Beatles in Context

Documents the contexts for The Beatles' cultural achievements, exploring the significance of their lives and works.

Info autore

Kenneth Womack is Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University, New Jersey, where he also serves as Professor of English. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Long and Winding Roads (2007), The Cambridge Companion to The Beatles (Cambridge, 2009), and The Beatles Encyclopedia (2014). More recently, he is the author of a two-volume biography of Beatles producer George Martin, titled Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Early Years, 1926-1966 (2017) and Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966–2016 (2018).

Riassunto

Provides a guide to the contexts of The Beatles' unparalleled cultural achievements, from their early performances to cultural legacy. Wide-ranging chapters are devoted to the many and varied influences on their lives and works and demonstrate the profound and enduring nature of the band's relationship with people, place, media and politics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Kenneth (Monmouth University Womack (Editore), Kenneth Womack (Editore), Womack Kenneth (Editore)
• Autori: Kenneth (Monmouth University Womack
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781108419116
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41911-6
• Numero di pagine: 372
• Serie: Composers in Context
• Categorie: Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, Unterhaltungsmusik, Popmusik, Rock, Komponisten und Songwriter, Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / General, Pop Musik, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters