The music of Joni Mitchell / Lloyd Whitesell

Av: Utgivning: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Beskrivning: 276 s. : musiknoterISBN:
  • 978-0-19-530799-3
Ämne: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 782.42164 092 21
SAB-klassifikation:
  • Ijz Mitchell, Joni
Innehåll:
1. Introduction: Pop song and art song ; 2. Sound and style ; 3. Voices and personae ; 4. Thematic threads ; 5. Harmonic palette ; 6. Melodic turns ; 7. Collections and cycles; 8. A tribute
Sammanfattning: Joni Mitchell is one of the foremost singer-songwriters of the late twentieth century. Yet despite her reputation, influence, and cultural importance, a detailed appraisal of her musical achievement is still lacking. Whitesell presents a through exploration of Mitchell's musical style, sound, and structure in order to evaluate her songs from a musicological perspective. His analyses are conceived within a holistic framework that takes account of poetic nuance, cultural reference, and stylistic evolution over a long, adventurous career. Mitchell's songs represent a complex, meticulously crafted body of work. The book offers a comprehensive survey of her output, with many discussions of individual songs, organized by topic rather than chronology. Individual chapters each explore a different aspect of her craft, such as poetic voice, harmony, melody, and large-scale form
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Book Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A B25.970 1 Available 26201812050
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1. Introduction: Pop song and art song ; 2. Sound and style ; 3. Voices and personae ; 4. Thematic threads ; 5. Harmonic palette ; 6. Melodic turns ; 7. Collections and cycles; 8. A tribute

Joni Mitchell is one of the foremost singer-songwriters of the late twentieth century. Yet despite her reputation, influence, and cultural importance, a detailed appraisal of her musical achievement is still lacking. Whitesell presents a through exploration of Mitchell's musical style, sound, and structure in order to evaluate her songs from a musicological perspective. His analyses are conceived within a holistic framework that takes account of poetic nuance, cultural reference, and stylistic evolution over a long, adventurous career. Mitchell's songs represent a complex, meticulously crafted body of work. The book offers a comprehensive survey of her output, with many discussions of individual songs, organized by topic rather than chronology. Individual chapters each explore a different aspect of her craft, such as poetic voice, harmony, melody, and large-scale form

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