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"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you've had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre." One of...

Classical guitarists---both students and professional performers---require the same high-quality editions that their pianist colleagues have come to expect from Alfred Music. Our Classical Guitar Masterworks Editions continue the Alfred Music tradition of providing carefully edited, beautifully presented music for practice and performance. This edition...

The first detailed study of a prolific and influential early twentieth-century composer, critic, educator-a true sage of music. In the early 1900s, August Halm was widely acknowledged to be one of the most insightful and influential authors of his day on a wide range...

Initiated in 1997 and now in its eighth installment, John Zorn's acclaimed Arcana series is a major source of new music theory and practice in the 21st century.This special anniversary edition presents writings spanning classical music, jazz, rock, improvisation, world music, film soundtracks and...

A unique Companion to J S Bach's iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis. Bach's 6 Suites for solo cello are among the most cherished of all the works in the classical music literature. Shrouded in mystery - they were largely unknown for...

The complete score for Franz Schubert 1825 composition for piano and violin "Ave Maria D.839".Author: Franz SchubertISBN-10: 1447473906ISBN-13: 9781447473909Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2013Pages: 18Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.04d

Who would have thought you could play classical music on a ukulele? But you can! Here are compositions from the 19th Century - the Romantic Era - transcribed for the Low G ukulele. These pieces are intended for the intermediate to advanced level and...

In 1947 the theologian and musicologist Friedrich Smend published a study which claimed that J. S. Bach regularly employed the natural-order number alphabet (A=1 to Z=24) in his works. Smend provided historical evidence and music examples to support his theory which demonstrated that by...

Who would have thought you could play classical music on a ukulele? But you can! Here are compositions from the 19th Century - the Romantic Era - transcribed for the Low G ukulele. These pieces are composed for the beginner to intermediate level and...

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was arguably the central musical personality of the twentieth century, whose innovative, uncompromising musical language opened up new possibilities for composers and influenced generations of musicians and listeners. This book presents a clear narrative history of Schoenberg's life, work and cultural...

Who would have thought you could play classical music on a ukulele? But you can! Here are forty-eight lute compositions from the Renaissance by Antonio Rotta, in tablature and modern notation. These pieces have been transcribed for the Low G ukulele and the four-course...

Author: Robert SchumannISBN-10: 0769276342ISBN-13: 9780769276342Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 8Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.80h x 8.80w x 0.20d

Johann Sebastian Bach's works are often classified as either sacred or secular. While this distinction is fraught, it seems to provide a useful way to distinguish between Bach's vocal works for the liturgy and those he wrote to honor courts and members of the...

Who would have thought you could play classical music on a ukulele? But you can! Here is Antoine de L'Hoyer's Grande Sonata and SixVariations In Tablature and Modern Notation For Low G Ukulele. This music is appropriate for intermediate to advanced performers. Have fun!Author:...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...

Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 is based on Bischoff's...

A collection of exercises, for Organ, composed by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.Author: Wilhelm Friedemann BachISBN-10: 0757905021ISBN-13: 9780757905025Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.50d

Babes in Toyland was one of the most influential and underrated bands of the 1990s. They rode the wave of the Minneapolis grunge scene crafting a unique sound composed of self-taught instrumentation and unabashed banshee raging vocals. Their stage presence was enigmatic, their lyrics...

Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of classical music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.Author: Anton? Dvor疚ISBN-10: 1447441222ISBN-13: 9781447441229Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2012Pages: 18Format:...

Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of classical music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.Author: Anton? Dvor疚ISBN-10: 1447441206ISBN-13: 9781447441205Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2012Pages: 18Format:...

"I'll buy you anything, any ring.? Which song is this from? A. Never Let You Go B. Runaway Love C. Baby D. Somebody to Love ...from Level 1 Questions: "just a warm-up" Where did Justin Bieber dance with Usher in front of a live...

Apparitions takes a new look at the critical legacy of one of the 20th century's most important and influential thinkers about music, Theodor W. Adorno. Bringing together an international group of scholars, the book offers new historical and critical insights into Adorno's theories of...

Estonian composer Arvo P舐t is a unique voice in today's music. Using a tonal idiom based on a mixture of scales and triads, P舐t created a style called "tintinnabuli." In this first full-length study, Paul Hillier draws on his own considerable experience working with...

Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Six English Suites, BWV 806--811 is based on...

A unique Companion to J S Bach's iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis Bach's 6 Suites for solo cello are among the most cherished of all the works in the classical music literature. Shrouded in mystery - they were largely unknown for...

ROUGH TRADE AND PITCHFORK MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR Musician and artist Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and conventions for four decades. As a founding member of the hugely influential avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, as one half of electronic pioneers Chris and...

