Music-Musical Instruments

In words, photographs, and music, Pete Seeger and Bob Reiser tell the story of the civil rights movement, building their narrative around the accounts of people involved and the songs that inspired their struggle. It documents the sit-ins, freedom rides, and marches that occurred...

This is the standard work on its subject, and its author the outstanding authority. Pierre Bernac had a long and distinguished career as a singer, specializing in the French song (or mélodie) repertoire. For many years he was incomparable partnered by Francis Poulenc, one...

Provides information on the structure, origin, and playing of musical instruments throughout the world from prehistory to modern times.Author: Sibyl MarcuseISBN-10: 0393007588ISBN-13: 9780393007589Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1975Pages: 628Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.48lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.39d

Imogen Holst (1907-1984), the daughter of the composer Gustav Holst, was a much-loved source of inspiration for the many musicians and students who encountered her over the years at the Dartington Summer School of Music and the Aldeburgh Festival. In this book, originally published...

Georg Philipp Telemann gave us one of the richest legacies of instrumental music from the eighteenth century. Though considered a definitive contribution to the genre during his lifetime, his concertos, sonatas, and suites were then virtually ignored for nearly two centuries following his death....

This guide to the piano literature for the one-handed pianist surveys over 2,100 individual piano pieces which include not only concert literature but pedagogical pieces as well. Following the introduction are four chapters cataloguing original works for the right hand alone, original works for...

The result of years of research by its authors, this discography strives to identify and trace the recorded development of the musical style now known as western swing from its early years through World War II. The style developed from the Texas string band...

With its depth of coverage and international scope this first-of-its-kind volume contains a comprehensive collection of information on recordings (LPs, CDs, or Cassettes) in which percussion instruments are featured as solo instruments or as part of chamber ensembles, with the best of the literature...

This unique one-volume discography provides a convenient reference to recordings of solo horn, horn duos and trios, multiple horns, and horns in combination with other solo instruments and with voice. Entries are organized by type of instrumental group or performance, with recordings of each...

From its early days in San Francisco, Rolling Stone has covered the music scene from the inside with colorful, penetrating, and brilliant interviews with the men and women who are rock and roll. This definitive collection represents the best of Rolling Stone's first decade...

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,...

Author: Patricia AverillISBN-10: 149317911XISBN-13: 9781493179114Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/22/2014Pages: 714Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.63lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.69dReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 116

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,...

Piano and guitar chord songbook. A must have collection that features more than 60 children songs. Includes complete lyrics, chord symbols and piano and guitar chord diagrams.Author: Duviplay, Tomeu AlcoverISBN-10: 1541057511ISBN-13: 9781541057517Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2016Pages: 82Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w...

Author: Patricia AverillISBN-10: 1493179128ISBN-13: 9781493179121Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/22/2014Pages: 714Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.57dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 116

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: P. Mario MarafiotiISBN-10: 1443756458ISBN-13: 9781443756457Publisher:...

(Easy Instrumental Play-Along). 10 songs carefully selected and arranged for first-year instrumentalists. Even novices will sound great Audio demonstration tracks featuring real instruments and available via download to help you hear how the song should sound. Once you've mastered the notes, download the backing...

(Guitar Chord Songbook). The second edition of this popular book in the Guitar Chord Songbook series features an updated songlist, with 80 songs in all: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth * Baby, It's Cold Outside * Christmas Pipes *...

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,...

The accounts of Chopin's pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, provide valuable insights into the musician's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. This unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, reveals Chopin as...

The piano music of Beethoven is an indispensable part of the repertoire of any serious pianist. Especially appealing are the variations, magnificent compositions second only to the sonatas and concertos in importance, and among the most recorded and performed music in the piano literature.This...

(Saxophone Play-Along). The Saxophone Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the music (including parts for B-flat and E-flat saxophone), listen to the online audio to hear how the sax should sound, and then play along using...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This stellar collection features piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of all the songs from Karen and Richard Carpenter's million-selling 1978 Christmas album. Includes 36 of the season's best: Ave Maria * Carol of the Bells * Christ Is Born * The Christmas Song *...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A comprehensive collection of 70 of her hits, including: Been to Canaan * I Feel the Earth Move * It's Too Late * (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman * One Fine Day * Smackwater Jack * Some Kind...

Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis...

This book and the accompanying chromatic vowel chart present many exercises that will make the voice stronger and more musical according to the precepts of Bel Canto. Vowel-pitch relationships have been notated in 117 exercises for teachers and singers, using acoustical phonetics, register, and...

Bach's life was "a searching for all that was best in his art to refine it in the fire of his genius." -- Grove's Dictionary of Music and MusiciansBach's mastery of rhythm and harmony, inventiveness, and genius for composition produced some of the richest...

