The Beatles and the Beatlesque: A Crossdisciplinary Analysis of Sound Production and Stylistic Impact

Prof. Dr. Dario Martinelli (1974), musicologist and semiotician, is Full Professor of History and Theory of Arts at Kaunas University of Technology. He is also affiliated with the University of Helsinki, as Adjunct Professor in Semiotics and Musicology, and with the University of Lapland, as Adjunct Professor in Methodologies of Semiotics and Communication Studies. He is also Editor-in-chief of the series “Numanities – Arts and Humanities in Progress“, published by Springer.  Martinelli has been recipient of several prizes, including, in 2006, a knighthood from the Italian Republic for his contribution to Italian culture. Paolo Bucciarelli (1974) is a music producer, songwriter and keyboard player. As a musician, he started his career in the second half of the 90's, in the Italian pop/rock band Giuliodorme, signed to BMG in 1996. After the band’s break-up, Bucciarelli graduated in Record Production at the London College of Music, and began his activity as producer in England, Italy and Finland. In 2003, he composed the soundtrack for Alessandro Nico Savino's "5 e Mezza in Punto". Since 2004, Bucciarelli has also been active as a musicologist, giving lectures and seminars at the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Institute of Technology and the Evtek University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki.

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. A brief history of The Beatles in the studio.- 2. Style and sound.- 3. The difficulty of defining the Beatles style.- 4. Crossdisciplinary reflections: production vs. multimodality studies, narratology, and film studies.- 5. Birth and fortune of the "Beatlesque": Transmission of creativity and legacy.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index of names.- Index of songs, albums, and other artworks.