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Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton: Women Composers

Autor Lydia R. Hamessley Cuvânt înainte de Steve Buckingham
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 sep 2020

Ne-a atras atenția un detaliu tehnic fascinant: modul în care vibrația unei voci formate în aerul rarefiat al Munților Apalași se traduce în structuri armonice complexe. În Unlikely Angel, sunetul de banjou și amintirile unei copilării aspre în Smoky Mountains nu sunt doar anecdote biografice, ci devin alfabetul unei compozitoare care a redefinit muzica americană. Notăm cu interes cum Lydia R. Hamessley reușește să mute reflectorul de pe imaginea publică exuberantă a artistei către „atelierul” său de creație, acolo unde piese iconice precum „Jolene” sau „I Will Always Love You” prind viață.

Abordarea jurnalistică evocă The Words and Music of Dolly Parton de Nancy Cardwell, dar perspectiva lui Hamessley este mult mai tehnică și analitică, fiind ancorată în muzicologie și în studiul formelor tradiționale. Dacă în lucrarea sa anterioară, Dolly Parton's Jolene, autoarea s-a concentrat pe impactul cultural al unui singur hit, în volumul de față ea extinde analiza asupra întregului arc al carierei artistei. Cartea este organizată tematic, ghidându-ne de la rădăcinile folclorice la cântecele de inspirație și tragedie, oferind chiar și anexe despre modurile muzicale și un studiu de caz aplicat pe vocea compozițională a lui Parton.

Reținem rigoarea cu care sunt tratate cele 30 de fotografii și tabelele incluse, care transformă lectura într-o experiență documentară profundă. Hamessley demonstrează că, dincolo de peruci și paiete, Dolly Parton este un artizan al cuvântului și al ritmului, capabil să combine arhaismele baladelor vechi de secole cu onestitatea dureroasă a vieții moderne a femeilor.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780252085420
ISBN-10: 0252085426
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: 30 black & white photographs, 2 music example, 6 tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Ediția:1st Edition
Editura: University of Illinois Press
Colecția University of Illinois Press
Seria Women Composers


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Recomandăm această carte celor care doresc să descopere rigoarea din spatele legendei. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a modului în care experiența personală a sărăciei și tradiția orală se transformă în artă universală. Este un volum esențial pentru pasionații de muzicologie și pentru oricine vrea să vadă în Dolly Parton nu doar o vedetă pop, ci o compozitoare de o profunzime tehnică surprinzătoare.


Despre autor

Lydia R. Hamessley este profesor de muzică la Hamilton College, fiind o autoritate în studiul muzicii tradiționale americane și al compozitoarelor de gen feminin. Expertiza sa în muzicologie și studiile culturale îi permite să analizeze repertoriul de country și bluegrass cu o profunzime rar întâlnită în biografiile comerciale. Prin activitatea sa în cadrul seriei Women Composers, ea contribuie la recunoașterea academică a femeilor care au modelat peisajul sonor contemporan, integrând riguros contextul istoric și tehnic în narațiunile biografice.


Descriere scurtă

Dolly Parton's success as a performer and pop culture phenomenon has overshadowed her achievements as a songwriter. But she sees herself as a songwriter first, and with good reason. Parton's compositions like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have become American standards with an impact far beyond country music. Lydia R. Hamessley's expert analysis and Parton’s characteristically straightforward input inform this comprehensive look at the process, influences, and themes that have shaped the superstar's songwriting artistry. Hamessley reveals how Parton’s loving, hardscrabble childhood in the Smoky Mountains provided the musical language, rhythms, and memories of old-time music that resonate in so many of her songs. Hamessley further provides an understanding of how Parton combines her cultural and musical heritage with an artisan’s sense of craft and design to compose eloquent, painfully honest, and gripping songs about women's lives, poverty, heartbreak, inspiration, and love.
Filled with insights on hit songs and less familiar gems, Unlikely Angel covers the full arc of Dolly Parton's career and offers an unprecedented look at the creative force behind the image.

