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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 Music of American Folk Song: And Selected Other Writings on American Folk MusicThis is the first complete publication of the late composer and scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger's major work on American folksongs. It preserves them as well as demonstrates how they should be played so that they remain a living partof the American musical tradition. This...
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The McCartney Legacy: Volume 2: 1974 - 80The follow-up to The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, the most complete work on the life and work of Paul McCartney ever published. Volume 2 continues to paint the portrait of one of the world's greatest musicians, his work post-Beatles, and his life from 1974...
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The Last Five Years(Vocal Selections). Jason Robert Brown, the creator of Parade and Songs for a New World, has written a distinctive new Off-Broadway musical. The Last Five Years tells the story of a failed marriage of 20-somethings: he a successful novelist, she a struggling actress. Her...
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The Jam: Every Album, Every SongFrom the band's first single, 'In The City' in April 1977, to their last, 'Beat Surrender' in November 1982, The Jam went from new wave wannabees to arguably the biggest band in the UK. The Jam on track covers every song released by the...
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The Compleat Busoni, Volume 1VOLUME 1: Busoni and the piano: The works, the writings, and the recordings.Larry Sitsky, professor emeritus at The Australian National University, is an internationally known composer, pianist, scholar, and teacher. His books are fundamental reference works on subjects such as Australian piano music, the...
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The Beatles in America: The Stories, the Scene, the MemoriesThis is the definitive, fully illustrated account of the Beatles' concerts and controversies, and of how the United States dominated their lives in so many ways. Written by one of the acknowledged experts on the Fab Four, Liverpool's own Spencer Leigh, this volume includes...
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The Beatles a Hard Day's Night & MoreThe Beatles A Hard Day's Night & More covers the Beatles first film and its related soundtrack albums from the British, American and Canadian perspectives. And, as the title implies, there is much more. The book also covers the records released from the Beatles...
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Taylor Swift's SwiftiesTaylor Swift's Swifties provides an inside look at the powerful fandom of Taylor Swift. Readers will get hooked on this hi-lo title, covering facts about and insights into the group of fans who aren't afraid to make their support of Tay Swift known.Author: Virginia...
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Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts MattersSympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush--capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived--and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the world's...
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Suzuki Violin School: Violin Part, Book & CDTeach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School. The Suzuki Method(R) of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and...
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Song to the SirenSong to the Siren is the best of Larry Beckett's lyrics of the past fifty years, conceived as poems that can be sung. Most have been set to music and recorded. It includes every kind of lyric: ode, cycle, carol, hymn, ballad, serenade, erotica,...
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Snare DrumDiscover Musical Instruments Discover the snare drum in this simple and engaging book for curious kids. Beginning level texts introduce young readers to common musical instruments. Each book in this series explains how a musical instrument works and how it is played. Simple sentences...
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Samba! the Heartbeat of a Community: Ailton Nunes's Musical JourneyEven as a toddler, Ailton Nunes was drawn to the joyful, energizing sounds of samba music, with its clinks, bongs, and bangs filling the air. It was part of his heritage and practically the heartbeat of his Mangueira neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
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Popular Musics of the Non-Western World: An Introductory SurveyReflecting the growing interest in popular music from the developing world, this unique book is the first to examine all major non-Western urban music styles, from increasingly familiar genres like reggae and salsa, to the lesser-known regional styles of Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa,...
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Pop MusicThis engaging book describes pop music's key characteristics, history, and place in popular music today. It also feature an "Artist Spotlight" special feature, informative sidebars, a table of contents, a reading comprehension quiz, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers book...
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Pal Joey: The History of a HeelWhen Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey opened at the Barrymore on Christmas day, 1940, it flew in the face of musical comedy convention. The characters and situation were depraved. The setting was caustically realistic. Its female lead was frankly sexual and yet not purely...
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On the Road: Recording the Stars in a Golden Era of Live MusicThis book tells the story of a life spent on the road recording the rich diversity of music in America when it was a major part of our lives, not just digital background noise. For music fans, there was a golden era of live...
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Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary ChainWilliam and Jim Reid, brothers and founding members of The Jesus and Mary Chain--a band that bridged the gap between the punk explosion and the emergence of grunge and Britpop--chronicle the chaos, confusion, and stories behind their music. For five years after they'd swapped...
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Music Theory Note by Note: Your Guide to How Music Works--From Notes and Rhythms to Complete CompositionsTake note: You can enjoy music analysis. This concise and clear guide to simplified music theory teaches readers who play music by ear how to read musical notation by guiding them through the basics of reading and composing music to share with others. In...
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Music Listening TodayBest-selling MUSIC LISTENING TODAY, 6e leads you on an enchanting journey through the history of music from the early Western period to the present day--teaching you how to listen as you go. Its unique chronological framework helps you understand and appreciate different styles, forms,...
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