Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
Experiencing Broadway Music
A Listener's Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Experiencing Broadway Music: A Listener’s Companion explores approximately the last century of American musical theater, beginning with the early–twentieth-century shift from European influenced operettas and bawdy variety shows to sophisticated works of seamlessly integrated song and dance that...
Landscapes in Music
Space, Place, and Time in the World's Great Music
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2006
Using landscape as its unifying concept, this engaging book explores orchestral music that represents real and imagined physical and cultural spaces, natural forces, and humans and wildlife. Spanning continents and centuries, David Knight links contrasting forms of music through unifying themes of...
Nationalist and Populist Composers
Voices of the American People
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans. While biographies of these individual composers exist, no single book has...
by James L. Neibaur
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Elvis Presley’s stature as the “King of Rock and Roll” will never be challenged. Between his first RCA hit single in 1956—the number-one smash “Heartbreak Hotel”—and his death in 1977, Elvis amassed more than 100 hits on the music charts. Presley’s dominance on the music chart was...
Who Did It First?
Great Rock and Roll Cover Songs and Their Original Artists
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
“Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an opportunity to move up and play in the majors. Musical compositions aren’t very different – some songs...
Jazz in the 1970s
Diverging Streams
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Breaking through pervasive misconceptions, Jazz in the 1970s explores a pivotal decade in jazz history. Many consider the 1970s to be the fusion decade, but Bill Shoemaker pushes back against this stereotype with a bold perspective that examines both the diverse musical innovations and cultural developments...
Higher Ground
A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
A riveting memoir of one woman's immersion into fundamentalist faith, and her decision twenty years later to leave it all behind. Beautifully written and powerfully told, this memoir is a fascinating look at the nature of faith, and the inspiring story of one woman's struggle to find her place in...
by Alicia Kopfstein-Penk
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Leonard Bernstein touched millions of lives as composer, conductor, teacher, and activist. He frequently visited homes around the world through the medium of television, particularly through his fifty-three award-winning Young People’s Concerts (1958-1972), which at their height were seen by nearly...
by James L. Neibaur
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Mickey Rooney is a cinematic icon whose career lasted from the silent era into the twenty-first century. From the shorts he made as Mickey McGuire to supporting roles in such films as Night at the Museum, Rooney had more than 300 film appearances to his credit. Mickey Rooney was not just a movie star,...
Geek Rock
An Exploration of Music and Subculture
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture examines the relationship between geek culture and popular music, tracing a history from the late 1960s to the present day. The term “geek rock” refers to forms of popular music that celebrate all things campy, kitschy, and quirky. In this collection...
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
The Blues Harmonica of Chicago's Bronzeville
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson was one of the most popular blues harmonica players and singers from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Recording for the Bluebird Records and RCA Victor labels, Sonny Boy shaped Chicago's music scene with an innovative style that gave structure and speed to...
Performance Anxiety Strategies
A Musician's Guide to Managing Stage Fright
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Music performance anxiety has long frustrated the artistic community and, while tricks and folk remedies abound, a comprehensive plan to solve this problem has remained elusive. Accomplished violinist Casey McGrath combines her experiences with the research of Karin S. Hendricks and Tawnya D. Smith...
The Crisis of Classical Music in America
Lessons from a Life in the Education of Musicians
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The Crisis of Classical Music in America by Robert Freeman focuses on solutions for the oversupply of classically trained musicians in America, problem that grows ever more chronic as opportunities for classical musicians to gain full-time professional employment diminishes year upon year. An acute...
Bob Dylan
American Troubadour
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
With Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature, his iconic status as an American musical, cultural, and poetic giant has never been more apparent. Bob Dylan: American Troubadour is the first book to look at Dylan’s career, from his first album to his late masterpiece Tempest. Donald...