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- catalog abstract ""The torch song has long been a vehicle for expression - perhaps American song's most visceral. Two artists in particular have built upon this tradition to express unique outlooks on their lives and the world around them. Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition combines biographical material, artist commentary, critical interpretation, and selected exemplars of the writers' work to reveal the power of authorship and the creative drive necessary to negotiate an artistic vision in the complicated mechanisms of the commercial music industry. As in Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American Song, author Larry David Smith considers the complex intersection of biography, creative philosophy, artistic imperative, and stylistic tendencies in the work of Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello - one famously confessional, one famously confrontational ... two artists with seemingly nothing in common. Yet Smith shows that Mitchell's and Costello's personalities are, in fact, fascinatingly complementary." "Mitchell and Costello both yielded bodies of work that are cohesive, coherent, and rich in meaning. Both have made historic contributions to the singer-songwriter model, rebellions responses to the creative and commercial compromises associated with their chosen field, and distinct thematic responses to the torch wing tradition. Smith examines these responses, offering a unique and invaluable exploration of the craft of two of the last century's most towering musical figures."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13236912.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Mitchell and Costello both yielded bodies of work that are cohesive, coherent, and rich in meaning. Both have made historic contributions to the singer-songwriter model, rebellions responses to the creative and commercial compromises associated with their chosen field, and distinct thematic responses to the torch wing tradition. Smith examines these responses, offering a unique and invaluable exploration of the craft of two of the last century's most towering musical figures."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The torch song has long been a vehicle for expression - perhaps American song's most visceral. Two artists in particular have built upon this tradition to express unique outlooks on their lives and the world around them. Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition combines biographical material, artist commentary, critical interpretation, and selected exemplars of the writers' work to reveal the power of authorship and the creative drive necessary to negotiate an artistic vision in the complicated mechanisms of the commercial music industry.".
- catalog description "As in Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American Song, author Larry David Smith considers the complex intersection of biography, creative philosophy, artistic imperative, and stylistic tendencies in the work of Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello - one famously confessional, one famously confrontational ... two artists with seemingly nothing in common. Yet Smith shows that Mitchell's and Costello's personalities are, in fact, fascinatingly complementary."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-307) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Joni Mitchell -- 1. The artist -- 2. The impulse -- 3. The oeuvre -- 4. The exemplars -- pt. II. Elvis Costello -- 5. The artist -- 6. The impulse -- 7. The oeuvre -- 8. The exemplars -- pt. III. Conclusion -- 9. The auteurs.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 312 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0275973921 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn. : Praeger,".
- catalog subject "Costello, Elvis Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Love songs History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "ML400 .S658 2004".
- catalog subject "Mitchell, Joni Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Popular music Analysis, appreciation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Joni Mitchell -- 1. The artist -- 2. The impulse -- 3. The oeuvre -- 4. The exemplars -- pt. II. Elvis Costello -- 5. The artist -- 6. The impulse -- 7. The oeuvre -- 8. The exemplars -- pt. III. Conclusion -- 9. The auteurs.".
- catalog title "Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the torch song tradition / Larry David Smith.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".