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Operas in English have a long, rich, and varied history encompassing everything from the English masques of the 17th century to today's crossover music dramas such as Harvey Milk and Rent. This book covers in detail more than 3,500 English-texted operas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979724732Author Gerald BrennanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dream Street PressPublisher Dream Street PressWeight(grams) 345g

A practical guide for guitarists searching for new repertoire that includes women composers, this unique work lists musical works by instrumentation followed by biographies of each composer. The format first leads users to available pieces in possible...

Sheet music, a genre of printed music with many difficulties of definition and categorization, has posed a serious problem of bibliographical control to many libraries throughout this century. Cataloging Sheet Music: Guidelines for Use with AACR2 and the...

Radio and television broadcasts are an essential component in the career of jazz musician Thomas "Fats" Waller. The medium suited his character well, allowing his friendly, energetic personality to shine through. This book meticulously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645436297Author Julie LoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Jingle Jive MusicPublisher Jingle Jive MusicWeight(grams) 195g

Arriving in the United States at age twenty-seven, Hungarian-born Paul Henry Lang (1901-1991) went on to exert a powerful influence on musical life and scholarship in his adopted country for more than six decades. As professor of musicology at Columbia...

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths. The ratio 3/2, as the fifth overtone in the overtone series, is used...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783640479436Author Young-Hwan YeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Grin VerlagPublisher Grin VerlagWeight(grams) 45g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780064610148Author Christine AmmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint HarperReferencePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 390g

All the facts and informed opinion that you need on the artists who made the history of this decade are contained in this single volume, distilled from The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, universally acclaimed as the world's leading source of...

The Sourcebook for Research in Music, in this revised and greatly expanded second edition, is an invaluable guide to the researcher in navigating the vast proliferation of materials in music research. The editors emphasize English-language and recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493567034Author Danny FriarFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint CreatespacePublisher CreatespaceWeight(grams) 354g

The new edition of this compact and practical reference book takes into account recent research in music history and also gives full coverage of the development of music in the twentieth century. A valuable resource for over thirty years, the Dictionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789036615075Author Bert OlingFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Rebo ProductionsPublisher Rebo Productions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879309633Author Keith Elliot GreenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Backbeat BooksPublisher Backbeat Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716732973Author Wayne CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716583223Author Wayne CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716735905Author Wayne CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914913085Author David P. DeVenneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Fallen Leaf Press,U.S.Publisher Scarecrow PressWeight(grams) 340g

Because music publishing and distribution are largely outside the network of publishers and vendors that libraries use to acquire most of their monographs, there are many inherent difficulties faced by librarians and library staff whose jobs include the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629335353Author Michael A VentrellaFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883684198Author Olaf NordstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Peninsula PressPublisher Peninsula PressWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The Housewright Symposium on the Future of Music Education, held at Florida State University in Tallahassee in 1999, assembled 175 music educators, industry representatives, community arts leaders, and students to speculate about what music education...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936512522Author David WhitwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Whitwell BooksPublisher Whitwell BooksWeight(grams) 726g

Musicians, conductors, students, and researchers can now have a list of conductor-related holdings and where to find them right at their fingertips. The Directory of Conductors' Archives in American Institutions lists the components and the locations of...

Due to the distinctive nature of music as a separate "language" that non-musicians are often unable to read or understand, the cataloging and classification of music materials frequently present special challenges. In response to this often problematic...

Many musicians have enjoyed the solo and chamber music of Robert Valentine, especially that for flute or recorder, but few know anything of this composer's life and other music. This volume lists all of Valentine's known works, including original works,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498199421Author Louis Charles ElsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 440g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986487502Author Judy CarmichaelFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Jazz Inspired, Inc.Publisher Jazz Inspired, Inc.Weight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645878476Author Vivek SahneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Notion PressPublisher Notion PressWeight(grams) 572g

This book covers the proceedings of the March 1985 Music Library Association Preconference.Book InformationISBN 9780914954378Author Ruth TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Scarecrow PressPublisher Scarecrow PressWeight(grams) 168g

America: "Land of the free and the home of the brave." The United States has long been using song as a way of capturing its unique identity. Now, in one volume, official songs from every state (except Michigan and New Jersey, which have no...

Now in paperback! Mona Mender celebrates the fascinating and diverse women who have done us all a great service by furthering music and helping musicians. Her tribute begins with a brief history that places these women in their proper historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936512447Author Craig DabelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Whitwell PublishingPublisher Whitwell PublishingWeight(grams) 826g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936512294Author Craig DabelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Whitwell BooksPublisher Whitwell BooksWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684183302Author Tony M DofatFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Tdc Group Inc.Publisher Tdc Group Inc.Weight(grams) 236g

This volume is presented as a collection of primary research materials for scholars and artists. Each composer presents either a score or some form of documentation of one of his works and, in an accompanying essay, discusses his music in detail,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357946094Author William Braid WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint V & S PublishersPublisher V & S PublishersWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783656160311Author Stephanie LudersFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Grin PublishingPublisher Grin PublishingWeight(grams) 118g