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For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and largest labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada, refused to recognize rock 'n' roll as legitimate music or its performers as skilled musicians. The AFM never actively organized rock 'n' roll musicians, although recruiting them would have been in the union's economic interest. In Tell Tchaikovsky the News, Michael James Roberts argues that the reasons that the union failed to act in its own interest lay in its culture, in the opinions of its leadership and elite rank-and-file members. Explaining the bias of union members--most of whom were classical or jazz music performers--against rock music and musicians, Roberts addresses issues of race and class, questions of what qualified someone as a skilled or professional musician, and the threat that records, central to rock 'n' roll, posed to AFM members, who had long privileged live performances. Roberts contends that by rejecting rock 'n' rollers for two decades, the once formidable American Federation of Musicians lost their clout within the music industry.

Musicians --- Rock musicians --- Labor unions --- American Federation of Musicians --- History.

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Leonard Bernstein stood at the epicenter of twentieth-century American musical life. His creative gifts knew no boundaries as he moved easily from the podium, to the piano, to television with his nationally celebrated Young People's Concerts, which introduced an entire generation to the joy of classical music. In this fascinating new biography, the breadth of Bernstein's musical composition is explored, through the spectacular range of music he composed - from West Side Story to Kaddish to A Quiet Place and beyond- and through his intensely public role as an internationally celebrated conductor. For the first time, the composer's life and work receive a fully integrated analysis, offering a comprehensive appreciation of a multi-faceted musician who continued to grow as an artist well into his final days.

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Pro Mundo - Pro Domo: The Writings of Alban Berg contains new English translations of the complete writings of the Viennese composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) and extensive commentaries tracing the history of each essay and its connection to musical culture of the early twentieth century. Berg is now recognized as a classic composer of the modern period, best known for his operas Wozzeck and Lulu. Berg, Anton Webern, and their teacher Arnold Schoenberg constitute the ""Second Viennese School"" which played a major role in the transformation of serious music as it entered the modern period. Berg w

Composers --- Berg, Alban, --- Songwriters --- Musicians

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Commentaire et analyse musicale et technique des 211 chansons composées par les Beatles de 1962 à 1970. Privilégiant les témoignages des musiciens et de leur entourage proche, et abordant les méthodes, les instruments et les techniques de studio utilisés à l'époque, l'ouvrage éclaire leur processus créatif. ©Electre 2015

Rock musicians --- Musiciens rock --- Biography --- Biographies --- Beatles.

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Dialectology --- Dutch literature --- Musicians --- De Strangers --- Antwerp