Music category: 21679 books
by Martin Woodward
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Sensational New Music Book for 2015
Back in the 60’s I toured Europe extensively as a musician and during this time I worked with several world class guitarists - superb musicians. But one thing that they all had in common was that none of them could read music. Ironically, I could read...
Hip Hop's Amnesia
From Blues and the Black Women's Club Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the spirituals, classic blues, ragtime, classic jazz, and bebop? What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the Black Women’s Club Movement, New Negro Movement, Harlem Renaissance, Hipster Movement, and Black Muslim Movement? How did black...
Music, Space and Place
Popular Music and Cultural Identity
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Music, Space and Place examines the urban and rural spaces in which music is experienced, produced and consumed. The editors of this collection have brought together new and exciting perspectives by international researchers and scholars working in the field of popular music studies. Underpinning...
by Guido Heldt
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This is the first book-length study of the narratology of film music, and an indispensable resource for anyone researching or studying film music or film narratology. It surveys the so far piecemeal discussion of narratological concepts in film music studies, and tries to (cautiously) systematize...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
For most of the history of film-making, music has played an integral role serving many functions - such as conveying emotion, heightening tension, and influencing interpretation and inferences about events and characters. More recently, with the enormous growth of the gaming industry and the Internet,...
Teaching Music Through Composition
A Curriculum Using Technology
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
Teaching Music through Composition offers a practical, fully multimedia curriculum designed to teach basic musical concepts through the creative process of music composition. Author and award-winning music educator Barbara Freedman presents classroom-tested ways of teaching composition with technology...
by Jennifer Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
“I’ve seen the beauty that can arise in the hearts of those that cannot be reached by other types of therapy and yet they respond to the magic of music. Jennifer introduced me to the miracles that music therapy can perform. She has through her work touched many people in ways that could only be...
by Sahpreem A. King
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
STOP BEATING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL AND START TAKING YOUR MUSIC CAREER SERIOUSLY!
Music Business Guru and multi-platinum music producer, music business book author, and educator, Sahpreem A. King is offering up his third installment of “In Your Face” music business wisdom's especially...
Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina
A Guide to Music Sites, Artists, and Traditions of the Mountains and Foothills
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
The Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina are the heart of a region where traditional music and dance are performed and celebrated as nowhere else in America. This guide puts readers on the trail to discover many sites where the unique musical legacy thrives, covering bluegrass and stringband music,...
Music and Youth Culture in Latin America
Identity Construction Processes from New York to Buenos Aires
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Music is one of the most distinctive cultural characteristics of Latin American countries. But, while many people in the United States and Europe are familiar with musical genres such as salsa, merengue, and reggaetón, the musical manifestations that young people listen to in most Latin American...
by George Frideric Handel
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
This volume contains two of George Frideric Handel's most famous pieces, “Water Music” and “Music for the Royal Fireworks” (HWV348-350). Both pieces were written for the solo piano and are highly recommended for pianists with an interest in Handel's seminal work. George Frideric Handel (1685...
Discovering Classical Music: Stravinsky
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: Brahms
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: Fauré
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...