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Calypso and Other Music of Trinidad, 1912-1962: An Annotated Discography by Craig Martin Gibbs 9780786478514
RRP: $105.28$86.33Calypso, with its diverse cultural heritage, was the most significant Caribbean musical form from World War I to Trinidad and Tobago Independence in 1962. Though wildly popular in mid-1950s America, Calypso--along with other music from "the island of... -
Blues Guitar For Dummies Jon Chappell 9781119695639
RRP: $42.88$28.98Want to become the coolest possible version of yourself? Time to jump into learning the blues guitar. Even if you don't read music, Blues Guitar For Dummies lets you pick up the fundamentals and start jamming like your favorite blues artists. Blues... -
Technique Takes Off! Cello by Mary Cohen 9780571514205
RRP: $16.58$14.14Technique Takes Off! Cello presents fourteen original, imaginative studies for solo cello, specially designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to more advanced material by Dotzauer and Popper. Each piece concentrates on one or two... -
Music and the Benefit Performance in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Matthew Gardner
RRP: $46.78$41.94In the early eighteenth century, the benefit performance became an essential component of commercial music-making in Britain. Benefits, adapted from the spoken theatre, provided a new model from which instrumentalists, singers, and composers could reap... -
Music by Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood's Most Influential Composer by Steven C. Smith
RRP: $54.58$45.34During a seven-decade career that spanned from 19th century Vienna to 1920s Broadway to the golden age of Hollywood, three-time Academy Award winner Max Steiner did more than any other composer to introduce and establish the language of film music... -
The Cambridge Companion to Schubert by Christopher H. Gibbs 9780521484244
RRP: $60.43$52.20This Companion to Schubert examines the career, music, and reception of one of the most popular yet misunderstood and elusive composers. Sixteen chapters by leading Schubert scholars make up three parts. The first seeks to situate the social, cultural,... -
Harmonicas, Harps and Heavy Breathers: The Evolution of the People's Instrument by Kim Field 9780815410201
RRP: $29.23$23.07The harmonica is one of the most important, yet overlooked, instruments in music. This definitive volume celebrates the history of the world's most popular musical device, its impact on various forms of music, folk, country, blues, rock, jazz and... -
From a Storm to a Hurricane: Rory Storm & The Hurricanes by Anthony Hogan
RRP: $29.23$19.42Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were one of the top bands in Liverpool between 1959 and 1962, bigger even than The Beatles. They shared the bill with the Fab Four on many occasions in their home city and in Hamburg, and their first drummer was none other... -
Coronation Te Deum by William Walton 9780193395121
RRP: $23.89$23.21for SATB and orchestra This new vocal-score edition was published to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, in June 1953. First performed as the new Queen processed out of Westminster Abbey, Walton's Te Deum is at once regal,... -
Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660 by Peter le Huray 9780521294188
RRP: $99.43$84.67In the years following the Act of Uniformity in 1549, musicians seemed to thrive on the challenge of the New Prayer Book, and the successive reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I bought a rich and varied repertory of vernacular church music. Peter... -
Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins by Diane Diekman 9780252036323
RRP: $46.78$40.64Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixteen number-one hits and two Grammy awards. Yet even with fame and fortune, Marty Robbins always yearned... -
Queerbetika: Queering Rebetika by Michael Alexandratos 9780646890753
$15.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646890753Author Michael AlexandratosFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Cycladic PressPublisher Cycladic PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 1 to 9 in Full Score by Ludwig Van Beethoven 9781607961468
RRP: $95.53$71.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607961468Author Ludwig Van BeethovenFormat PaperbackPage Count 780Imprint www.bnpublishing.comPublisher www.bnpublishing.comWeight(grams)... -
Comparing Notes: How We Make Sense of Music by Adam Ockelford 9781781256039 [USED COPY]
RRP: $39.00$5.17A tap of the foot, a rush of emotion, the urge to hum a tune; without instruction or training we all respond intuitively to music. Comparing Notes explores what music is, why we are all musical, and how abstract patterns of sound that don't actually mean... -
Popkiss: The Life and Afterlife of Sarah Records by Michael White
RRP: $48.73$36.80From 1987 to 1995, Bristol, England's Sarah Records was a modest underground success and, for the most part, a critical laughingstock in its native country-sneeringly dismissed as the sad, final repository for a fringe style of music (variously referred... -
Friends of Mine: Punk in Manchester 1976-78 by Martin Ryan
RRP: $21.35$14.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909360600Author Martin RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 382g -
Call Me Lucky: Bing Crosby's Own Story by Bing Crosby 9780306810879
RRP: $35.08$31.69Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of the definitive Bing biography by Gary Giddins, here is "a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences that is as warm and witty as any Crosby performance. [Bing] could have surely become a full-time... -
Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure by Maria Golia 9781789142235
RRP: $48.75$34.94Ornette Coleman's career encompassed the glory years of jazz and the American avant-garde. Born in segregated Fort Worth, Texas, during the Great Depression, the African American composer and musician was the zeitgeist incarnate. Steeped in the Texas... -
Teaching Music Musically (Classic Edition) by Professor Keith Swanwick
RRP: $72.13$63.43'There are countless gems within these pages ... Swanwick seems to write from more experience as a musician and teacher than most others who write for this audience. There is a real sense of his having been there.' - Patricia Shehan Campbell, Professor... -
You're The Voice: Bette Midler by Bette Midler 9780571534753
