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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275993604

ISBN-139780275993603

eBay Product ID (ePID)70185395

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWords and Music of Sting

SubjectGeneral, Popular Culture, Genres & Styles / Rock

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

AuthorChristopher R. Gabel, Christopher Gable

Subject AreaMusic, Social Science

SeriesThe Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight15.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2008-037530

Reviews"Sting has successfully established himself as one of the most important singer-songwriters in Western popular music: this survey of his songs and solo and group career offers critical analysis of the extent of his works, from his performances with The Police to the structural diagrams of his songs. College-level libraries in popular music analysis need this." - Midwest Book Review, "Sting has successfully established himself as one of the most important singer-songwriters in Western popular music: this survey of his songs and solo and group career offers critical analysis of the extent of his works, from his performances with The Police to the structural diagrams of his songs. College-level libraries in popular music analysis need this." -- Midwest Book Review

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal420

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter One: The Police Chapter Two: Synchronicity to Superstardom Chapter Three: Going Solo Chapter Four: Mother and Father Chapter Five: Return Chapter Six: Hope and Terror Conclusion Notes Bibliography Discography Filmography

SynopsisSting has successfully established himself as one of the most important singer-songwriters in Western popular music over the past twenty years. His affinity for collaborative work and disparate musical styles has pushed his music into an astonishing array of contexts, but no matter what the style or who the collaborator, Sting's voice always remains distinct, and this fact has earned him success amongst a correspondingly broad audience. The Words and Music of Sting subdivides Sting's life and works into rough periods of creative activity and offers a fantastic opportunity to view Sting's many stylistic changes within a coherent general framework. After analyzing Sting's musical output album by album and song by song, author Christopher Gable sums up Sting's accomplishments and places him on the continuum of influential singer-songwriters, showing how he differs and relates to other artists of the same period. Aside from his commercial success, Sting is also interesting for the use of recurring themes in his lyrics (such as family relationships, love, war, spirituality, and work) and for his use of jazz and world music to illustrate or work against the meaning of a song. Sting's life also sheds light on his music, as his working-class roots in Newcastle, England are never far removed from his international superstardom. Throughout his life, he has been musically open-minded and inquisitive, always seeking out new styles and often incorporating them into his compositions.

LC Classification NumberML420