Research Catalog

Title

The words and music of Prince / James E. Perone.

Author

Perone, James E.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.

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Details

Description

xiv, 199 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

• "In this study, author James Perone highlights the complexities and ambiguities of Prince's life work, while at the same time clarifying why it is that Prince remains such a widely popular figure in American music."
• "After a brief introductory biographical treatment, Perone goes on to analyze all of Prince's musical output - both as specific pieces and as part of a larger body of work. Perone doesn't allow any of the elements of Prince's entertainment career (including his early contractual problems, his series of proteges, his name change, and his views on gender and race) to pass without reflection. As a result, The Words and Music of Prince operates as a sort of creative biography for both the man and the artist. The work includes six illustrations, a bibliography, a discography, and an index."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Praeger singer-songwriter collection

Uniform Title

Praeger singer-songwriter collection

Subject

• Prince > Criticism and interpretation
• Rock musicians > United States > Biography
• Rock music > History and criticism

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190), discography (p. [167]-172), and index.

Contents

Becoming a star -- Mixing funk and rock with the revolution -- Film scores and contractual problems -- The New Power Generation and a name change -- The approach of 1999 -- The new millennium.

ISBN

• 9780275994747 (alk. paper)
• 0275994740 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008000540

OCLC

• 191009809
• SCSB-10374668

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library