Theory

One of the great mysteries of music is how it affects us in multitude of ways. Whether talking about our individual tastes as listeners, or individual differences as performers, what are the psychological qualities that can turn some people into great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739716301Author James StrangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Penny Music Co.Publisher Dragonfly Publishing Group Ltd

A groundbreaking collection of essays in feminist music criticism, this book addresses problems of gender and sexuality in repertoires ranging from the early seventeenth century to rock and performance art. ". . . this is a major book . . . [McClary's]...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361028Author J. RaePage Count 20Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 99g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883217952Author Roberta RadleyPage Count 213Imprint Sher Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Sher Music Co ,U.S.Weight(grams) 556g

Recorded music is as different to live music as film is to theatre. In this book, Simon Zagorski-Thomas employs current theories from psychology and sociology to examine how recorded music is made and how we listen to it. Setting out a framework for the...

"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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780958190503Author Philip JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint PracticeSpot PressPublisher PracticeSpot Pty LtdWeight(grams) 478g

The New Bruckner provides a valuable study of Bruckner's music, focusing on the interaction of biography, textual scholarship, reception history and analysis. Dr Dermot Gault conveys a broad chronological narrative of Bruckner's compositional...

An approach to music as an instrument of philosophical inquiry, seeking not so much a philosophy of music as a philosophy through music.Book InformationISBN 9780691017594Author Victor ZuckerkandlFormat PaperbackPage Count 407Imprint Princeton University...

Becoming Noise Music tells the story of noise music in its first 50 years, using a focus on the music's sound and aesthetics to do so. Part One focuses on the emergence and stabilization of noise music across the 1980s and 1990s, whilst Part Two explores...

In this translation of the groundbreaking Le Chant Intime, internationally renowned baritone Francois Le Roux, in conversation with journalist Romain Raynaldy, presents a master class on French art song, with a thorough analysis of 60 selected songs that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914453038Author James ShipwayFormat PaperbackImprint Headstock BooksPublisher Headstock Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789332339Author Tim PettingaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comPublisher WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comWeight(grams) 216g

First published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg's last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The opening chapters are a resume of the basic principles of the early Theory of Harmony;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495094569Author Alan MenkenPage Count 88Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Aimed at those who have some knowledge of music but not formal training in composition, this concise introduction to composing starts right in with a brief composition exercise, then proceeds step by step through a series of increasingly complex and...

To witness war is, in large part, to hear it. And to survive it is, among other things, to have listened to it--and to have listened through it. Listening to War: Sound, Music, Trauma, and Survival in Wartime Iraq is a groundbreaking study of the...

The Treatise on Musical Objects is regarded as Pierre Schaeffer's most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Schaeffer expands his earlier research in musique concrete to suggest a methodology of working with sounds based on his...

ABRSM's official Model Answers are a useful resource for students and teachers preparing for ABRSM Music Theory exams. This Grade 3 collection contains answers for the four practice papers published in ABRSM's Music Theory Practice Papers 2018 (Grade 3),...

Theodor Adorno is one of this century's most influential thinkers in the areas of social theory, philosophy, aesthetics, and music. Throughout the essays in this book, all of which concern musical matters, he displays an astonishing range of cultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544517780Author Mark CawleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

This encyclopaedic book proposes a sweeping reformulation of the basic concepts of Western music theory, revealing simple structures underlying a wide range of practices from the Renaissance to contemporary pop. Its core innovation is a collection of...

The rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema itself. Even the very first projected moving images were accompanied by music in many places as a variety of performers - from single piano players to small orchestras - brought images...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739996512Author Ashley HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Stereo Output LimitedPublisher Stereo Output LimitedWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)...

In recent years, there has been a re-discovery of the importance of sensory experience in our daily lives. The senses play a vital role in our health, in our social interactions, and in enjoying food, music and the arts. This book provides an...

Sonic fiction is everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions and on record sleeves, in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing about sound. Where one can find...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738567706Author Al JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Al James MusicPublisher Al James MusicWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 4mm

This book provides a clear introduction to musical forms and structures used by composers since the 17th century. Dealing first with the terms phrase and cadence, it extends from simple binary and ternary forms to cover all the principal classical and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540028099Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 32Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540028914Author Robert LopezPage Count 142Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789332070Author Joseph HoskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comPublisher WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883217037Author Chuck SherPage Count 440Imprint Sher Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Sher Music Co ,U.S.Weight(grams) 1259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800514782Author James MacMillanFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 286g

Have you ever had a classical tune buzzing round your head and not been able to identify it? In The Directory of Classical Themes, with no greater musical knowledge than the ability to hum the tune, you will be able to find it. Denys Parsons discovered...

Danny Elfman is recognized as one of the most successful, interesting, and innovative figures in recent film music composition. He came to the fore in the late 1980s in connection with his collaboration with Tim Burton on his films including Pee-Wee's...

Pierre Schaeffer's "In Search of a Concrete Music" ("A la recherche d'une musique concrete") has long been considered a classic text in electroacoustic music and sound recording. Now Schaeffer's pioneering work - at once a journal of his experiments in...

With an A-Z of over 300 entries, Music in Shakespeare is the most comprehensive study of all the musical terms found in Shakespeare's complete works. It includes a definition of each musical term in itshistorical and theoretical context, and explores the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578520162Author Jarrod RicheyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Accs PublicationsPublisher Accs PublicationsWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Discover the world of Lang Lang and come on a theory adventure! This progressive series provides an imaginative way for beginners to learn and practise music theory with the world's most successful concert pianist, Lang Lang. Through plenty of fun and...