Music category: 21679 books
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...
Everything in its Right Place
Analyzing Radiohead
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
More than any rock artist since The Beatles, Radiohead's music inhabits the sweet spot between two extremes: on the one hand, music that is wholly conventional and conforms to all expectations of established rock styles, and, on the other hand, music so radically experimental that it thwarts any learned...
Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music
A Critical History of Industrial Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
Noisy, confrontational, and controversial, industrial music first emerged in the mid-1970s around bands and performance groups that combined avant-garde electronic music with the provocative attitude and abrasive style of punk rock. In Assimilate, S. Alexander Reed provides the first ever critical...
by Danny Draper
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
RazorSharp eBooks and Audio Books are written for the Recording Artist and Music Producer. The information contained in our books will help you to navigate some of the challenges you face as a music industry professional. Our books are short and to the point, containing only the necessary and most important...
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...
Music Education in Crisis
The Bernarr Rainbow Lectures and Other Assessments
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
There is no question that music education is in crisis today. The place of music in the national curriculum is controversial; there have been cuts in the provision of individual lessons; and there have been severe reductions in government funding, with more planned. This book, containing the first...
Middle School General Music
The Best Part of Your Day
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Middle School General Music is a guidebook for music teachers trying to navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of teaching middle school general music. Written by an in-service teacher, this publication contains strategies and lessons that have been tested and refined in the 'real world' of a public...
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,...
by Louise Gray
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
"World music" is an awkward phrase. Used to describe the hugely multifaceted nature of a range of typically non-English-language popular music from the world over, it's a tag that throws up as many problems as it does solutions.
Louise Gray's The No-Nonsense Guide to World Music attempts...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History
From Pre-Historic Africa to Classical Europe to American Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
A beautifully composed journey through music history!
Music history is a required course for all music students. Unfortunately, the typical music history book is dry and academic, focusing on rote memorization of important composers and works. This leads many to think that the topic is boring,...
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...
Discovering Classical Music: Bruckner
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...