Music-Instruction & Study -Appreciation

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Mathews is the name. Abbreviated wit is my game. Never mind that I can't play the guitar or carry a tune. I'll leave those incidental details to the little people. The big payday in Nashville is coming up with song titles that capsulize the...

A sharp, thoughtful and ultimately hopeful look at the past, present and future of the music industry - from one of the people who helped shape it.In Brilliant Sounding Rubbish, Kev Nixon - musician, songwriter, producer, artist manager, music educator and writer - charts...

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.Author: Corinne HelineISBN-10: 1494069881ISBN-13: 9781494069889Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 282Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.59d

Andy Mister's Liner Notes is a semi-narrative prose poem, a meditation on alienation and pop culture. Beginning with the Beach Boy's unfinished masterpiece Smile, Mister describes a world populated by ghosts. Adrift on a sea of drug use, boredom and popular entertainment, Mister traces...

This book re-examines how Bonhoeffer employs musical patterns of thought and language to a theological end. It outlines how the significance of Bonhoeffer's musico-theology has not been sufficiently recognised, and sets the stage for a rigorous re-examination. It becomes clear that through the lens...

Irish Minstrels and Musicians: With Numerous Dissertations on Related Subjects is a book written by Francis O'Neill and published in 1913. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history and culture of Irish music, with a focus on the lives and works of...

For advanced soprano recorder or intermediate flute: 41 arrangements based on spirituals, folk songs, dance tunes, and melodies by African-American composers, plus five solos composed for this collection. Composers include Basile Bars, A. J. R. Conner, Henry Hart, Francis Johnson, and J. W. Postlewaite....

Tales from Topographic Oceans has been described as progressive rock's biggest and most difficult work. The story that surrounds its creation, challenging reception and troublesome but ground-breaking tour deserves careful and painstaking attention. In this book, Kevin Mulryne delves more deeply than ever before...

The book is intended to help new and veteran band directors develop an orchestra in their school. It outlines step by step what needs to be done before the teacher meets students, preparing for the first rehearsal and first performance, developing syllabi, handbooks and...

Brazenitout Volume 3 maintains the stylistic consistency of its predecessors. Volume I chronicles my ascent in Canada's music and literary landscapes. Each chapter is precisely timestamped with its initial online publication date. These firsthand accounts offer an intimate portrait of my artistic evolution, inviting...

A musical adventure through America as a land of songs, uncovering how American identity and values are found in popular and folk music. Michael Lasser cuts across a wide swath of history and people, from "This Land Is My Land" to Bruce Springsteen and...

The Law of Theatres and Music Halls is a book written by William Nevill Montgomerie Geary and originally published in 1885. The book is a comprehensive guide to the legal aspects of running a theatre or music hall, including contracts and precedents of contracts....

Music of the Tule Indians of Panama is a book written by Frances Densmore that explores the music and culture of the Tule indigenous community in Panama. The book provides a detailed account of the traditional music of the Tule people, including their songs,...

What happens when machines teach humans to dance? Dance video games transform players' experiences of popular music, invite experimentation with gendered and racialized movement styles, and present new possibilities for teaching, learning, and archiving choreography. Drawing on five years of research with players, game...

Jerry Silverman has taken the best songs from Songs of England, Songs of Ireland, and Songs of Scotland and has arranged them for voice with piano accompaniment and guitar chords. A new section on Songs of Wales is also included.Author: Jerry SilvermanISBN-10: 1562224263ISBN-13: 9781562224264Publisher:...

In Thresholds Marcel Cobussen rethinks the relationship between music and spirituality. The point of departure is the current movement within contemporary classical music known as New Spiritual Music, with as its main representatives Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, and Giya Kancheli. In almost all respects,...

In Memoriam, William McKinley: Academy Of Music, Thursday Evening, September 19, 1901, Philadelphia (1901) is a book published by the Philadelphia Academy of Music. The book is a tribute to William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, who was assassinated on September...

Hal Howland's respected memoir The Human Drummer: Thoughts on the Life Percussive, which studio great Hal Blaine said "should be in every musician's library" and manufacturer Bill Ludwig Jr. called "truly a masterpiece," has earned praise from major recording artists, symphonic musicians, and music-industry...

The latest release in this value rich book/CD series brings us the great German composer who bridged the classical and romantic eras. In Beethoven's Symphonies - A Guided Tour, readers are treated to a detailed nuts-and-bolts description in easy-to-understand English of each of the...

Violin Online String Sampler: Piano Accompaniment features the piano accompaniment to Violin Online String Sampler Violin Sheet Music (sold separately). 54 pieces are included in this collection, representing styles from a variety of music history periods and cultures, including Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic,...

Noise has become a model of cultural and theoretical thinking over the last two decades. Following Hegarty's influential 2007 book, Noise/Music, Annihilating Noise discusses in sixteen essays how noise offers a way of thinking about critical resistance, disruptive creativity and a complex yet enticing...

