Music - Reference

Arguably the greatest album by the best rock band ever, The Beatles - also known as The White Album - proved to be a watershed recording. Coming as it did, after manager Brian Epstein's death; after the disillusionment with the Maharishi; in the middle...

Volume 4 of 'The History of the Music Industry' delves into the captivating musical landscape from 1930 to 1949. Witness the jazz age, the swing era, and the birth of iconic crooners. The immersive narrative brings you closer to the heart of these transformative...

Strauss Salome: A Guide To The Opera (1907) by Lawrence Gilman is a comprehensive guide to the famous opera Salome composed by Richard Strauss. The book provides a detailed analysis of the opera's plot, characters, and music. It also includes historical and cultural context,...

The Sage Handbook of School Music Education stands as an essential guide for navigating the evolving educational landscape in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The handbook addresses philosophical foundations, social justice challenges, the envisioning...

The Routledge Companion to Embodied Music Interaction captures a new paradigm in the study of music interaction, as a wave of recent research focuses on the role of the human body in musical experiences. This volume brings together a broad collection of work that...

The literary equivalent of a great dive bar jukebox--inspiring, provocative, irresistible, and the perfect gift for all music lovers. At the heart of all music fetishes, there are lists: ten essential female murder ballads, ten unsettling songs for a midwestern white guy to wake...

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...

Whether you are designing a new system or need to update and get the most out of the one in place Sound of Worship will offer essential information to guide and inform you choices. Written to give the context to help you focus your...

Are you ready to take your live sound mixing skills to the next level? Dive deep into the world of sound engineering and music production with this comprehensive guide that will elevate your expertise and transform your approach to crafting exceptional soundscapes. Picture this:...

Gear up for an electrifying journey throughTHE HISTORY OF CASIO SYNTHESIZERS.This isn't your run-of-the-mill tale; it's a full-throttle dive into the rhythm, pulse, and unapologetic innovation that defines CASIO.CASIO didn't just create synthesizers; they unleashed a sonic revolution, smashing the idea that only the...

The Encyclopedia of the Piano was selected in its first edition as a Choice Outstanding Book and remains a fascinating and unparalleled reference work. The instrument has been at the center of music history with even composers of large symphonic work asserting that they...

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...

2 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Read Music and Music Theory!Book 1)How to Read Music: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Sheet Music Theory and Reading Musical Notation TodayYou will learn the following: -Fundamentals of music...

Music Business: The Key Concepts, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to the terminology commonly used in the music business today.This updated second edition responds to the music industry's increasingly digital and ever-evolving environment, with definitions from a number of relevant fields, including: general...

recorded their self-titled first album over three weekends. It is now regarded as the quintessential punk record. Over the next five years, they recorded another fourteen sides of long-playing vinyl including the platinum-selling double-LP London Calling, which was voted the best album of the...

Shakespeare was a man of the theatre to his core, so it is no surprise that he repeatedly contemplated the nuts and bolts of his craft in his plays and poems. Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi here draws together all the cherishable set pieces...

Memoirs of Music is a book written by Roger North and originally published in 1846. The book is a collection of essays and musings on the history and evolution of music, as well as personal anecdotes and reminiscences from North's own experiences as a...

Having two mega-hits ("American Pie" and "Vincent") back-to-back in the early 1970s rocketed Don McLean to international superstar status. Four decades and hundreds of original songs later, he's charted 21 singles (including five number one hits worldwide), played thousands of live concerts and sold...

The Ku Klux Klan has received much attention for its violent activities, but comparatively little research has been done on its musical legacy. The printed music that still exists is spread throughout the nation in both public and private collections. This work presents, chronologically,...

Are you ready to take your freestyle rap skills to the next level? Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced rapper looking to refine your craft, HowExpert Guide to Freestyle Rap is your ultimate resource for mastering the art of improvised rapping. This...

This is a collection of essays from the International Symposium in Honour of Bob Marley: 40 Years After, held on 11 May 2021 at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The essays examine the contributions of Bob Marley towards the sustenance of the philosophy of...

Fleetwood Mac All the Songs dives deep into the unique and often fraught recording history of the mega-bestselling and hugely influential rock band. Packed with captivating photographs and fascinating behind-the-scenes details, it's a must-have for any music history fan. Fleetwood Mac is the one...

Are you ready to take your live sound mixing skills to the next level and achieve professional audio quality in live performances? Look no further than "The Ultimate Live Sound Mixing Guidebook." This comprehensive manual is a must-have for anyone looking to master the...

Author: Anthony ArblasterISBN-10: 0860916189ISBN-13: 9780860916185Publisher: VersoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/1997Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.81h x 5.75w x 1.05d

Discover the Music that Changed Everything Embark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them. Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more...

