Music - Reference

Prof. Ambrose has revised and enlarged into one volume his 2006 two-volume English translations of virtually all the vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach. By preserving the meter and key-word placement of the original, J.S. Bach: The Vocal Texts in English Translation with Commentary...

Jazz is a music born in the United States and formed by a combination of influences. In its infancy, jazz was a melting pot of military brass bands, work songs and field hollers of the United States slaves during the 19th century, European harmonies...

Are you getting into guitar pedals, but unsure about where to start?Are you bewildered by the number of effects on the pedal market, or uncertain about how to combine them for the best tone?Are you tired of wasting money on pedal after pedal only...

So, you've decided to become a professional musician--to turn your passion into a career. Now what? Unlike many professions, there is no clear-cut path to success in the music industry.Emmy-winning music producer, studio/session guitarist, and award-winning educator, Kris Hawkins explains some of the most...

This text provides the first comprehensive examination of pictographic notation. Pictographic musical notation represents the relevant instruments themselves rendered visually rather than verbally. Used most extensively in contemporary publications between the 1950s and 1980s, its popularity has waned in recent years. This expertly researched...

The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of...

Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the...

A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles' songs, now fully updated and revised by renowned Beatles expert and music journalist Steve Turner--the definitive analysis of the music and influences of the world's most successful and popular...

A dazzling appraisal of the definitive classical music performances available today For classical music lovers, there is nothing more beguiling and exciting than the range of technique and emotion that can capture or transform the great works in the hands of a conductor and...

"In his latest book on the aesthetics of music, Peter Kivy presents an argument not for authenticity but for authenticities of performance, including authenticities of intention, sound, practice, and the authenticity of personal interpretation in performance.... As usual, Kivy's work is beautifully written, well...

"Paul is dead."It was the late 1960s, the Beatles hadn't toured since 1966, and some truly bizarre indications began appearing, pointing to the unthinkable: Paul McCartney had been killed in a car accident and replaced by a look-alike. The Walrus Was Paul unearths every...

From Simon & Schuster, Breaking into the Music Business is Alan Siegel's inside advice from a top entertainment lawyer on how to find the right manager, make a demo that sells you, and more. Surveys the history of the music industry, and uses interviews...

GALLAGHER MARRIOTT DERRINGER & TROWER THEIR LIVES AND MUSICAuthor: Dan MuiseISBN-10: 0634029568ISBN-13: 9780634029561Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2002Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.92lbsSize: 10.86h x 8.60w x 0.75d

Author: Richard J. ScottISBN-10: 0595010393ISBN-13: 9780595010394Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2000Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.27lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.20w x 0.96d

From Please Please Me to Abbey Road, this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles - the creation of the band, their musical influences, and their cultural significance, with emphasis on their genesis and practices as musicians, songwriters, and recording artists....

This survey of the string quartet by ten chamber music specialists focuses on four main areas: social and musical background to the genre's development; celebrated ensembles and their significance; and string quartet playing. It reviews aspects of contemporary and historical practice, including "mixed ensembles."...

Where do you place the hyphen in "Beethoven" if it breaks between two lines? How do you cite John Coltrane's album A Love Supreme? Is it "premiere" or "première"? The answers and much more can be found in this definitive resource for authors, students,...

""Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby"" is a book written by Francis O'Neill and first published in 1910. The book delves into the rich cultural heritage of Ireland and its traditional music. O'Neill, who was a police officer in Chicago, was a passionate collector...

Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide provides a detailed outline of resources available for research and/or training in piano pedagogy. Like its companion volumes in the Routledge Music Bibliographies series, it serves beginning and advanced students and scholars as a basic guide to...

GUITAR PLAYER PRESENTS GUITAR HEROES OF THE '70SAuthor: Ernie RideoutISBN-10: 0879309997ISBN-13: 9780879309992Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2011Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.97h x 6.18w x 0.49d

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire: A Conductor's Guide, Omnibus Edition offers an expansive compilation of choral-orchestral works from 1600 to the present. Synthesizing Jonathan D. Green's earlier six volumes on this repertoire, this edition updates and adds to the over 750 oratorios, cantatas, choral symphonies, masses, secular...

Please change book description to: An Essential Collection of the Best Rock and Roll Stories Ever Told It's impossible to overstate the impact rock and roll has had on American culture. It's considered an institution as valid as any. Its pinnacle was the golden...

A look at the ways western composers from Mozart to George Harrison have used exotic elements in their music.Author: Jonathan D. BellmanISBN-10: 1555533191ISBN-13: 9781555533199Publisher: Northeastern University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/23/1997Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.95w x 1.00dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/1997 pg. 108Library Journal...

His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world's greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we...

Johnson Organs 1844-1898 Wm. A. Johnson Johnson Organ Co. Johnson & Son A Documentary issued in Honor of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth 1816-2016Author: Scot L. Huntington, Stephen L. Pinel, Martin R. WalshISBN-10: 1512169552ISBN-13: 9781512169553Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2015Pages: 254Format:...

Michael Jackson was no ordinary performer. From the moment he first moved to the rhythm of the Jackson family's old creaky washing machine he was destined to do big things. No one back then however, could have possibly predicted what would happen over the...

You'll find this third volume in this series a valuable cross-reference manual to the music of the 1970's This capped off the period we call Classic Rock. The British Invasion had given way to American artists, but left an indelible impact on the face...

Here, for the first time in published form, is an encyclopedic analysis of structure in the music of The Beatles. With a keen eye for detail and ears to match, Beatles scholar Aaron Krerowicz breaks down every Beatles song with the two-fold intent of...

From its humble beginnings, Glastonbury has grown into one of today's biggest global events, with the world's most famous acts and tickets selling out within minutes. 50 Years of Glastonbury celebrates the music, mud, and mayhem that have made the festival so popular, for...

Cool can't be taught. Or can it? That's the received wisdom, yet the idea behind this sleek, entertaining compendium by Thomas W. Hodgkinson (author of How to Sound Cultured) is that, on the contrary, anyone can increase their cool quotient by learning from the...

Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is a look at the superstar's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, "Captain Jack"; his legal problems; his storied marriage with Christie Brinkley;...

Launched in 1967, Guitar Player was the only guitar publication in existence when the '60s and '70s six-string explosion ignited across the globe. As a result, Guitar Player interviewed scores of seminal guitar stars as the magic happened. Now Guitar Player has opened its...

Bill Harkleroad joined Captain Beefheart's Magic Band at a time when they were changing from a straight ahead blues band into something completely different. Through the vision of Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) they created a new form of music which many at the...

(Music Sales America). The Wipe Clean Music Board is a handy new tool for young musicians. Students can practice writing melodies, rhythms, notes and clefs, and rub it out if they go wrong The red side is portrait-oriented with multiple staves; the reverse blue...

The field of Sound Studies has changed and developed dramatically over the last two decades involving a vast and dizzying array of work produced by those working in the arts, social sciences and sciences. The study of sound is inherently interdisciplinary and is undertaken...

This book fills a gap in the market by providing energising warm-up activities for community, church and youth choirs. Whereas many publications exist that offer singing and vocal exercises, there are virtually none available offering physical warm-ups, breathing exercises and exercises for articulation. These...

""Gregorian Music: An Outline of Musical Paleography"" is a book written by Abbey and Stanbrook in 1897. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Gregorian music, which is a type of sacred music that originated in the Roman Catholic Church. The authors delve into...

Not content with having hilariously skewered the lives of great composers in Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, in If It Ain't Baroque . . . musical humorist David W. Barber takes aim at their works as well. From symphonies to solo songs, from motets...

Author: Bob BakerISBN-10: 0971483833ISBN-13: 9780971483835Publisher: Bob BakerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2006Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d

A Desktop Reference of Hip Vintage Guitar Amps (9780964106000); Tube Guitar Amplifier Essentials (9780964106024)Author: Gerald WeberISBN-10: 0964106043ISBN-13: 9780964106048Publisher: Kendrick BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2012Pages: 544Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.90lbsSize: 9.01h x 6.07w x 1.30d

Reviled and revered in equal measure since its inception over a decade ago the phenomenon known as Death Metal has pushed Hard Rock music to the very edge of acceptability, and way beyond. Death metal and its bastard offspring Grindcore, has become the pariah...

'The Beatles, Drugs, Mysticism & India' is the detailed story of The Beatles' quest for bliss, self-knowledge and enlightenment through extensive experimentation with drugs, and dabbling in mysticism; their journey through psychedelia to transcendence. The Beatles' involvement with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the practice...

Author: John BlaneyISBN-10: 0954452852ISBN-13: 9780954452858Publisher: Paper JukeboxLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2012Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.60d

The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are gifted listeners. But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices...

(Music Sales America). This basic guide takes the reader through rhythm, scales and intervals, keys, and tonality, right through to score reading.Author: Helen CooperISBN-10: 082562309XISBN-13: 9780825623097Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 10.02h x 7.04w x 0.25d

In The Musical Instrument Desk Reference, Michael Pagliaro, musical instrument authority extraordinaire, provides the one-stop shop for those in need of a quick, visually-rich reference guide to band and orchestral instruments. Descriptions and illustrations of everything from the physics of sound to detailed discussions...

This work recreates the social, political, architectural, and performance histories of each Italian opera house by including eyewitness accounts from Italian newspapers, journals, and books of the time. It covers more than 50 Italian opera houses and festivals, organized by their city of origin...

(Piano). Lessons 27 through 52 further explore more advanced chord voicings, chord arranging techniques and more challenging blues and melodic lines. The accompanying audio (accessed online) is used in conjunction with the text and music as a listening and play-along tool.Author: Dave Frank, John...

The Architecture of Music Volume 1.0 is the most complete combined chord, scale, and mode encyclopedia for the guitar and piano ever created, an effort almost two decades in the making. The chord encyclopedia includes more than 300 chords, and depicts every possible way...

For anyone who has been intimidated, overwhelmed, or just plain confused by what they think opera is, Who's Afraid of Opera? offers a guide to what author Michael Walsh describes as "the greatest art form yet invented by humankind." Curtain up! It's time to...