Music Styles category: 7119 books
by R.J. Stove
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
“Delightfully sophisticated . . . the only music history that can be savored, muscatel in hand, in the green shade of a beach umbrella” (John Simon, The Hudson Review).
R. J. Stove’s A Student’s Guide to Music History is a concise account, written for the intelligent lay reader,...
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by Chris Dicker
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Would you like to learn more about Tom Petty?How he managed to incorporate his personal problems into the greatest music hits of all time?Music to Tom Petty was not just money and fame. It was a way to express himself through difficult times, challenges and struggles. Somehow he found a way...
The Band
Pioneers of Americana Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
At a time when Acid Rock and Heavy Metal dominated popular music, The Band rebelled against the rebellion with a masterful mix of tight ensemble arrangements, great vocals, highly literate lyricism, and a respect for the musical traditions of the American South. Comprising Canadians Robbie Robertson,...
This Business of Urban Music
A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Industry, from Gospel to Funk to R &B to Hip-Hop
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
The first reference book all about the business side of gospel and urban music. Hip-hop and R&B hold 25 percent of the consumer music market. Another 20 percent is held by religious (gospel and Christian) music, soul, disco, dance, and jazz. Here’s the first reference book to offer sound business...
Music as Thought
Listening to the Symphony in the Age of Beethoven
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as "more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental...
Electric Shock
From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify.
Over that time,...
by Hugh Barker, Yuval Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2007
Musicians strive to “keep it real”; listeners condemn “fakes”; ... but does great music really need to be authentic?
Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and...
by David Toop
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2017.
In this first installment of acclaimed music writer David Toop's interdisciplinary and sweeping overview of free improvisation, Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 introduces the philosophy and practice...
by Marshall Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Marshall Chapman knows Nashville. A musician, songwriter, and author with nearly a dozen albums and a bestselling memoir under her belt, Chapman has lived and breathed Music City for over forty years. Her friendships with those who helped make Nashville one of the major forces in American music culture...
Musical Heroes
A Personal View of Music and the Musical World Over Sixty Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years, and Musical Heroes is a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. With its deft touch and its empathy, it is both captivating and inspiring, and it is often...
by James Hegarty
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Ever walk down a city street and hear music in the distance? And then all of a sudden, it’s the most amazing sound, a performance of something new or exciting that just fundamentally alters the way things look? Even just for a moment?
It happens to me all the time. I find a lot of inspiration...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2016
"It's All About the Music!"Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest performers in the music world. This is the fourth of a series within a series covering thefour members of, arguably, the greatest group...
Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble
Scenarios, Priorities, Strategies, Essentials, and Repertoire
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble is the most comprehensive guide on the rehearsalprocess for conducting instrumental music ensembles. Ideal for the advanced instrumental music conductor seeking to look beyond basic conducting technique, this work breaks the multidimensional...
The Joy of Classical Music
A Guide for You and Your Family
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Who’s Afraid of Classical Music?
For years Joan Kennedy, at home, on the campaign trail, and in concert, has shared her love of classical music with adults and children. Now she uses her experience as a teacher and musician to show how you and your family can make music an enriching part of your...