Hacía falta que alguien desmontase la visión academicista de la historia convencional, centrada en cuestiones estilísticas, y prestase atención al papel que la música tiene en la vida cotidiana de la gente común....
Si alguien puede hablar de música con la documentación de un investigador, la pasión de un novelista y el amor por la anécdota de un fan, ese es Ted Gioia. Tras su monumental 'Historia del Jazz' (1977), ahora invita...
Las canciones de amor son eternas, y desde siempre han estado asociadas a bohemios, renegados, marginados y oprimidos. Este es un recorrido por una historia inexplorada. Basándose en dos décadas de investigación, Gioia presenta el...
An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's acclaimed compendium of jazz standards, featuring 15 additional selections, hundreds of additional recommended tracks, and enhancements and additions on almost every page.
"A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched" ( Los Angeles Times ) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.
The Jazz Standards, a comprehensive guide to the most important jazz compositions, is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form. This essential book for music lovers tells the story of more than 250 key...
In this âexpertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful historyâ (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us âthe rare combination of a tome that is both deeply inform...
Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic--acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world. Now Gioia brings his magnificent work completely up-to-date, drawing on the latest research and revisiting virtually every aspect...
All societies have relied on music to transform the experience of work. Song accompanied the farmer's labors, calmed the herder's flock, and set in motion the spinner's wheel. Today this tradition continues. Music blares on the shop floor;...
From the Preface by Ted Gioia:All of these musicians fought their way back over the next decade, and their success in re-establishing themselves as important artists was perhaps the first signal, initially unrecognized as such, that a re-evaluation of...
By the 1930s, the radio and phonograph had transformed the experience of music in America from unique, live performances to the repetitive playing or broadcasting of records. In an age of mechanical reproduction, music was everywhere, but as Ted Gioia...