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A monumental accomplishment from the age of Enlightenment, the string quartets of Joseph Haydn hold a central place not only in the composer's oeuvre, but also in our modern conception of form, style, and expression in the instrumental music of his day...

In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century swaggering carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries naive millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and a desperately intent...

" . . . a fascinating overall impression of the day-to-day concerns and working environment of a professional musician of the late 17th century." -American RecorderThis volume presents Muffat's texts along with variants from his own editions in other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438490304Author Jeff SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480342422Author Gerald McCauleyPage Count 274Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 1497gDimensions(mm) 264mm *...

Many jazz fans and critics -- and even some jazz musicians -- contend that white players have contributed little of substance to the music. Now, with Lost Chords, musician-historian Richard M. Sudhalter challenges this narrow view, with a book that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871478068Author Chadwick HansenFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing...

New York in the 1950s. On the stage at Birdland is the midget master of ceremonies, 3'9" Pee Wee Marquette, dressed in a zoot suit and loud tie, smoking a huge cigar and screeching mispronounced introductions into the microphone. Pee Wee is just one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957679122Author Edward-Rhys HarryFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Cambria PublishingPublisher Cambria PublishingWeight(grams) 300g

What makes Punk... Punk? We might all know the Sex Pistols from the opening bar of their songs, but how do we place the Punk movement in the context of the wider Zeitgeist of the time? And how do the various international offshoots of Punk - American,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899855223Author Vernon JoynsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Borderline ProductionsPublisher Borderline Productions

Mozart's collaborations with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte led to the composition of three of the greatest masterpieces in all opera, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte. The aim of this book is to guide the reader to deeper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953208002Author Bertram LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Rollston PressPublisher Rollston PressWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

Alban Berg's Wozzeck is one of the most significant operas of the twentieth century. Douglas Jarman's study provides a clear and accessible introduction to this work, placing it in the context of the radical developments in musical language during the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770416437Author Sean KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495030888Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 230Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

More String Time Joggers is a welcome addition to the ensemble repertoire for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. This exciting collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble material for all string groups,...

The study of popular music has reached an exciting and important moment in its development. "Popular Music Studies" introduces students to the most significant debates in the field, offering fresh perspectives and suggesting new directions.Book...

In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the question, "Do you wanna dance?" became divisive, even explosive. What about this music made it such hot stuff? In her incisive history, Alice Echols reveals the ways in which disco transformed...

From the Preface by Ted Gioia:All of these musicians fought their way back over the next decade, and their success in re-establishing themselves as important artists was perhaps the first signal, initially unrecognized as such, that a re-evaluation of...

"Although it will be of primary interest to those who are engaged in composition themselves, [this] book is also recommended for readers who may wish to gain further insight into just what makes jazz composition so different from traditional approaches...

Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments in the history of black British popular music from 1940s jazz to 1970s soul and reggae, 1990s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629631134Author George HurchallaFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 469g

Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narratives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century opera. And for contemporary audiences, many of these characters - and the celebrated women who played them - still define opera at its finest and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458340870Author Dave ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

A unique record of Poulenc (1899-1963) who is considered the greatest composer of melodies of his period, a period that opened with the aftermath of the First World War and closed as recently as 1960. He set to music poetry by all the greatest French...

One Way Out is the definitive biography of The Allman Brothers Band, written with the band's full participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. Updated with material on their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061473081Author Stephen DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838326906Author Paul Dawson-BowlingPage Count 1228Imprint de la Porte PublishingPublisher de la Porte PublishingWeight(grams) 2000g

The familiar old world of classical music, with its wealthy donors and ornate concert halls, is changing. The patronage of a wealthy few is now being replaced by that of corporations, leading to new unions of classical music and contemporary capitalism...

A muggy night in Abu Dhabi, 2011. Under the stadium lights a 30,000-strong sea of Libyans, Palestinians, Syrians and Egyptians wait in anticipation. Alongside them are Saudis, Iranians and Israelis. Defiance and excitement course through the crowd like...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most famous album by the most famous band in the history of rock 'n' roll. It became the soundtrack for the Summer of Love (1967), with its music constantly flowing out of Hi-Fi systems, portable record...

for CCBar and piano This arrangement meets the demand for timeless popular songs, designed to appeal to teachers and students alike. For three-part choir, it contains that memorable tune, Joel's clever lyrics, riffs associated with the original, and an...

Explores Benjamin Britten's deeply-felt cultural affinity with Russia and influences on the 'Russian' Britten. This book explores Benjamin Britten's creative relationship with Russia throughout his life by examining his engagement with Russian...

for baritone solo, SATB, & organBook InformationISBN 9780193416826Author John RutterPage Count 12Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 28g

for CCBar and piano This imaginative setting of Burns to an original tune by Pascoe is a masterful display of vocal textures and writing for male voices. It was a run-away success at the Cornwall International Male Voice Choral Festival. Founder of the...

for SATB, congregation, and organ In this version of the popular English hymn, Rutter adorns the well-known melody with an opening fanfare and soaring descant line over the final verse. It is intended that the congregation join in the singing. Full...

At the start of the 1960s, jazz entered a unique new period of revolution as African-American musicians redefined the art form in the context of the civil rights movement, afro-centric rhythm and thought and an ideology of black economic empowerment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470611354Author Gordon GoodwinPage Count 76Imprint Alfred Publishing Company IncPublisher Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.

for SATB and organ Rutter composed this elegant setting of the Evensong canticle Nunc Dimittis in homage to and in the style of composer Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, whose own Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis settings are staples of the English sacred...