(Ukulele Ensemble). The songs in this collection are playable by any combination of ukuleles (soprano, concert, tenor or baritone). Each arrangement features the melody, a harmony part, and a "bass" line. Chord symbols are also provided if you wish to add a rhythm part....

(Berklee Guide). Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions, giving you a greater range of expression. Topics include the basics of...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Features 43 of the best songs from this beloved sibling duo, including classics such as: Bless the Beasts and Children * (They Long to Be) Close to You * For All We Know * Goodbye to Love * Hurting Each Other...

He was the greatest tenor of his day and probably of all time. Trained naturally in singing Neapolitan ballads, Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) achieved a vocal quality often described as "celestial" or "golden." His breath control was such that he could deliver the longest phrase...

(Trumpet Play-Along). The Trumpet Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the printed music, listen to the sound-alike recordings and hear how the trumpet should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. This volume...

One of Meg Peterson's finest books. This comprehensive text presents all of the strums and techniques needed to play back-up and melody on autoharp. Contains excellent teaching on various strum and fingerpicking styles. In addition, arrangements are included on 57 country favorites.Author: Meg PetersonISBN-10:...

Francis Knights studied at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He has held positions at the Royal Northern College of Music, Somerville College, Oxford, the BBC and King's College, London, and been editor of four music journals. Since 2009 he...

(Easy Instrumental Play-Along). 10 songs carefully selected and arranged for first-year instrumentalists. Even novices will sound great Audio demonstration tracks featuring real instruments and available via download to help you hear how the song should sound. Once you've mastered the notes, download the backing...

(Paperback Songs). A must-have collection of 157 classic Christmas carols from many countries, all in one handy, bargain-priced book Includes melody line/lyric/chord arrangements for: Away in a Manger * Coventry Carol * Deck the Hall * Ding Dong Merrily on High * The First...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 13 smash hits from these '70s superstars, including: Aubrey * Baby, I'm-A Want You * Diary * Everything I Own * Hooked on You * It Don't Matter to Me * Look What You've Done * Make It with You *...

(Music Sales America). Thirty all-time great songs arranged for harmonica. The first 24 tunes are for both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas and the rest can only be played on 12-hole chromatic harmonicas. Contents: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Gotta...

(Berklee Methods). Make your band better, or prepare yourself to join one This sensational series lets you improve your intuitive sense of timing and improvisation, develop your technique and reading ability, and master your role in the groove. Play along with a Berklee faculty...

(Personality). For the first time ever, a collection of the astoundingly successful group's best songs arranged for piano/vocal/guitar Includes: One * Nothing Else Matters * Welcome Home (Sanitarium) * Until It Sleeps * and more.Author: MetallicaISBN-10: 1575600404ISBN-13: 9781575600406Publisher: Cherry Lane Music CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1997Pages:...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Philip A. DueyISBN-10: 1406754374ISBN-13: 9781406754377Publisher:...

John W. Landon, himself a theatre pipe organist, has written the first history of the theatre pipe organ. He traces its development from church organ to a theatrical instrument that took the place of a piano. Landon also discusses the pipe organ's later emergence...

Body as Instrument explores how musicians interact with movement-controlled performance systems, producing sounds imbued with their individual physical signature. Using motion tracking technology, performers can translate physical actions into sonic processes, creating or adapting novel gestural systems that transcend the structures and constraints of...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Matching folio to Disney's award-winning film, by the same team that created The Little Mermaid music. Complete with 11 pages of beautiful full-color scenes from the movie. 8 songs, including: Beauty and the Beast * Something There * Be Our Guest *...

This collection features a selection of the greatest songs for kids. Includes nursery rhymes, christmas carols, classical music, folk songs and traditional songs from all around the world This beginnerAuthor: MarcISBN-10: 1502494698ISBN-13: 9781502494696Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/08/2014Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 11.02h x...

Body as Instrument explores how musicians interact with movement-controlled performance systems, producing sounds imbued with their individual physical signature. Using motion tracking technology, performers can translate physical actions into sonic processes, creating or adapting novel gestural systems that transcend the structures and constraints of...

Anyone who has seen a wedding procession in northern India would have heard and seen the band of professional musicians accompanying the procession. Surrounded by bright lamps and dressed in uniforms reminiscent of military finery, these are the men who herald the arrival of...

First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over--not by jet or motorcycle, but by...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Over 50 songs from Joel's first 5 albums now revised to include all the songs from Cold Spring Harbor. Songs include: The Entertainer * Honesty * Just The Way You Are * Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) * Say Goodbye To Hollywood...

(Music Sales America). Matching folio to Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits albums volumes 1, 2 and 3, in one complete edition. 45 songs including the classic hits: Blowin' in the Wind * Mr. Tambourine Man * The Mighty Quinn * and more.Author: Bob DylanISBN-10: 0825615976ISBN-13:...