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Vendor: Ronald Pen
Schaum's Outline of Introduction to Music
Presents a comprehensive review of the material covered in Introduction to Music courses in colleges and universities. In keeping with the courses' content, this review book covers the elements of music and provides a historical survey of music.Author: Ronald Pen, Pen RonaldISBN-10: 0070380686ISBN-13: 9780070380684Publisher:...- $29.00
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Vendor: Robert Zatorre
From Perception to Pleasure: The Neuroscience of Music and Why We Love It
Why do we love music? What enables us to create it, perceive it, and enjoy it? In From Perception to Pleasure, Robert Zatorre provides answers to these questions from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience, explaining how we get from perception of sound patterns to...- $35.00
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Vendor: Arved Ashby
Experiencing Mahler: A Listener's Companion
Experiencing Mahler surveys the symphonies and major song sets of Gustav Mahler, presenting them not just as artworks but as vivid and deeply felt journeys. Mahler took the symphony, perhaps the most tradition-bound genre in Western music, and opened it to the widest span...- $45.00
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Vendor: Jonathan P. J. Stock
Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan
Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday human life by pushing beyond the urbanized Western populations routinely featured in such writing. Based on ethnographic study in Buklavu, a village in southern Taiwan mostly inhabited by...- $170.00
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Vendor: Giuseppe Verdi
Grand Opera Librettos: Rigoletto, Italian and English Text and Music of the Principal Airs
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition.Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 1497935008ISBN-13: 9781497935006Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2014Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.10d- $20.95
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Vendor: James M. Fleming
English, Scottish and Irish Violin Makers - A Selection of Classic Articles on the History of the Violin (Violin Series)
First published in 1890, this volume contains a detailed account of the history of the violin, exploring its fascinating history and evolution with reference to notable designers and makers from England, Ireland, and Scotland. This interesting volume was originally written for those who love...- $19.99
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Vendor: Thomas MacFarlane
Experiencing Billy Joel: A Listener's Companion
Over the course of his career, Billy Joel has released a series of remarkable albums that together chart his journey as an artist from relative obscurity to international success. In Experiencing Billy Joel, musician and writer Thomas MacFarlane explores that musical journey, from Joel's...- $53.00
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Vendor: William Westney
Eros at the Piano: The Life-Energy of Classical Music
Following the widespread popularity of The Perfect Wrong Note, William Westney takes a fresh and creative look at the human dimension of classical music-making and why it matters more than ever. Westney takes us on a remarkable journey, weaving together the philosophical concepts of...- $32.00
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Vendor: Mary Sue Morrow
German Music Criticism in the Late Eighteenth Century: Aesthetic Issues in Instrumental Music
Music aesthetics in late-eighteenth-century Germany has always been problematic because there was no aesthetic theory to evaluate the enormous amount of high-quality instrumental music produced by composers such as Haydn and Mozart. This book derives a practical aesthetic theory from an analysis of 1,300...- $41.99
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Vendor: Michael Steen
Great Operas: A Guide to 25 of the World's Finest Musical Experiences
Michael Steen provides a compendium of self-standing short guides to twenty-five of the world's greatest and most popular operas.Michael Steen studied at the Royal College of Music, was organ scholar at Oxford, and is currently Royal College of Music Society chairman.Author: Michael SteenISBN-10: 1848316119ISBN-13:...- $24.95
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Vendor: Charles Rosen
Frontiers of Meaning: Three Informal Lectures on Music
What does it mean to understand music? What, if anything, does music mean? Composers, performers, listeners, and academics may answer these questions differently, but what sense of music do they share? When music seems unfamiliar or unlike anything we have heard before, we may...- $24.95
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Vendor: Michele Kaschub
Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music
Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music is designed to help teachers and students create original music through materials and activities that are enticing and accessible. The text offers an innovative approach to composition teaching and learning to promote the development of the...- $35.00
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Vendor: Michele Kaschub
Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music
Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music is designed to help teachers and students create original music through materials and activities that are enticing and accessible. The text offers an innovative approach to composition teaching and learning to promote the development of the...- $80.00
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Vendor: James K. Makubuya
Endongo: Its Role, Meaning and Significance in Culture
The theme of this book is the "Significance of Folk Musical Instruments." I was prompted to write this book because, from an early age, I was fascinated not only by the visible appearances of folk instruments, but also by the entertainment roles I saw...- $47.00
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Vendor: Michael Stephans
Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion
In Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion, writer, teacher, and renowned jazz drummer Michael Stephans offers a much-needed survey in the art of listening to and enjoying this dynamic, ever-changing art form. More than mere entertainment, jazz provides a pleasurable and sometimes dizzying listening experience...- $38.00
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Vendor: Geoffrey Block
Experiencing Beethoven: A Listener's Companion
The life and music of Beethoven still fascinate classical music lovers, new and old. His many symphonies, sonatas, concertos, string quartets, and his one opera enchant audiences, challenge performers, engage students, and support scholars in their work. In Experiencing Beethoven, music historian Geoffrey Block...- $59.00
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Vendor: Corinne Heline
Esoteric Music
