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Vendor: Brian Kane
Sound Unseen: Acousmatic Sound in Theory and Practice
Sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond, holds a privileged place in the Western imagination. When separated from their source, sounds seem to manifest transcendent realms, divine powers, or supernatural forces. According to legend, the philosopher Pythagoras lectured to his...- $42.99
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Vendor: Kristina Knowles
Experiencing Musical Time
Author: Kristina KnowlesISBN-10: 0197668240ISBN-13: 9780197668245Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2025Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.33h x 6.51w x 0.94d- $99.00
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Vendor: Ellen Grolman Schlegel
Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography
Emma Lou Diemer--a composer who successfully combines a classicist's interest in form with a fresh, contemporary, harmonic vocabulary--has produced a diverse, sophisticated, and largely unheralded opus, including 350 works composed for orchestra, symphonic band, chamber ensemble, keyboard, chorus, voices, and solo and electronic instruments....- $83.00
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Vendor: Joseph Machlis
American Composers of Our Time
Author: Joseph MachlisISBN-10: 0313221413ISBN-13: 9780313221415Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/1990Pages: 237Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d- $95.00
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Vendor: Javier Arau
Anatomy of a Melody: The Interactive Guide to Jazz Improvisation
Anatomy of a Melody: The Interactive Guide to Jazz Improvisation unlocks the mysteries of jazz improvisation - one of music's greatest enigmas. Musicians are guided step-by-step through engaging, interactive material, developing an understanding of (and an ear for) the essential details needed to learn...- $59.95
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Vendor: Robert Sutton (Music Master )
The Elements Of The Theory Of Music
The Elements Of The Theory Of Music offers a comprehensive exploration into the fundamental principles governing musical composition and structure. Authored by Robert Sutton, a seasoned music master, this book meticulously dissects the core components of music theory, providing readers with a strong foundation...- $17.95
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Vendor: Tommy Swindali
Piano + Music Theory: Start Playing The Piano, Songwriting & Reading Music Theory Right Away. Lessons For Beginners Or Refreshing The Advanced Via Thi
Grab your chance to own this comprehensive guide by Tommy Swindali for Learning To Play The Piano For Beginners Or Refreshing The AdvancedIncluding: Piano Lessons: Cut Out The Fluff, Start Playing The Piano & Reading Music Theory Right Away. For Beginners Or Refreshing The...- $29.98
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Vendor: Victoria Williams
Grade Five Music Theory for ABRSM Candidates: 2nd Edition
Grade Five Music Theory for ABRSM Candidates (2nd Edition, 2023)This new 2nd edition has a number of updated lessons and exercises aligned with the new digital-style ABRSM music theory exams.A complete course for students taking the ABRSM Grade 5 music theory exam. Important: this...- $15.96
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Vendor: James Jeans
Science & Music
Originally published in the 1930s. A fascinating book describing the main outlines of such parts of science, both old and new, as are specially related to the questions and problems of music. It conveys such information in a simple non-technical manner making the subject...- $29.99
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Vendor: Thomas Tapper
First Year Musical Theory (rudiments Of Music)
An introductory textbook designed to teach the fundamentals of music theory, including notation, harmony, and rhythm. Featuring clear explanations and numerous musical examples, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of music.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...- $30.95
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Vendor: Lee A. Rothfarb
Ernst Kurth as Theorist and Analyst
Ernst Kurth as Theorist and Analyst is the first book length study devoted to the writings of one of this century's most important music theorists. In contrast to previous discussions, Lee A. Rothfarb's study explains Kurth's theories in light of his analyses of specific...- $95.00
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Vendor: Uri Ayn Rovner
You Can Teach Yourself Blues Piano
The exciting sound of the blues, born in America, finds its way into all styles of music heard around the world. These days everyone hears that familiar "color" in rock, pop, folk, classical, and other jazz styles. This easy-to-follow and complete programmed course teaches...- $19.99
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Vendor: Jonathan Townes
Interval Transformations
Interval Transformations is the third and final chapter in a series of books devoted to melodic transformation. The journey began with Octo Gradus Transformationis, which introduced scalar variation through the logic of eight structured contours. It continued with Pentatonic Transformations, applying that same logic...- $12.99
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Vendor: Melissa Forbes
Making Music That Matters: Positive Music Leadership for Social Health
This book presents a transformative vision for musicians seeking meaningful careers while revitalising community wellbeing. It speaks to musicians seeking to diversify their career portfolios, educators developing future music leaders, and health professionals interested in harnessing music's connective power through social programs.Author: Melissa ForbesISBN-10:...- $48.99