Leading appraisers of fine musical instruments agree that in the art of making violins, no one has ever gone beyond the achievement of Antonio Stradivari. The incomparable visual beauty of his instruments and the infinite variety and magnificence of tone of which they are...

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

Adam and the Ants were formed in London by Hornsey Art College student Stuart Goddard in 1976 following an early Sex Pistols' gig. The band's devastating combination of Punk sensibility, heroic imagery and tribal rhythms saw them become one of the most iconic acts...

Awarded an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award in 1983 for excellence in writing about music, this volume of candid conversations with the late Claudio Arrau is both a subtle portrait of one of the world's great concert artists and a vivid exploration of his unique...

Scholarly writing on the music of Arvo P舐t is situated primarily in the fields of musicology, cultural and media studies, and, more recently, in terms of theology/spirituality. Arvo P舐t: Sounding the Sacred focuses on the representational dimensions of P舐t's music (including the trope of...

The Suburbs is an incredibly sentimental and nostalgic album, which generally moved critics but was jarring to others. But it also made a heavy impact on fans and - to the surprise of many - won Album of the Year at the 2011 Grammy...

"Ascension is as spellbinding as Coltrane's music."--The New Review of Records "This remarkable book traces the development of Coltrane's music as it moved from hard bop to the freest jazz. . . . Informed and convincing, Ascension belongs on the short list of essential...

Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, and others brought in bags full of discs from a trip to Brazil in 1961. Stan Getz listened to them and recorded "Desafinado " which stayed for 70 weeks on the Billboard charts. Since then, no one can deny bossa...

A masterly account of a fraught relationship between Schoenberg (the teacher) and Wellesz (his pupil), set against the intellectual and musical currents of the day. Egon Wellesz studied music only briefly with Arnold Schoenberg but remained forever captivated by his personality. Yet, unlike Alban...

This book documents a great American story, that of B.B. King, the "King of the Blues," and one of America's most important popular musicians. With fascinating images and history--most published for the first time--it traces his migration from the Chitlin' Circuit (the national network...

The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern. Augusta Browne's five-decade career in music and letters reveals a gifted composer and author. Hailed as "one...

Audie Murphy is mostly remembered today for being America's most decorated soldier and his amazing movie and television career. His poems and songwriting career have only been footnotes to his career. Until now This book is dedicated to the other side of Audie Murphy...

Irving Berlin (1888-1989) was unable to read or write music and could only play the piano in the key of F-sharp major; yet, for the first half of the twentieth century he was America's most successful and most representative songwriter, composing such hits as...

This text aims to present a revelatory examination of the life and times of Augusto Sandino, the Nicaraguan rebel leader who has become a national icon and messianic prophet, sheding light on the man's complex nature.Author: Marco Aurelio Navarro-GenieISBN-10: 0815629494ISBN-13: 9780815629498Publisher: Syracuse University PressLanguage:...

Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos. Yet he also shows how Bach's pitches, rhythms, and tone...

Born into a Jewish family in Lvov, Poland in the early-1930s, Nelly Ben-Or was to experience, at a very young age, the trauma of the Holocaust. This narrative of her life's journey describes the survival of Nelly, her mother and her older sister. With...

Scholarly writing on the music of Arvo P舐t is situated primarily in the fields of musicology, cultural and media studies, and, more recently, in terms of theology/spirituality. Arvo P舐t: Sounding the Sacred focuses on the representational dimensions of P舐t's music (including the trope of...

An examination of the role of the pedal clavichord in understanding the work of J. S. Bach, as well as its relevance to contemporary organ performances. Friederich Griepenkerl, in his 1844 introduction to Volume 1 of the first complete edition of J. S. Bach's...

Started in 1867 and first conceived of as an oratorio, Camille Saint-Sa ns completed his most famous opera Samson et Dalila in 1877 with the encouragement of Franz Liszt. It was Liszt who arranged to have the opera staged in Weimar. The story focuses...

This timeless collection contains selections attributed to J. S. Bach, his son C.P.E. Bach, and others. Generations of students have studied the volume's Menuet in G Major," "Musette in D Major" and the "Prelude in C Major" from the first volume of the Well-Tempered...

This Kalmus Classic Edition offers 18 easy to intermediate level duets for guitar and piano. Perfect for novice to intermediate level students. An unusual combination of instruments.Author: Anton DiabelliISBN-10: 0769269613ISBN-13: 9780769269610Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1991Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.20d

In 1947 the theologian and musicologist Friedrich Smend published a study which claimed that J. S. Bach regularly employed the natural-order number alphabet (A=1 to Z=24) in his works. Smend provided historical evidence and music examples to support his theory which demonstrated that by...

When the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) began as a group of students at the University of Toronto in 1972, they performed with cumbersome, finicky analog instruments and DIY logistics, never sure if everything would work as intended. Today's CEE sound comes from a sophisticated...