Music-General Books

Going on the road with a bunch of talented musicians isn't all glitz and glamour, says Paul Abraham, but a more enjoyable job would be hard to find. His memoir will take you behind the scenes, offering intimate details of the kind of life...

Author: Paul BelardISBN-10: 0997272694ISBN-13: 9780997272697Publisher: Linden PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2017Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d

MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF was originally presented off-Broadway in 1966, receiving rave reviews and garnering such comments as: "A solid hit " and "Perfectly charming " (New York Times), "Remarkably appealing " (New York Post), and "Sprightly and ingratiating " (NY Daily...

Literary Nonfiction. Music. Film. Gay Talese and Pete Hamill discuss the life and legacy of Frank Sinatra. Like his hero, Jay Gatsby, Sinatra 'believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.' It was that longing for a...

Morris Bezman left Kiev, Russia for the United States in 1905. He abandoned his schooling with the famous violin teacher Leopold Auer because of health, but Russia was in turmoil at the time; both Jews and students were suspect and frequently attacked. Many fled...

Organ Music is an extended riff on the previous decade of Tory rule by way some of its more horribly memorable national occasions - the 2011 London riots, the Thatcher funeral, Brexit, and the beginning of the end of Jeremy Corbyn. It also improvises...

Musical notation is a powerful system of communication between musicians, using sophisticated symbolic, primarily non-verbal means to express musical events in visual symbols. Many musicians take the system for granted, having internalized it and their strategies for reading it and translating it into sound...

This engaging study introduces Renaissance polyphony to a modern audience. It helps readers of all ages and levels of experience make sense of what they are hearing. How does Renaissance music work? How is a piece typical of its style and type; or, if...

Learn How To Read Music Easily for kids (PIANO) If you want to your kids learn how to read music in a very short amount of time, this book is exactly what you need. Traditional music lessons can make music theory look so boring....

Morgan Howell paints classic 7" singles and takes into account every crease, every tear, every imperfection--producing a one-off, truly unique artwork, almost identical to the owner's original copy, but blown up, supersize, to 27.6 by 27.6 inches, and three-dimensional, with the spindle in the...

Though the Beatles are nowadays considered national treasures, this book shows how and why they inspired phobia as well as mania in 1960s Britain. As symbols of modernity in the early sixties, they functioned as a stress test for British institutions and identities, at...

What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? The second volume of Moby's extraordinary life story is a journey into the...

The field of music production has for many years been regarded as male-dominated. Despite growing acknowledgement of this fact, and some evidence of diversification, it is clear that gender representation on the whole remains quite unbalanced. Gender in Music Production brings together industry leaders,...

From his days at Bill Graham's Fillmore East, through seeking rock stardom with London Records, running the Lone Star Cafe and Blue Note Jazz Club in New York, managing many of Kinky Friedman's musical tours and political campaigns, to smuggling pot and doing time...

A selection of English-language writings by Enrique Lopetegui, former Los Angeles Times Latin Pop music critic (1993-1997, freelance) and San Antonio Current news writer and music/film editor (2008-2014). Foreword by Gloria Guerrero, legendary dean of female rock writers in Argentina. It includes interviews with...

This indispensable directory is a must-have for anyone wanting to make it in the music industry. It gives you: - Hundreds of record labels- Hundreds of music managers- Indexes by genre, so you can quickly find all the right listings- Access to overseas marketsIt...

Author: Emilio AudissinoISBN-10: 1009009095ISBN-13: 9781009009096Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2021Pages: 75Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d

This volume focuses on the ways in which mutual musical engagement might play a role in creating healthful, life-giving experiences. Scholarly chapters and reflective interludes illustrate how people use music to forge authentic spiritual and emotional connections with others, including in times of physical...

Recent music therapy advances and evidence-based practices have earned respect within the medical sciences and garnered popularity amongst users and practitioners. While integrative medicine treats the whole patient with ayurvedic and allopathic medicine, music therapy provides a safe and effective way of managing stress,...

A collection of tunes arranged for solo mandolin. Included are several Celtic tunes of Ireland, Scotland and England, some originals composed by Evelyn, and some by J.S. Bach. The tunes vary in difficulty from beginner to advanced, and are adaptable for any level of...

"Noise is a model of cultural historiography. . . . In its general theoretical argument on the relations of culture to economy, but also in its specialized concentration, Noise has much that is of importance to critical theory today." SubStance"For Attali, music is not...

Here is the first biography to explore, with shocking detail, the drama that formed this troubled, tragic rock star. Neither an apology nor a condemnation, Kurt Cobain presents a vivid insider's view of the life and death of a man who galvanized a generation...

This chart features chords for three of the most dominant dulcimer tunings DAD, DAC, and DAA. The most pertinent major, minor, seventh and many other chords are given for each tuning. A diagram showing all the notes of the fretboard is also given for...

For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, both mathematical and musical. The perceived distances between objects in the sky mirrored (and were mirrored by) the spaces between notes forming chords and scales. The smooth operation of the...

75 of the most popular Irish reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slip jigs and airs played at traditional Irish music sessions worldwide, with standard musical notation and with easy-to-learn tablature for the Anglo concertina. THE TUNES: An Comhra Donn, Ballydesmond #3 (Tom Billy's), Banish Misfortune,...

Educating Musicians for Sustainability explores the intersections of sustainability and music, investigating how sustainability affects the development and professional preparation of musicians while asking the question, 'What does sustainability have to do with music?' The volume presents a series of case studies organised according...

This collector's edition contains 50 traditional Irish songs, all arranged for the unique wind instrument ocarina. Pieces from easy to advanced playable from the different areas of Irish folk music make the heart of every ocarina-playing Ireland-fan pound. For each song the corresponding lyrics...

We must agree that the role of Arts, Commerce & Science are equally important in Career Development to survive, but we have lost the focus on 'Arts' or 'Skills' in our Education System which used to be our Assets.The goals to write this book...

An icon of British national identity and one of the most widely performed twentieth-century composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams has been misunderstood as much as he had been revered; his international impact and enduring influence on areas as diverse as church music, film scores and...

An instant best-seller when originally published in 1994, this expanded and updated edition of The Rice Room tells of growing up with a double identity--Chinese and American. Ben Fong-Torres was torn between an alluring American lifestyle--including Elvis and rock 'n' roll--and the traditional cultural...

One of the most influential collections of music ever published, Style and Idea includes Schoenberg's writings about himself and his music as well as studies of many other composers and reflections on art and society. An interpretive essay by Joseph Auner, Chair and Professor...

The complete, definitive, and never-before-published catalogue of album covers created by the legendary design agency Hipgnosis, this volume finally does justice to the work of the most important design collective in music history. Founded in 1967 by Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey "Po" Powell, and Peter...

Written by the world's leading scholars and researchers in the emerging field of sound studies, The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies offers new and fully engaging perspectives on the significance of sound in its material and cultural forms. The book considers sounds and music...

The Rhythm String Player: Strum Bowing in Action is a clear and progressive set of lessons to teach string players how to apply Strum Bowing in several different stylistic genres such as Jazz, Rock, Bluegrass, Funk, Celtic and Hip Hop. The goal is to...

The Turtle "Patience" and the Lion "Courage" are our companions as we climb each step of the musical scale, learning piano concepts and skills and then expanding them to consider the larger implications applied to one's life. The book shows how music can enhance...

Available since 1998, Greg Russo's "Cosmik Debris: The Collected History & Improvisations of Frank Zappa" is the go-to book for all things Zappa. Extensive discographical and biographical sections cover Frank Zappa's influence on current and future music and musicians.Author: Greg RussoISBN-10: 0998355046ISBN-13: 9780998355047Publisher: CrossFire...

Welcome to the party! -You will start with a YouTube link to the Funniest Joke in the History of the World. (If you know a funnier one, I'd love to hear it!) -You will have a repertoire of 87 of the best thigh-slappers I...

Singing, alone and in choirs, has wide-reaching health benefits for everyone, including release of oxytocin, increased production of immunoglobulin to fight infections, less need of pain medications, improved pulmonary function, fewer symptoms of depression, and a brighter outlook on life. These benefits are even...

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 1 to 9 in Full ScoreCompleted in 1824, three years before the composer's death, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony occupies a special place at the summit of Classical literature - the peak of Beethoven's orchestral output and, for generations of...

This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory, harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading.Author: Bret WillmottISBN-10: 156222994XISBN-13: 9781562229948Publisher: Mel Bay PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/1994Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.60d

This edition includes a line by line English translation together with the native Russian (written in Cyrillic) for the opera goer.Author: Konstantin Shilovsky, Pyotr TchaikovskyISBN-10: 1540361942ISBN-13: 9781540361943Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2016Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d

In the late 1950s, a flourishing musical culture began to emerge in major UK cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London. This was particularly true in the Merseyside area, where an estimated 350 different groups were active, often playing ballrooms, jive hives concert...

This Companion explores women's work in music since 1900 across a broad range of musical genres and professions, including the classical tradition, popular music, and music technology. The crucial contribution of women to music education and the music industries features alongside their activity as...

Biography of Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, the world's most recorded drummer.Bernard Pretty Purdie is arguably the most recorded drummer in the world. He hit the New York music scene in the early 1960 s, and landed his first hit with Mickey and Sylvia the beginning...

Mahler in Context explores the institutions, artists, thinkers, cultural movements, socio-political conditions, and personal relationships that shaped Mahler's creative output. Focusing on the contexts surrounding the artist, the collection provides a sense of the complex crosscurrents against which Mahler was reacting as conductor, composer,...

Author: K. O. KesseyISBN-10: 1456786105ISBN-13: 9781456786106Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/17/2011Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.49d

I've written this book to give you a sound engineer's perspective on your career as a voiceover talent. In this book I've tried to provide you with basic information about audio and equipment that is taught in recording schools. Hopefully, this information will provide...

In the blink of an eye, your life can change from having everything you've ever desired to having absolutely nothing at all. A Matter of Tyme is your backstage pass into the life of Tyme Johnson, singer, songwriter, and survivor. Candidly told, she shares...

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: Franz LisztISBN-10: 1447476670ISBN-13: 9781447476672Publisher: Angell...

Rhythm and Transforms is a book that explores rhythm in music, its structure and how we perceive it. The book will be bought by engineers interested in acoustic signal processing as well as musicians, composers and computer scientists. Anyone interested in the scientific basis...