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Explore the best music books, including captivating reads about music, piano books, and songbooks. Find bestsellers and top-recommended music books at our online bookstore.
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The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023"Daniel Bedrosian has done a wonderful job of a seemingly impossible task of reconstructing this history--finding everybody who's been a part of, involved with, or in any way left their fingerprint on what has become the P-Funk."-- George ClintonGeorge Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective (P-Funk) stands...
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Iconic Guitars 2024 Calendar: 2024 CalendarIntroducing the 2024 Iconic Guitars Calendar - a tribute to the most legendary guitars that have shaped the world of music. This calendar seamlessly blends the history of music with visual artistry, celebrating the instruments that have defined genres and inspired generations.Throughout the calendar,...
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Professor Lundy's Guide to Rock Music Connoisseurship: Developing Defendable Aesthetic Judgment and Discovering the Most Worthwhile Music ExperiencesThis empirical and theoretical book should be of interest to anyone who dares to consider the contentious topic of measuring and justifying aesthetic value in music, as well as the issue of how experts compare to nonexperts in terms of aesthetic fluency, aesthetic sensitivity...
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Last Christmas: Conductor ScoreAuthor: George MichaelPublisher: Alfred MusicPublished: 11/20/2023Pages: 999Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781470667290
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String Theories: Tips, Challenges, and Reflections for the Lifelong GuitaristAuthor: Adam Levy, Ethan ShermanPublisher: OtterpinePublished: 10/09/2023Pages: 210Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dISBN: 9781955671156
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Harry Styles: Everyone's Favorite Performer: Everyone's Favorite PerformerMeet the music and movie superstar Harry Styles. This title follows Harry's journey from music competition show contestant to Grammy Award winner. Starting out as a teenage popstar and transforming into a widely respected name in the music and movie world, Harry Styles keeps...
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Beginner Guitar for the Aspiring Musician: Introduction to Guitar and Basic Theory Principles"Beginner Guitar for the Aspiring Musician" is made for any learner wishing to take an in-depth look at the guitar, and the theory around it, in hopes of becoming a competent musician. It's built on the foundation of Shields' years of real-world experience and...
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Music is My Ticket: The Musical Journey of Bill PrinceTracking the musical journey of Bill Prince could keep a family of mapmakers busy for years. This master musician has traveled and performed in all 50 U.S. states and in 81 countries. He has walked the historic streets of Europe, the dirt pathways of...
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African Musicians in the Atlantic World: Legacies of Sound and SlaveryMusic, that fundamental form of human expression, is one of the most powerful cultural continuities fostered by enslaved Africans and their descendants throughout the Americas. The roots of so much of the music beloved around the world today are drawn directly from the men...
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Composers Who Changed HistoryA compelling celebration of the world's most important and influential composers from the medieval period to the present day, this book explores the fascinating stories of their lives and key works. Lavishly illustrated with paintings or photographs of each composer, alongside original musical scores...
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Chorus Confidential: Decoding the Secrets of the Choral ArtDr. William Dehning has been the head of the Choral Department at University of Southern California since 1992. His choirs have wowed audiences worldwide and at the ACDA National Convention. Employing his no-nonsense tone, dry wit and deep passion, he tells all that is...
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The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-GardeThis book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists-Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin-who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco "scene," the...
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Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal ScripturesThe Metal God, himself, Rob Halford--lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess--delivers yet again, now with the bible of hard rock and heavy metal, all in his enlightening, hilarious, and one-of-a-kind voice. Rob Halford has long...
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Composing Aid: Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian PoliticsMusic and arts initiatives are often praised for their capacity to aid in the rehabilitation of refugees. However, it is crucial to recognize that this celebratory view can also mask the unequal power dynamics involved in regulating forced migration. In Composing Aid, Oliver Shao...
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The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred BackstageThe Last Living Slut is the salaciously literary and sexually liberated account of one young woman's transition from traditionally-raised Iranian to rock and roll groupie for Guns N Roses, Motley Crew, and many others. Paired with a powerful introduction by New York Times bestselling...
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Gustav MahlerThe definitive biography of the celebrated composer, published in English to coincide with the centenary of his death A best seller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer's Gustav Mahler has been lauded by scholars as a landmark work. He draws...
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Gloria in Excelsis Deo, BWV 191: Vocal scoreAn interesting case of self-borrowing. Bach took music from this work for his own Mass in B-minor (Part 1 corresponds to the Gloria in excelsis Deo, Part 2 to the Domine Deus, Part 3 to the Cum sancto spiritu). This unusual cantata, the only...
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The Songs He Was Singing Vol. 5 2010-1019Paul McCartney: The Songs He Was Singing vol. 5 traces the ups-and-downs of a remarkable career. Using facts, figures and anecdotes, it reveals the influences and stories behind every song written by Paul McCartney from 2010 to 2019, who played on them, where and...
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The Tragically Hip ABCA love letter to The Tragically Hip, one of Canada's most beloved bands, this ABC picture book features illustrations from four renowned Canadian illustrators. The Tragically Hip, fronted by the late Gord Downie, is a legendary, bestselling Canadian band. And now, almost forty years...
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Euphoric Recall: A Half Century as a Music Fan, Producer, Dj, Record Executive, and TastemakerRecord executive, producer, band manager, club DJ, booking advisor, record store manager--few people had as deep an impact on the Twin Cities alternative and indie rock scene as Peter Jesperson. A passionate music fan since his early childhood, Jesperson found his way into Minneapolis's...
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