Appreciation category: 175 books
Greatest hits
El gran éxito de vivir
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Greatest hits: el gran éxito de vivir es un repaso íntimo y personal a nueve temas musicales (más un bis final). De algún modo, éstos marcan la vida del autor: Jordi Cabré. En el trasfondo de cualquier obra musical, ya sea una sinfonía, una sonata o la más frívola de las canciones pop,...
Year of Wonder
Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
“Year of Wonder is an absolute treat—the most enlightening way to be guided through the year.” **—**Eddie Redmayne
A unique celebration of classical music that showcases one inspirational piece each day of the year, written by an award-winning violinist and BBC Radio personality
Classical...
How to Listen to Great Music
A Guide to Its History, Culture, and Heart
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The perfect music gift from one of the most trusted names in continuing education. Learn how to better appreciate music in this guide that will unlock the knowledge you need to understand “the most abstract and sublime of all the arts.”
Whether you're listening in a concert hall or on your...
The Music Lesson
A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.
The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who...
by Davinia Caddy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Ever wondered why most classical music concerts are such stuffy affairs? Had to bluff your way through classical music conversations? Trying to get a handle on music by modern composers? Failed to convince teenagers of the merits of Beethoven or Bach? Or just want an absorbing read about music? This...
The Essential Classical Recordings
100 CDs for Today's Listener
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Most guides to classical recordings on CD comprise thousands of brief listings. In their attempt to be comprehensive, they end up being heavy and intimidating. Phillips knows better. He sticks to what he considers to be the 101 essential CDs, and tells readers not only why each one is the best recording...
The Late Victorian Folksong Revival
The Persistence of English Melody, 1878-1903
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
In The Late Victorian Folksong Revival: The Persistence of English Melody, 1878-1903, E. David Gregory provides a reliable and comprehensive history of the birth and early development of the first English folksong revival. Continuing where Victorian Songhunters, his first book, left off, Gregory systematically...
The Essential Jazz Recordings
101 CDs
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
A guide to the all-time must-have jazz recordings by a maven of the genre.
Possibly the twentieth century’s greatest musical innovation, jazz is now more popular than it has been for the past fifty years. But with the plethora of new recordings and the phenomenon in jazz of the same standards...
by John Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
PARKER: A Miscellany is a nonfiction companion to John Connolly's bestselling Charlie Parker mysteries that uses music as a jumping-off point. The book includes introductions to each of the Parker novels, through A SONG OF SHADOWS; liner notes for each of the six CDs Connolly has compiled to go with...
Opera 101
A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera...
Van Morrison: Into the Music
THE EARLY YEARS 1945 - 1975
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
The Definitive Biography by Ritchie Yorke
This is the first biography of Van Morrison, the man whose stunningly beautiful lyrics and virtuoso performances have won him a respect and admiration granted to few musicians. His music reaches out to millions. yet the van himself is shrouded by a...
The Jazz Ear
Conversations over Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
An intimate exploration into the musical genius of fifteen living jazz legends, from the longtime New York Times jazz critic
Jazz is conducted almost wordlessly: John Coltrane rarely told his quartet what to do, and Miles Davis famously gave his group only the barest instructions before recording...
Miles, Ornette, Cecil
Jazz Beyond Jazz
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2010
Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized music from the end of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, expanding on jazz traditions with distinctly new concepts of composition, improvisation, instrumentation, and performance. They remain figures of controversy due to their...
The Music Teaching Artist's Bible
Becoming a Virtuoso Educator
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
When the artist moves into the classroom or community to educate and inspire students and audience members, this is Teaching Artistry. It is a proven means for practicing professional musicians to create a successful career in music, providing not only necessary income but deep and lasting satisfaction...