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These two volumes are a catalog of the various instruments held by the University of Michigan's Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. This collection grew out of a donation by private collector, Frederick Stearns. The Stearns collection includes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848446780Author Elizabeth MsokaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

First published in 1998, this volume brings together the most part of the author's work on medieval polyphony. The most significant advance in music during the period in the High Gothic was the development of a system of rhythm and of its notation, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825634796Page Count 23Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO MusicWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 305mm * 229mm * 6mm

Music Medals Recorder Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartets. Excellent source of material for mixed-ability groups as well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986567624Author Andy BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Sea Crow PressPublisher Sea Crow PressWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218261122Author Brian KehlenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Ebk MusicPublisher Ebk MusicWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825634772Page Count 64Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO MusicWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 305mm * 229mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959503255Author Mark CabanissFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Melrose House Publishing LLCPublisher Melrose House Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

First Published in 1994. In their quest for new sound materials, avant-garde musicians often produce sounds which accidentally bear a strong resemblance to traditional instruments. While conventional Western instruments have taken on a functional role,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636332406Author Vinod KumarFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Music Medals Recorder Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartets. Excellent source of material for mixed-ability groups as well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825634765Page Count 22Imprint AMSCO MusicPublisher AMSCO MusicWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 305mm * 229mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789526938974Format PaperbackImprint Rab-Rab PressPublisher Rab-Rab Press

Music Medals Recorder Ensemble Pieces are five volumes of enjoyable and accessible repertoire. Each volume contains original pieces and imaginative arrangements for duets, trios and quartets. Excellent source of material for mixed-ability groups as well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423473008Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495087981Author Dan AndersenPage Count 87Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Excursions in World Music is a comprehensive introductory textbook to the musics of the world, creating a panoramic experience for students by engaging the many cultures around the globe, and highlighting the sheer diversity to be experienced in the...

Defined by its distinct performance style, stage practices, and regional and dialect based identities, Cantonese opera originated as a traditional art form performed by itinerant companies in temple courtyards and rural market fairs. In the early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798330303137Author Edward P MilanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Edward MilanoPublisher Edward MilanoWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The period between the Second World War and the mid-1960s saw the American music industry engaged in a fundamental transformation in how music was produced and experienced. Tim Anderson analyzes three sites of this music revolution: the change from a...

Already known as a Wagner scholar for his work on the sketches of the Flying Dutchman, Paul Machlin has for many years taken a scholarly interest in the school of Harlem 'stride' jazz pianists. Stride: The Music of Fats Waller is a full analysis of the...

Jon Tolansky outlines the formation and development of the Music Research Centre (MPRC) in London and the many hurdles that had to be surmounted before its inauguration. He also provides, in the final article, a selective catalogue of the current MPRC...

First published in 1999, this is the first study of the noted French music critic and scholar Louis Laloy, and the first collection of his writings. His writings were unique in their time and have never previously been translated. Laloy's ideas on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847375548Author Aubrey Harvey ChaputulaFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

A Companion not only to the historic, path-breaking ballet production by Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Roerich and Stravinsky that premiered in Paris in 1913, but also to its legacy across the centuries. The newly commissioned essays will guide students and...

Interweaving a social history of string playing with a collective biography of its participants, this book identifies and maps the rapid nationwide development of activities around the violin family in Britain from the 1870s to about 1930. Highlighting...

A Companion not only to the historic, path-breaking ballet production by Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Roerich and Stravinsky that premiered in Paris in 1913, but also to its legacy across the centuries. The newly commissioned essays will guide students and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780881885347Author Fats WallerPage Count 104Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 362g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993570278Author Andrew HumphreysFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Paradise RoadPublisher Paradise Road

Pioneers of what was once dubbed 'progressive rock' with their extended songs, technical experimentation, challenging lyrics, and spectacular stage presentations, Pink Floyd have been hailed as one of the most influential bands in the last half century...

This comprehensive research guide surveys the most significant published materials relating to William Byrd. This new edition includes research since the publication of the last edition.Book InformationISBN 9781032922966Author Richard TurbetFormat...

Over sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers...

Music Copyright, Creativity, and Culture offers a thorough introduction to copyright issues that are central to today's musicians. The book has an innovative design: half of the material is presented in the form of a graphic novel, which is coupled with...

This collection of previously published articles, chapters and keynotes traces both the theoretical contribution of Lucy Green to the emergent field of the sociology of music education, and her radical 'hands-on' practical work in classrooms and...

This book explores the intersection of data sonification (the systematic translation of data into sound) and musical composition. Section 1 engages with existing discourse and offers an original model (the sonification continuum) which provides...

Based on extensive field research in India and Pakistan, this new study examines the ways drumming and voices interconnect over vast areas of South Asia and considers what it means for instruments to be voice-like and carry textual messages in particular...

This highly informative and fascinating book brings together perspectives on sound by leading experts from a wide variety of disciplines. These include anthropology, physiology, zoology, physics, music, phonetics and film. Through crossing disciplinary...

Why has modern music evolved as it has? Why is it that certain leading composers from the first half of this century are now considered insignificant, while the responsibility for the development of a musical language of modernism has been attributed to...

Twentieth-Century American Music for the Dance: A Bibliography provides a guide to one of the most important areas of modern music. The close and mutually beneficial relationship that has existed between dance and music from the early days of this...