Music Styles category: 7119 books
Fiddling Way Out Yonder
The Life and Music of Melvin Wine
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2002
From a small mountain town in West Virginia, elder fiddler Melvin Wine has inspired musicians and music enthusiasts far beyond his homeplace. Music, community, and tradition influence all aspects of life in this rural region. Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine shows how in Wine's...
Whisperin' Bill Anderson
An Unprecedented Life in Country Music
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Whisperin’ Bill: An Unprecedented Life in Country Music presents a revealing portrait of Bill Anderson, one of the most prolific songwriters in the history of country music. Mega country music hits like "City Lights," (Ray Price), "Tips Of My Fingers," (Roy Clark, Eddy Arnold,...
Black, Blanc, Beur
Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2002
Rap music was born in America in the early 1980s. Over the last decade it has not only grown in popularity within the United States, with rap music soaring to the top of the music charts, but it has also influenced other cultures around the world. Black, Blanc, Beur is about the emergence and growing...
Discovering Classical Music: Dvorak
His Life, The Person, His Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" – Sir Charles Groves CBE
Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of...
Balinese Gamelan Music
(Downloadable Audio Included)
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
With extensive photographs and an audio CD, this guide to Balinese music showcases the history, culture and art of the gamelan ceremony.
Bali has developed and nourished an astonishing variety of musical ensembles—called gamelan—comprising dozens of instruments mainly made of bronze or...
My Country Roots
The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2006
How do you define rockabilly?
Who were the original "outlaws" of Country music?
Where can you go to hear great music in Austin, Texas?
My Country Roots answers all these questions and hundreds more! It is a resource that will help you fill your mp3 player with the essential...
Felix Aprahamian
Diaries and Selected Writings on Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
The music critic Felix Aprahamian (1914-2005) was a remarkable self-made man whose enormous influence in musical circles was deeply founded in his practical experience of promoting music in London, notably British and French composers. Early on he became interested in the organ and was soon corresponding...
by Allan Dumbreck, Gayle McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
The music industries hinge on entrepreneurship. The recent, rapid convergence of media and the parallel ongoing evolution of music businesses have again seen the focus shift to independent companies and individual entrepreneurs. Opportunities tend not to be advertised in professional music and practically...
The Pathetick Musician
Moving an Audience in the Age of Eloquence
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
What is rhetorical music? In The Pathetick Musician, Bruce Haynes and Geoffrey Burgess illustrate the vital place of rhetoric and eloquent expression in the creation and performance of Baroque music. Through engaging explorations of the cantatas of J.S. Bach, the authors explode the conventional notion...
Discovering Classical Music: Elgar
His Life, The Person, His Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" – Sir Charles Groves CBE
Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of...
Becoming an Orchestral Musician
A Guide for Aspiring Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Becoming an Orchestral Musician takes you on a journey into the musical profession. It is the first comprehensive guide for professional musicians on how to succeed in joining an orchestra or ensemble, and how to survive as an orchestral musician. Such crucial topics as how to obtain the right tuition,...
Who Needs Classical Music?
Cultural Choice and Musical Value
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
During the last few decades, most cultural critics have come to agree that the division between "high" and "low" art is an artificial one, that Beethoven's Ninth and "Blue Suede Shoes" are equally valuable as cultural texts. In Who Needs Classical Music?, Julian Johnson...
Discovering Classical Music: Verdi
His Life, The Person, His Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" – Sir Charles Groves CBE
Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of...
Discovering Classical Music: Debussy
His Life, The Person, His Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
"I recommend this book wholeheartedly to new music lovers" – Sir Charles Groves CBE
Thanks to Nigel Kennedy and Pavarotti, millions of people have recently discovered that classical music is a highly enjoyable experience, perhaps contrary to their expectations. But the world of...