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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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Stone Church Meeting House: Stories From the Early Years of Music Making on the HillAuthor: Laura PopePublisher: MindStir MediaPublished: 02/24/2023Pages: 182Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49dISBN: 9781958729410
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A Player's Guide to Chords and Harmony: Music Theory for Real-World MusiciansIf you'd like to know about music theory but don't want to get bogged down in a stuffy college-level textbook, this guide was written just for you! It's a practical, no-nonsense book ideal for: young musicians learning guitar so they can play rock, folk...
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Dave Weckl -- Back to Basics: An Encyclopedia of Drumming Techniques, DVDOn this DVD, Dave offers invaluable insights into the fundamentals of drumming. Topics covered include hand and foot technique, practice routines, and drum kit set-up and approach. An excellent overview of drum skills for any level drummer. DVD special features include bonus video performances...
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I Didn't See It Coming: Scenes of Love, Loss and Lewy Body DementiaIn this memoir of love, loss, and Lewy body dementia (LBD), Mary Lou Falcone takes readers on a cathartic journey of caregiving that is filled with hope, laughter, and tears. At the age of ten, Mary Lou's life was forever changed when her father...
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Pepper Adams: Saxophone TrailblazerPepper Adams is more than a definitive biography of Park "Pepper" Adams (1930-1986). The culmination of thirty-seven years of research, it's a fascinating account of Adams's life and times, thanks to colorful vignettes drawn from the author's 250 unpublished conversations with Adams and other...
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Deep Inside the Blues: Photographs and InterviewsDeep Inside the Blues collects thirty-four of Margo Cooper's interviews with blues artists and is illustrated with over 160 of her photographs, many published here for the first time. For thirty years, Cooper has been documenting the lives of blues musicians, their families and...
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Beethoven: The String Quartets'[An] extraordinary and exciting book' - John SimpsonBeethoven's string quartets have long been held up as the pinnacle of chamber music: their fertility, complexity, depth and range mark them out as amongst the greatest of all musical creations. Yet they are also elusive, slippery...
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush: Sing Along with Me!A festive sing-along board book that little ones will love! This interactive board book bursts with joy and cheerful illustrations to celebrate the Christmas season. Each title in the Sing Along With Me! series has five slider mechanisms and a QR code that links...
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That 90's Vibe: Stories Behind The Songs From The Last Great Decade of R&B.Whether introduced via cassette, CD's or digital download, for most of us 90's R&B provided the soundtrack to our lives, from childhood and young adult life, good times and hard times, falling in love, heartbreak, weddings, vacations, losing loved ones, and of so much...
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The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop MusicBeloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been...
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Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to ReggaeCaribbean Currents is an exploration of the region's music - its forms and innovations, musicians, festivals, and dance halls, its fans - and traces its African, Asian and European roots. This book is oriented toward a few distinct yet overlapping sets of readers -...
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Symphonic Repertoire: The Second Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, Mahler, and Selected ContemporariesCentral to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the...
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Wired for Music: A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound"Beautifully written... a riveting account of how melodies and rhythms connect us, and help us deal with alienation and anxiety."--Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the ScoreIn this captivating blend of science and memoir, a health journalist and former cellist...
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History Comics: Hip-Hop: The Beat of AmericaMUSICAL REVOLUTION SWEEPS NATION AND BEYONDHow did a bunch of young people from the inner city create a genre of music that became a global phenomenon? From its humble origins at house parties in the Bronx, where DJs mixed old records to create new...
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A Booze & Vinyl Christmas: Merry Music-And-Drink Pairings to Celebrate the SeasonCelebrate the holidays with this merry collection of beloved Christmas albums paired with mood-setting cocktails--a companion to the bestselling listening party guide, Booze & Vinyl. Whether you're planning your finest Ugly Christmas Sweater Party or spending a quiet evening by the stocking-lined fireside at...
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Reconfiguring Myth and Narrative in Contemporary Opera: Osvaldo Golijov, Kaija Saariaho, John Adams, and Tan DunYayoi Uno Everett focuses on four operas that helped shape the careers of the composers Osvaldo Golijov, Kaija Saariaho, John Adams, and Tan Dun, which represent a unique encounter of music and production through what Everett calls "multimodal narrative." Aspects of production design, the...
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DivaFrom Bette Davis to Beyoncé, Maria Callas to Mariah Carey, this gorgeously illustrated book takes a look at what it means to be a diva. Originating from the Latin for "deity" or "goddess," the term "diva" has evolved to become a far more complex--and...
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Prince: The Man and His MusicThe newest, most updated book on Prince available today--now updated with information about the afterlife of his work following his untimely death.Famously reticent and perennially controversial, Prince was one of the few music superstars who remained, largely, an enigma--even up to his premature death...
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Mick Rock. the Rise of David Bowie. 1972-1973A unique tribute from David Bowie's official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie's blessing.In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it landed Bowie's Stardust alter...
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RememberingsFrom the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song. Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sinéad O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late...
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