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Vendor: Nelson R. Orringer
Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain
In Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain, Nelson R. Orringer uses both literary and musical analysis to study sung poems in twentieth-century Spain. In nine chapters, each focusing on an individual sung poem, song cycle, or various poems set by the same composer,...- $116.00
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Jazz Dialogues
Backstage, on the bus, or in the studio, saxophonist Jon Gordon, winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone competition, chats with several generations of great musicians. From Jay McShann to Renee Rosnes, Jazz Dialogues lets the reader hang out with dozens of...- $18.95
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Composing Adventure: Conversations with Composers about Great Adventure Scores
Rocky. Silverado. Clash of the Titans. Once you hear the musical themes of these films, they take up permanent residence in your head. In the grandest cinematic tradition, great adventure movies require great adventure scores to fully express the scope of their triumph, tragedy...- $25.00
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Josquin Des Prez and His Musical Legacy: An Introductory Guide
Josquin des Prez and His Musical Legacy is the most up-to-date contribution to the research on one of the most important and internationally famous composers of the Renaissance. This book offers factual information on the composer as well as insights into his 16th-century and...- $37.00
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Evelyn's Big Book for Mandolins 2018, Vol. 3: Collection No. 3 of Trios for Treble Instruments
This book provides a large repertory for the parlor, community hall, or stage for folk ensembles. It contains 144 trio arrangements of traditional and contemporary dance tunes and airs, 6 hymns, and 6 transcriptions of baroque and classical pieces, with melodies, descants, harmonies and...- $18.95
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The Tempo Implications of Bach's Notation: Part 1-The Proportional Method
This research into the tempo implications of Bach's notation answers the age-old question of Bach's tempos, providing insight into Bach's intended musical effects. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a very busy man. At times he composed a new church piece every week, often barely...- $24.99
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Joaqu? Rodrigo: Writings on Music
Joaqu? Rodrigo, Spain's leading composer of the second half of the twentieth century, was also a writer of considerable distinction. In addition to his 170 compositions in almost every musical form, including the world-famous Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra, he published articles...- $170.00
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The Annotated Ring Cycle: The Valkyrie (Die Walk?e)
Richard Wagner's magnum opus meets the celebrated translator of Jules Verne novels in this colorful and original work.Frederick Paul Walter makes The Valkyrie accessible not only to scholars and opera buffs but also to fans of Tolkien, Star Wars, and Hogwarts through a dazzling...- $53.00
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The Poets of Tin Pan Alley
From the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley were synonymous with American popular music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today these giants remain household names, their musicals regularly revived, their methods...- $43.99
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Ernani: A tragic opera in four acts
Ernani - A tragic opera in four acts is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....- $28.90
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Cat Power's Moon Pix
"Moon Pix was conceived during a hallucinatory waking nightmare in the South Carolina home of Chan Marshall one fateful day in 1997. Like all legends, the aura surrounding them is an impression, a sensory feeling of unreliable memories: layers of stories become histories. Through...- $14.95
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Beethoven: A Life
The authoritative Beethoven biography, endorsed by and produced in close collaboration with the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, is timed for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, renowned Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers expertly...- $29.95
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The Little Guide to Abba: Thank You for the Music
ABBA blasted their way onto the global pop scene with a Eurovision Song Contest win in 1974. The song, 'Waterloo', the band's tenth single, was a top 10 hit around the world and spurred them on to enormous chart success with singles, then albums,...- $8.95
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Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and Ac/DC's Back in Black, Updated Edition of the Definitive Biography
An affectionate, honest tribute now updated with new revelations about the rock and roll icon who helped make AC/DC an international sensation The second edition of Bon: The Last Highway includes a brand new 16-page introduction. Fink examines... New information from French media that...- $29.95
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John Farnham's Whispering Jack
The album examined in this book transformed the singer John Farnham from a faded teen pop star into the most popular solo rock performer in Australia, in a career that has lasted for more than 30 years. Whispering Jack remains the top-selling album by...- $22.95
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On the Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass
A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979-1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree's journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass. But it also put him on a collision...- $19.95
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Hey Ho Let's Dough!: 1! 2! 3! 40 Vegan Pizza Recipes Unrelated to the Ramones
When you don't wanna go down to the pizzeria, whip up these vegan pizzas. Automne Zingg--mastermind behind Comfort Eating with Nick Cave, Defensive Eating with Morrissey, and Enter Sandwich--has illustrated pizza-themed boys-from-Queens homages, as they eat pizza, sneer at pepperoni, and play pizza guitars....- $14.95
