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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734365337Author Rik ForgoFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Time Passages LLCPublisher Time Passages LLCWeight(grams) 857gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm...

Updated and expanded version of the classic reference work, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Opera, this new text edition examines the history and development of opera, from its roots in the theatrical choral dances of Ancient Greece, through the sublime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946311194Author Mikhail MatiushinFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Artists BookworksPublisher Artists Bookworks

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781562240011Author Jerry CokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Jamey Aebersold JazzPublisher Jamey Aebersold Jazz

"Every entry opens a window onto a different story of creativity and resistance and I couldn't stop hopscotching around from page to page, each one sparking off vectors for further thought and exploration. A totally mind-blowing accomplishment."-Guy...

In this era of Vinyl revival, celebrate some of the greatest covers of the last 70 years, such as the Beatles' 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' or Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', alongside entertaining and informative text. This great...

George Jones's nearly 60-year recording and performing career has had a profound influence on modern country music and influenced a younger generation of singers including Garth Brooks Alan Jackson Randy Travis Tim McGraw and Trace Adkins. As Merle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530000357Author Graham BettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

***Winner of Best Print Resource 2016 at the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence*** Improve your theory! Grades 1-5 are the latest additions to the bestselling 'Improve your ...' series by Paul Harris. This theory workbook takes students through every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574243550Author Robert BenedettoPage Count 274Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream Publishing

Famous Pianists and Their Technique has been a standard in the field since its first publication in 1974. This widely used and acclaimed history of piano technical thought includes insights into the techniques of masters such as C.P.E. Bach, Bartok,...

A must-have for any guitar lover!This book introduces the reader to 250 guitars of all types from the early acoustic archtop designs of the Gibson L-5 in the last 1920s, through the National resonators of the 1930s, the hollow body electric Gibsons of...

This classic reference work, the best one-volume music dictionary available, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid, lively prose, the Fourth Edition of The Harvard Dictionary of Music is...

The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists is a new kind of dictionary-one that reflects the use of "rhythm rhymes" by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today. This is an eminently practical reference work for all...

Daniels' Orchestral Music is the gold standard reference for conductors, music programmers, librarians, and any other music professional researching an orchestral program. This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original work,...

I have been seeking P.F. Sloan, but no one knows where he's gone. -from the song 'P.F. Sloan' by Jimmy Webb. Absolutely none of 'em could beat ol' P.F. -Lester Bangs, Rolling Stone magazine. What's Exactly The Matter With Me? is a first-person account...

Leonard Bernstein was one of twentieth-century music's most successful and recognizable figures. In a career spanning five decades he conducted many of the world's leading orchestras, and composed scores for landmark musicals such as Candide and West...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2007.Book InformationISBN 9780307346032Author Gavin EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Three Rivers...

Noted lexicographer Thomsett here dissects over 1,400 terms, a buttula to zither, with his acclaimed clarity and precision (""definitely recommended"" said Library Journal of his Investment and Securities Dictionary); 383 high quality original...

This comprehensive guide covers all of the music used in Woody Allen's films from Take the Money and Run (1969) to Match Point (2005). Each film receives scene-by-scene analysis with a focus on how Allen utilized music.Book InformationISBN...

Often, the title of one of the world's great musical compositions is not a clear or simple matter. An allusive title, particularly in a foreign language, or a title that does not seem related to the work, can confuse even the most devoted music lover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788822264473Author Arman SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Casa Editrice Leo S.OlschkiPublisher Casa Editrice Leo S.Olschki

Provocative and timely, Disciplining Music confronts a topic that has sparked considerable debate in recent years: how do musicians and music scholars "discipline" music in their efforts to confer order and meaning on it? This collection of essays...

Louisiana's unique multicultural history has led to the development of more styles of American music than anywhere else in the country. Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians compiles over 1,600 native creators, performers, and recorders of the state's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574242126Author Robert Carl HartmanPage Count 280Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream Publishing

This work catalogs commercially produced recordings of spirituals composed for solo concert vocalists. More than 5,000 tracks are listed, with entries sourced from a variety of recording formats. The featured recordings enhance the study of concert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470643201Author Alfred MusicFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Alfred MusicPublisher Alfred MusicWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 300mm * 8mm

This work covers all musical periods: medieval; Renaissance; baroque; classical; romantic; and modern. It includes extended articles on major figures, movements, technical concepts, and explanations of standard symbols, abbreviations and notations.Book...

This fascinating and comprehensive survey of medieval carvings of musicians comprises all churches and cathedrals found in England. Illustrated with over 120 photographs by C.R. Nicewonger, the iconography of each type of instrument is recorded in detail...

Noted music education and arts activist Charles Fowler has inspired music educators for more than 60 years. In this reader, editor Craig Resta brings together the most important of Fowler's writings from the journal Musical America for new generations...

Repeated Takes is the first general book on the history of the recording industry, covering the entire field from Edison's talking tin foil of 1877 to the age of the compact disc.Michael Chanan considers the record as a radically new type of commodity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783892210061Author Bill DobbinsPage Count 999Imprint advance music GmbHPublisher advance music GmbH

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497360341Author Gary BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Concise and practical, Music Research introduces students to the major print and electronic research tools available to them. This unique handbook does not aim to provide an exhaustive introduction to the subject; rather, it is highly selective and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793591602Author Colin BaileyPage Count 48Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

These easy games help children enjoy themselves while developing a love for music. Besides listening, concentration and expression games, this book includes rhythm games, dance and movement games, relaxation games, card and board games and musical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781470627157Author Michael ViscegliaPage Count 144Imprint Alfred Publishing Company IncPublisher Alfred Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.

Confronting a topic that has sparked considerable debate in recent years: how do musicians and music scholars "discipline" music in their efforts to confer order and meaning on it?, this collection of essays addresses this issue by formulating questions...

Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base over half a century that is as significant and devoted as those of the Beatles, and this entertaining guide to all things Fab Four rewards those fans with everything they need to know about the band...

There have been numerous publications in the last decades on the Bible in literature, film, and art. But until now, no reference work has yet appeared on the Bible as it appears in Western music. In The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and...