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Dynamics of the Singing Voice by M. Bunch Dayme 9783211887288
RRP: £74.99£67.19During the past decades, "Dynamics of the singing voice" has successfully been established as a reference text for teachers of singing, singers, choral conductors and organists, speech and voice therapists, laryngologists and other health... -
New Music Matters 11-14 Pupil Book 1 by Chris Hiscock
£23.00The New Music Matters 11-14 series provides: resources for Year 7 to develop students' knowledge and skills in music helps you fulfil all the requirements for performing, composing, listening and appraising well-structured projects and bright... -
Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by Chuck Haddix
RRP: £13.99£12.59Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of... -
Richard Strauss in Context by Morten Kristiansen
£25.45Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output. One might say that it inverts the relationship between composer and... -
Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice by Tad Hershorn 9780520267824
RRP: £30.00£23.69'Any book on my life would start with my basic philosophy of fighting racial prejudice. I loved jazz, and jazz was my way of doing that,' Norman Granz told Tad Hershorn during the final interviews given for this book. Granz, who died in 2001, was... -
LA Rave Flyers 1991-1994 by Victor Stapf
RRP: £15.00£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913316020Author Victor StapfFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Antenne Books LimitedPublisher Antenne Books LimitedWeight(grams) 121g -
Twelve-Tone Tonality, Second edition by George Perle
RRP: £62.00£48.62In this classic work, George Perle argues that the seemingly disparate styles of post-triadic music in fact share common structural elements. These elements collectively imply a new tonality as 'natural' and coherent as the major-minor tonality that was... -
HALESTORM: Hyde Manor by Halestorm 9781954928534
RRP: £18.99£13.01Collab between Z2 and Halestorm to bring to life the art and narrative of Hyde Manor. Join us in the descent of one woman's fight with her darkest self!This Halloween, Z2 Comics and Grammy-winning rock band Halestorm will transform the group's barbed... -
Becoming an Orchestral Musician: A Guide for Aspiring Professionals by Richard Davis 9781900357234
RRP: £14.99£10.06Becoming an Orchestral Musician takes you on a journey into the musical profession. It is the first comprehensive guide for professional musicians on how to succeed in joining an orchestra or ensemble, and how to survive as an orchestral musician. Such... -
Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture by Isabella van Elferen
RRP: £39.99£35.06Is "goth music" a genre, and if so, how does it relate to the goth subculture? The music played at goth club nights and festivals encompasses a broad range of musical substyles, from gloomy Batcave reverberations to neo-medieval bagpipe drones and from... -
Early Organ Series 2 England 1590-1650: Series 2: England 1590-1650 (Organ) by James Dalton 9780571507726
RRP: £14.99£13.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571507726Author James DaltonPage Count 84Imprint Faber Music LtdPublisher Faber Music LtdWeight(grams) 200g -
Elgar: An Extraordinary Life by J. P. E. Harper-Scott 9781860967702
RRP: £16.50£14.53How did the son of a provincial piano tuner rise to international fame? Was the English countryside the principal inspiration for Elgar's music? Was this moustachioed, red-blooded, imperialist all that he seemed...?About the AuthorJ.P.E Harper-Scott is... -
How to Voice Standards at the Piano - The Menu by Mark Levine
RRP: £15.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883217808Author Mark LevinePage Count 63Imprint Sher Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Sher Music Co ,U.S.Weight(grams) 201g -
Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment Millie Taylor 9781138279537
RRP: £53.99£47.23What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining? What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Beginning from the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their... -
Rammstein on Fire: New Perspectives on the Music and Performances by John T. Littlejohn 9780786474639
RRP: £14.99£12.55This volume contains 13 original essays exploring Rammstein's stage performance and recorded works from multiple academic perspectives. Topics range from Rammstein's connection with 19th century German literature and their East German heritage to... -
The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes of The Mersey Sound Anthony Hogan 9781445672083
RRP: £18.99£13.61In the late 1950s, a flourishing musical culture began to emerge in major UK cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London. This was particularly true in the Merseyside area, where an estimated 350 different groups were active, often... -
The Musical Idea and the Logic, Technique, and Art of Its Presentation, New Paperback English Edition by Arnold Schoenberg
RRP: £21.99£19.19The Gedanke manuscripts, from which The Musical Idea is compiled, are legendary writings of Arnold Schoenberg. Central to his concern was his concept of the "musical idea," which represents the wholeness of the musical work and embraces Schoenberg's... -
Alternatives to Valium: How Punk Rock Saved a Shy Boy's Life by Alastair McKay
RRP: £12.99£12.11Shortlisted for the Saltire Society Non-Fiction Book of the Year "A few years ago, I asked Tom Petty how his songs had been influenced by his life. As a rule, songwriters aren't keen on unpicking their work, and Petty was no exception. He didn't want... -
Regeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss in East London by Anna Minton
RRP: £16.99£11.54The impact of global capital and foreign investment on local communities is being felt in major cities across the world. Since the 2012 Olympics was awarded to the British capital, East London has been at the heart of the largest and most... -
Music and Politics by John Street 9780745635446
RRP: £16.99£15.46It is common to hear talk of how music can inspire crowds, move individuals and mobilise movements. We know too of how governments can live in fear of its effects, censor its sounds and imprison its creators. At the same time, there are other governments... -
