Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter
- The Cambridge Companion to The Singer-Songwriter
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Establishing a tradition
- Part II Individuals
- 8 Thomas D’Urfey
- 9 Leadbelly
- 10 Region and identity in Dolly Parton’s songwriting
- 11 Authorship and performance in the music of Elton John
- 12 Depicting the working class in the music of Billy Joel
- 13 Musical gesture in the songs of Nick Drake
- 14 Sampling and storytelling: Kanye West’s vocal and sonic narratives
- 15 James Blake, digital lion
- 16 Outside voices and the construction of Adele’s singer-songwriter persona
- 17 Joanna Newsom’s ‘Only Skin’: authenticity, ‘becoming-other’, and the relationship between ‘New’ and ‘Old Weird America’
- Part III Men and women
- Part IV Frameworks and methods
- Part V Global perspectives
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Music
12 - Depicting the working class in the music of Billy Joel
from Part II - Individuals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
- The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter
- The Cambridge Companion to The Singer-Songwriter
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Establishing a tradition
- Part II Individuals
- 8 Thomas D’Urfey
- 9 Leadbelly
- 10 Region and identity in Dolly Parton’s songwriting
- 11 Authorship and performance in the music of Elton John
- 12 Depicting the working class in the music of Billy Joel
- 13 Musical gesture in the songs of Nick Drake
- 14 Sampling and storytelling: Kanye West’s vocal and sonic narratives
- 15 James Blake, digital lion
- 16 Outside voices and the construction of Adele’s singer-songwriter persona
- 17 Joanna Newsom’s ‘Only Skin’: authenticity, ‘becoming-other’, and the relationship between ‘New’ and ‘Old Weird America’
- Part III Men and women
- Part IV Frameworks and methods
- Part V Global perspectives
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Music
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- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter , pp. 137 - 143Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016