Music category: 21679 books
Music Outside the Lines
Ideas for Composing in K-12 Music Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Music Outside the Lines is an informative and practical resource for all who are invested in making music composition an integral part of curriculum. Author Maud Hickey offers both a well-grounded justification for teaching music composition and also a compendium of useful instructional ideas and...
The Crisis of Classical Music in America
Lessons from a Life in the Education of Musicians
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The Crisis of Classical Music in America by Robert Freeman focuses on solutions for the oversupply of classically trained musicians in America, problem that grows ever more chronic as opportunities for classical musicians to gain full-time professional employment diminishes year upon year. An acute...
Music as Discourse
Semiotic Adventures in Romantic Music
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
The question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject of academic inquiry. Is music a language? Does it communicate specific ideas and emotions? What does music mean, and how does this meaning occur? Kofi Agawu's Music as Discourse has...
by Marcel Cobussen, Nanette Nielsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
It seems self-evident that music plays more than just an aesthetic role in contemporary society. In addition, music's social, political, emancipatory, and economical functions have been the subject of much recent research. Given this, it is surprising that the subject of ethics has often been neglected...
by Adrian North, David Hargreaves
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so many areas of our lives - from birth, through childhood, to old age. The Social and Applied Psychology of Music is the successor to the bestselling and influential The Social Psychology of Music. It considers...
Music Commodities, Markets, and Values
Music as Merchandise
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This bookexamines music stores as sites of cultural production in contemporary India. Analyzing social practices of selling music in a variety of retail contexts, it focuses upon the economic and social values that are produced and circulated by music retailers in the marketplace. Based upon research...
Music Therapy
An art beyond words
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Music therapy is recognised as being applicable to a wide range of healthcare and social contexts. Since the first edition of Music Therapy: An art beyond words, it has extended into areas of general medicine, mainstream education and community practice. This new edition revises the historical...
Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures
An Ecological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
The sustainability of music and other intangible expressions of culture has been high on the agenda of scholars, governments and NGOs in recent years. However, there is a striking lack of systematic research into what exactly affects sustainability across music cultures. By analyzing case studies...
Soul Music
Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
"Exceptionally illuminating and philosophically sophisticated."
---Ted Cohen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
"In this audacious and long-awaited book, Joel Rudinow takes seriously a range of interrelated issues that most music theorizing is embarrassed to tackle....
by Gillian Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This work represents the first comparative study of the folk revival movement in Anglophone Canada and the United States and combines this with discussion of the way folk music intersected with, and was structured by, conceptions of national affinity and national identity. Based on original archival...
Portuguese Piano Music
An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harper’s Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present. While although Spanish piano music is well documented owing to...
The The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business
The “Who, What, When, Where, Why & How” of the Steps that Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business, 2nd Edition, is a detailed analysis of the subjects that all musicians should understand and apply to pursue a successful and sustainable career in music today. Full of practical advice, this music industry book provides comprehensive details...
Basic Elements of Music
A Primer for Musicians, Music Teachers, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Basic Elements of Music introduces readers to a wide range of knowledge essential for a well-rounded understanding of music. This primer surveys the history of music and the composers who made that history; the history of instrument families and how the instruments function; an introduction to the...
So You Want to Sing Music Theater
A Guide for Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
In some ways, the successor of vaudeville and an extension of the opera and operetta, the stage musical has evolved into a worldwide juggernaut. Musicals are staged not only across the globe but are offered in a variety of settings, from the high school stage and major theater to the big screen. The...