Recenzii

"Lydia Hamessley's book Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton offers a welcome addition to the scholarly discussion of Parton's oeuvre." --Journal of American Folklore
"Dolly Parton herself has said numerous times that she wants to be taken seriously for her music, and this book, well written by a musical expert with academic credentials provides convincing proof that she deserves to be. . . . Not one of those puff pieces." --Visual Parables
"Hamessley focuses on Dolly Parton's songwriting, paying specific attention to the music. . . . Unlikely Angel is a unique look at a globally iconic figure. . . . An in-depth discussion of songwriting and thematic analysis." --Journal of Appalachian Studies
"Recommended." --Choice
"Parton's world-class skills as a songwriter have never been the subject of such a precise and unique analysis as this. . . . Hats off to Hamessley for shining a light on the less familiar but perhaps most important aspects of the timeless artistry of Dolly Parton." --The Nashville Musician
"I’m so excited about the book Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton spotlighting Dolly's unmatched gift as a songwriter. Always honoring and forgiving, Dolly shines only the best light on circumstances that would've taken the rest of us out. She's the hero who continues to encourage those who wanted change or wished to go back, bringing to life a part of the country and an existence most of us didn't know or understand, all while making hard living seem like heaven on earth. Her magical combination of heart and genius is a most awe inspiring thing to witness, having a beauty and delivery like no other. Dolly's tales of family, faith, and romance have created an American treasure who has continued to enrapture the world for decades. What a gift for us to see life through hers." --Alison Krauss
​​​"A dazzling close reading of Parton's songs and identity as a songwriter." --No Depression
​"Hamessley is especially attuned to the subtle ways in which Ms. Parton interweaves old and new musical strands—for instance, by ornamenting her verses with archaic flourishes and stock phrases from centuries-old ballads." –Wall Street Journal

"A persuasive argument for taking Dolly Parton seriously as an artist. For folk and country music scholars, musicians, and fans." --Library Journal

"Serious Dolly Parton fans and country music aficionados will be delighted by this in-depth gander into an icon's creative process. " --Booklist

"By examining [Dolly] thoroughly through her musical creations, author and music professor Lydia R. Hamessley gives a dynamic view of this remarkable star." --Bookreporter.com

"Meticulously researched . . . The fine, affectionate attention Hamessley pays to Parton's music offers all sorts of revelations: the old-world strangeness of Parton's lyrical diction, the Appalachian roots of the stirringly beautiful chest voice she employs on her 2002 song 'These Old Bones,' or how much more eerie her critically maligned tearjerker 'Me and Little Andy' becomes when you consider it within the tradition of the ghost story." --Lindsay Zoladz, Bookforum

"Detailed and savvy analysis of Parton's songwriting." --KCTV5

"What Hamessley adds to the current Dolly Parton cultural boom is a page-turning deep dive into Parton’s artistry, borne out in her choices as a composer and performer. Unlikely Angel insists on her complexity and seriousness as a songwriter, celebrating an indelible body of work." --Chapter 16

“Lydia Hamessley invites us on a deep dive into the world of Dolly Parton as songwriter. The book weaves together insightful analyses of the musical forms, cultural roots, and meanings found in Parton’s vast catalog, with Parton’s own accounts of her music. Hamessley unveils these songs as the heart and substance of Parton’s contributions to popular culture, and will inspire every reader to take yet another listen.”--Jocelyn R. Neal, author of Country Music: A Cultural and Stylistic History

Notă biografică

Lydia R. Hamessley is a professor of music at Hamilton College. She writes on old-time and bluegrass music, with an emphasis on women and Southern Appalachia. She has also written about the banjo in nineteenth-century America; Appalachian murder ballads; and Peggy Seeger. She appeared in the BBC2 documentary Dolly Parton: Here I Am which aired in the U.S. as Biography: Dolly

Cuprins

Foreword by Steve Buckingham
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Hello, I’m Dolly
1. “In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)”--Dolly’s Musical Life
2. “Coat of Many Colors”--Dolly’s Songwriting Workshop
3. “My Tennessee Mountain Home”--Dolly’s Appalachian Musical Heritage
4. “These Old Bones”--Dolly’s Mountain Identity and Voice
5. “I Will Always Love You”--Songs about Love
6. “Just Because I’m a Woman”--Songs about Women’s Lives
7. “Me and Little Andy”--Songs of Tragedy
8. “Light of a Clear Blue Morning”--Songs of Inspiration
9. “There’ll Always Be Music”--Final Thoughts
Appendix A: Song List
Appendix B: Timeline
Appendix C: On Modes
Appendix D: “Wayfaring Stranger” and Dolly’s Compositional Voice: A Case Study
Notes
Further Reading
Index