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Going Solo -- ViolinIf you are preparing to face an audience for the first time - whether at home, at school, or on the concert platform - then you are ready for Going Solo. Spanning a wide range of repertoire from lively original material to imaginative arrangements,...
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Going Solo -- ClarinetIf you are preparing to face an audience for the first time - whether at home, at school, or on the concert platform - then you are ready for Going Solo. Spanning a wide range of repertoire from lively original material to imaginative arrangements,...
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It's about That Time: Miles Davis on and Off RecordHere is quite simply one of the most original books about a jazz musician ever published--a biography-cum-discography that focuses in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using them as a jumping off point for an illuminating discussion of the turbulent life...
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Questions and Answers: Practical Advice for Piano TeachersFor over 26 years piano teachers relied on Frances Clark's column in Clavier magazine for insightful, inspiring answers to their questions. Some of her best advice on subjects ranging from repertoire to fingering appears in this informative volume for piano teachers. Topics include: Lesson...
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The BeatlesFollows the extraordinary development of the four self-taught musicians from Liverpool from their beginnings until the break-up in 1970Author: Allan KozinnPublisher: Phaidon PressPublished: 10/19/1995Pages: 242Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 8.68h x 6.13w x 0.80dISBN: 9780714832036Audience: Young AdultReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 09/18/1995 pg. 125This title is...
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Daily Exercises for VoiceExpertly arranged Vocal Method by Francesco Lamperti from the Kalmus Edition series. This is from the Romantic era.Author: Francesco LampertiPublisher: Alfred MusicPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 20Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.70w x 0.30dISBN: 9780711977853This title is only available via back order
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Music, Thought, and Feeling: Understanding the Psychology of MusicExamining the intersection of music, psychology, and neuroscience, Music, Thought, and Feeling, Second Edition, surveys the rapidly growing field of music cognition and explores its most interesting questions. Assuming minimal background in music or psychology, the book begins with an overview of the major...
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Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy LegendDjango Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt. Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait...
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In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek ParaviciniDerek Paravicini is blind, can not tell his right hand from his left, and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gifthe is a musical prodigy with perfect pitch whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott's to Las Vegas,...
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Dylan's Visions of SinBob Dylan's ways with words are a wonder, matched as they are with his music and verified by those voices of his. In response to the whole range of Dylan early and late (his songs of social conscience, of earthly love, of divine love,...
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Piano Progress Studies, Bk 2An excellent selection of graded studies from prominent composers such as Czerny, Bartok, and Kodaly which have been lovingly collected and edited by Fanny Waterman. This series of books represents a distillation of the thoroughness, inspiration and sense of adventure that characterise Waterman's own...
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The Art of French Piano Music: Debussy, Ravel, Faure, ChabrierAn essential resource for scholars and performers, this study by a world-renowned specialist illuminates the piano music of four major French composers, in comparative and reciprocal context. Howat explores the musical language and ethos of this repertoire, juxtaposing structural analysis with editorial and performing...
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The Chronicle of JazzA year-by-year history of people and events, this lively multi-layered account tells the whole story of jazz music and its personalities. The Chronicle of Jazz charts the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and the southern United States to the myriad urban...
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The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class MusicA history of conjunto music and musicians.Author: Manuel PeñaPublisher: University of Texas PressPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 234Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.08h x 5.92w x 0.65dISBN: 9780292780804
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Impossible MusicIn an emotionally compelling tale crackling with originality, when a teen musician goes deaf, his quest to create an entirely new form of music brings him to a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he...
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Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Emperor): With Orchestral Reduction for Second PianoThis volume contains two of Beethoven's most loved and widely performed piano concertos, printed in the traditional format for two pianos: Piano I is the solo part; Piano II, a piano reduction of the orchestral score.Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, composed...
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Treatise on HarmonyThe Trait de l'harmonie of Jen-Philippe Rameau is one of the most important books in the history of Western music. Written while Rameau was still a relatively obscure organist and music master at Clermont-Ferrand, the book received but one printing during Rameau's life, in...
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Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and RollThe riotous and unbridled confessions of a debauched rock and roller and his adventures in excess while touring Middle America on the '80's hair-metal nostalgia circuit The Unband emerged from the suburbs of late '80's New England and drank, drugged, crashed, and burned their...
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Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the ClashThe only internationally successful, million-selling group to emerge from the late seventies London punk scene, the Clash set out to change the world with a potent mix of politics, iconic imagery, and blazing rock 'n' roll. It was an agenda mirrored in the Clash's...
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György LigetiThe Hungarian György Ligeti (1923-2006) was at the head of the avant garde from the early 1960s, and remained at the forefront of musical change and innovation. The use of his music in Stanley Kubrick's films 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining has...
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