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Clara Schumann StudiesAuthor: Joe DaviesPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 12/02/2021Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.75dISBN: 9781108489843About the AuthorDavies, Joe: - Joe Davies is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of California, Irvine and Maynooth University. His research focuses on nineteenth-century music, its...
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Be Inspired, Stay Focused: Creativity, Learning, and the Business of MusicBe Inspired, Stay Focused: Creativity, Learning, and the Business of Music is an engaging and inspiring collection of personal essays written by soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome. This book is a must-read for those wanting real insight into how a creative musician thinks about his...
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Piano & Keyboard Scales and Arpeggios Book, Practice Diagrams Step by Step: Fundamentals of Piano Practices, All the Major, Minor (Pentatonic, Blues aScales and Arpeggios book for Piano and Keyboard! Learn to build SCALES and ARPEGGIOS easily and quickly. Scales and arpeggios are described for the right and left hand, with descriptions of correct fingering.The book contains the necessary theory to perform the exercises, It is...
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The Second Summer of Love: How Dance Music Took Over the WorldThe birth of acid house and club culture, as told by those who were there In 1987, four friends from London, Paul Oakenfold, Danny Rampling, Nicky Holloway and Johnny Walker, took a week-long holiday to Ibiza. What they saw there, and brought back home,...
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One Hundred Columns for Razorcake by Ben Snakepit: The Complete Comics 2003-2020All of Ben Snakepit's comics for Razorcake magazine, collected into one definitive volume! Spanning from 2003 until 2020, Snakepit covers the essentials of DIY punk life, from show reviews and scene reports, to the basics of touring on the cheap and making friends on...
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The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: an Analysis and Synthesis of Pianoforte Tone-productionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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I Got Something to Say!: Collections, Recollections & Personal Reflections About Def LeppardIF YOU REALLY WANT TO INDULGE IN DEF LEPPARD (or looking for a great gift for any fan of the band), THEN THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU!The book includes 37 chapters all about Def Leppard, and features in-depth write-ups on the band's studio...
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Following the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in TennesseeFollowing the Drums: African American Fife and Drum Music in Tennessee is an epic history of a little-known African American instrumental music form. John M. Shaw follows the music from its roots in West Africa and early American militia drumming to its prominence in...
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Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in MusicBased upon Cantometrics: An Approach to the Anthropology of Music (1976), by Alan Lomax, Songs of Earth: Aesthetic and Social Codes in Music is a contemporary guide to understanding and exploring Cantometrics, the system developed by Lomax and Victor Grauer for analyzing the formal...
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Women of the RecordsAcross India women, mostly from the courtesan community, were the stellar pioneers of recording technology in the early twentieth-century. Yet, their stories have been completely lost in the sands of time.This book revisits their lives & features the indefatigable saga of 25 inspiring Indian...
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WomEnchanting: A Compendium of Sacred Songs for Rituals and CelebrationsMake a joyful noise! Let this diverse collection of songs and chants entice you to sing whether in a group or on your own. Within these pages are the sounds of women singing in the moonlight, the sounds of women and men, girls and...
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Orbit: Ringo StarrTidalWave has created the comic book biographies on the other Beatles, so now it is time to read about the world of Sir Ringo Starr in comic book form. Read about how overcame life-threatening illnesses during childhood to how he became one of the...
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1973: The Year in Progressive RockDuring a decade that defined progressive rock, 1973 was a pivotal year. Influential bands like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull and King Crimson released some of their best-selling albums and there was a plethora of releases from less well...
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Handbook of Gospel MusicBlack gospel music is music and lyrics of African American culture that express good news. The primary elements are rhythm and improvisation. The origins are in West African culture, American slavery, and theology.Although from various regions of Africa's West coast, slaves were herded together...
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Musical Nationalism, Despotism and Scholarly Interventions in Greek Popular MusicThis book discusses the relationship between Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical music and laiko (popular) song in Greece. Laiko music was long considered a lesser form of music in Greece, with rural folk music considered serious enough to carry the weight of the ideologies founded within...
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Fifty Key Stage MusicalsThis volume in the Routledge Key Guides series provides a round-up of the fifty musicals whose creations were seminal in altering the landscape of musical theater discourse in the English-speaking world. Each entry summarises a show, including a full synopsis, discussion of the creators'...
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The Voice of the Rural: Music, Poetry, and Masculinity Among Migrant Moroccan Men in UmbriaA moving portrait of the contemporary experiences of migrant Moroccan men. Umbria is known to most Americans for its picturesque rolling hills and medieval villages, but to the many migrant Moroccan men who travel there, Umbria is better known for the tobacco fields, construction...
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The Happy Music Play BookEasy, joyful, everyday games for music and creativity with little kids (and passing some time when you're out of inspiration).A book of activities, games and suggestions for parents of small children who would like to introduce joyful music-making into everyday family life.Designed around the...
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The Podcaster's Audio GuideThe Podcaster's Audio Guide is a concise introduction to simple sound engineering techniques for podcasters. This digestible guide explains the basics of audio engineering, from equipment, to recording, editing, mixing and publishing. Suitable for beginners from all backgrounds, including students and hobbyists, as well...
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Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020: A University of Illinois Press AnthologyThis second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series published by the University of Illinois Press: Music in American Life, and African...
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