What is the secret code behind so many musical compositions? How do you substitute chords to create greater musical complexity? Why is music so good at playing with people's emotions? In this compact book, composer and pianist Jason Martineau presents the elements of music...

Ian Hunter's fifty-year-long career and extensive repertoire of percipient, creative songs have earned him a reputation as a true rock phenomenon. This second part of a two-volume authorised biography offers inside stories from Ian's solo career following his departure from Mott the Hoople, including...

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...

Creativities, Media, and Technology in Music Learning and Teaching is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, this...

This book provides new practical tools that bridge the gap between familiar, easy-to-use technology and musical practice to enhance musicianship and motivate students. Authors Jennifer Mishra and Barbara Fast provide ideas for use with students of all levels, from beginners to musicians performing advanced...

3 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Read Music, How to Play Chords and How to Play Scales!Book 1)How to Read Music: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Sheet Music Theory and Reading Musical Notation TodayDo you...

Rush. In their own words, 'The World's Biggest Cult Band', started from humble beginnings: three suburban teenagers. Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and John Rutsey formed a Led Zeppelin-influenced trio, eventually scratching a living playing the bars and clubs of their native Toronto. A hard...

'Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit...' so begins the iconic 'Don't Stop Believin'' heard in countless karaoke bars and classic rock stations around the world. It is one of over 250 tracks discussed in Journey: On Track, which covers 50...

In Listening to Art Song, Margaret Olson offers an easy-to-read, fresh perspective on the remarkably diverse musical genre of art song, surveying for readers such topics as the development of song, the elements that make up song, and the art of listening to song....

Launched in 1987 and published bi-annually - the Rare Record Price Guide 2026 is now in its eighteenth edition.Author: Daryl EasleaISBN-10: 1916421970ISBN-13: 9781916421974Publisher: Diamond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/18/2025Pages: 1244Format: Paperback

Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Theoretical and Practical in Harmony, Fourth Edition, is intended for college instrumental music education majors studying to be band and orchestra directors at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels.Author: Evan Feldman, Ari ContziusISBN-10: 1032432039ISBN-13: 9781032432038Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

In Music as Cultural Practice, Lawrence Kramer adapts the resources of contemporary literary theory to forge a genuinely new discourse about music. Rethinking fundamental questions of meaning and expression, he demonstrates how European music of the nineteenth century collaborates on equal terms with textual...

Love songs are for everybody and so is this book. In We Found Love, Song by Song, award-winning author and music journalist Annie Zaleski delivers a beautifully illustrated keepsake that tells the fascinating history and behind-the-scenes stories of the 100 most popular and cherished...

Music on Paper is a handy, accessible guide to reading music and the basics of music theory, for musicians in any style, playing any instrument, at any level. Tipbook Music on Paper teaches you how to read music, covering, pitch, staffs, clefs, time signatures,...

Noted lexicographer Thomsett here dissects more than 1,400 terms, a buttula to zither, with clarity and precision; 383 high quality original illustrations render concepts that make verbal explanation difficult. Fully cross referenced, this dictionary is an authoritative source for researchers, musicologists, professional musicians, teachers...

An oral history of legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the words of fans who saw him live, with concert memories from 1965 to 1970, including his first UK appearances with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, touring the USA with the Experience and with the...

In ten short years, Roxy Music made two of the most experimental albums in popular music history and one of the most smoothly romantic. Conceived by Bryan Ferry at the turn of the 1970s, the band released its first album, Roxy Music, to wide...

Three music-obsessed, suburban London teenagers set out to make their own kind of pop music: Kate Bush became an overnight star, while success came to David Sylvian (and Japan), and to Mark Hollis (and Talk Talk) after years of struggle. But when their unique...

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths. The ratio 3/2, as the third overtone in the overtone series, is used as a multiplier leading...

The J. Geils Band were the original Bad Boys from Boston, getting down to it and blowing your face out every night. With classic albums like Full House, Bloodshot, Love Stinks, and the massively successful Freeze-Frame, Geils have been nominated for the US Rock...

Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre studies, theory and aesthetics, and other key aspects of...

The best concert band music by Australian composers This book is a must-have reference for band directors who are interested in multi-cultural or international programming. Choose from one hundred six works by thirty-eight Australian composers. Each entry includes information about the composer and program...

""Socialist Songs: With Music"" is a book published in 1901 by Charles H. Kerr. The book contains a collection of songs with lyrics that express socialist ideals and values. The songs are accompanied by sheet music, allowing readers to sing and play the songs...

A tool for piano teachers and their students, written by a celebrated concert pianist and highly regarded university teacher, covering areas of piano technique which he feels are often not given sufficient attention. The book contains many musical examples to use in practicing these...

In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside...