Music-General Books

Author: Eleanor J. GiraudISBN-10: 1009712187ISBN-13: 9781009712187Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/04/2026Pages: 374Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.77d

Inner-peace sells, but who's buying? The worlds of rock and metal music are full of dark and depressing themes of sadness, despair and mental illness. Research from mental health charities suggests that 1 in every 4 people struggles with mental illness at some point...

This book examines how entrepreneurial strategies intersect with the realities of the contemporary music world. What does it take to turn creative ideas into viable music projects? What does it mean to create value through music, and how can music entrepreneurs redefine what music...

The need for new approaches in ceramic pigment research is evident due to socioeconomic, health, and environmental conditions, as well as the search for improvements in the pigmenting power of known structures.This research therefore aims to develop and characterize ceramic pigments obtained from aluminum...

The Evocative Influence of the Blues on Jazz Music In "The Evocative Influence of the Blues on Jazz Music," journey through the heart and soul of two quintessential American genres as they intertwine to create a timeless symphony of sound. From the smoky clubs...

In Rhythm. Advanced Studies, Erik H jsgaard, composer and professor of aural training at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, provides a detailed guide to reading and understanding advanced use of rhythm. The 451 exercises and their corresponding notes allow those professionally involved with...

This collection of essays reflects Wm. A. Little's broad interest in two fields - German studies and music. Literary-critical essays include contributions by Reinhold Grimm on the political novella, Karl Guthke on 400 years of intellectual thought about extraterrestrial life, and Frank Ryder on...

This book reviews the current practices of traditional musics in various cultures of all continents, and examines the impact and significance of traditional musics in the modern world. A diverse group of experts of musicology and music education collaborate to expose the current practices...

Author: Brepols PublishersISBN-10: 2503578462ISBN-13: 9782503578460Publisher: Brepols PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2018Pages: 147Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 10.00h x 6.90w x 0.30d

Based upon a decade of research in four countries, including much data previously unpublished or long unavailable, this book traces the history and explains the meanings of this enigmatic and often misunderstood music. The author examines the origins, history and meaning of the Fado...

A Life in Music is a rollercoaster ride of emotions that peer into the music of one man's life. Stories that follow a child forced into the harsh realities of a life created for him by someone else. His only escape is hidden deep...

The book is about letters sent to Michael and family and about his lyrics concerning me.Author: Karen Z. TaylorISBN-10: 1477281533ISBN-13: 9781477281536Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2012Pages: 70Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d

A book about the history of Lehigh Valley Music, bands, entertainers, radio, DJ's, clubs, concerts, venues and other related subjects.Author: Dean Smith,Michael "jacobs" McKennaISBN-10: 1453838376ISBN-13: 9781453838372Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/04/2010Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.62d

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Erik SatieISBN-10: 1446515478ISBN-13: 9781446515471Publisher: Classic...

"The Forget Me Not: A Selection of Simple Songs" is a charming collection of vocal pieces, perfect for singers and musicians interested in exploring 19th-century song. This volume offers a variety of songs suitable for different occasions and skill levels. The songs are presented...

This book examines the evolution of customary international law (CIL) as a source of international law. Using the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as a key case study, the book explores the importance of CIL in the development of international criminal...

During the twentieth century, electronic technology enabled the explosive development of new tools for the production, performance, dissemination and conservation of music. The era of the mechanical reproduction of music has, rather ironically, opened up new perspectives, which have contributed to the revitalisation of...

In Vivid Gardens is a collection of lyrical poems that celebrate the power and beauty of women. With vivid imagery, rich symbolism, and a keen sense of musicality, the author explores the many facets of the feminine spirit, from love and passion to resilience...

An engaging and informative exploration of three of the most important inventions of the late 19th century, including detailed technical descriptions, historical context, and accounts of the social and cultural impact of each invention. This translated edition is a must-read for historians, tech enthusiasts,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

A working knowledge of scales and their applications to chord progressions is paramount for bassists. Mel Bay's Bass Scale Chart provides standard notation and tab, fingering diagrams, construction formulas in whole and half steps and application (usage) for the most common scales used today....

Robert Schumann had a difficult start as a composer. Denied any significant musical upbringing, he took a long time through indirect routes to establish himself as a major composer. Persistent illness also dogged his work. His final catastrophic mental collapse has combined with the...

Berlioz was arguably the greatest French composer of the nineteenth century. Although the author of the Symphonie fantastique was possessed of a fertile imagination and sometimes obsessed by love, the image of Berlioz as a misunderstood and mistreated genius obscures both the solidity of...

This is a brief biography of Russia's greatest musical dramatist, Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881), known the world over for his opera Boris Godunov, for his innovative realistic art songs, and for his pianistic work "Pictures at an Exhibition." Yet during his life Musorgsky had no...