Esoteric Music is a book written by Corinne Heline that explores the spiritual and mystical aspects of music. The author delves into the hidden meanings and symbolism behind different types of music, including classical, folk, and religious music. Heline also discusses the role of...- $45.95
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Vendor: Ernst Von Wolzogen
Florian Mayr, Der Kraft-Mayr: A Humorous Tale Of Musical Life (1914)
""Florian Mayr, Der Kraft-Mayr: A Humorous Tale Of Musical Life"" is a book written by Ernst Von Wolzogen and published in 1914. The story follows the life of a fictional character named Florian Mayr, who is a musician and composer. The book is a...- $35.95
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Vendor: Tony Pappas
Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar - In Altered Tuning: 4ths
Take your music to the next level with Prosonic Charts, a new series of cutting-edge books designed to give your playing a boost Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar will expand your tonal color palette, giving you more ways to express yourself through the guitar.Imagine...- $34.99
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Vendor: Tony Pappas
Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar - In Altered Tuning: 4ths
Take your music to the next level with Prosonic Charts, a new series of cutting-edge books designed to give your playing a boost Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar will expand your tonal color palette, giving you more ways to express yourself through the guitar.Imagine...- $19.99
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Vendor: Franco Sciannameo
Experiencing the Violin Concerto: A Listener's Companion
Since the eighteenth century, violin concertos have provided a showcase for dramatic interplay between a soloist's virtuosity and the blended sonority of an orchestra's many instruments. Using this genre to showcase skill and ingenuity, composers cemented the violin concerto as a key genre of...- $59.00
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Vendor: Michael Stephans
Experiencing Jazz
In Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's Companion, writer, teacher, and renowned jazz drummer Michael Stephans offers a much-needed survey in the art of listening to and enjoying this dynamic, ever-changing art form. More than mere entertainment, jazz provides a pleasurable and sometimes dizzying listening experience...- $70.00
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Vendor: Tony Pappas
Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar - Volume 1
Take your music to the next level with Prosonic Charts, a new series of cutting-edge books designed to give your playing a boost Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar will expand your tonal color palette, giving you more ways to express yourself through the guitar.Imagine...- $29.99
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Vendor: Ben Ratliff
Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
What does it mean to listen in the digital era? Today, new technologies make it possible to roam instantly and experimentally across musical languages and generations, from Detroit techno to jam bands to baroque opera--or to dive deeper into the set of tastes that...- $17.00
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Vendor: David Hurwitz
Exploring Haydn: A Listener's Guide to Music's Boldest Innovator [With 2 CDs]
No composer has ever achieved the amazing progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it today, became "the Father of the Symphony " and founded the greatest school in the history of music. His life was one of ceaseless...- $35.00
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Vendor: John Mauceri
For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening
With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience? A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague...- $18.00
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Vendor: David J. Hogan
Film Noir FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives and Danger
FILM NOIR FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE OF DAMES DETECTIVEAuthor: David J. HoganISBN-10: 1557838550ISBN-13: 9781557838551Publisher: Applause BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2013Pages: 442Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d- $22.99
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Vendor: Laura Shenton
Emerson Lake & Palmer Pictures At An Exhibition: in-depth
On 26th March 1971 at Newcastle City Hall, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer performed their version of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition. An iconic classical piece given an innovative spin by the talented trio, it was released as an album following...- $19.99
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Vendor: Suzanne L. Burton
Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music
Inspire and involve your adolescent students in active music-making with this second edition of Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music. A practical and accessible resource, fourteen chapters lay out pedagogically sound practices for preservice and inservice music teachers. Beginning with...- $37.00
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Vendor: Suzanne L. Burton
Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music
Inspire and involve your adolescent students in active music-making with this second edition of Engaging Musical Practices: A Sourcebook for Middle School General Music. A practical and accessible resource, fourteen chapters lay out pedagogically sound practices for preservice and inservice music teachers. Beginning with...- $84.00
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Vendor: Tony Pappas
Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar - Volume 1
Take your music to the next level with Prosonic Charts, a new series of cutting-edge books designed to give your playing a boost Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar will expand your tonal color palette, giving you more ways to express yourself through the guitar.Imagine...- $19.99
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Vendor: Teresa Davidian
Experiencing Debussy: A Listener's Companion
Claude Debussy holds a place as a one of the most recognizable and influential composers in the classical music. Debussy forged a new and influential sound for the twentieth century with his remarkable harmonies, fluid rhythms, airy textures, and an instinct for mystery and...- $41.00
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Vendor: A. R. Duchossoir
Gibson Electric Steel Guitars: 1935-1967
This book recounts the story of all the electric steel guitars - or electric "Hawaiian" guitars, as they were called during most of their tenure - that were built by Gibson between 1935 and 1967. Hawaiian guitars were the most popular form of electric...- $63.00
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Vendor: Tommy Swindali
