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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...

The Oxford Book of Descants is a definitive collection of 102 descants to well-known hymns, carols, and worship songs. It features descants by a wide range of composers, including contemporary names such as David Willcocks, John Rutter, Malcolm Archer,...

Experiencing disco, hip hop, house, techno, drum 'n' bass and garage, Discographies plots a course through the transatlantic dance scene of the last last twenty-five years. It discusses the problems posed by contemporary dance culture of both academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857360762Author Trinity GuildhallPage Count 40Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 180g

for SSA and organ or piano The haunting melody of the verses and the reflective refrain of 'Ave Maria' have made this an immensely popular carol. It is also available in a version for SATB.About the AuthorJohn Rutter studied music at Clare College,...

This accessible guide for students, teachers and performers at all levels unravels the complexities of musical performance and focuses on key aspects of learning, playing and responding to music. A survey of performance through the ages leads to a...

This book brings together in one place selected exam pieces, scales and sight-reading to support ABRSM's Initial Grade Cello syllabus for 2020-2023. The pieces, three from each of Lists A, B and C, have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883217419Author Hal GalperPage Count 172Imprint Sher Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Sher Music Co ,U.S.Weight(grams) 592g

Back in 1979, pop was getting dull again. Everyone said it was time for a new dance. No-one expected it to come from Coventry. The Two-Tone revolution, led by the Specials, took the pop world by surprise with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms and punk...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838164522Author BRIAN MAYFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint The London Stereoscopic CompanyPublisher The London Stereoscopic Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689285Author Roy ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142181614Author Eric SpitznagelFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215g

It was 1969, and Miles Davis, prince of cool, was on the edge of being left behind by a dynamic generation of young musicians, an important handful of whom had been in his band. Rock music was flying off in every direction, just as America itself seemed...

Rich Cohen enters the Stones epic as a young journalist on the road with the band and quickly falls under their sway - privy to the jokes, the camaraderie, the bitchiness, the hard living. Inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on...

How can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on who and where you are, punk can be an outlet, excuse, lifestyle, escapism, conversation, community, ideology, sales category, social movement, punishable...

At the heart of traditional song rest the concerns of ordinary people - the folk. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled with the law: abiding by it, breaking it, and being caught and punished by it. Who Killed Cock Robin? is...

In the swinging 1960s, after nearly a century of colonisation, Cambodia had gained its independence and was ready to rock. Young musicians from the countryside flocked to the vibrant cosmopolitan capital city of Phnom Penh. Teenagers cycled along the...

This volume is an introduction to cello playing by an outstanding recitalist, soloist and teacher of international repute whose natural wish - as a teacher - would be to sing, play and demonstrate what he means. Devoted pupil, Nona Pyron, herself a...

Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and unsparing voice, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled...

Leokadiya Kashperova's romantic compositions were highly regarded by Rimsky-Korsakov, Cesar Cui, and by Balakirev whose works she premiered and recorded. In 1907, Kashperova performed her own compositions to critical acclaim in Leipzig, Berlin and London...

The Psychology of Piano Technique is much more than a musical self-help book, dealing with a large range of topics and problems which pianists of all levels constantly face. This fourth volume in the Piano Professional series takes a technical...

This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Leading international scholars offer a powerful reassessment of this most private and elusive musician,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689476Author Stephen CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360716Author Ian MossFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 246g

Zeitmasse is one of a group of four acknowledged masterpieces composed between 1955 and 1957 that together established Karlheinz Stockhausen as the leading figure in the European avant-garde. Of the four works, it is the only one that has not been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786670468Author Moore JerryPage Count 40Imprint Mel Bay Publications,U.S.Publisher Mel Bay Publications,U.S.

An oral history of Pink Floyd in the words of over 500 fansBook InformationISBN 9781915858115Author Richard HoughtonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Spenwood BooksPublisher Spenwood BooksWeight(grams) 1000gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm * 45mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361967Page Count 44Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 169g

This souvenir songbook from Billy Bragg contains all the songs from the albums with top line, chords and lyrics. Also includes, extensive photography and artwork alongside biographies and trivia. Learn to play the music and win the pub quiz with your...

Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present tells of an explosive musical phenomenon whose continuing influence on popular culture is dramatic and deep. The tale begins in 1950s America, when classic rock 'n' roll was reaching...

This piano course has been specifically written to help students progress through the tricky intermediate stages of learning the piano. Through carefully chosen repertoire, quick studies, key technical information and musicianship activities, students...

In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's...

This collection of specially commissioned essays offers an accessible introduction to the history of the piano, performance styles, and its vast repertoire. Part 1 reviews the evolution of the piano, from its earliest forms up to the most recent...

Unquestionably one of the most popular composers of classical music, Sergei Rachmaninoff has not always been so admired by critics. Detractors have long perceived Rachmaninoff as part of an outdated Romantic tradition from a bygone Russian world, aloof...

Me and My Recorder part 1, by Marlene Hobsbawm, is a step-by-step introduction to the world of music-making that will not only lay the foundations for confident playing, but will give a great deal of fun on the way. With delightful colour illustrations...

Tales of a Rock Star's Daughter are the sharp, funny recollections of Nettie Baker, eldest daughter of Ginger Baker, legendary `wild man' and drummer with the Graham Bond Organisation, Cream, Blind Faith and Airforce. From poverty to riches and back,...

This collection of essays on Vaughan Williams brings together leading British and American scholars and covers a wide range of topics and approaches, exploring musical language, cultural context, biography, manuscript sources and reception history...

The second edition of The Music and Literacy Connection expands our understanding of the links between reading and music by examining those skills and learning processes that are directly parallel for music learning and language arts literacy in the...

Choral music is now undoubtedly the foremost genre of participatory music making, with more people singing in choirs than ever before. Written by a team of leading international practitioners and scholars, this Companion addresses the history of choral...