This volume presents the third part of Palestrina's Choralis Constantinus--part of the Golden Age of the Palestrina period--in a modern edition.Author: Heinrich Isaac,Louise CuylerISBN-10: 0472750917ISBN-13: 9780472750917Publisher: University of Michigan PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1950Pages: 468Format: Paperback

This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place of recording, master and...

Author: Willie NelsonISBN-13: 9798217059430Publisher: Penguin PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2026Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.53d

Author: Dave IsaacsISBN-13: 9798218906245Publisher: Nashville Guitar GuruLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/2026Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d

Author: Rosa PierceISBN-13: 9798195520588Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/04/2026Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

In the past quarter of a century, or longer, popular cultures and musics both popular and 'new' have become concerned, rather than with futurity, with their own pasts, in a world where, after Fukuyama's 'end of history' or Berardi's 'cancellation of the future', the...

THE SOUND CODE: Unlocking the Psychology of Sound, Music and SilenceHow Your Ears Secretly Run Your Life (And What to Do About It)Sound isn't just background - it's the invisible force shaping your emotions, attention, energy, and even your sense of time. From that...

Provides an overview over the politics of camp across different formats in contemporary media landscapeProposes a new defintion of camp as detached attachment to account for the strategy's unique combination of critical distance and affective involvementInvestigates the uses of camp in popular culture as...

The 1924 Revolution was a watershed in Sudanese history, the first episode of anti-colonial resistance in which a nationalist ideology was explicitly used, and part of a global wave of anti-colonial movements after the First World War that can be seen as the "spring...

Blank Sheet Music, Manuscript Paper, Music Journal, Musicians Notebook, Composition Book, Music Diary, Staff Paper Ideal gift for your favourite composers / music students / teachers / professionals. - 50 lined left-hand pages for ideas and lyrics - 50 staffed right-hand pages for composing...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Gabriel FauréISBN-10: 1447475879ISBN-13: 9781447475873Publisher: Barlow...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Henry J. WattISBN-10: 1443785253ISBN-13: 9781443785259Publisher:...

Author: Tiffany L. SamuelISBN-10: 1441551611ISBN-13: 9781441551610Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/21/2011Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d

This book is the first to produce a valid and reliable in-depth study of music communities using a community of practice (CoP) framework - in this case focusing on the social process of musical learning. Employing case study research within Ireland, three illustrations from...

Product information not available.Author: Dominique-Rene De LermaISBN-10: 0313242291ISBN-13: 9780313242298Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/1984Pages: 254Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.02lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.63d

An essential volume for anyone interested in Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and the history of the Aldeburgh Festival. Britten invited Elizabeth Sweeting (1914-1999) to be the General Manager of the Aldeburgh Festival after observing her organisational skills for the English Opera Group. She worked...

Author: Laurie StrasISBN-10: 1009387111ISBN-13: 9781009387118Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2026Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

The purpose of this study is to find out whether or not there is connection of taste between the consumers in Britain that buy into Afrobeat and other genre such as Punk/Rock and Reggae. The rationale for employing this method of research is that...

My YouTube Adventures chronicles more than a decade of live entertainment.The adventures started at the Steinway piano showroom in London where Michael Parkinson was influenced by an exciting piece of Franz Liszt music. He progressed to being the videographer for Nottingham Organ Society, Ravenshead...

Drone and Apocalypse is an exhibit catalog for a retrospective of twenty-first-century art. Its narrator, Cynthia Wey, is a failed artist convinced that apocalypse is imminent. She writes critical essays delineating apocalyptic tendencies in drone music and contemporary art. Interspersed amid these essays are...

Every year few millions of Americans start to study music. After one year 80% of them stop this studying. They are not talented enough? But what they are studying for whole year long. All music theory can be delivered for 30 minutes. In this...

David Conway analyses why and how Jews, virtually absent from Western art music until the end of the eighteenth century, came to be represented in all branches of the profession within fifty years as leading figures - not only as composers and performers, but...

Innovations in music technology bring with them a new set of challenges for describing and understanding the electroacoustic repertoire. This edited collection presents a state-of-the-art overview of analysis methods for electroacoustic music in this rapidly developing field. The first part of the book explains...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Olivier Messiaen stands as one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century and among the foremost religious artists of any era. When he died in 1992, the prevailing image was of a deeply religious man whose only sources of inspiration were God...

Grounded in knowledge of thousands of programs, this book examines how musical life in London, Leipzig, Vienna, Boston, and other cities underwent a fundamental transformation in relationship with movements in European politics. William Weber traces how musical taste evolved in European concert programs from...