From Broadway to The Bronx
Veronika Keller, Sabrina Mittermeier
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Sachbuch / 20. Jahrhundert (bis 1945)
Description
The depiction of New York City in song across a variety of different genres, focusing on jazz genres, as well as the work of both New York born artists like Billy Joel or Lin-Manuel Miranda and artists living most of their life in New York City like Shinehead or Debbie Harry, that are intimately connected with the city.
The book analyzes songs written about New York City, and engage with the depiction of the city within them, but mainly use it as a way to deal with several musical genres that the city has been home to, and instrumental in developing. These include the musical theatre scene on Broadway and beyond, but also early 20th century sheet music, hip hop, disco, punk, dancehall, jazz, swing, rock or pop music. The collection includes essays from authors with a cultural studies, media studies, cultural history or musicology background, making possible a far-ranging treatment of the interconnection of the city space and its musical history.
customer reviews
queerness, Black music, dancehall, Latinx music, Broadway, music industry, cultural history, immigration, race and racism, punk music, musical theatre, urban studies, hip hop