Appreciation category: 175 books
Organ Literature
Historical Survey
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Now in paperback! Cloth edition 0-8108-2964-9 originally published in 1995.
From Tejano to Tango
Essays on Latin American Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Author of two books on Issac Albeniz, including Issac Albeniz: A Guide to Research (1998), Walter Aaron Clark has compiled thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music. The essays cover the social and political impact the music generated as well as the rhythmic development...
Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo
The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
IB Music Revision Guide 2nd Edition
Everything you need to prepare for the Music Listening Examination (Standard and Higher Level 2016-2019)
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
The ‘IB Music Revision Guide 2nd Edition’ includes analyses of all the prescribed works of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme music course through 2019. It also includes a comprehensive overview of all the musical styles and cultures that are examined during the course, practice...
Playable Bodies
Dance Games and Intimate Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
What happens when machines teach humans to dance? Dance video games transform players' experiences of popular music, invite experimentation with gendered and racialized movement styles, and present new possibilities for teaching, learning, and archiving choreography. Drawing on five years of research...
by Joel Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Why The Beatles Are Relevant is the second volume of essays of the research study BeatleMusings- an anthology of scholarship that examines the historical and musical legacy of The Beatles.
The Beatles sculpted the thinking of the late 20th century society. They were not just a musical...
by Joel Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Each of the 14 songs from Help! and an additional eight songs that were released around this time period but did not appear on any album are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles.
Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe...
by Arthur H. Benade
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Fascinating introductory text explores scientific, aesthetic aspects of musical sounds. Noted educator, physicist, and flutist covers simple and complex vibrating systems, ear's reception of sound, sound-making capacities of the piano, violin, trumpet, bugle, trombone, oboe, clarinet, flute, saxophone,...
Film Noir FAQ
All That's Left to Know About Hollywood's Golden Age of Dames, Detectives and Danger
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies offers a full overview of the histories, practices, and critical and theoretical foundations of the rapidly changing landscape of screendance. Drawing on their practices, technologies, theories, and philosophies, scholars from the fields of dance, performance,...
by Art Koch
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
Looking back at one of the most historical eras in America and American music. Throughout the history of the United States, music has always been a big part of the fabric that was woven to create the canvas that shaped this country. The author takes you on a journey from the minuet during the early...
Listening Subjects
Music, Psychoanalysis, Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 1997
In Listening Subjects, David Schwarz uses psychoanalytic techniques to probe the visceral experiences of music listeners. Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, Schwarz addresses intriguing questions: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound...
Pop-Culture Pedagogy in the Music Classroom
Teaching Tools from American Idol to YouTube
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Teachers the world over are discovering the importance and benefits of incorporating popular culture into the music classroom. The cultural prevalence and the students' familiarity with recorded music, videos, games, and other increasingly accessible multimedia materials help enliven course content...
Compassionate Music Teaching
A Framework for Motivation and Engagement in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Compassionate Music Teaching provides a framework for music teaching in the 21st century by outlining qualities, skills, and approaches to meet the needs of a unique and increasingly diverse generation of students. The text focuses on how six qualities of compassion (trust, empathy, patience, inclusion,...