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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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Bill Viola: Love/Death - The Tristan ProjectIn 2004, the opera scene was taken by storm by the ground-breaking production of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde in Los Angeles. This book offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the visionary American artist Bill Viola created four hours of video as a...
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A Psychological Biography of Hiram "Hank" Williams: Much More to His Story, Volume IIVolume II picks up in 1943-44, right where Volume I left off, with Hank's courtship and marriage to first wife, Audrey (Sheppard) Guy Williams, his rise to fame at the Louisiana Hayride, 1948-49, and at the Grand Ole Opry, 1949-50, before success began closing...
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Advances in Quantum Computer MusicThe modern music industry depends critically on computers. The development of conventional digital computing technology for music has been progressing in tandem with the evolution of computers since the 1950s. Therefore, future developments in quantum computing are most likely to impact the way in...
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Yann Tiersen - Rathlin from a Distance: Piano Solo(Piano Solo Songbook). Harnessing the pain and frustration of the gross injustices of the world and balancing it with a sense of hope, optimism, and activism along with a search for meaningful change has all funnelled into Yann Tiersen's recent music. The result is...
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Women and the Piano: A History in 50 LivesWomen are an essential part of the history of the piano--but how many women pianists can you name? Throughout most of the piano's history, women pianists lacked access to formal training and were excluded from male-dominated performance spaces. Even the modern piano's keys were...
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Unofficial Where's Taylor?: Find the World's Biggest Star in Fan-Tastic Scenes!Can you find the world's biggest superstar? Peruse the vibrant era-themed scenes to find the items inspired by the extraordinary music and career of Taylor Swift. From her first step into the limelight to her multi-platinum albums and sold-out world tours, get lost in...
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Uncommon PeopleWhen Miranda Sawyer interviewed Liam Gallagher in 1994, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news all over the world. This fascinating pop history, exploring the moment British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving...
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Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band's KogunA study of the 1974 album Kogun by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, this book assesses not just its importance in jazz history but also its part in public remembrance of World War II in Japan. In 1974 a Japanese soldier emerged from...
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The Story of PokemonThe Story of Pokemon: Welcome to the world of Pok?mon! For over 25 years, this series has entertained leagues of aspiring Trainers. Inside this special celebratory bookazine, we're going to take you on a journey from the very first generation of Pok?mon, all the...
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The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n' RollIggy Pop once said of women: "However close they come I'll always pull the rug from under them. That's where my music is made." For so long, rock 'n' roll has been fueled by this fear and loathing of the feminine. The first book...
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The Point of DistractionA memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of eight piano pieces. 'A wonderfully sensitive and probing meditation on the writing of words and music' Rolf Hind, composer and pianist What lies behind the creation of a...
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The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Music Industry StudiesThe Handbook of Critical Music Industry Studies provides students and researchers with the means to think about how the performance, recording, and publishing of music could be if we do things differently. People are hungry for a more equitable music performance and recording system....
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The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A BiographyAn electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation--and reasserted the power of rock and roll In the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very...
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The Musical Life of Melanie: From the Village to Woodstock and BeyondAt just twenty-two years old, Melanie was the first female solo performer at the historic 1969 Woodstock Festival, transforming into an overnight sensation. Craig Harris chronicles Melanie's remarkable journey, revealing her dedication to artistic integrity for more than half a century. Inspired by a...
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The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True ArtistryThe Inner Game of Music, the breakout hit that became a standard primer in the music world, has taught thousands of musicians--professionals and amateurs alike--how to overcome self-consciousness and stage fright and to recapture a youthful, almost effortless capacity to learn. Now, in his...
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The Life of XXXTentacion: The Story Behind the ScarsThe Life of XXXTentacion: The Story Behind the Scars takes readers into the life of Jahseh Onfroy, also known as XXXTentacion-a music artist who became famous for his raw, emotional songs that connected with millions. Written and illustrated by Blaze Carter, this book explores...
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The Cambridge Companion to West Side StoryOver sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers but is among...
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The Berklee Real Book: C Instruments(Fake Book). Specifically created for use at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, this Real Book features over 350 songs and is designed for practical use with neat and meticulously checked accuracies in melody, harmony, and rhythms. This diverse mix of songs covers many...
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The Art of Counterpoint from Du Fay to JosquinThis book transforms our understanding of a fifteenth-century musical revolution. Renaissance composers developed fresh ways of handling musical flow in pursuit of intensifications, unexpected explosions, dramatic pauses, and sudden evaporations. A new esthetics of opposition, as this study calls it, can be contrasted with...
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Success in Today's Music Business: 101 Strategic Steps to Advance Your Music CareerAuthor Dave Rose is a music industry veteran and has managed the careers of award-winning and Billboard-charting artists such as Bruce Hornsby, Stryper, Lainey Wilson, Little Feat, Sixpence None The Richer, Lit, Parmalee, Marcy Playground, Jason Michael Carroll, Allison Moorer, The Warren Brothers, and...
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