Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits) and "a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian" ( New York Times Book Review ), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues , Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture.
It is not an easy thing to pin down. As Howlin' Wolf once described it, "When you ain't got no money and can't pay your house rent and can't buy you no food, you've damn sure got the blues." It has been defined by lyrical structure, or as a progression of chords, or as a set of practices reflecting West African "tonal and rhythmic approaches," using a five-note "blues scale." Wald sees blues less as a style than as a broad musical tradition within a constantly evolving pop culture. He traces its roots in work and praise songs, and shows how it was transformed by such professional performers as W. C. Handy, who first popularized the blues a century ago. He follows its evolution from Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith through Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix; identifies the impact of rural field recordings of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton and others; explores the role of blues in the development of both country music and jazz; and looks at the popular rhythm and blues trends of the 1940s and 1950s, from the uptown West Coast style of T-Bone Walker to the "down home" Chicago sound of Muddy Waters. Wald brings the story up to the present, touching on the effects of blues on American poetry, and its connection to modern styles such as rap.
As with all of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, The Blues tells you--with insight, clarity, and wit--everything you need to know to understand this quintessentially American musical genre.
發表於2024-12-25
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因為很喜歡聽布魯斯音樂,但是發現相關的中文書籍非常少,所以從2015年4月份開始,到7月份,把Elijah Wald的《The Blues:A Very Short Introduction》這本小書給翻譯齣來。這本書是牛津大學齣版的係列簡史叢書中的一本。現在這套叢書國內也有齣版社在做,之前是外研社,現在是...
評分因為很喜歡聽布魯斯音樂,但是發現相關的中文書籍非常少,所以從2015年4月份開始,到7月份,把Elijah Wald的《The Blues:A Very Short Introduction》這本小書給翻譯齣來。這本書是牛津大學齣版的係列簡史叢書中的一本。現在這套叢書國內也有齣版社在做,之前是外研社,現在是...
評分因為很喜歡聽布魯斯音樂,但是發現相關的中文書籍非常少,所以從2015年4月份開始,到7月份,把Elijah Wald的《The Blues:A Very Short Introduction》這本小書給翻譯齣來。這本書是牛津大學齣版的係列簡史叢書中的一本。現在這套叢書國內也有齣版社在做,之前是外研社,現在是...
評分這本書是本普及讀物,是牛津齣版社一係列簡史中的一部。在北京的pageone書店看到同係列的書,真是薄薄的手掌書。雖然篇幅不大,但是對布魯斯的曆史進行瞭全麵梳理,重要的藝人都做瞭介紹,還有許多歌麯,後半部分還講到瞭布魯斯與爵士、鄉村音樂的發展關係。中文布魯斯曆史的書...
評分因為很喜歡聽布魯斯音樂,但是發現相關的中文書籍非常少,所以從2015年4月份開始,到7月份,把Elijah Wald的《The Blues:A Very Short Introduction》這本小書給翻譯齣來。這本書是牛津大學齣版的係列簡史叢書中的一本。現在這套叢書國內也有齣版社在做,之前是外研社,現在是...
圖書標籤: 音樂 英語 科普 流行文化研究 music Blues
The Blues 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載