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Why do we feel the need to perform music in a historically informed style? Is this need related to wider cultural concerns? In this 2002 study, John Butt sums up debates on the nature of the early music movement and historically informed performance,...

Violin Mix is an original series of new arrangements for violin. Book 2 offers attractive repertoire at Grades 1 to 2 in a wide variety of styles. Well-known music includes 'La donna e mobile' from Rigoletto and 'The Hippopotamus' by Flanders and Swann...

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...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 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...

An astounding illustrated biography of American rock 'n' roll legend Eddie Cochran, made possible through unique access to Cochran's possessions in his room at the time of his untimely death. In the golden era of rock'n'roll, there was one name who...

In this stunning memoir, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named...

Following Roy Newsome's highly acclaimed study Brass Roots: One Hundred Years of Brass Bands and their Music, this book takes up the story of bands and their development from the 1930s to the start of the new millennium. Brass band contests continued to...

This is a major collection of organ music for students, players, and church musicians of all levels and abilities. Compiler and editor Anne Marsden Thomas has drawn on her long experience of teaching and playing to select the most attractive, tuneful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859655705Author Pauline ButcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

The central tenet of this innovative collection is that identity can be regarded as a performance, achieved through and in dialogue with others. The authors show that where neuro-degenerative disease restricts movement, communication and thought...

The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims converted to Christianity) in the early 17th century. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617740800Author Carol KimballFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

An American drummer, a bass player from Newcastle and a guitarist a decade older than the other two, with little in common other than their musical brilliance and towering ambition, formed one of the most successful bands in history. Covering the...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 1 Cello 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590308318Author W. A. MathieuFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

'Once you start reading this utterly fascinating book it is nigh impossible to put it down ... This is a gem' Dame Evelyn Glennie Vic Tandy was a level-headed scientist, but there was no denying it: at this late hour in his lonely lab at Coventry...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 2 Cello 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...

When Groupie was first published in 1969 it caused a sensation. The Swingin' Sixties capacity to outrage may have been starting to decline, but this novel managed to shock all over again. A thinly fictionalised chronicle of Jenny Fabian's adventures with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911374022Author Eve O'SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Flood Gallery PublishingPublisher Flood Gallery Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689506Author Adrian WhittakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912926978Author Rick BlackmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910757963Author Mark DevlinFormat PaperbackImprint AS-PublishingPublisher aSys PublishingWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm

Singing and Wellbeing provides evidence that the benefits of a melodious voice go far beyond pleasure, and confirms the importance of singing in optimum health. A largely untapped resource in the health care professions, the singing voice offers rewards...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312082734Author Ken MandelbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 544g

Both the definitive biography of the Gershwin brothers and a lavishly illustrated chronicle of the American era their music and lyrics embodied, The Gershwin Years celebrates the musical achievements of George (1898-1937) and Ira (1896-1983) while...

This important biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music and a distinguished musical biographer, uses this material, which includes...

'An entertaining guide to economics by a former adviser to Barack Obama that uses the lessons of the music business to explain what is happening in the rest of the world' The Times, Books of the Year'A key voice on a vast array of economic issues for...

The most joyous romcom you'll read in 2023!Four friends. Twelve years. One Eurovision . . . Eurovision is always the highlight of Millie's year. So when she and her best friend James get the chance to see the final live in Oslo, it's a dream come true -...

Liverpool's dynamic music scene gave the world The Beatles. What city could hope to follow that? But 12 years later, in 1974, lightning nearly struck twice. Deaf School were a band formed in John Lennon's old art college, rehearsing in the very same...

This book critically explores ways in which our understanding of late medieval liturgy can be enhanced through present-day enactment. It is a direct outcome of a practice-led research project, led by Professor John Harper and undertaken at Bangor...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 'A moving, powerful and highly innovative sidelight on the fall of Communism in East Germany through punk style and music. This is a complete original' HWA...

This definitive guide includes a unique chapter-by-chapter playlist for the reader. Jazz: A Beginner's Guide is a lively and highly accessible introduction to a global musical phenomenon. Award-winning music journalist and author Stuart Nicholson...

How do you remember the seventies? Whether it's as the "Me Decade," the heatwave of 1976, or the Winter of Discontent, you'll find something in these pages to stir up nostalgia for the pop culture that defined the decade. Cinemas were showing...

With a host of accessible, quality new settings, and with pieces based on all the major hymn tunes, these volumes are a must for every church organistas library.About the AuthorRebecca Groom te Velde earned degrees in organ performance from Seattle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399927130Author Norman JoplingFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint Ideal Music LtdPublisher Ideal Music LtdWeight(grams) 762gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

for SATB and organ or orchestra This gentle yet uplifting carol was commissioned for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and was first performed during the 2012 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Rutter's gift for melody is in evidence throughout...

Contains all the piano accompaniments for Cello Time Joggers (the cello duets are unaccompanied and so printed in the cello book only). Characterful and easy to play, these piano parts provide the perfect stylish accompaniment to the cellist's first...

Scale Explorer for Piano is a creative resource for students learning their scales and arpeggios. This book covers ABRSM's new syllabus requirements (from 2021) at Grade 4, and includes engaging activities that bring scales to life through short pieces,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785583162Author Ralph AllwoodPage Count 176Imprint Music Sales LtdPublisher Hal Leonard Europe Limited

Born without social instincts many people take for granted, brought up in a troubled environment and possessed with an extraordinary musical talent, Mike Oldfield was thrust into the spotlight at the tender age of nineteen. His first album Tubular Bells...