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Vendor: David Nivans
Introduction to Music Fundamentals and Lead-Sheet Terminology
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS AND LEAD-SHEET TERMINOLOGY is intended for the beginning commercial musician. This book assumes no technical knowledge of music and starts from the premise that the reader is either currently (or soon to be) involved in private music study with someone...- $25.00
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Vendor: Janet K. Halfyard
The Music of Fantasy Cinema
Fantasy has had a modern resurgence in cinema due largely to the success of superhero narratives and the two major fantasy series, the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Often regarded as mere escapism, works of both literature and cinema wishing to be...- $99.95
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Vendor: Maurice Johnson
Maurice Johnson's Guitar Chord Diagrams
Maurice Johnson's GUITAR CHORD DIAGRAMSfor guitar teachers, students and guitarists in general. Inside there's plenty of room to draw a new chord voicing for yourself or as a student assignment. Maurice Johnson's GUITAR CHORD DIAGRAMS is the IDEAL guitar study work-book with an easy...- $11.10
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Vendor: Elaine Lombardi
The Musical Alphabet on the Keys
Every song tells a story. Miss Elaine tells the story of the musical alphabet using a storyboard that matches the character mnemonics she uses to teach piano students the musical alphabet on the keys. Sheet music is included. Also included are suggestions for helping...- $9.95
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Vendor: Lorraine Chai
Stringstastic Level 1 - Viola
Ensemble series provides students (ages 6-11) with a solid foundation in music theory through the eyes of a violin, viola or cello player.This series is designed so that they can be used hand in hand with each other in a beginner ensemble or group...- $16.99
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Vendor: Jason Stonerook
Rock 'n' Politics: A State of the Union Address
It is common to hear people say rock and roll music has lost its edge. Disillusioned by the sound of modern pop radio, many fans wonder why a revolutionary voice has not yet emerged to define these tumultuous times the way Bob Dylan, The...- $27.95
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Vendor: Douglass Green
The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint
Covering modal music from Gregorian chant through the seventeenth century, The Principles and Practice of Modal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook combining stylistic composition, theory and analysis, music history, and performance. By supplementing a modified species approach with a wealth of complete musical examples...- $86.99
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Vendor: Gareth Loy
Musimathics, Volume 1: The Mathematical Foundations of Music
A commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science."Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune," writes Gareth Loy. In...- $50.00
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Vendor: Kevin Bartig
Sergei Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky
Audiences have long enjoyed Sergei Prokofiev's musical score for Sergei Eisenstein's 1938 film Alexander Nevsky. The historical epic cast a thirteenth-century Russian victory over invading Teutonic Knights as an allegory of contemporary Soviet strength in the face of Nazi warmongering. Prokofiev's and Eisenstein's work...- $23.99
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Vendor: Craig Havighurst
Musicality for Modern Humans: How To Listen Like An Artist
Musicality for Modern Humans propels music appreciation into the 21st century. It's a self-enrichment book about the inner game of sound-based art for curious people who wish they could get deeper into music, including those who feel confused, overwhelmed, or intimidated. It's for anyone...- $21.99
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Vendor: Andy Birtwistle
Film Sound Modernism
Despite the key contribution of sound to the development of cinema as a modern (and modernist) art form, analyses of the relationship between film and modernism often overlook the key role played by sound in film. Film Sound Modernism addresses this critical neglect by...- $115.00
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Vendor: Rachel Payne
Notecracker: Music Theory
(Music Sales America). Notecrackers are handy little packs of facts, tips and entertainment on musical topics. They give instant reference to things like chords and music theory as well as musical trivia and jokes, making them perfect pocket-sized gifts. Each pack is 1-1/8 high...- $4.99
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Essentials of Music Theory ..; Volume 1
Essentials of Music Theory is a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of music theory, suitable for students of all levels. From basic notation to complex harmonic concepts, this book covers the essential elements of music theory in a clear, accessible manner.This work has been...- $15.95
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Vendor: Robert Pace
Bosco and Kitty's Piano Magic [With CD]
(Pace Piano Education). This lavishly illustrated story book introduces the very young child to the basic notion that musical sounds can be either high or low, soft or loud, slow or fast, or combined in various ways. These musical concepts are explored via the...- $10.95
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Vendor: David Burnand
European Film Music