How Art Made Pop by Mike Roberts
RRP: £25.00£11.99A remarkable and exhaustive study examining the intertwined histories of pop music and the visual arts, and exploring the exhilarating exchange between art schools and the pop stars that they nurtured (or, occasionally, expelled) How Art Made Pop... -
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis by William Drabkin 9780521378314
RRP: £23.99£19.99The Missa Solemnis is a document of extraordinary richness from the last decades of Beethoven's creative life. In this compendious and accessible guide, William Drabkin considers the work as a musical expression of the most celebrated text of the Roman... -
Eric Dolphy: A Musical Biography And Discography by Barry Tepperman 9780306805240
RRP: £14.99£13.78In his tragically short life (1928-1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity and sonic exploration of his work on alto sax,... -
Handel: Messiah by Donald Burrows 9780521376204
RRP: £23.99£19.99This new guide to Handel's most celebrated work traces the course of Messiah from Handel's initial musical response to the libretto, through the oratorio's turbulent first years to its eventual popularity with the Foundling Hospital performances... -
Tell Everyone: A People's History of the Faces by Richard Houghton 9781915858030
RRP: £25.00£15.84An oral history of legendary rock band the Faces (featuring Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood) from 1969 to 1975Book InformationISBN 9781915858030Author Richard HoughtonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Spenwood BooksPublisher Spenwood BooksWeight(grams)... -
The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide by Anthony Tommasini
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111085Author Anthony TommasiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Rationalizing Culture: IRCAM, Boulez, and the Institutionalization of the Musical Avant-Garde by Georgina Born
RRP: £34.00£27.37Anthropologist Georgina Born presents one of the first ethnographies of a powerful western cultural organization, the renowned Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. As a year-long participant-observer, Born studied... -
The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy Leigh VanHandel (Michigan State University, USA) 9781032174136
RRP: £43.99£38.44Today's music theory instructors face a changing environment, one where the traditional lecture format is in decline. The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy addresses this change head-on, featuring battle-tested lesson plans alongside... -
Bach: Mass in B Minor by John Butt 9780521387163
RRP: £26.99£22.80The Mass in B Minor is arguably Bach's greatest single work. In this short guide John Butt considers the work from many angles offering the reader basic information in a concise and accessible form. The Mass in B Minor is fraught with difficulties... -
David Bowie: Critical Perspectives Eoin Devereux 9781138631205
RRP: £45.99£40.44David Bowie: Critical Perspectives examines in detail the many layers of one of the most intriguing and influential icons in popular culture. This interdisciplinary book brings together established and emerging scholars from a wide variety of... -
Angels' Carol by John Rutter 9780193415201
£3.26A joyful carol of celebration with the refrain 'Gloria in excelsis', for SS (or SA) and harp or piano or orchestra. A version for SATB is also available. The orchestral material (available on hire) is the same as that for the SATB version.About the... -
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides and Other Overtures by R. Larry Todd 9780521407649
RRP: £19.99£18.09The concert overtures A Midsummer Night's Dream, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), conceived by Mendelssohn before the age of twenty, have ranked amongst the most enduring of the nineteenth-century orchestral repertoire. R... -
Mapping (Post)colonial Paris by Ear by Naomi Waltham-Smith 9781009054652
£17.15What does the urban (post)colonial condition sound like? To what extent and how is France's colonial history audible today on the streets, specifically in the Parisian quartiers populaires? Musical and sonic production has long been entangled with social... -
The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven by Glenn Stanley
RRP: £26.99£22.23This Companion, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive view of Beethoven and his work. The first part of the book presents the composer as a private individual, as a professional, and at the work-place, discussing biographical problems,... -
The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus by Dwight Reynolds 9780367653613
RRP: £39.99£35.06The 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... -
Max Reger: A Bio-Bibliography by William E. Grim 9780313253119
£60.75Professor Grim's bio-bibliography is the first publication in English to bring together the considerable amount of scholarship that has been devoted to Reger's life and work and to his role in the transition from late romanticism to modernism. The volume... -
The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles by Kenneth Womack 9780521689762
RRP: £24.99£20.89From Please Please Me to Abbey Road, this collection of essays tells the fascinating story of the Beatles - the creation of the band, their musical influences, and their cultural significance, with emphasis on their genesis and practices as musicians,... -
The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking Of Their Lives And Music by Len Lyons 9780306803437
£19.16This comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words, is both wonderfully anecdotal and a serious piece of... -
Is Jazz Dead?: Or Has It Moved to a New Address by Stuart Nicholson
RRP: £32.99£29.16Is Jazz Dead? examines the state of jazz in America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Musicians themselves are returning to New Orleans, Swing, and Bebop styles, while the work of the '60s avant-garde and even '70s and '80s jazz-rock is roundly... -
The Creation of Beethoven's 35 Piano Sonatas Barry Cooper 9781472414328
RRP: £37.99£33.12Beethoven's piano sonatas are a cornerstone of the piano repertoire and favourites of both the concert hall and recording studio. The sonatas have been the subject of much scholarship, but no single study gives an adequate account of the processes by...