Music - Reference

"Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing" is a foundational treatise on the art of the piano, authored by the legendary virtuoso Josef Lhevinne. Designed to demystify the complexities of professional keyboard performance, this work provides a clear and systematic approach to developing a superior technique...

DISCOVER THE COMPOSERS WHO DEFINED WESTERN MUSIC THROUGH FINE SCHOLARSHIP, ORIGINAL VISUAL ART, AND PRECISE HISTORICAL INSIGHTThe 50 Greatest Classical Composers of All Time by bestselling author, composer, and award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook is a richly illustrated examination of the figures who shaped the...

Cultivating Epistemic Justice in Music Education helps music educators understand how to support minoritized populations in their capacities as knowers. The book puts forward important considerations for ways to better serve individuals across multiple minoritized identity categories, including racialized, gender-expansive, trans, disabled, neurodivergent, LGBQ+...

The Daddy-O of the Radi-O is back with Koop Kooper stepping up to the plate once again in the sequel to his first book Koop Koopers Cocktail Nation The Interviews. From the Sydney Penthouse the Lounge Lothario has been working overtime putting in the...

This is the second in a series of books devoted to providing an all inclusive source for high school percussion. The series is arranged chronologically to coincide with the school year, so information is presented when it is needed.Author: Cory RobbinsISBN-10: 1463680643ISBN-13: 9781463680640Publisher: Createspace...

Canada's music scene was magical in the 50s, 60s & 70s. As The Years Go By tells the stories behind more than 145 bands and solo performers, including The Diamonds, Lighthouse, Steppenwolf, Mashmakhan, Patsy Gallant, Skylark, Bobby Curtola, Edward Bear, Susan Jacks, Denny Doherty,...

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...

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________How did modern classical music develop over the 20th Century?What enabled women to get their music performed in the early 1900s?Which classical composers borrowed from jazz?How did composers respond to politics and war?DISCOVER the stories behind Mahler's, Symphony...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Author: Ginny Greene,Ras RoloISBN-10: 0984018697ISBN-13: 9780984018697Publisher: Rmc BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2014Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

If you're new to mixing and aren't sure what to do, or your mixes aren't anywhere near where you'd like them to be, then The Music Mixing Workbook is exactly what you need. Written by Bobby Owsinski, the author of the award winning and...

Build Strength, Speed, and Groove-One Exercise at a TimeThe foundation of every great bass player is consistent, focused practice. Bass Guitar Exercise by Isaac Koeny is your complete guide to developing strong technique, clean tone, and rhythmic confidence through structured daily workouts. Whether you...

BRITISH 1980S EUROVISION WINNERS' SHORT CAREER DISSECTED In January 1981, the four members of Bucks Fizz - Mike Nolan, Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston, and Bobby G - met each other for the first time. Three months later, they were catapulted to international success when...

In the early 1970s, the music industry was already facing major challenges. New technologies such as cassette tapes and compact discs were becoming more prevalent, leading to a decline in vinyl record sales. Additionally, the rise of illegal music downloading and bootlegging was becoming...

Music has a remarkable power to transport us to different times and evoke a range of emotions. It can take us on a journey through the annals of history, connecting us to the people, places, and events that shaped our world. In this book,...

Designed to aid the student, librarian, teacher, or professional singer, this annotated bibliography provides access to more than 500 books, journals, and electronic resources. Included as well are chapters listing dictionaries and encyclopedias for opera and musical theater, biographical sources, guides to vocal literature...

In his 21st and latest book, Screen Gems: Pop Music Documentaries & Rock and Roll TV Scenes, pop culture historian Harvey Kubernik - native Angeleno, child of Hollywood, and a music journalist for more than 50 years - offers a bio-regional memoir perspective as...

In his 21st and latest book, Screen Gems: Pop Music Documentaries & Rock and Roll TV Scenes, pop culture historian Harvey Kubernik - native Angeleno, child of Hollywood, and a music journalist for more than 50 years - offers a bio-regional memoir perspective as...

As Love's most revered album is titled Forever Changes, it's little wonder that their superior back catalogue encompasses a multitude of genres: folk rock, garage, jazz rock, baroque, psychedelia, soul, funk, and reggae - or certainly Arthur Lee's does. But who can separate Love...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Of all the loud, rebellious rock groups forged in the white heat of America's Motor City, MC5 were the most uncompromising. A high-octane force of nature, saluted now as punk pioneers, MC5 were streetwise Detroit factory rats, assembly-line escapees who lit the touchpaper on...

This lavishly illustrated book, the first in English on Montemezzi, is a documentary record of La Nave's creation and critical reception and an exploration of its composer's ultimate failure to claim a central place in the history of Italian opera. This revised and expanded...

The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world. The entries in this volume encompass a range of subjects that including straightforward biographies, rockumentaries, and even the occasional mockumentary. The scope also allows for the inclusion...

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...

Lowell Mason, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, and Arthur Foote are but some of the American composers featured in this guide.Author: David P. DevenneyISBN-10: 0914913085ISBN-13: 9780914913085Publisher: Scarecrow PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1987Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d

The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists features over 200 of the funniest, craziest lists - from the Most Offensive Songs to Stupidest Band Names, from Punk Sell-Outs to Fashion Don'ts - culled from historical archives and generated by celebrity guests. Contributors include rock...

UK Top 40: 1970-2025 From vinyl to streaming - every era, every anthem. Take a musical time machine through fifty-five years of chart history - from glam rock and disco to punk, pop, Britpop, and the digital revolution. UK Top 40: 1970-2025 celebrates the...

If you have been searching for the full story behind the biggest music comeback of the decade, this book was written for you. bts world tour 2026 is not just a headline. It marks the return of a group that changed global pop culture,...

Author: Mati KlarweinISBN-10: 849248019XISBN-13: 9788492480197Publisher: RmLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2012Pages: 184Format: HardcoverWeight: 4.63lbsSize: 11.90h x 11.90w x 0.90d

1973 was a landmark year for The Beatles. It was 10 years since they scored their first UK gold disc ('She Loves You') - ten years since the birth of Beatlemainia. A decade is a long time in pop music. Fashions come and go...

Voices from the Church's dawn, sung in Latin. These hymns speak across centuries. Arthur Sumner Walpole's Early Latin Hymns is a lucid Latin hymn anthology that gathers the devotional and doctrinal verse which accompanied Christian worship from late antiquity into the medieval period. The...

Name Index, Volumes 1-12 is the thirteenth and final volume in Dr. David Whitwell's ground breaking History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume includes nearly eight thousand entries - musicians, composers, publishers, historians, royalty, philosophers - a virtual...

A Second Supplementary Catalog of Early Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the twelfth volume in Dr. David Whitwell's ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. The repertoire found in this supplementary volume is the result...

A Supplementary Catalog of Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the tenth volume in Dr. David Whitwell's ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume represents Whitwell's continuing research in the field of wind band...

A Catalog of Wind Repertoire Before the Twentieth Century for One to Five Players is the eleventh volume in Dr. David Whitwell's ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. The History and Literature of the Wind Band...

Revised and expanded edition of the Miles Davis companion guide to the autobiography. In his autobiography, Miles talks in great detail about his recording sessions with various record labels and personnel. Use this annotated sequencing companion guide to help you find and listen to...

Earn the Return is the essential guide for musicians who want more than gigs-they want a career.Drawing on years of presenting live performances, Chaye Alexander shares insider strategies to help artists secure gigs, negotiate fees, and deliver shows that keep venues inviting them back....

Published annually since 2008 "The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest" contains every statistic imaginable. This new edition for 2025 has over 340 pages of historical records and analysis of voting, divided into four parts: Section 1: Qualification for Eurovision for...

"The Standard Concert Guide" by George P. Upton, originally published in 1908, serves as an invaluable handbook for concert-goers, offering detailed insights into the standard symphonies, oratorios, cantatas, and symphonic poems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This comprehensive guide provides accessible...

Unlock the timeless wisdom of a musical genius with ""Advice to Young Musicians: Musikalische Haus- und Lebens-Regeln"" by Robert Schumann. This captivating guide, cherished by musicians for generations, offers invaluable insights into the art and life of music. Schumann's profound advice, delivered with warmth...

Gideon Karting has been a stalwart of the music industry for more than twenty years. He started this career as a concert billposter and in the years that followed developed into one of the Netherlands' top concert promoters. In his work for Mojo Concerts...

Woman Songs Peace Songs: These songs were written in the 1970's and 1980's during the height of the women's rights movement, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and other critical social issues of the time.Now in 2018, they remain as relevant as they...

Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland's forgotten corner is home to Scotland's most famous song writer Robert Burns. Yet the music of this region goes widely unrecognised. This 5 book collection represents the past, the present and the future of South West Scotland's musical heritage....