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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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Serge Gainsbourg's ParisA guide to the home city of singer, songwriter and actor Serge Gainsbourg, from birth at L'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris in April 1928, to his final resting place at Cimitière du Montparnasse. Along the way, we note residences, bars, studios, nightclubs, along with many scenes...
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Sea Shanty Play-Alongs for Violin: Ten Sea Shanties to Play Along. from Aloha 'Oe, La Paloma, Santiana Via Sloop John B., the Drunken Sailor to the WeIt is not only the great success of Nathan Evans' re-release of The Wellerman" on social media that is responsible for the great popularity of sea shanties and naval songs. Such songs create a unique mood, a touch of adventure and wanderlust for the...
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Run With The Wolf: Rainbow On RecordIn Run with the Wolf: Rainbow on Record, Martin Popoff-also author of Sensitive to Light: The Rainbow Story, as well as multiple books on Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Dio-assembles a panel of interested interviewees in celebration of Ritchie Blackmore's legendary band Rainbow, one...
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Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966-1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an EraThe convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and the Velvet Underground. This book examines these artists' relationships to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada)...
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Pop Music, U.S.A.Pop Music, U.S.A. is designed to be used in a college-level general music class. It covers popular music in America from pre-Revolutionary War times through the present (2018).Author: Gerard Aloisio, Warren J. Anderson, Josh JonesPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 07/23/2018Pages: 420Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.13lbsSize:...
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Poetry Into Song: Performance and Analysis of LiederFocusing on the music of the great song composers--Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and Strauss--Poetry Into Song offers a systematic introduction to the performance and analysis of Lieder . Part I, "The Language of Poetry," provides chapters on the themes and imagery of German Romanticism...
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Poetics of Music in the Form of Six LessonsOne of the greatest of contemporary composers has here set down in delightfully personal fashion his general ideas about music and some accounts of his own experience as a composer. Every concert-goer and lover of music will take keen pleasure in his notes about...
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Playing Harp for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide To Mastering The Harp From Novice To Virtuoso, Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons, Musical Theory, PThis book is an indispensable resource for aspiring harpists of all levels, offering a comprehensive journey from novice to virtuoso. Authored by Victor Frank, a seasoned harpist and educator, 'Playing Harp for Beginners' provides a step-by-step guide to mastering the intricacies of the harp....
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Play Drums Today! - Level 1: A Complete Guide to the Basics [With CD (Audio)](Play Today Instructional Series). The ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and a professional-quality online audio with 99 full-demo tracks and spoken instruction. This drum series can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for...
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Perfecting Sound ForeverIn 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician. Today, the equation is reversed. Whereas...
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One Bear ExtraordinaireBear is a rambling musician. An entertainer. A legend. One Bear Extraordinaire. Bear wakes up one morning with a song in his head, but something is missing. What's a one-bear band to do? He travels the forest in search of his song and meets...
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My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American SongAuthor: Emily BinghamPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 09/17/2024Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781985901315
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Music as Social Life: The Politics of Participation [With CD]People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. In Music as Social Life, Thomas Turino explores why it is that...
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More than the MusicAuthor: Patricia Prentzel, Kris HinterbergPublisher: Peppertree PressPublished: 07/16/2024Pages: 142Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39dISBN: 9781614939641
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Moon River for Clarinet QuartetIf you want to play one of the most famous songs from the beautiful movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, read on!Often finding effective arrangements for clarinet quartet can be really difficult and complicated. Especially if you look for songs that can excite the audience and...
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Mindful Rigor: Holistic Training to Enhance Dance PerformanceAuthor: Lisa D. LongPublisher: Cognella Academic PublishingPublished: 07/30/2024Pages: 182Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.39dISBN: 9781793581525
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Mango Tree Musician: The Carlos Garnett AutobiographySaxophonist Carlos Garnett, despite being blind in his later years, was an integral part of Miles Davis' nonet. His pivotal roles extended beyond live performances to studio work during the "On the Corner" era in 1972. Though he was born in a community of...
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Love Music: And It Will Love You BackFrom top-performing Jazz pianist Jeff Colella comes this groundbreaking book on music theory, skill development, and the art of improvisation.Jeff Colella is one of California's most in-demand Jazz pianists. His post-bop style has granted him multiple tours, a faculty position, and a widely successful...
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Louder and Faster: Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko Volume 552020 Alan Merriam Prize for Best Book Published in Ethnomusicology, Society for Ethnomusicology A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Louder and Faster is a cultural study of the phenomenon of Asian American taiko, the thundering, athletic drumming...
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Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture During CovidAnalyses how Black music and culture framed how we passed the time in the first 18 months of the pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, music listening increased as people used it to help to counter the psychological fallout of lockdown and reduce its effects...
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