The music of Joni Mitchell / Lloyd Whitesell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitesell, Lloyd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mitchell, Joni--Criticism and interpretation.

Mitchell, Joni.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 276 pages : music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Lloyd Whitesell's the Music of Joni Mitchell offers the first comprehensive survey of Mitchell's entire output, with in-depth discussion of many of her songs, organized by topic rather than chronology. Whitesell presents a thorough exploration of Mitchell's musical style, sound, and structure as seen in such songs as "Wood Stock," "Trouble Child," "A Case of You," "Car on a Hill," "Help Me," and "Free Man in Paris," as well as many of Mitchell's lesser known but equally ambitious songs. Individual chapters explore different aspects of her craft, such as poetic voice, harmony, melody, and large-scale form. A separate chapter explores Mitchell's central theme of personal freedom, as expressed through diverse symbolic registers of the journey quest, bohemianism, creative license, and spiritual liberation.

Contents:

Introduction : Pop song and art song

Sound and style

Voices and personae

Thematic threads

Harmonic palette

Melodic turns

Collections and cycles

A tribute.

Notes:

Includes discography, bibliographical references (pages [257]-266), and index.

ISBN:

9780195307573

0195307577

9780195307993

0195307992

OCLC:

177066711