Julian Johnson -- Propaganda / Jim Samson -- Virtuosity and the virtuoso / James Deaville.…”

Richard Strauss : new perspectives on the composer and his work /

Table of Contents: “…Larry Todd -- Miners digging from opposite sides : Mahler, Strauss, and the problem of program music / Stephen E. Hefling -- Extended tonality in Mahler and Strauss / Kofi Agawu -- Ironic allusions to Italian opera in the musical comedies of Richard Strauss / Reinhold Schlötterer -- Strauss and the National Socialists : the debate and its relevance / Pamela M. …”

British organ music of the twentieth century / by Hardwick, Peter, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…British organ music at the dawn of the century -- Hubert Parry -- Charles Stanford -- Basil Harwood -- The pivotal role of the Royal College of Music-Walter Alcock and Charles Wood -- William Faulkes, William Wolstenholme, Alfred Hollins, and Edwin Lemare -- Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frank Bridge -- Edward Bairstow -- John Ireland, William Harris, and Harold Drake -- Healey Willan -- Herbert Howells -- Percy Whitlock -- Celebratory music -- New wine in old bottles -- Three midcentury composers of Gebrauchsmusik-Alec Rowley, Eric Thiman, and William Lloyd Webber -- Francis Jackson -- Serialism -- Peter Fricker -- Arthur Wills -- Kenneth Leighton -- Malcolm Williamson -- Avant-garde program music after 1950 -- Maxwell Davies -- William Mathias -- Alan Ridout -- Roman Catholic organ music and Colin Mawby -- The path taken in the twentieth century and a look at what may lie ahead -- Catalogue of works.…”

Music and technoculture /

Table of Contents: “…Porcello -- "There's not a problem I can't fix, 'cause I can do it in the mix" : on the performative technology of 12-inch vinyl / Kai Fikentscher -- Sounds like the Mall of America : programmed music and the architectonics of commercial space / Jonathan Sterne -- Consuming audio : an introduction to tweak theory / Marc Perlman -- Fairly used : Negativland's U2 and the precarious practice of acoustic appropriation / David Sanjek -- Afterword : back to basics with the Roland 303 / Andrew Ross.…”

Music : an appreciation / by Kamien, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Romanticism in music (1820-1900) ; Romantic composers and their public ; The art song ; Franz Schubert ; Robert Schumann ; Clara Wieck Schumann ; Frédéric Chopin ; Franz Liszt ; Felix Mendelssohn ; Program music ; Hector Berlioz ; Nationalism in nineteenth-century music ; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Bedřich Smetana ; Antonin Dvořak ; Johannes Brahms ; Giuseppe Verdi ; Giacomo Puccini ; Richard Wagner ; Gustav Mahler -- The twentieth century and beyond. …”

National television violence study.

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Violence in television programming overall: University of California, Santa Barbara study -- Background and overview of the study -- Foundations underlying the research -- The importance of context -- Nature of perpetrator -- Nature of target -- Reason for violence -- Presence of weapons -- Extent and graphicness of violence -- Realism of violence -- Rewards and punishments -- Consequences of violence -- Humor -- Developmental differences in the processing of television content -- Contextual patterns -- Overview of the content analysis framework -- Definition of violence -- Units of analysis -- Measures -- Coding of content -- Sample -- Description of methods -- Sample of programs -- Basic parameters of the sample -- Obtaining a representative sample of the program population -- Summary description of the sample -- Content measures -- Definition of violence -- Units of analysis -- Contextual measures -- Coding and reliability -- Checking the quality of data -- Check for fatigue in coder performance -- Summary of reliability -- Three year assessment of the methods -- The sample -- Checking the quality of data -- Reliability -- Summary of methods -- Results: Three year analysis -- The presence of violence: prevalence, saturation and rate -- Prevalence -- Saturation -- Rate -- Prevalence of programming with an anti-violence theme -- Adjusted presence -- Summary of presence -- Context: the meaning of the violence -- Nature of the perpetrator -- Summary of the perpetrators -- Nature of the target -- Summary of the targets -- Reasons for violence -- Justification -- Means/presence of weapons -- Extent of violence -- Graphicness of violence -- Realism -- Rewards and punishments -- Consequences of violence -- Humor -- Sexual violence -- Programming with an anti-violence theme -- Drama series -- Comedy series -- Reality programming -- Movies -- Children's programming -- Music video -- Analysis of primetime programming -- Summary of results -- Presence of violence -- Saturation of violence -- Rate of violence -- Protection from violence -- Context or nature of violent portrayals -- Assessing change in television violence -- Thresholds for detecting change -- Statistical significance -- Practical differences -- The pattern of differences -- Measurement error for the contextual variables -- Prevalence levels for violent programming -- Overall prevalence -- Prevalence by channel and genre -- Three year comparison of demographics and attributes of perpetrators and targets -- Assessing change on the major contextual variables in television programming overall -- Assessing change on the major contextual variables by channel type and genre -- Changes by channel type -- Changes by program genre -- Primetime analysis -- Prevalence of violence -- Major contextual variables -- Summary of primetime analyses -- Conclusions about the change in prevalence and contextual patterns of violent portrayals -- High risk portrayals that encourage learning of aggression -- Composite for learning: definitional issues -- Units of analysis: violent interactions rather than programs -- The need for two composites: developmental considerations -- Filters for high risk -- Results -- High risk for young children -- High risk for older children and adolescents.…”