Larry Smith

Pete Townshend

The Minstrel's Dilemma

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Smith explores Pete Townshend's artistic struggle between his own creative impulses and those of the commercial public. Faced with a modern version of the minstrel's dilemma, Townshend, early in his career, ignored his creative instincts to satisfy commercial agendas. After his success, he slowly withdrew to resolve his conflict between creativity and commercialism. Townshend's creative vision unfolds against the conflicts and compromises battled with the entertainment industry. A common theme, that of the seeker, weaves throughout the various phases of Townshend's career and highlights his own quest for complete artistic expression free from compromise. In The Minstrel's Dilemma, Townshend is shown as a musician confronting the same battles begun by early minstrels and later fought by composers such as Beethoven and Mozart. He is referred to as a rock auteur, creating music that reflects his personal experiences and creative views. He is called a seeker, in search of artistic freedom toward personal expression. And at the end of his thirty-year struggle he is a true artist, able to live up to audience expectation while attending to his own artistic impulses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9780275964726
• ISBN-10: 0275964728
• Artikelnr.: 20967561

Autorenporträt

Larry David Smith

Inhaltsangabe

The Minstrel's Dilemma Preface Introduction The Auteur, the Impulse, the
Oeuvre The Minstrel's Struggle The Singles Period The Opera Period The End
of the Who The Minstrel's Resolution The Solo Career: The Impulse's
Opportunity The Solo Career: The Impulse's Victory The Minstrel's Dilemma:
The Case of Pete Townshend References Index