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How Sonata Forms: A Bottom-Up Approach to Musical FormTraditional approaches to musical form have always adopted a top-down perspective whereby a work's form organizes and unifies the individual parts of the work through an overarching logic. How Sonata Forms turns this view on its head, proposing instead that it was the parts...
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Simple, Brief, and Precise: How to Write with ClarityThis book is a straightforward, practical, easy-to-use tool to improve writing. Author Darrel Walters draws from his experience reading tens of thousands of pages as a university professor to create an essential reference and guide. Simple, Brief, and Precise is destined to become a...
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Historic Connecticut Music Venues: From the Coliseum to the ShabooConnecticut is home to a number of landmark music venues that have featured local and national performers. While some of the locations have closed, they have certainly not been forgotten. The New Haven Coliseum, the Arena and the Bushnell Memorial were once the places...
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Creative Jazz ImprovisationThe leading textbook in jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation, Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom, suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills. Logically organized and guided by a philosophy that encourages...
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A Kind of Magic: Making the Original HighlanderThe story of an immortal Scottish warrior battling evil down through the centuries, Highlander fused a high-concept idea with the kinetic energy of a pop promo pioneer and Queen's explosive soundtrack to become a cult classic.When two American producers took a chance on a...
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A Question Mark: An Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Elliott SmithIn the early 2000s, Elliott Smith was a rising Indie music star, a multi-instrumentalist with a drug habit and a dark outlook on life. His music conveyed the depths of his pain and the heights of his hope. When he died in 2003 of...
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Sydney Opera House- Richly illustrated with images and stories, this is your perfect souvenir of the Sydney Opera House- A new guide to this architectural masterpiece and UNESCO World Heritage Site- Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world- Looks at...
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Measure: In Pursuit of Musical TimeFollows the fascinating story of musical timekeeping, beginning in an age before the existence of external measuring devices and continuing to the present-day use of the Smartphone app. The book opens with an exploration of musical time keeping as expressed in the artwork and...
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Improvising the Score: Rethinking Modern Film Music Through JazzOn December 4, 1957, Miles Davis revolutionized film soundtrack production, improvising the score for Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'échafaud. A cinematic harbinger of the French New Wave, Ascenseur challenged mainstream filmmaking conventions, emphasizing experimentation and creative collaboration. It was in this environment during the...
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Hidden in the HymnsThe Church has a rich history of music and hymns. But many mainstream congregations have thrown out the older hymns. Why?Archaic. Antiquated. Obsolete. The wording in the old hymns is deemed too out-of-date to be worthwhile to the modern Church. To which Hidden in...
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Little Feat: Every Album Every SongLittle Feat may not be a household name, but they are well-known to a good number of musicians who are: Keith Richards rounded up the Rolling Stones to see them perform in Amsterdam in 1975, Robert Plant publicly lamented their lack of success (as...
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Simple Methods Smarter Decisions: Safety Resources for Female Recording ArtistsBreaking News! "Top Recording Artist Battles To Own Masters", "Popular Hit Maker Linked To Shocking Sex Scandal", "Number One Selling Performer File's Bankruptcy", "Beloved Pop Star's Crazed Lover Wrecks Her Career." We have seen the magazine headlines and heard the national news stories associated...
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I Saw a Dozen Faces... and I rocked them all: The Diary of a Never WasTim Lee's new book I Saw a Dozen Faces ... and I Rocked Them All: The Diary of a Never Was chronicles the journey of a rock 'n roll lifer who was part of the national independent music scene of the 1980s.It's a story...
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My Self and IThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Orff Schulwerk in Diverse Cultures: An Idea That Went Round the WorldOrff-Schulwerk in Diverse Cultures: An Idea That Went Round the World is a commentary on the phenomenon of the rapid and worldwide dissemination of Orff Schulwerk, which has been in continuous process for more than 70 years since its origins in Central Europe. A...
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A Kiss Across the Ocean: Transatlantic Intimacies of British Post-Punk and Us LatinidadIn A Kiss across the Ocean Richard T. Rodríguez examines the relationship between British post-punk musicians and their Latinx audiences in the United States since the 1980s. Melding memoir with cultural criticism, Rodríguez spotlights a host of influential bands and performers including Siouxsie and...
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Work Hard Playlist Hard - Second Edition: Actionable Advice to Help Artists Grow Their Audience on Music Streaming PlatformsStreaming music has proven it is here to stay. Artists and their teams now find themselves with many new challenges in the digital landscape. With more options than ever for music distribution, standing out in a crowd, deciding where to focus your energy and...
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John Henry and His People: The Historical Origin and Lore of America's Great Folk BalladThe song John Henry, perhaps America's greatest folk ballad, is about an African-American steel driver who raced and beat a steam drill, dying with his hammer in his hand from the effort. Most singers and historians believe John Henry was a real person, not...
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Tupac Behind BarsOn March 8th, 1995, 2Pac Shakur, arguably the World's greatest Rapper, arrived at the Clinton Correctional facility in Dannemora, New York, secured in shackles. Tupac walked with his eyes looking forward and his head hung low through the same hardened steel gates of the...
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The Sea Shanty Mandolin Songbook: 52 Traditional Sea Songs & Shanties Arranged for Mandolin-Family InstrumentsTHE BEST TRADITIONAL SEA SHANTIES AND SONGS OF THE SEA DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS ALIKE EASY-TO-READ TABLATURE - You don't need to know how to read music! PLAY THESE SONGS ON ANY MANDOLIN-FAMILY INSTRUMENT tuned GDAE Here is the latest tablature songbook...
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