Author: Julie CroweISBN-13: 9798218628406Publisher: Julie CroweLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.32d

Most boomer babies as teenagers in the late fifties early sixties had trouble finding music that spoke to them in the wasteland of popular music. If you worked at it you began finding former blues guys like Bo Diddley and Check Berry creating rock...

Reverberations: 21 Classic 1950s Rock 'N' Roll Songs That Still Reverberate is a journey through the golden age of rock and roll. This book dives into the stories behind twenty-one iconic songs from the 1950s that have left a lasting impact on music and...

Concept Collections are limited-edition volumes of music for piano. Each collection focusses on a specific concept that students need to learn through pieces from beginner to intermediate level.These books are available for two months at a time. Anyone can purchase a hardcopy of the...

Lectures on music, delivered at Oxford University, by William Crotch in 1797. He was both Professor of Music at Oxford and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music.Author: William CrotchISBN-10: 1906857709ISBN-13: 9781906857707Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2010Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.50h x...

Ludic Dreaming uses (sometimes fictional) dreams as a method for examining sound and contemporary technoculture's esoteric exchanges, refusing both the strictures of visually dominated logic and the celebratory tone that so often characterizes the "sonic turn." Instead, through a series of eight quasi-analytical essays...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Inside the global music industry and the racialized and gendered assumptions we make about what we hear Fearing the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures, twentieth-century American ethnographers turned to the phonograph to salvage native languages and musical practices. Prominent among these early "songcatchers" were...

Noted music education and arts activist Charles Fowler has inspired music educators for more than 60 years. In this book, editor Craig Resta brings together the most important of Fowler's writings from the journal Musical America for new generations of readers. Here, Fowler speaks...

Medieval Music: A Historical Sketch is a book written by Robert Charles Hope and published in 1899. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of music during the medieval period, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. The author...

What does it mean to be expressive in music performance across diverse historical and cultural domains? What are the means at the disposal of a performer in various time periods and musical practice conventions? What are the conceptualisations of expression and the roles of...

Guitar Mastery: A Complete Guide: Basics to Virtuoso in Ten Easy Steps is an all-in-one guide for aspiring and advanced guitarists alike, crafted to help you master every aspect of playing. Part of the Music Mastery series by Modern Renaissance Publishing, this book offers...

5 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Play Guitar, How to Play Piano, How to Play Ukulele, How to Play Chords and How to Play Scales!Book 1)How to Play Guitar: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Guitar...

Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time invites readers to reimagine music as a dynamic, interactive force that reshapes how we live, learn, and connect. By blending personal stories--recalling childhood car rides where "Ode to Joy" was joyfully reinvented...

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.Author: Hans Von WolzogenISBN-10: 1498181775ISBN-13: 9781498181778Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/07/2014Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.26d

The Analysis of Musical Composition by Charles Dawson is a comprehensive guide to understanding the construction of musical pieces and the principles of harmony. Originally published in 1845, this book provides a detailed analysis of various musical compositions, including symphonies, sonatas, and operas. Dawson...

""Mother-Play and Nursery Songs"" is a book written by Friedrich Froebel in 1898. The book is a collection of poetry, music, and pictures intended to promote the noble culture of child life. It is specifically designed for mothers to use as a resource for...

Ask Me Now explores the relationship between the language of music and the music of language with 20 conversations on jazz and literature. Writer, editor, and saxophonist Sascha Feinstein gathers a variety of artists, poets, musicians, fiction writers, essayists, playwrights, and record producers for...

Resonant Minds: The Transformative Power of Music, One Note at a Time invites readers to reimagine music as a dynamic, interactive force that reshapes how we live, learn, and connect. By blending personal stories--recalling childhood car rides where "Ode to Joy" was joyfully reinvented...

Perris examines the past and present uses of music as a means for political and social change, overt or disguised. He presents evidence of music as propaganda ranging from Broadway to the official compositions of the totalitarian regimes of Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and...

The musical writings of scientist Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) have long been considered epoch-making in the histories of both science and aesthetics. Widely regarded as having promised an authoritative scientific foundation for harmonic practice, Helmholtz can also be read as posing a series of...

Organized Time is the first attempt to unite theories of harmony, rhythm and meter, and form under a common idea of structured time. Building off of recent advances in music theory in essential subfields-rhythmic theory, tonal structure, and the theory of musical form--author Jason...

When we think of rock stars - particularly those in rough, "edgy" bands - we are entrained to think of them as having come from regular, working-class backgrounds, and having worked their way up the slippery pole to success through hard work and talent...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Music teachers around the world have positively influenced the lives of children. From Susan Udell who reaches out to over 3,000 students in Madison Wisconsin through her Hand-chimes program, to Deidre Roberts who shares the love of music to children in poverty stricken areas...

Listen combines close, analytic listening to great music with revealing examination of the cultural and historical context in which it was created. And now, with the Norton Illumine Ebook, a marriage of sound and prose creates a seamless experience that brings the music and...

Madam Butterfly: A Japanese Tragedy is a renowned opera written by the Italian composer, Giacomo Puccini. The story is set in Nagasaki, Japan, in the early 20th century and follows the tragic love story of a young geisha named Cio-Cio-San, also known as Madam...