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Leading composers, producers and writers consider the role of the composer in the community in Britain today and over the last fifty years. With his Aspen award lecture (1964), Benjamin Britten expressed a unique commitment to community and place...

Joseph Fiala (c1748 - 1816) was a famous Czech composer and performer of his day. Mozart spoke highly of him, and he held a succession of important musical posts at European courts. Written for the 'Klappentrompete' (keyed trumpet), Divertimento In D...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767915588Author Greg KotFormat PaperbackImprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam...

As part of Motown's legendary songwriting and production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier is responsible for such classics as "Baby I Need Your Loving," "You Can't Hurry Love," "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)," "Stop! In the...

"Dyson's incisive analysis of JAY-Z's brilliance not only offers a brief history of hip-hop's critical place in American culture, but also hints at how we can best move forward." --Questlove JAY-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962812026Author Deborah FriouPage Count 79Imprint Friou MusicPublisher Friou Music

You may think you know this carol, but the breathtaking talent of Laurel Long brings it to life as never before. Readers will pore over every page, searching for golden rings, turtledoves, and the many other secrets tucked into each stunning illustration...

A Gathering of Promises is a history of acid rock and psychedelic music in and from the state of Texas, focusing largely on its mid-1960s origins with the 13th Floor Elevators and contemporaries such as the Golden Dawn, the Red Crayola and Bubble Puppy,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401307455Author Anthony KiedisFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 135mm * 36mm

German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen was arguably the most influential figure of the European postwar avant-garde and unquestionably the most elusive and enigmatic musical thinker of a generation that includes Pierre Boulez, John Cage, and Luciano Berio...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911346661Author Paul AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Red PlanetPublisher Red Planet Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486218434Author Gail GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 190gDimensions(mm)...

In nineties small-town Surrey, watching Top of the Pops was Malcolm's only escape from boredom and the bullies at school... until a phone call from a pop star changed his life forever. Before long, he was getting compliments from Beyonce, hanging out at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954195908Author Penny ReelFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Drake Bros PublicationsPublisher Drake Bros Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609807156Author Russell SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 396gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609499532Author Michael C. ScogginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This is a series of studies of individual operas written for the opera-goer or record-collector as well as the student or scholar. Each volume has three main concerns: historical, analytical and interpretative. There is a detailed description of the...

Chopping Wood is Pete Seeger up close and personal like never before. Derived from years of conversations between Seeger and his close friend and collaborator David Bernz, it takes readers on a uniquely personal journey through this legendary folksinger...

This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmariee or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788889571163Author Maurizio GaliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Edizioni ApplausiPublisher Edizioni ApplausiWeight(grams) 968g

Duke Ellington was the undisputed father of the American songbook. A prolific writer and consummate performer, Ellington was the author of such standards as Solitude, Prelude to a Kiss, and It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing). With a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Best Book of a Musical, Tony Awards 1971 and Best Musical, Tony Awards 1971.Book InformationISBN 9781559361088Author Stephen SondheimFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578680286Author Rick PrescottFormat PaperbackPage Count 618Imprint Lowell PrescottPublisher Lowell PrescottWeight(grams) 1057gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648430435Author Brian T. AtkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Texas A&M University PressPublisher Texas A&M University PressWeight(grams) 530g

Time Out of Mind is one of the most ambitious, complex, and provocative albums of Bob Dylan's distinguished artistic career. The present book interprets the songs recorded for Time Out of Mind as a series of dreams by a single singer/dreamer. These...

The first book to deal exclusively with the British musical film from the very beginning of talking pictures in the late 1920s through the Depression of the 1930s up to the end of World War II. Cheer Up! is the first book to deal exclusively with the...

for upper voices, SATB, and piano, or 2 pianos and percussion (4 players) A work filled with ambition, Circlesong is a musical portrayal of the human life cycle as captured in the indigenous poetry of North America. Based on poetry from the Chinook,...

for SATB (with divisions), cello, and piano This five-movement work celebrates the long Canadian winter, setting texts by the composer, Sara Teasdale, Lucy Maud Montgomery (of 'Anne of Green Gables' fame), and Melville Cane. Each movement depicts a...

Since ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers of his generation, William Parker has perpetually toured around the world and released over forty albums as a leader. He is one of the most influential jazz...

for SATB, piano, and optional bass and drum kit The Nidaros Jazz Mass draws on a variety of jazz styles to present a fun and innovative setting of the Latin Missa brevis. With a gentle Kyrie, funky Gloria, ballad-like Sanctus, laid-back Benedictus, and...

The 84 chansons in this collection are mainly for SATB, and were selected first and foremost for their musical value. Care has been taken to represent the great masters as well as lesser-known composers who made significant contributions to the genre...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480350458Author Scott BinderPage Count 200Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 255mm * 204mm...

EKickstart My Heart: A Metley Crde Day-by-DayE is an exciting chronology that celebrates in innovative form a through the use of day-by-day entries and supporting band quotes mostly collected firsthand by the author as well as memorabilia shots and...

In the late 80s, a group of high school dropouts, drug dealers, and ex-cons spoke out against racial injustice and police brutality. They did it through hip-hop. Their explosive popularity put their Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton on the map. They...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603094429Author JP AhonenFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Top Shelf ProductionsPublisher Top Shelf ProductionsWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 162mm...

The founding in 1777 of the Journal de Paris, France's first daily and distinctly commercial paper, represents an early use of disinformation as a tool for political gain, profit, and societal division. To attract a large readership and bar competition...

for SATB and piano or organ or chamber orchestra Written at the invitation of Cancer Research UK, Look to the day is a tuneful and uplifting anthem with warm harmonies. The words, written by the composer, project a strong central message of hope, ideal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913231330Author Sarah GinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Velocity PressPublisher Velocity Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979505140Author Robert LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Armfield Academic PressPublisher Armfield Academic PressWeight(grams) 1010g

A Field Guide to ... delves into music's most influential genres to uncover the innovators and agitators who changed music history forever. In A Field Guide to Britpop, Steve Wide explores a scene fueled by north-south rivalries, tribal fashion and a...