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The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American SongFrom an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it's a bit less widely understood that in about 1950, this stream of great songs more or less dried up....
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The Heifetz Scale Book for Violin(LKM Music). The idea for the Heifetz Scale Book was to present all the great master violinist Jascha Heifetz's scale routines that were developed over his long career, but never written down. This edition by Heifetz's protege and world-class violinist Endre Granat is a...
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The Karl Muck Scandal: Classical Music and Xenophobia in World War I AmericaThe demonization, internment, and deportation of celebrated Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Dr. Karl Muck, finally told, and placed in the context of World War I anti-German sentiment in the United States. BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC BOOK RELEASE OF 2019 by Classical-music.com, the official website of...
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Composers on Composing for BandOffering fresh insight and perspective into the changing world of wind bands, 11 respected composers give their thoughts on writing music in this compilation. Profiles of each composer, including Karel Husa, Frank Ticheli, and Jack Stamp, are presented along with a complete list of...
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75 Blues Turnarounds [With CD (Audio)](Guitar Educational). Add to your blues toolbox This book/online audio pack teaches 75 turnarounds over common chord progressions and in a variety of styles, including those of blues guitar greats like Albert King, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield, Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, T-Bone Walker and...
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Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny(Play It Like It Is). This folio matches the soundtrack to the movie detailing the rise to power of the world's greatest band, Tenacious D. It includes all 16 cuts, including: Bellzeboss (The Final Showdown) * History * Kickapoo * The Metal * Papagenu...
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Bernstein's Orchestral Music: An Owner's Manual [With CD (Audio)]Leonard Bernstein's fame as a conductor and general cultural phenomenon has overshadowed his genius as a composer, despite the fact that at least some of his orchestral music has entered the standard repertoire and achieved a well-deserved measure of popularity. In fact, his achievement...
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400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks(Fretted). Named one of the "Best Mandolin Books of All Time" by BookAuthority.org! Only have a handful of licks at your disposal? 400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks utilizes 24 common bluegrass chord progressions to teach you over 400 licks, which will allow you to...
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Marley and Me: The Real Bob Marley StoryBob Marley may be the best known Jamaican in history. Taylor spent six years working with Marley, and during that time was Marley's first and only manager. This book tells of those who took advantage of this unpretentious and natural man, and of his...
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The Ventures - Pipeline(Creative Concepts Publishing). Mandatory for surf guitar fans, this songbook includes 25 of the biggest hits by the Ventures: Apache * Hang on Sloopy * Let's Go * Pipeline * Road Runner * Tequila * Walk, Don't Run * Wipe Out * Wooly Bully...
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Bob Marley: A LifeOne of the twentieth century's most iconic cultural figures, Bob Marley was responsible for popularizing reggae music throughout the world. He set attendance records that still stand today and his 1977 Exodus album was hailed by Time magazine as the greatest of the 20th...
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Jamey Aebersold Jazz -- Vocal Standards Embraceable You, Vol 113: 12 Standards in Singer's Keys -- Recorded for Low and High Voice, Book & Online AudiPianist Steve Allee creates an intimate setting with singer-sensitive solo piano accompaniment for 12 of the greatest ballads every written. Each song is recorded in 2 keys---one for lower voices and one for higher voices---ensuring all singers, men and women, can find the best...
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James Bond FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Everyone's Favorite SuperspyA favorite of film followers for 50 years, James Bond is the hero loved by everyone: Men want to be just like him, women just want to be with him. Moviegoers around the world have spent more than $5 billion to watch his adventures...
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Lolita: The Book of the FilmForeword by Jeremy Irons, preface by Adrian Lyne. Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, Schiff tells the astounding story behind the most controversial movie of our time. 75 movie stills. "Like Nabokov's novel, it is an eloquent tragedy laced with wit and a...
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Chaos as Usual: Conversations About Rainer Werner FassbinderThis book is an attempt to trace and illuminate, through interviews with colleagues, friends, and contemporaries, different perspectives about Rainer Werner Fassbinder.Author: Rainer Werner FassbinderPublisher: Applause BooksPublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.26h x 6.20w x 0.93dISBN: 9781557832627
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City of AngelsThe script to the Tony winning music featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs. Hardcover.Author: Larry GelbartPublisher:...
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The New Radical Theater NotebookThis book traces three tumultuous decades of avant-garde theatre in the U.S. It begins with the Living Theatre, and explores diverse ensembles such as The Open Theatre, The Performance Group, and Bread and Puppet Theatre. It also looks at the women's theatre movement, and...
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Looking Back to See: A Country Music MemoirA vocal group without peer, The Browns were central artists in the changing sound of country and American popular music at mid-century. They were part of major changes in the entertainment business and American culture, participated in the folk music movement in the '60's,...
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Sviatoslav Richter: PianistSviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. In this translation of the first full-scale biography of Richter, Danish composer Karl Aage Rasmussen combines his artistic appreciation of Richter's career with a sympathetic telling of the...
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On Playing the FluteJohann Joachim Quantz's On Playing Flute has long been recognized as one of the most significant and in-depth treatises on eighteenth-century musical thought, performance practice, and style. This classic text of Baroque music instruction goes far beyond an introduction to flute methods by offering...
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