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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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A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America". . . extraordinarily far-reaching. . . . highly accessible." --Notes "No one has written this way about music in a long, long time. Lucid, insightful, with real spiritual, political, intellectual, and emotional grasp of the whole picture. A book about why music matters,...
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Punk FarmFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Hey, Kiddo. After a long day of work, Farmer Joe goes home to bed. But meanwhile, back at the barn . . .Cow sets up her drums.Pig plugs in his amp.Goat tunes his bass.Chicken sets up...
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Selena: Como La FlorA lovingly documented biography of music superstar Selena Quintanilla's life, work, and musical legacy. Selena Quintanilla was a vibrant musical performer, wildly pouplar in the growing field of Tejano music. But her rising star suddenly fell when she was murdered at the age of...
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing InkThe perfect gift for music lovers and Elvis Costello fans, telling the story behind Elvis Costello's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink provides readers with a master's catalogue of a lifetime of great music. Costello reveals the process...
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Basic Harmonic ProgressionsIn this new text, designed to follow SCALES, INTERVALS, KEYS, TRIADS, RHYTHMS, AND METER by the same authors, the procedures of programmed instruction are utilized to promote the student's mastery of part-writing fundamentals and understanding of the basic concepts of harmonic progression.Author: John CloughPublisher:...
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Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold WarDangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of twentieth-century American life, occupying a prominent place in the nation's culture and politics. The work of renowned conductors, instrumentalists, and singers--and the activities of orchestras and opera companies--were intertwined with...
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Beethoven: The Music and the LifeThis brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent personal, historical, political, and cultural frameworks in which Beethoven worked and examines their effects on his music. The result is that rarest of achievements,...
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Thoroughbass MethodIt contains excerpts from the theoretical works by Praetorius, Niedy, Telemann, Mattheson, Heinichen, J. S. and C. P. E. Bach, Quantz, Padre Mattei; numerous examples, including complete pieces, from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and many exercises for the student.Author: Hermann KellerPublisher: W. W....
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Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western CivilizationFew music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today's pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy....
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A Boy Named Shel: The Life and Times of Shel SilversteinFew authors are as beloved as Shel Silverstein. His inimitable drawings and comic poems have become the bedtime staples of millions of children and their parents, but few readers know much about the man behind that wild-eyed, bearded face peering out from the backs...
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Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George HarrisonShrouded in a sea of mystery, the elusive George Harrison has long been the most private and enigmatic member of the Beatles. From his hard knock childhood in Liverpool to his ascendance into rock infamy, George Harrison's life has been a torpid ride filled...
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Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth CenturyWith John Lee Hooker's death in June 2001 the world lost one of the last great Mississippi Delta bluesmen. Acclaimed writer Charles Schaar Murray's Boogie Man is the authorized and authoritative biography of this musician whose extraordinary career spanned over fifty years and included...
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Marilyn MansonFor the public, the triumph of Marilyn Manson happened in the blink of an eye, beginning with the debut of their 1994 Album Portrait of an American Family, an event which led to a cover on Rolling Stone and the group's MTV smash Sweet...
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Alanis Morissette: A BiographyJust two years ago Alanis Morissette was a former teen pop star, dismissed by some as a footnote in Canadian pop history. Then her album Jagged Little Pill sold over 13 million copies worldwide, and a new queen of alternative rock was crowned. Here...
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Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, 1960-1994Clinton Heylin has devoted his career to Bob Dylan's work and presents here a comprehensive study of all of Dylan's recording sessions.Author: Clinton HeylinPublisher: St. Martin's GriffinPublished: 03/15/1997Pages: 264Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 9.24h x 6.20w x 0.56dISBN: 9780312150679About the AuthorClinton Heylin is the cofounder...
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Clap Your Hands: A Celebration of GospelClap Your Hands is an inspirational, joyous celebration of poetry, art, and rhythm, tracing the history of African American gospel music and the poets, singers, and thought leaders who have fearlessly and soulfully contributed to the spiritual and social evolution of America. This powerful...
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Worship Old and NewA reexamination of the actual practice of worship that goes beyond the merely academic to provide a practical perspective through the eyes of the worship leader and the congregation. The most effective approach to worship is one that blends historical and traditional practices with...
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The Twelve Days of ChristmasEnjoy the pagentry, music, and spirit of this Little Golden Book adaption of the classic Christmas carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Kids will spend happy holiday moments gazing at elaborate costumes, musical instruments, and, of course, a partridge in a pear tree. Legendary...
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The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother's MemoirBill Medley's indelible baritone adorns some of the biggest hits of the twentieth century and is prominent on the soundtrack of an entire generation. He and his musical partner, the late inimitable Bobby Hatfield, formed the Righteous Brothers in 1963 and forever changed the...
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Darker Than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick DrakeWhen Nick Drake (1948-1974) died of a drug overdose at twenty-six, he left behind three modest-selling albums, including the stark Pink Moon and the lush Bryter Layter. Three decades later, he is recognized as one of the true geniuses of English acoustic music. Yet...
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