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From Broadway to The Bronx

New York City’s History through Song

Sabrina Mittermeier author Veronika Keller author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Intellect

Published:26th Jul '24

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From Broadway to The Bronx cover

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.

ISBN: 9781789389906

Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm

Weight: 557g

220 pages