Miguel Mera and David Burnand present a volume that explores specific European filmic texts, composers and approaches to film scoring that have hitherto been neglected. Films involving British, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Polish and Spanish composers are considered in detail. Important issues that...- $56.99
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Vendor: Shaun Baxter
Advanced Blues Guitar Soloing: Move Beyond Pentatonics to Solo with Advanced Scales, Arpeggios & Substitutions
Advanced Blues Guitar SoloingMove Beyond Pentatonics to Unlock Advanced Scales, Arpeggios & SubstitutionsEver wondered why your favourite blues guitar players sound harmonically rich, expressive, and endlessly fresh, while others seem stuck repeating the same pentatonic licks? Want to achieve that same fluency and expression...- $19.99
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Vendor: Susan Boynton
Liturgy of Empire: Reading the Mozarabic Rite in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
Liturgy of Empire examines the European reception of the neo-Mozarabic rite created under the patronage of the Archbishop of Toledo, Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros (1495-1517), in relation to the history of the Mozarabs of Toledo, the development of bibliophilia and libraries, the scholarly study...- $129.00
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Vendor: Sublime Studio
Guitar Music Theory: Tips and Tricks to Guitar Mastery
This book, Guitar Music Theory, has been written in a conscious effort to take the guitar enthusiast on an entertaining journey of learning, as well as to supply the intermediate player who's aspiring for mastery, with solid, result-oriented practice to ease his journey toward...- $19.99
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Vendor: Sublime Studio
Guitar Music Theory: Advanced Guide to Learn to Play Guitar Chords and Scales Like a Pro
Have you ever thought about playing the guitar, but didn't know where to begin? Do you have basic musical knowledge, but want to take your skills to the next level? If there is anything about the musical sphere that puzzles you, this book explains...- $19.99
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Vendor: Sazi Dlamini
Musical Bows of Southern Africa
Musical Bows of Southern Africa brings together current scholarly research that documents a rich regional diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices. The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region -...- $130.00
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Sing: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 16 songs from the original motion picture soundtrack to this 2016 Illumination animated film featuring familiar classic songs, plus the original song "Faith" performed by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande, are included in this collection for piano, voice and guitar. Other songs...- $24.99
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Vendor: Ebenezer Prout
Double Counterpoint and Canon
The second edition of Prout's still indispensable work, profusely illustrated with musical examples woven directly into the text. The study of double counterpoint and of the various forms of imitation is an invaluable and indispensable introduction to the higher branches of composition. This title...- $16.99
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Vendor: Lori Burns
The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production
The Routledge Handbook of Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production examines metal music composition as a distinct practice that combines a complex array of formal musical, expressive, and technological elements.Author: Lori BurnsISBN-10: 1032407204ISBN-13: 9781032407203Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2025Pages: 498Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.46lbsSize: 10.00h...- $300.00
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Vendor: Laird Addis
Of Mind and Music
In this fascinating account of the way in which we understand music, Laird Addis builds on the idea, first articulated by Susanne Langer, that passages of music symbolize emotions and other conscious states. He maintains that the unique bond joining music and feelings is...- $40.95
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Vendor: Rachel Lumsden
Norton Guide to Teaching Music Theory
Featuring twenty-three essays by outstanding teacher-scholars on topics ranging from Schenkerian theory to gender, The Norton Guide to Teaching Music Theory covers every facet of music theory pedagogy. The volume serves as a reference for theory teachers and a text for pedagogy classes.Author: Rachel...- $67.75
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Vendor: Larry Sitsky
Australian Piano Music of the Twentieth Century
This is the first book to comprehensively cover all of the Australian piano music of the 20th century. It is lavishly illustrated with over 300 music examples, giving a very clear picture of the various composers and styles. The composers are listed within various...- $95.00
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Vendor: James R. Currie
Music and the Politics of Negation
Over the past quarter century, music studies in the academy have their postmodern credentials by insisting that our scholarly engagements start and end by placing music firmly within its various historical and social contexts. In Music and the Politics of Negation, James R. Currie...- $34.95
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Vendor: Ludwig Copson
Music Theory: A Practical Approach To Quickly Understand Music Theory in a Step-By-Step Way. Learn How to Read And Compose Music For Any Musical Instr
Author: Ludwig CopsonISBN-13: 9798671284546Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2020Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d- $16.58