Electronic Dance Music Production: The Advanced Guide On How to Produce Music for EDM Producers
Learn to Produce EDM Like a Pro & Take Your Music To A Whole New Level Why do some producers make great music after just one year, while others still sound average?The answer? It's how they learn and practice. The most successful EDM producers...- $19.99
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Vendor: Steve Prosser
Essential Ear Training for Today's Musician
(Berklee Guide). The Ear Training curriculum of Berklee College of Music is known and respected throughout the world. Now, for the first time, this unique method has been captured in one comprehensive book by the chair of the Ear Training Department. This method teaches...- $25.99
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Vendor: Laura Shenton
Elvis Costello This Year's Model: In-depth
Released in 1978, This Year's Model was Elvis Costello's second album and his first with The Attractions. Abundant in clever songwriting that often-made bold observational statements (even about the music industry itself!), This Year's Model grabbed the attention of both UK and US audiences.In...- $19.99
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Vendor: Ian Chapman
Experiencing Alice Cooper: A Listener's Companion
Experiencing Alice Cooper: A Listener's Companion takes a long overdue look at the music and stage act of rock music's self-styled arch-villain. A provocateur from the very start of his career in the mid-1960s, Alice Cooper, aka Vince Furnier, son of a lay preacher...- $44.00
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Vendor: M. Owen Lee
First Intermissions: Commentaries from the Met
For well over twenty years, M. Owen Lee has been offering intermission talks during the Saturday afternoon Texaco Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, which now reach countries on six continents. In this book, Father Lee covers various operas of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini and Richard Strauss,...- $15.95
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Vendor: John J. Sheinbaum
Good Music: What It Is and Who Gets to Decide
Over the past two centuries Western culture has largely valorized a particular kind of "good" music--highly serious, wondrously deep, stylistically authentic, heroically created, and strikingly original--and, at the same time, has marginalized music that does not live up to those ideals. In Good Music,...- $32.00
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Vendor: Michael Steinberg
For the Love of Music: Invitations to Listening
The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery. Now two noted writers on classical music, Michael Steinberg and Larry Rothe, explore the allure of this melodious art--not in the clinical terms of social scientists--but through...- $19.99
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Vendor: Lawrence M. Zbikowski
Foundations of Musical Grammar
In recent years, music theorists have been increasingly eager to incorporate findings from the science of human cognition and linguistics into their methodology. In the culmination of a vast body of research undertaken since his influential and award-winning Conceptualizing Music (OUP 2002), Lawrence M....- $62.00
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Vendor: Mark Barnett
Getting Into Jazz: When you'd like to listen to jazz but not sure where to start
Mark Barnett knows and loves jazz, and he has a special talent for explaining the music-and his passion for it-in words that everyone can understand. It's a talent that shines from every line in this book.The contents of the book originally appeared in columns...- $9.99
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Vendor: WR Book House
Grand Piano Music Card: Package of 8
(Educational Piano). These all occasion blank cards come with envelopes. The design features a grand piano with a staffed background of black and white notes.ISBN-10: 1495081974ISBN-13: 9781495081972Publisher: Schaum PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2016Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.40d- $6.95
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Vendor: Tony Pappas
Fretboard Chord Charts for Guitar
Author: Tony PappasISBN-10: 0988963965ISBN-13: 9780988963962Publisher: Prosonic Studios, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2013Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.61d- $24.99
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Vendor: Kat Sherrell
Experiencing Broadway Music: A Listener's Companion
Sherrell explores American musical theater, beginning with the early-twentieth-century shift from European-influenced operettas and bawdy variety shows to sophisticated works and thus provides listeners with the tools and background necessary to gain an understanding of the highly variegated structure and character of Broadway music.Author:...- $59.00
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Vendor: Robin Maconie
Experiencing Stravinsky: A Listener's Companion
In Experiencing Stravinsky, music historian Robin Maconie takes a completely fresh approach to understanding the great composer's works, explaining what makes Stravinsky's "sound" unique and what we, as listeners, need to know in order to appreciate the variety and brilliance of his compositions. In...- $66.00
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Vendor: Denes Striny
Great Singers: An Endangered Species
This book supplies detailed explanations for young singers, teachers, and professional singers with "troubled" voices. Striny's previous book, Head First, discussed this process but without specific instructions to accomplish the task. This completely original process was conceived by Striny to correct major problems in...- $38.99
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Vendor: Charles Thurber Miller
Frog Opera, With Pollywog Chorus: A Musical Extravaganza Founded Upon The Upon The Nursery Tale And Old Song Of A Frog He Would A Wooing Go (1880)
Frog Opera, With Pollywog Chorus is a musical extravaganza written by Charles Thurber Miller in 1880. The story is based on the classic nursery tale and old song ""A Frog He Would A Wooing Go."" The book features a cast of frog characters who...- $20.95
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Vendor: John Richardson
Eye for Music: Popular Music and the Audiovisual Surreal
The music we hear is always inhabited by voices of previous performances. Because listening is now so often accompanied by moving images, this process is more complex than ever. Music videos, television and film music, interactive video games, and social media are now part...- $53.00
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Vendor: Jennie Lou Klim
Easy As Do - Re - Mi: Cello Book One
Easy As Do - Re - Mi, complete in two books, is a modern method for teaching strings in a classroom setting, based on time-honored principles of noted pedagogues of the past. It is a method for teachers with differing backgrounds, training, and expertise,...- $10.95
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