Music category: 21679 books
Let the Music Play!
Harnessing the Power of Music for History and Social Studies Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
LET THE MUSIC PLAY! Harnessing the Power of Music for History and Social Studies Classrooms provides readers an accessible introduction to employing music in history and social studies classrooms. Teachers who wish to develop lessons using music as a resource will find coverage of the significant relationship...
The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt
Dramaturgical Leaves: Essays about Musical Works for the Stage and Queries about the Stage, Its Composers, and Performers Part 1
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
In Dramaturgical Leaves: Essays about Musical Works for the Stage and Queries about the Stage, Its Composers and Performers, the third volume in Janita R. Hall-Swadley’s The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt, Liszt heralds his admiration for early nineteenth-century opera and musical stage works....
by Bob Baker
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Never Be Confused About Music Marketing Again!
This ebook features Section 1 of the highly acclaimed "Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook." Here's a glimpse at what you get:
=> 3 Simple Steps to Effective Music Marketing. Everyone thinks marketing and sales are confusing...
Music Production
For Producers, Composers, Arrangers, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
The guidance of a skilled music producer will always be a key factor in producing a great recording. In that sense, as Michael Zager points out in his second edition of Music Production: For Producers, Composer, Arrangers, and Students, the job of a music producer is analogous to that of a film director,...
Pop Idols and Pirates
Mechanisms of Consumption and the Global Circulation of Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The music industry has been waging some very significant battles in recent years, reacting to numerous inter-related crises provoked by globalization, digitalization and the ever more extensive commercialization of public culture. These struggles are viewed by many as central to the survival of the...
Medium Cool
Music Videos from Soundies to Cellphones
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007
Music videos are available on more channels, in more formats, and in more countries than ever before. While MTV—the network that introduced music video to most viewers—is moving away from music video programming, other media developments signal the longevity and dynamism of the form. Among these...
Max/MSP/Jitter for Music : A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for Education and More
A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for Education and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
In Max/MSP/Jitter for Music, expert author and music technologist V. J. Manzo provides a user-friendly introduction to a powerful programming language that can be used to write custom software for musical interaction. Through clear, step-by-step instructions illustrated with numerous examples of working...
Music, Music Therapy and Trauma
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2002
Music communicates where words fail, and music therapy has been proven to connect with those who were thought to be unreachable, making it an ideal medium for working with those who have suffered psychological trauma. Music, Music Therapy and Trauma addresses the need for an exploration of current...
by Antoine Hennion
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Music is an accumulation of mediators: instruments, languages, sheets, performers, scenes, media and so on. There is no musical object �in itself�; music must always be made again. In this innovative book, Hennion turns the elusiveness of music into a resource for a pragmatic analysis: by which...
by Winifred Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
A comprehensive, practical guide to composing video game music, from acquiring the necessary skills to finding work in the field.
Music in video games is often a sophisticated, complex composition that serves to engage the player, set the pace of play, and aid interactivity. Composers of video...
by David W. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Music is a frequently neglected aspect of Japanese culture. It is in fact a highly problematic area, as the Japanese actively introduced Western music into their modern education system in the Meiji period (1868-1911), creating westernized melodies and instrumental instruction for Japanese children...
by Timothy Rice, Dave Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Gateways to Understanding Music explores music in all the categories that constitute contemporary musical experience: European classical music, popular music, jazz, and world music. Covering the oldest forms of human music making to the newest, the chronological narrative considers music from a global...
by Brynjulf Stige
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book explores how people may use music in ways that are helpful for them, especially in relation to a sense of wellbeing, belonging and participation. The central premise for the study is that help is not a decontextualized effect that music produces. The book contributes to the current discourse...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "if you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn". This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz greats; however, but it also signals the reciprocal and inextricable relationship between music and...