Wilson Professor Scott (Kingston University London Uk)
Wilson Professor Scott (Kingston University London Uk) - Scott Walker And The Song Of The One - All - Alone - Paperback
Wilson Professor Scott (Kingston University London Uk) - Scott Walker And The Song Of The One - All - Alone - Paperback
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Description: Scott Walker and the Song of the One - All - Alone offers in detailed interpretative commentaries of his best songs a sustained assessment of the work and career of Scott Walker one of the most significant and perplexing artists of the late 20th and 21st century. For Brian Eno Walker was not only a great composer and a superlative lyricist but also a significant contemporary poet. Marc Almond goes further 'an absolute musical genius existential and intellectual and a star right from the days of The Walker Brothers'. As Almond suggests Walker's work is marked by a continual engagement with existentialist philosophy informing his approach to art politics and life. In particular the device of the solitary figure or 'one - all - alone evoked in his songs provides the basis for his lyrical exploration of the singularity of existence in all its darkness as well as light. Through following his own path Walker arrived at a unique sound according to his own method that produced a genuinely new form of song. Looking closely at these songs this book also considers the wider political implications of his approach in its rejection of external authorities and common or consensual ideals.
Title: Scott Walker And The Song Of The One - All - Alone
Author(s): Wilson Professor Scott (Kingston University London Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501332555
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2019
Series: Ex:Centrics
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
Description: Scott Walker and the Song of the One - All - Alone offers in detailed interpretative commentaries of his best songs a sustained assessment of the work and career of Scott Walker one of the most significant and perplexing artists of the late 20th and 21st century. For Brian Eno Walker was not only a great composer and a superlative lyricist but also a significant contemporary poet. Marc Almond goes further 'an absolute musical genius existential and intellectual and a star right from the days of The Walker Brothers'. As Almond suggests Walker's work is marked by a continual engagement with existentialist philosophy informing his approach to art politics and life. In particular the device of the solitary figure or 'one - all - alone evoked in his songs provides the basis for his lyrical exploration of the singularity of existence in all its darkness as well as light. Through following his own path Walker arrived at a unique sound according to his own method that produced a genuinely new form of song. Looking closely at these songs this book also considers the wider political implications of his approach in its rejection of external authorities and common or consensual ideals.
Title: Scott Walker And The Song Of The One - All - Alone
Author(s): Wilson Professor Scott (Kingston University London Uk)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781501332555
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2019
Series: Ex:Centrics
Category: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups