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Vendor: Hank Bordowitz
Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader
Throughout Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and America, Bob Marley represents far more than just the musician who translated spiritual and political beliefs into hypnotic, hard-hitting songs such as "Get Up, Stand Up," "No Woman, No Cry," and "Jammin'." Marley was born in rural Jamaica...- $21.99
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Piece of My Heart
In 1972, Stonehill Books published David Dalton's Janis, a multimedia extravaganza that incorporated interviews, quotes, photographs, lyrics, Rolling Stone clippings, sheet music, a record of rapping and singing, and prose as wild and moving as Janis's performances. Piece of My Heart is a reconstruction...- $21.99
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Billie's Blues: The Billie Holiday Story, 1933-1959
Anyone who has ever heard a Billie Holiday record knows the sound of her voice--sad, sexy, always relaxed but securely aware of the beat. Conveying a poignancy that cut to the heart of a song, she redeemed even trivial material with her impeccable sense...- $21.99
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Dexter Gordon: A Musical Biography
Described by Leonard Feather as "one of the most influential saxophonists of the bop era," Dexter Gordon has been a recognized master for over four decades. This new biography traces his career from his early stints with Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong, through his...- $19.99
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From Satchmo to Miles
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, Ray Charles, Don Ellis, and Miles Davis-these are the dozen jazz figures whom Leonard Feather chose to describe the development of jazz. This is the first...- $19.99
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Vendor: Charles Osborne
Complete Operas of Verdi
The Complete Operas of Verdi is the first full-length study of all of Verdi's operas. This work of the brilliant British music critic Charles Osborne covers Verdi's complete operatic oeuvre--including the missing choral works, songs, a string quartet, and the Messa da Requiem. The...- $24.99
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Vendor: Ralph Kirkpatrick
Interpreting Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
This book sets forth the provocative theories of a musician who has been called the outstanding harpsichordist of this century. The late Ralph Kirkpatrick reveals here his approach to a deeper comprehension of music, showing how his methods are applied to the preludes and...- $31.00
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Vendor: Sumanth Gopinath
Rethinking Reich
Described by music critic Alex Ross as "the most original musical thinker of our time" and having received innumerable accolades in a career spanning over fifty years, composer Steve Reich is considered by many to be America's greatest contemporary composer. His music, however, remains...- $54.00
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Vendor: Ian Dallas
The New Wagnerian
This is an essay on Wagner's musical and literary works. Dallas unfolds Wagner's enlightening and exceptionally intelligent contribution to our understanding of the human condition and the psyche of modern man in his quest for freedom, historical renewal and civic harmony outside the zone...- $14.99
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The Cambridge Companion to Shostakovich
As the Soviet Union's foremost composer, Shostakovich's status in the West has always been problematic. Regarded by some as a collaborator, and by others as a symbol of moral resistance, both he and his music met with approval and condemnation in equal measure. The...- $39.99
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Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and the Politics of Improvisation Volume 1
Listening for the Secret is a critical assessment of the Grateful Dead and the distinct culture that grew out of the group's music, politics, and performance. With roots in popular music traditions, improvisation, and the avant-garde, the Grateful Dead provides a unique lens through...- $29.95
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The Piano Works of Claude Debussy
This book is a firsthand report of a great composer's intentions in regard to the performance of his music. These intentions have been digested and interpreted for us by the composer's friend Robert Schmitz (1889-1949), who was himself a distinguished pianist, an articulate musician,...- $12.95
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Eddy Arnold: His Life and Times
Eddy Arnold dominated country music during the late 1940s and early 1950s, outselling every other country artist and, during one period, had the number one record on Billboard's country chart for 60 consecutive weeks. During the 1960s he had an international hit, "Make the...- $19.98
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Bix: The Davenport Album
When you start listening to a Bix record, in particular to one of his solos, you never know what is going to happen next. The same effect occurs when reading BIX: The Davenport Album. You read a section, and you have no idea of...- $35.00
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Professional Orchestration 16-Stave Unruled Orchestral Sketchbook
Professional Orchestration's Orchestral Sketchbook is a companion to the multi-volume Professional Orchestration textbook series, which is a massive revision of the original Rimsky-Korsakov's Principles of Orchestration. Modeled after music papers used in film-scoring in Los Angeles, printed on heavy 50lb weight white paper. Organized...- $9.95
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Professional Orchestration 16-Stave Ruled Orchestral Sketchbook
Professional Orchestration's Orchestral Sketchbook is a companion to the multi-volume Professional Orchestration textbook series, which is a massive revision of the original Rimsky-Korsakov's Principles of Orchestration. Modeled after music papers used in film-scoring in Los Angeles with four pre-ruled bars per page, on heavy...- $9.95
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Vendor: John Cage
John Cage: Writer: Previously Uncollected Pieces
Written between the late '30s and the early '90s, these pieces by John Cage here acquire the permanence they deserve. Some have never been published before. Many appeared only in magazines, journals, and catalogues; others in concert programs and on record covers. Also included...- $34.95
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Vendor: Mary G. Hurd
Kris Kristofferson: Country Highwayman
Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson has maintained a career in music and film for more than forty years. He was the oldest son in a military family that planned for him to continue the tradition of military service, but he resigned his commission to pursue a...- $59.00
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Vendor: David Major
Franz Schubert: a Biography
Clarity of outline, conciseness, and formal beauty are excellent things in musical works, but an exquisite fancy, a noble imagination, and a lofty poetic spirit are of infinitely greater account; and no one ever possessed these inestimable gifts in greater measure than Franz Schubert."With...- $14.99
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Conversations with McCartney
For over thirty-five years, noted music writer Paul Du Noyer had unprecedented access to Paul McCartney and has spent more hours in formal, recorded conversation with McCartney than any other writer. Conversations with McCartney is the result of Du Noyer's long association with McCartney...- $17.95
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Solo Gig: Essential Curiosities in Musical Free Improvisation
Based in a noted musician's decades of personal experiences, "Solo Gig" examines some crucial and far-reaching aspects of musical free improvisation, with particular regard to live performances. In this illustrated collection of narrative essays, the author looks both into and from inside this uniquely...- $16.00
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Wings Over New Orleans: Unseen Photos of Paul and Linda McCartney, 1975
New Orleans fans meet Paul and Linda McCartney. In 1975, Paul and Linda McCartney came to New Orleans with Wings to record Venus and Mars at Allen Toussaint's famous Sea-Saint Studio. They immersed themselves in the city for several months, going to Mardi Gras...- $14.95
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Gaubert Vivant!
Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) was the father of the modern French school of flute playing, a notable composer, and the conductor of both the Paris Conservatory Orchestra and the Paris Opera Orchestra. This book, a companion volume to a concert-lecture series celebrating Gaubert's memory, is...- $25.00
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Das Orgel-Buchlein - Bwv 599-644 - For Solo Organ (1715)
This book contains Johann Sebastian Bach's "The Orgelb chlein", a compendium of 46 chorale preludes composed for organ between 1708-1717. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German musician and composer during the Baroque period. He based his work on exiting German styles...- $23.99
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The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt
The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist hired by a major symphony in the United States. Today, few African Americans hold chairs in major American symphony orchestras, and Watt...- $50.00
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Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's The Dark Knight: A Film Score Guide
Christopher Nolan's caped crusader trilogy--Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises--is considered by many to be one of the finest translations of comic book characters to the big screen. The second film in the series, The Dark Knight, was both a...- $65.00
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Experiencing Herbie Hancock: A Listener's Companion
The musical output of jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock has toppled genre boundaries and influenced generations of musicians. A child prodigy who worked his way up through classical tradition, found a home for his insatiable creativity in jazz, and went on to influence...- $45.00
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Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound Volume 72
In Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, Alfred Green tells the story of his father, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, whose guitar work served as the pulse of the Count Basie Band. A quiet but key figure...- $105.00
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Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music
A deeply researched biography of the great French organist, who composed some of the best-loved works in the organ repertory -- and the masterful Requiem. Maurice Duruflé The Man and His Music is a new biography of the great French organist and composer (1902-86),...- $39.95
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Brahms and the Shaping of Time
Brahms and the Shaping of Time brings together essays by leading music scholars, each of which analyzes the music of Brahms with a particular focus on the music's temporality. The volume reveals numerous ways in which Brahms manipulates such basic elements as rhythm and...- $120.00
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Vendor: David Hurwitz
Dvorak: Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius
DVORAK ROMANTIC MUSIC'S MOST VERSATILE GENIUS.Author: David HurwitzISBN-10: 1574671073ISBN-13: 9781574671070Publisher: AmadeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2005Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50dAward: IndieFab awards - Honorable Mention- $33.00
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Bowie on Bowie: Interviews and Encounters with David Bowie Volume 8
Over the Rainbow Selection 2016 David Bowie has been one of pop music's greatest interviewees since January 1972, when he famously risked career death by asserting to Melody Maker that he was gay. Although he wasn't yet a big star, it was a groundbreaking...- $28.95
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Vendor: Eric Bentley
Shaw on Music
This volume contains the best of Shaw's musical writing, including sections on Glﾜck, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Berlioz, pieces on opera, musical analysis, oratorios, Gilbert and Sullivan, plus a long autobiographical preface, one of Shaw's most self-revealing works. The result is a book...- $14.95
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