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Vendor: Laurence E. MacDonald
Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History
A comprehensive introduction to film music for the general student, the film historian, and the aspiring cinematographer. It is a historically structured account of the evolution of music in films. The book is arranged as a chronological survey and includes biographical sketches on many...- $110.00
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Vendor: Daniel Fischlin
Rebel Musics: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making
A fascinating journey into a rich, complex world, where music and politics unite, where rebel musicians are mobilizing for political change and social justice.Author: Daniel FischlinISBN-10: 155164231XISBN-13: 9781551642314Publisher: Black Rose BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2003Pages: 258Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.32h x 6.12w x 0.84d- $53.99
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Vendor: C. H. Kitson
Contrapuntal Harmony for Beginners
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to contrapuntal motion. In music theory, contrapuntal motion is the movement of two melodic lines in relation to each other. In standard four-part harmony, it is imperative that the lines remain independent - a result that can...- $32.99
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Vendor: Tim Summers
Understanding Video Game Music
Understanding Video Game Music develops a musicology of video game music by providing methods and concepts for understanding music in this medium. From the practicalities of investigating the video game as a musical source to the critical perspectives on game music - using examples...- $127.00
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Vendor: Hermann Von Helmholtz
On the Sensations of Tone As a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...- $40.95
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Vendor: Ernst Kurth
Ernst Kurth: Selected Writings
This is the first publication to provide extensive annotated translations from the writings of the music theorist Ernst Kurth (1886-1946), who wrote three pioneering studies on the music of J.S. Bach, Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner. The book will familiarize today's English-speaking scholars with...- $140.00
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Vendor: David Walley
Teenage Nervous Breakdown
Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post-Elvis Era combines music and cultural history and criticism to examine how rock and the rock lifestyle have been merchandised first to a teenage audience and eventually to a worldwide consumer society. Well-known, iconoclastic writer/ critic...- $28.99
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Vendor: Warren Darcy
Wagner's Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold is a milestone in the composer's output and in the history of music in general. It marked Wagner's return to operatic composition after a hiatus of five years, and signified his definitive break with earlier operatic conventions. It also...- $73.00
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Music Instruction Study Theory Books
Music instruction study theory books are a diverse collection of resources designed to assist musicians of all levels in expanding their knowledge and skills in music theory and performance. These books cover a wide range of musical subjects, ranging from basic music theory to advanced instrumental techniques.
One of the primary purposes of music instruction study theory books is to teach musicians the fundamental principles of music theory. This includes topics such as notation, rhythm, harmony, and melody. In addition to theory, music instruction study theory books also focus on developing practical skills in various instruments and musical styles. There are books dedicated to specific instruments, such as piano, guitar, violin, and many more. These instrument-specific books provide detailed instruction on technique, fingerings, and exercises to improve proficiency and mastery of the instrument. They delve into the specific techniques, styles, and improvisation methods associated with each genre, enabling musicians to broaden their musical horizons and explore new avenues of expression. Furthermore, music instruction study theory books often include comprehensive exercises and practice materials. These exercises are designed to reinforce the concepts and techniques taught in the book, allowing musicians to develop a solid foundation and improve their musical abilities through regular practice.
Whether you are a beginner just starting your musical journey or an advanced musician looking to deepen your understanding and skills, music instruction study theory books offer a wealth of knowledge and guidance. They are ideal for self-study or can be used as supplementary materials in music lessons or classes.
Intermediate and advanced musicians can also benefit from our extensive collection. We have books that delve deeper into music theory, offering in-depth explanations of topics such as harmony, counterpoint, composition techniques, and more. These resources are designed to challenge and inspire you, helping you expand your repertoire and unlock new artistic possibilities.
At White Rain Book House, we believe that music instruction study theory books should be comprehensive and informative, but also engaging and enjoyable to read. That's why we carefully curate our collection, ensuring that each book we offer is written by knowledgeable and experienced authors who have a passion for their subject matter. We want to provide you with books that not only teach but also inspire and ignite your creativity.