RRP: $31.18$26.23You're The Voice: Bette Midler presents ten of her absolute classic hits, arranged for piano, voice and guitar, including From A Distance, Wind Beneath My Wings, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and seven more. Downloadable online audio features full backings for... -
No Regrets: Writings on Scott Walker by Rob Young
RRP: $19.48$13.46A colourful collection of pieces on the enigmatic genius of Scott Walker from THE WIRE.Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music. From 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More' reaching No.1, through to recordings of meat being... -
Red Parrot Green Parrot (teacher's book) by Edward Huws Jones 9780571510085
RRP: $15.58$14.25Violin lessons have never been so much fun! Squawking parrots, giant footsteps, black cats and witches, seagulls, skaters and a marching band - you'll find them all, and more in Red Parrot Green Parrot. This teacher's book provides the tools for... -
Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations with Coil by Nick Soulsby
RRP: $52.65$38.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913689438Author Nick SoulsbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
The Beatles and the Historians: An Analysis of Writings About the Fab Four by Erin Torkelson Weber
RRP: $42.88$35.04Hundreds of books have been written about The Beatles. Over the last half century, their story has been mythologized and de-mythologized and presented by biographers and journalists as history. Yet many of these works do not strictly qualify as history... -
Creative Saxophone Duets + CD: 26 stylish duets for beginners by Kellie Santin
RRP: $26.81$21.02BL For beginners of all ages BL Clear and systematic progression BL Companion book to Creative Saxophone BL 26 pieces that mirror the progression of the tutor book BL Focuses on contemporary music styles BL First steps in developing ensemble playing... -
Let There Be Rock: The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino 9781913172145
RRP: $33.13$30.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913172145Author Susan MasinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Omnibus PressPublisher Omnibus Press -
I Am Morbid: Ten Lessons Learned From Extreme Metal, Outlaw Country, And The Power Of Self-Determination David Vincent 9781911036555
RRP: $29.15$19.56I Am Morbid tells the astounding story of David Vincent, former bassist and singer with Morbid Angel, and now outlaw-country performer and leader of the I Am Morbid supergroup. Written with the bestselling author Joel McIver, it s an autobiography that... -
Culture and the Course of Human Evolution by Gary Tomlinson
RRP: $46.80$44.91The rapid evolutionary development of modern Homo sapiens over the past 200,000 years is a topic of fevered interest in numerous disciplines. How did humans, while undergoing few physical changes from their first arrival, so quickly develop the... -
Ave verum Corpus by William Byrd 9780193520066
$6.36for SATB unaccompaniedAbout the AuthorProfessor John Morehen (b. Gloucester, 1941) studied at New College, Oxford, graduating with First Class Honours in 1964. In 1973 he was appointed Lecturer in Music at The University of Nottingham, becoming Professor... -
String Quintet by Imogen Holst 9780571507535
RRP: $21.43$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571507535Author Imogen HolstFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Faber Music LtdPublisher Faber Music LtdWeight(grams) 70g -
The Soul of the Journey: The Mendelssohns in Scotland and Italy by Diana Ambache
RRP: $29.23$19.89Brother and sister Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn enjoyed a rare bond: they were intimate companions and theirs was one of the most significant musical relationships of the 19th century. They shared and commented on each other's compositions, each highly... -
Verdi's Exceptional Women: Giuseppina Strepponi and Teresa Stolz Caroline Ellsmore 9780367888534
RRP: $77.98$68.37This investigation offers new perspectives on Giuseppe Verdi's attitudes to women and the functions which they fulfilled for him. The book explores Verdi's professional and personal relationship with women who were exceptional within the traditional... -
Shepherd's Pipe Carol by John Rutter 9780193407404
$8.11for SATB and organ or small orchestra This much-loved carol is presented with background information and helpful performance hints. Recognising the frequency with which this piece is performed with organ accompaniment, John Rutter has made an organ... -
The Music of Toru Takemitsu by Peter Burt 9780521026956
RRP: $48.73$37.30Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was the best-known Japanese composer of his generation, bringing aspects of Eastern and Western traditions together, yet he remained something of an elusive figure. The composer's own commentaries about his music, poetic and... -
Art Into Pop Simon Frith 9781138652682
RRP: $70.18$62.28This book, first published in 1987, tells the intriguing and culturally complex story of the art school influence on postwar British popular music. Following Romantic attitudes from life class to recording studio, it focuses on two key moments - the... -
Legacies of Ewan MacColl: The Last Interview Giovanni Vacca 9781409424307
RRP: $263.25$229.48Ewan MacColl is widely recognized as a key figure in the English folk revival, who tried to convey traditional music to a mass audience. Dominant in the movement during the 1950s and much of the 1960s, his position has come under attack in more recent... -
The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner by John Williamson
RRP: $52.63$43.49This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Sixteen chapters by leading scholars investigate aspects of his life and works and consider the manner in which critical appreciation has changed in the twentieth century... -
The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson by Mark Fisher 9781846943485
RRP: $33.13$28.49The essays in "The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson" consummately demonstrate that writing on popular culture can be both thoughtful and heartfelt. The contributors, who include accomplished music critics as well as renowned theorists, are some of... -
Strings in Step Viola Book 1 (Book and CD) by Jan Dobbins
RRP: $28.76$22.41Book 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... -
Trouble In Mind: Bob Dylan's Gospel Years: What Really Happened by Clinton Heylin 9781901927726
RRP: $33.13$27.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927726Author Clinton HeylinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing