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This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 6 Violin syllabus for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that...

This is an intimate, loving portrait of Michael Jackson, illuminating the private man like never before; now fully revised and updated to include the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray. 'Let the boy sing if he wants to sing!' said Mama Martha. 'You...

One of the biggest names in the musical landscape of the 1970s, Steely Dan released a string of albums that pushed the boundaries of what was possible in a recording studio. With albums like `The Royal Scam' and `Aja', the songs of Walter Becker and...

Jimi Hendrix 'transgressed many boundaries; both arbitrary musical definitions separating blues and soul or jazz and rock, and also those fundamental divides between the archaic and the avant-garde, between individualist and collectivist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470611040Author Alfred MusicPage Count 296Imprint Alfred Publishing Company IncPublisher Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.

Abracadabra Recorder Books 1-4 is the ideal repertoire series for descant recorders. Each book includes graded solo and multi-part songs and tunes starting with five-note tunes such as Shepherds' Hey and working up to more challenging classics such as...

Five decades in the music industry, 100 albums, 10 Grammys, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Add high-profile activism for the legalisation of marijuana, the foundation of a ground-breaking philanthropic organisation, and a...

The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock. As the legend of the man known around the world simply as 'Bon' has grown with each passing year since his untimely death, AC/DCs trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon. But how much of it is...

This witty and enjoyable musical entertainment, based on the book by Kenneth Grahame, is for five soloists, narrator, SATB chorus, and instrumental ensemble. The main roles are written for adult singers, with a chorus of children and adults.About the...

'Danny Goldberg is probably one of the purest, most reasonableguides you could ask for to 1967.' Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. 'Weaves together rollicking, rousing, wonderfully colourful anddisparate narratives to remind us how the...

Solo Time for Violin is a three-volume series of concert pieces for the intermediate to more advanced violinist. Featuring arrangements and original pieces by the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series, these graded collections provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361752Author Mike MowerPage Count 56Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 208g

This wonderful anthology presents a fascinating survey of music by African composers, both those living in Africa and those now resident elsewhere in the world. The music, much of which is published here for the first time, includes a kaleidoscope of...

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Over three decades, Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540027542Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 429Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Designed as a companion volume to 2008's ""Inside the Ring"", which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner's ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", this new volume features more than a dozen original essays focusing on all of Wagner's non-Ring operas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825652813Author Mickey BakerPage Count 48Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO Music

Originating from the Latin for deity or goddess, our concept of what a 'diva' might be - or should be - has evolved in richness and complexity. Delving into the personas of performers from Sarah Bernhardt to Rihanna, this book looks at what it has meant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739996536Author Ashley HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Stereo Output LimitedPublisher Stereo Output LimitedWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857368980Author Luise HorrocksPage Count 140Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 516g

The Graded Piano Player: Grade 3-5 is the the third book in this series offers popular repertoire for pianists at Grades 3-5, and is filled with classic tunes and songs from Disney, TV and film, jazz, pop and musical theatre. Each piece has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944213404Author Juan Antonio RiveraFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Violet Anamnesis PublicationsPublisher Violet Anamnesis...

With a voice that Pitchfork has called "as scratchy as a three-day beard yet as supple and pliable as moccasin leather," former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age vocalist Mark Lanegan draws frequent comparisons to wounded masters of doom like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310673Author Ika JohannessonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

Part design history, part trip down musical memory lane, this anthology of jazz album artwork is above all a treasure trove of creative and cultural inspiration. Spanning half a century, it assembles the most daring and dynamic jazz cover designs that...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A unique and thoughtful musical memoir' Observer'Gritty coming-of-age story . . . plenty of anecdotes to keep us hooked, and his memories of Joy Division's Ian Curtis are poignant' Daily MirrorBefore he was responsible for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorKatharine Marsh is an experienced compiler of music content for the Future Publishing Group. Emma Wood is an experienced compiler of music content for the Future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571518760Author Peter SculthorpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 12Imprint Faber Music LtdPublisher Faber Music LtdWeight(grams) 80g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783053162Author John ThompsonPage Count 31Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

From music written in praise of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English saints to the selection of Gospel readings by the Dominicans, this book introduces readers to the richness of medieval liturgical culture from across Britain and Ireland. Each of its...

This book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's Grade 1 Saxophone syllabus from 2022. Key features: Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C - Includes saxophone part and piano accompaniment -ideal for both Practical and...

Early Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz soloists of the...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 Violin syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and...

From 1983 until 1991, Glam Metal was the sound of American culture. Big hair, massive amplifiers, drugs, alcohol, piles of money and life-threatening pyrotechnics. This was the world stalked by Bon Jovi, Kiss, W.A.S.P., Skid Row, Dokken, Motley Crue,...

From humble beginnings, as they emerged pimple-popped and sweaty out of a global New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene infiltrating California in the early 80s, through to almost complete world domination, sell out tours and Billboard chart success,...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 5 Violin syllabus for 2020-2023, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that...

It remains one of the most remarkable breakthroughs in music history. The nervous and dishevelled figure who played his punk-blues song 'Dog House Boogie' before Jools Holland and his dumbstruck Hootenanny audience that New Year's Eve 2006 seemed to have...

'An embrace of a book' Florence Welch 'Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I'm not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857368607Author Celia CobbPage Count 76Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 261g