Music-General Books

This is a short, quick, and easy read.Some samples: 1) Blues singer Muddy Waters first heard his voice on a recording in the early 1940s. His impression of his voice was positive; afterward, he said, "I thought, man, this boy can sing the blues....

In 1902 The Gramophone Company in London sent out recording experts on "expeditions" across the world to record voices from different cultures and backgrounds. All over India, it was women who embraced the challenge of overcoming numerous social taboos and aesthetic handicaps that came...

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: Johannes BrahmsISBN-10: 1447441125ISBN-13: 9781447441120Publisher: Masterson...

Music Sociology critically evaluates current approaches to the study of music in sociology and presents a broad overview of how music is positioned and represented in existing sociological scholarship. It then goes on to offer a new framework for approaching the sociology of music,...

This research book is the first of its kind to conduct an interdisciplinary research on the recent and dramatic developments in China's music industries with a particular focus on business models, copyright protection, and artist compensation. The monograph explores and discusses proper business models...

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: Ludwig Van BeethovenISBN-10: 1446515516ISBN-13: 9781446515518Publisher:...

Music Sociology critically evaluates current approaches to the study of music in sociology and presents a broad overview of how music is positioned and represented in existing sociological scholarship. It then goes on to offer a new framework for approaching the sociology of music,...

This is a story about Brooklyn-about a young man who grew up in a neighborhood called Crown Heights. It is a story of an ordinary kid who fell in love with music; first the music he heard at home, then with the music of...

Studying avoids fatigue and muscle pain by practicing flexibility correctly generates a high level of resistance and comfort, avoiding the effort and pain of future injuries.Jose PardalAuthor: Jose Pardal Merza, Jose Lopez Perez, Pardal Music CompanyISBN-10: 8760576480ISBN-13: 9798760576484Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2021Pages: 378Format: PaperbackWeight:...

This is a story about Brooklyn-about a young man who grew up in a neighborhood called Crown Heights. It is a story of an ordinary kid who fell in love with music; first the music he heard at home, then with the music of...

This book explores how people may use music in ways that are helpful for them, especially in relation to a sense of wellbeing, belonging and participation. The central premise for the study is that help is not a decontextualized effect that music produces. The...

Author: Péter BozóISBN-10: 1108977596ISBN-13: 9781108977593Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/23/2022Pages: 90Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

Music theory has been one of Bill Cronkrite's life passions since he picked up his first guitar over fifty-three years ago. Cronkrite, a professional guitarist, studio musician, and guitar teacher, shares a unique method that guides guitarists through distinctive scale and modal patterns that...

Offers a critical and contextual study of the last four operas of Prokofiev, the leading opera composer in Stalin's Soviet Union.Author: Nathan SeinenISBN-10: 1107460794ISBN-13: 9781107460799Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2021Pages: 269Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.57d

This method is designed for the general public, providing present and future benefits to students. We will use the recorder, since it can produce the musical notes more easily. You can study individually as a group. The student will develop reading and rhythm, obtaining...

The book, The Beggar's Opera; to Which is Prefixed the Musick to Each Song, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern...

Music Industry Magazine Pump It Up to Make Mainstream Launch Following 7 Years of Steady Growth and 20,000 Solid SubscribersPump It Up magazine is a monthly entertainment industry (music, movies..), lifestyle (Fashion, Fitness, Beauty, Real Estate, Leisure) and humanitarian awareness publication and web domain...

This book addresses the gap between formal music education curricula and the knowledge and skills necessary to enter the professional music industry. It uses extensive data from a long-running research project where high school students were invited to start their own business venture, Youth...

Terry and Moira Armstrong consider themselves among the luckiest of all fans of Rock and Roll. They share their journey spanning 27,000 miles, 200-plus performers, and 58 unique venues. It's not just concerts but also the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Graceland and...

The first substantial study of Victoria's Requiem, among the most prominent Renaissance musical works, encompassing its genesis, style, and impact.Author: Owen ReesISBN-10: 1107676215ISBN-13: 9781107676213Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2021Pages: 276Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.58d

This book critically discusses the significance of popular music heritage as a means of remembering and re-presenting rock and pop artists, their music and their place in the culture of contemporary society. Since the mid-1990s, the contribution of popular music to the shaping of...

This volume explores the notion of "affective media" within and across different arts in Japan, with a primary focus on music, whether as standalone product or connected to other genres such as theatre and photography. The volume explores the Japanese reception of this "affective...

The author is a well known singer in NYC. The book is a compilation of the best ideas about how to sing well technically with the greatest technical accuracy, bearing in mind that each singer will approach singing in a slightly different manner. The...

The 1960s saw the nexus of the revolution in popular music by a post-war generation amid demographic upheavals and seismic shifts in technology. Over the past two decades, musicians associated with this period have produced a large amount of important autobiographical writing. This book...

Issue X of Half Mystic Journal is a constellation of contemporary art, lyrics, poetry, and prose celebrating music in all its forms. This issue showcases the theme of elegy: the last dropped petal-the mirror in mourning-the light still on for what was once beautiful....

Practicing the exercises in this book can help you master the clarinet. The exercises will help refine your tone, improve your technique and enhance your musical expression - these are the cornerstones of great clarinet playing. The studies in this book evolved from the...

1. Introduction: Nomadism, Fragmentation, and Marginality - The Hong Kong Music Underground in the East Asian Context; Damien Charrieras and François Mouillot.- Part One: Perspectives on the Hong Kong Underground.- 2. Ice Skating and Stinky Foods: Notes from the Hong Kong Underground, 2018-2019; Ken...

Born in England on June 22, 1966, Sriram had his early schooling in Madras and then in Calcutta. His bachelors in engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering in 1987, was followed by a masters in business administration specializing in marketing and advertising from...

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted,...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

Look behind the scenes of fifty celebrated songs, from an estimated repository of over one lakh!'De de khuda ke naam pe': when Wazir Mohammed Khan sang these words in India's first talkie, Alam Ara, he gave birth to a whole new industry of composers,...

In the monograph the characteristic of accompanying and odorizing substances of cotton oil, deodorization methods and technological equipment, basic directions of cotton oil deodorization technology improvement are given, the features of research objects, innovative deodorization technologies and methods of raw materials and received products...

This fantastic Chopin - Album is an unchanged reprint of the collection of 32 most favorite compositions of the great composer Fr d ric Chopin. Included are: 7 Waltzes (Op. 18, Op. 34 Nr. 1 + 2, Op. 42, Op. 64 Nr. 1 +...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a...

Calum Bruce's story of his life as a Pogues fan is a work of dedication, a chronicle of penury, injury, devotion, death, marriage, self-denial, stupidity, the vaulting of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, dare-devilry, drunkenness, comradeship, and random acts of kindness. It's de rigueur, nowadays, for...

"Musical Curiosities, Oddities and Liszts sic]" is a popular book written for lovers of music. It does not require an "expertise" in musical knowledge. As the author states in the introduction- "This is a book of total enjoyment. It is not meant to be...

Bruce Cockburn has enthralled audiences with his insightful lyrics and innovative guitar playing for over half a century. Hit songs like "Wondering Where the Lions Are," "If I Had a Rocket Launcher," and "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" are just part of the story....

This book analyzes how national and international dancers contributed to developing Mexico's cultural politics and notions of the nation at different historical moments. It emphasizes how dancers and other moving bodies resisted and reproduced racial and social hierarchies stemming from colonial Mexico (1521-1821). Relying...

Living legend Johnny Rodriguez's memoir, Johnny Rodriguez Desperado: A Piece of My Soul, weaves the true stories behind his music, success, and struggles into a compelling autobiographical sketch. Award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist, Taekwondo black belt, actor, and author, lays bare his soul-sustaining truths and lessons....

Author: Peter Ames CarlinISBN-10: 8200117081ISBN-13: 9798200117086Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2009Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbs

This Guitar Tablature Notebook MUSIC PAPER is a tool for teachers and students for all guitar lesson notes.With a simple and easy to use a tablature blank notebook you as a guitarist can write down your tabs or put to memory something that you...

Performing Music History offers a unique perspective on music history and performance through a series of conversations with women and men intimately associated with music performance, history, and practice: the musicians themselves. Fifty-five celebrated artists-singers, pianists, violinists, cellists, flutists, horn players, oboists, composers, conductors,...

This book was written help choir leaders and choir directors motivate their choirs to excellence.Author: Joseph T. Gage D. M. a.ISBN-10: 1523815086ISBN-13: 9781523815081Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2016Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.09lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.06d

The 1980s was a memorable decade for music. Many of the biggest hits from the era are now regarded as modern standards, played at weddings, parties and on radio stations the world over. Whilst the decade threw up some of the most iconic artists...

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 SchubertISBN-10: 1447474503ISBN-13: 9781447474500Publisher: Classic...

This classic, historical book is a detailed and comprehensive look at the history of European musical instruments. It is a fascinating work throughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all music lovers. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the...

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: Otto OrtmannISBN-10: 1443741132ISBN-13: 9781443741132Publisher: Foster...

Arthur Rollini describes his career as a tenor saxophonist in the big US jazz orchestras. In the 1920s he played in London with the Savoy Dance Orchestra and on his return to the USA he joined the nascent Benny Goodman Orchestra, before working in...

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