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Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New OrleansOver the course of the twentieth century, African Americans in New Orleans helped define the genres of jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk. In recent decades, younger generations of New Orleanians have created a rich and dynamic local rap scene, which has revolved...
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Elvis Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know about the King of Rock 'n' Roll in HollywoodIf Elvis Presley had not wanted to be a movie star, he would never have single-handedly revolutionized popular culture. Yet this aspect of his phenomenal career has been much maligned and misunderstood - partly because the King himself once referred to his 33 movies...
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Puccini: A BiographyThis masterful biography provides the most authentic and revealing portrait to date of this major operatic composerAuthor: Mary Jane Phillips-MatzPublisher: Northeastern University PressPublished: 10/03/2002Pages: 384Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 9.90h x 6.22w x 1.20dISBN: 9781555535308Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/12/2002 pg. 288Booklist 10/01/2002 pg. 294Library Journal...
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The Huron CarolRenowned children's book illustrator Ian Wallace brings his masterful ability to paint landscape and his cultural sensitivity to The Huron Carol, a beautiful and unusual song with a rich history. In the early 1600s Father Jean de Brébeuf came to Canada from his native...
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Ableton Live 101: An Introduction to Ableton Live 10Learn the basics of producing music with Ableton Live software. Ableton Live has become one of the most popular platforms for music production since its introduction in 2001. Its intuitive interface allows beginners to make music right away, while offering deep functionality to satisfy...
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Pop Hits for Five-Finger Piano(Five Finger Piano Songbook). 8 hot hits that even beginners can play, including: Cups (When I'm Gone) * Home * I Won't Give Up * Love Story * Next to Me * Skyfall * What Makes You Beautiful * When I Was Your Man....
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Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas: Big-Note Piano(Big Note Songbook). 11 selections from the 1993 Christmas movie hit from Tim Burton and Disney, arranged in our unique big-note piano notation for beginning pianists: Finale/Reprise * Jack's Lament * Jack's Obsession * Kidnap the Sandy Claws * Making Christmas * Oogie Boogie's...
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Fingerboard Workbook for the First Position Map the Violin for GoodHow can you learn to play the violin when there are no indications of where the notes are on the fingerboard? This is a violin instruction workbook that focuses on the first position. Students practice reading violin music and then learn to find where...
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The Blues Man: 40 Years with the Blues LegendsAuthor: Melvyn JonesPublisher: AuthorhousePublished: 08/28/2008Pages: 232Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69dISBN: 9781434375711This title is not returnable
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Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 1 Book/Online Audio [With 2 CDs](Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. The companion audio include piano accompaniments. The book features authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are...
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Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Beatles... and More!40 years after the release of the iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles continue to captivate music fans of all ages. There's something always more to discuss about the Fab Four. What were their greatest live performances? Their worst moments? Stories...
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Moving Transposition (After Ernst Sachse's 100 Etudes) for TrumpetTransposition at sight ranks as one of the most essential skills to be mastered by any orchestral trumpet player. In this volume, each of Sachse's formidable etudes is presented in its original form complete with multi key changes. It is then presented with a...
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When the British Musical Ruled the WorldFor decades, British stage musicals struggled to compete against the dazzling Broadway productions that came roaring in from across the pond. But that tide was turned at last in 1978, when Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of Evita brought the West End...
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Wedding CantataDaniel Pinkham was a student of Walter Piston and Aaron Copland at Harvard University, and of Samuel Barber, Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boulanger at Tanglewood. He taught at the New England Conservatory from 1959 until his death in 2006. The Wedding Cantata is a...
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Concerto En Sol Majeur (Piano Concerto in G Major) (Edition for 2 Pianos): UrtextAuthor: Maurice RavelPublisher: Alfred MusicPublished: 08/01/2022Pages: 76Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780014117659This title is only available via back order
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Jerusalem: The Story of a SongJerusalem: The Story of a Song is a popular history of England's unofficial national anthem, which began life as a poem by William Blake, was set to music by Hubert Parry and is sung every year at the Last Night of the Proms.Author: Edwin...
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I Dream He Talks to Me: A Memoir of Learning How to ListenFrom a Grammy-nominated musician comes a lyrical testament to love and resilience through the lens of parenting her young son, who has nonverbal autism. Shortly before his second birthday, Allison Moorer's son, John Henry, stopped using the twenty-seven words he had learned. John Henry's...
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Interwar Symphonies and the Imagination: Politics, Identity, and the Sound of 1933The symphony has long been entangled with ideas of self and value. Though standard historical accounts suggest that composers' interest in the symphony was almost extinguished in the early 1930s, this book makes plain the genre's continued cultural dominance, and argues that the symphony...
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Musik Und Internet: Aktuelle Phänomene Populärer KulturenStreaming-Plattformen und soziale Medien sind geprägt von mannigfaltigen musikalischen Formen und Inhalten. Mit ihren jeweiligen Oberflächen bzw. Gestaltungs- und Kommunikationsrahmen ermöglichen und prägen sie aktuelle Musikkulturen. Neben lang etablierten Formen, wie dem Popsong, die mehr und mehr von den Plattformlogiken und verkürzten Aufmerksamkeitsspannen strukturell...
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Van Halen A Visual BiographyMillions of fans would attest that this is a band eminently deserving of a Visual Biography. From the single sleeves through the passes, posters and promo items and of course, most especially Dave, Ed, Mikey and Al themselves (and Sam, Gary and Wolfgang!), Van...
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