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Score: A Film Music Documentary - The InterviewsThe world's finest film composers uncover the secrets behind film music, from crafting emotions and making it in Hollywood, to the tricks of giving an audience goosebumps. Summary Composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Inception), Quincy...
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The Masterwork in Music: Volume II, 1926: Volume 2The three volumes of The Masterwork in Music present complete English translations of major works by Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker, one of the twentieth century's leading figures in the field. First published in German between 1925 and 1930, these essays represent Schenker's greatest...
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Master School of Virtuoso Piano Playing: Volume II Scalesvolume 2The second volume of the treatise acclaimed by Busoni as the most monumental work ever written on piano playing, this long-unavailable book presents the best techniques for practicing scales. The author compiled these exercises from contributions by the most famous piano virtuosos of the...
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Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata Opus 94 for Flute and PianoThe Schirmer edition of Prokofiev's Sonata Opus 94 for Flute and Piano is based on previously printed editions and recordings of his Opus 94. This edition retains the solo flute and solo violin parts in the piano score showing the differences made by the...
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Tupac 187: The Red KnightThe powerful and compelling true story of corruption, coercion and murder surrounding the Tupac Shakur & Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace homicides brought to 2014. With contribution by former Los Angeles Police Detective Russell Poole, the original Wallace homicide investigator, Michael Douglas Carlin, Director of...
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Will Oldham on Bonnie Prince BillyThe man who acts under the name Will Oldham and sings and composes under the name Bonnie "Prince" Billy has, over the past quarter-century, made an idiosyncratic journey through, and an indelible mark on, the worlds of indie rock and independent cinema. These conversations...
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Arcadiana: For String QuartetThe first performance was given by the Endellioon Quartet in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Elgar Festival on 16 November 1994. Titles: Venezia Notturno * Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schon * Auf dem Wasser zu...
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A Celebration of BellsThe books of Eric Sloane celebrate the time-honored traditions of early America--from the crafting of furniture to the building of barns to the folk wisdom that sustains us--and they're reminders of the heartfelt ties that will forever bind us to these rural arts. Two...
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Improve Your Sight-Reading! Trinity Piano, Initial: A Workbook for ExaminationsThe best-selling Improve Your Sight-Reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books have been specifically written to reflect Trinity's parameters for each grade and contain new...
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All Shook Up: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed AmericaThe birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise...
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A Piano Teacher's LegacyRichard Chronister was one of the pedagogy greats of his time. During the last forty years of the 20th century, he was a driving force for better piano teaching and better training of piano teachers. His influence reached from large universities to small independent...
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The Classical Revolution: Thoughts on New Music in the 21st Century Revised and Expanded EditionRich in discussion-worthy arguments ... an important contribution to musical aesthetics. -- Die TonkunstAn excellent and expansive view of where we now are in the larger world of contemporary art music. ― Academic QuestionsThese essays by a prominent composer offer a thought-provoking exploration of...
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Handbook of Sound Studio Construction: Rooms for Recording and ListeningPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Build first-class recording studios and listening spacesDesign and build your own audiophile-grade recording and playback environments using proven,...
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History of the ViolinOne of the most respected and referenced books of its kind, this authoritative volume covers not only violins but other bowed instruments. It ranges from the earliest makers of stringed instruments -- Greek, Roman, and Egyptian -- to the latter-day masters of French, Italian,...
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Two Masses for OrganOne of the greatest figures of the French classical school, Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733), called le grand, was royal organist at the court of Louis XIV and the leading French composer of his day. Trained early as an organist, he possessed solid contrapuntal skills...
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The Burston DrumOn the 1st April, 1914, in the village of Burston, a group of children went on strike to protest at the unfair dismissal of their teachers, Kitty and Tom Higdon. The Burston Drum tells the story, in musical form, of the events leading up...
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Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in DiasporaNow that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a timely and insightful view into Romani communities both in their home countries and in the diaspora. Over the past...
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Myself Among Others: A Life in MusicNo one has had a better seat in the house than George Wein. The legendary impresario has known the most celebrated figures of music in general and jazz in particular--from Duke Ellington to Ella Fitzgerald to Miles Davis to Frank Sinatra. As a founder...
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The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961-1972Ned Rorem is celebrated as one of America's greatest living composers. His diary of his early years, The Paris Diary and the New York Diary, was widely acclaimed. The Later Diaries continues one of the most sustained efforts in the intimate journal form ever...
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dust bunnies: a memoirNashville's Tommy Womack writes about his life as a road musician, childhood, alcoholism, Jesus, Dad, Fender Telecasters, high school, drugs and a slew of other things in a rollicking, hair-raising, and damned funny narrative. "A brilliant book by one of Nashville's finest singer-songwriters. For...
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