Music

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

'The book is filled with that most distinctive of all her qualities: her voice' The TimesHome Work, the second instalment of Julie Andrews' internationally bestselling memoirs, begins with her arrival in Hollywood to make her screen debut in Walt...

Few composers have enjoyed such critical acclaim - or longevity - as Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957 aged 91. Always more than simply a Finnish national figure, an 'apparition from the woods' as he ironically described himself, Sibelius's life spanned...

Book 1 (available for violin, viola, and cello) includes access to a Companion Website featuring downloadable performances of all the pieces and exercises with piano.About the AuthorJan Dobbins is a former Music Adviser and Head of an LEA Instrumental...

for mezzo-soprano solo, mixed choir, and orchestra or chamber ensemble Feel the Spirit is a cycle of seven familiar spirituals, expertly arranged by John Rutter. Equally suitable for concert, school, or church use, the vivid and expressive arrangements...

Test yourself on 70 years of chart music trivia with this official quiz book!* Which Number 1 song by The Beatles became the biggest-selling single of the 1960s?* Can you name the two Number 1 songs by Lionel Richie and Adele which shared the same...

Roger Steffens toured with Bob Marley for two weeks of his final tour of California in 1979 and the music icon was the first guest of Steffens' award-winning radio show. In So Much Things To Say, Steffens draws on a lifetime of scholarship to tell the...

for vocal soloists or SATB choir and orchestra or reduced orchestra Serenade to Music is sublime - one of the most stunningly beautiful musical creations of the 20th century. This choral meditation on the nature of music and its power to enrapture is a...

Foo Fighters emerged from the morass of suicide and potent musical legacy that was Nirvana to establish themselves against all odds as one of the most popular rock bands in the world. Deflecting early critical disdain, Dave Grohl has single-handedly...

'From Wham! to Spandau Ballet, from success to chaos in the blink of an eye - Martin and I are two ordinary people who have been on an extraordinary adventure together. Through it all, our commitment to each other and to our family is what has always...

FULLY REVISED AND EDITED PAPERBACK EDITION Shortlisted for Penderyn Music Prize Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey through the drama and chaos that...

The Songs The Beatles Gave Away' was inspired by the 2009 BBC Radio 2 documentary of the same name on which Colin worked with/for Bob Harris and his wife, Trudie Myerscough-Harris. For his book, Bob and Trudie have kindly given Colin permission to access...

In this freshly revised edition of his classic biography, bestselling author J Randy Taraborrelli takes Frank Sinatra's vast audience where it has never been before: deep inside the private life and affairs of this complex, emotional man. The reality of...

33 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already,...

Piano Sketches 1 is a fabulous new collection of easy pieces for younger pianists around the level of Grades 2-3. The pieces include a broad range of appealing and accessible styles and will delight student and listener alike, as well as helping to...

After 40 years in existence, the shorthand of critics of Tears for Fears has been to describe them as an 80s band. It is understandable why that categorisation happens when songs like 'Mad World' appear in films that typify that period and 'Everybody...

Dusty Springfield made her name in the 60s with a string of top ten hits. Her unique singing style and distinctive bouffant blonde look made her famous throughout the world. Despite a period in the wilderness during the 70s and 80s, she was back at the...

In The Politics of Vibration Marcus Boon explores music as a material practice of vibration. Focusing on the work of three contemporary musicians-Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, Swedish drone composer and philosopher Catherine Christer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770415690Author Martin PopoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 375Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423411482Author Arthur LaurentsPage Count 22Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko is the definitive inside story - told in revelatory detail - of the making of the legendary album and all that surrounded it: the locations, the creative team, the artworks and the films, in...

This book contains nine pieces for ABRSM's Grade 8 Drum Kit syllabus from 2024, providing drummers with everything they need to take ABRSM's Performance Grade exam. This book contains nine pieces for ABRSM's Grade 8 Drum Kit syllabus from 2024, providing...

Whether you know him as Howard Coward, Napoleon Dynamite, or the Emotional Toothpaste, and are familiar with his work with the Attractions, the Confederates, or the Imposters, Elvis Costello's career has always been about reinvention and his vast...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) represents the highpoint of the recording career of the Beatles. This is the first detailed study to be made of this or any other such album, and it demonstrates how serious discussion of popular music can be...

Wassail! Carols of Comfort and Joy is a sequence of 12 uplifting folk-inspired Christmas songs, exploring both sacred and secular aspects of the festive season. Including such favourites as the The Sussex Carol, Gaudete and The holly and the ivy,...

Model answers for practice papers for ABRSM's Grade 4 Theory examsBook InformationISBN 9781786015419Author ABRSMPage Count 28Imprint Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicPublisher Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913231064Author Oli FrekeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Velocity PressPublisher Velocity Press

Paul McCartney's songwriting output as a member of the Beatles, mainly with his co-writer John Lennon, has been exhaustively documented over the years. Now, taking 50 key songs from his five-decade career since the break-up of the Fab Four, Paul...

The musical Fiddler on the Roof is based on Tevye and his Daughters, or Tevye the Milkman, and other stories originally published by the Russian Jewish author Sholom Aleichem in 1894. The story centres on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his...

‘Brilliantly simple as an idea but also ambitious, Justin Lewis creates a glorious interlocking history ... of our pop culture with all its coincidences, connections and shared enjoyment.’ We Are Cult   ‘The deliciously simple conceit ― pop facts from...

Jazz Works is a brand new collection of compositions for jazz ensembles at three levels. For each level there are eight original pieces in a challenging range of styles, with parts for C, Bb, Eb and bass-clef instruments, and for a rhythm section of...

This major new collection is the perfect resource for small choirs, young choirs, and all choirs whose numbers fluctuate week by week. Each piece is scored flexibly with optional parts or parts for equal voices, so that it can be performed by more than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795714925Author Ros StephenPage Count 76Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGWeight(grams) 298g