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S'està carregant… Sinatra! The Song is You: A Singer’s Art (1995)de Will Friedwald
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Referències a aquesta obra en fonts externes. Wikipedia en anglès (18)Frank Sinatra remains the greatest entertainer of our age, invigorating American popular song with innovative phrasing and a mastery of range and emotion. Drawing upon recent interviews with hundreds of his collaborators as well as with "The Voice" himself, this book is the only full-length work to chronicle, critique, and celebrate his five-decade career. Friedwald examines and evaluates all the classic and less familiar songs with the same astute, often witty, perceptions that earned himacclaim for Jazz Singing. With an authoritative discography and rare photos of recording sessions and performances,Sinatra! is an invaluable resource for enthusiasts and an unparalleled guide through his vast musical legacy. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)782.42164092The arts Music Vocal music Secular Forms of vocal music Secular songs General principles and musical forms Song genres Western popular songsLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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Friedwald has an encyclopedic knowledge of seemingly every song in Sinatra's discography, including rare recordings only made for the military in WWII and recordings from Sinatra's radio programs. He discusses the creation, innovations, and effects of Sinatra's music in a largely chronological order. The book is arranged in era's of Sinatra's career mainly based on collaborations with others like bandleaders Tommy Dorsey and Axel Stordahl and arrangers Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Gordon Jenkins.
The book discusses Sinatra's role in performing the types of songs of that became known as "standards" and the singers role as interpreter (not to mention the challenges Sinatra faced when the music business shifted to a model where songs were "covered" rather than interpreted). Sinatra lead the shift in prominence of bandleaders to singers during WWII and achieved unprecedented stardom. But Sinatra's real strength was reinventing himself consistently so that he could be a hitmaker over six decades.
I found this a unique and informative book. If you're interested in the work of Sinatra, or in musicology in general, I recommend it.
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