Music

Music's ability to express and arouse emotions is a mystery that has fascinated both experts and laymen at least since ancient Greece. The predecessor to this book 'Music and Emotion' (OUP, 2001) was critically and commercially successful and stimulated...

The Brian Jonestown Massacre are one of the great contemporary cult American rock and roll bands. At the peak of their anarchic reign in the San Francisco underground of the mid '90s their psychedelic output was almost as prodigious and impressive as...

Discover Pam Wedgwood's exciting world of jazz piano! How to Play Jazz Piano is a fun and simple introduction for young players with a basic knowledge of how to play the piano (about Grade 2 standard). It includes an introduction to improvisation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495075308Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 156Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Along with its long-lasting influence on music, art, fashion and culture, the punk explosion in the late 1970s also fuelled a thriving underground press. A physical representation of punk's DIY attitude, fanzines rebelled against established forms of...

This single volume includes three famous memoirs - Scouse Mouse, Rum, Bum & Concertina and Owning Up, with a new introduction by the author. Scouse Mouse is a funny and frequently touching story of the author's 1930s childhood in a middle-class...

The definitive survey, combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative. Carefully informed by feedback from dozens of scholars, it remains the book that students and teachers trust to explain what's important, where it fits and why it matters...

In this revised edition of his definitive biography of Dolly Parton, Stephen Miller has updated his original book on the superstar. Going behind the larger-than-life image to discover what makes Dolly tick, Miller gets to the core of a remarkable...

Industrial is a descriptor that fans and critics have applied to a remarkable variety of music: the oildrum pounding of Einsturzende Neubauten, the processed electronic groans of Throbbing Gristle, the drumloop clatter of Skinny Puppy, and the synthpop...

Angela Lansbury faced a serious challenge when she was auditioning for the title role in Mame. "I don't know how to sing except in the role. I never knew how to do exercises and I don't to this day. I just stand up and sing," she recalls looking back...

ABRSM's official More Music Theory Sample Papers are additional resources for candidates preparing for our new online Music Theory exams. Providing more authentic practice material and a reliable guide as to what to expect in the exam. -Essential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451613575Author Alanna NashFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 8 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...

New discoveries and a fresh perspective, with unprecedented access to Richey's personal archiveOn 1 February 1995, Richey Edwards, guitarist of the Manic Street Preachers, went missing at the age of 27. On the eve of a promotional trip to America, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310338Author Harley FlanaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.

In Long Players, fifty of our finest authors write about the albums that changed their lives, from Deborah Levy on Bowie to Daisy Johnson on Lizzo, Ben Okri on Miles Davis to David Mitchell on Joni Mitchell, Sarah Perry on Rachmaninov to Bernardine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495029974Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard...

'There has been a lot of fun and adventure in my five decades on earth. There are also things from my past that I've needed to deal with. This is my story, my truth, with no holds barred - and I deserve to be able to tell it the way that I choose.'It's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616772000Author Nancy FaberPage Count 12Imprint Faber Piano AdventuresPublisher Faber Piano Adventures

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540021991Author Lynn AhrensPage Count 104Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 367g

Get your backstage pass to the world-famous Rockfield Recording Studios in Monmouth, Wales. Featuring frank and funny interviews with the artists who recorded there and studio staff, Rock Legends at Rockfield reveals the fascinating stories behind some...

Up-Grade! Jazz Piano Grades 3-4 is a fun addition to Pam Wedgwood's popular Up-Grade! Series, featuring well-loved jazz hits in cool new arrangements. Featuring hip classics such as Fly Me To The Moon, My Baby Just Cares For Me and It Don't Mean A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480328488Author Robert L. LarsenPage Count 325Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm) 267mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962812033Author Deborah FriouPage Count 96Imprint Friou MusicPublisher Friou Music

In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively, accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz. Covering everything from the music's structure and history to the basic building blocks of improvisation, Gioia...

This book marks the tenth anniversary of The Grey Album. The online release and circulation of what Danger Mouse called his 'art project' was an unexpected watershed in the turn-of-the-century brawls over digital creative practice. The album's...

Model answers for More Sample Papers for ABRSM's Theory exams Grade 3 - Updated for the new format ABRSM Theory exams - Clear and concise presentationBook InformationISBN 9781786014405Author ABRSMPage Count 24Imprint Associated Board of the Royal Schools...

__________'Essential reading' Rolling Stone'A must read. The best bit of literature currently out there on Kendrick Lamar' VICE __________Kendrick Lamar is at the top of his game.He has been described as perceptive, philosophical, unapologetic,...

In 1982, aged twenty-three, Simon Parkes paid GBP1 for a virtually derelict building in Brixton. Over the next fifteen years he turned it into Britain's most iconic music venue. And now he's telling his story: full of fond - and wild - reminiscences of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616771867Author Nancy FaberPage Count 80Imprint Faber Piano AdventuresPublisher Faber Piano Adventures

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941566879Author MMO Music Group Inc.Page Count 24Imprint Music Minus OnePublisher Music Minus One

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451674354Author Brad PaisleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Howard BooksPublisher Howard BooksWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 142mm * 16mm

***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***A Times Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the Year'Reading the book made me want to give her a huge hug. Anybody who is a fan should pick this up.' - ANITA RANI'A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451531766Author Aaron CoplandFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Signet ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 150g

A behind-the-scenes look at the life and music of legendary Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein, the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from the 1950s to the 2000sOver a career spanning 54 years, he composed landmark scores...

Audio Mastering: The Artists collects more than twenty interviews, drawn from more than 60 hours of discussions, with many of the world's leading mastering engineers. In these exclusive and often intimate interviews, engineers consider the audio...

_______________ 'Edward Said had a lifelong passion for music, and possessed the rare ability to write about it for the general reader with a lucid and penetrating intelligence' - TLS 'There are few whose command of words is sufficient not only to...

Mixing and mastering, the two final steps in the complex process of sound engineering, require both artistic finesse and technical facility. Even the slightest difference in the way a sound is processed can lead to a shift in the overall aesthetic of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915229540Author Andrew ParrottFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Clink Street PublishingPublisher Clink Street Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825636981Author Music SalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO Music