Music category: 21679 books
by Dr David Starkey
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
For the kings and queens of England, a trumpet fanfare or crash of cymbals could be as vital a weapon as a cannon. Showcasing a monarch’s power, prestige and taste, music has been the lifeblood of many a royal dynasty.
From sacred choral works to soaring symphonies, Music and Monarchy looks...
Experiencing Film Music
A Listener's Companion
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Of all the elements that combine to make movies, music sometimes seems the forgotten stepchild. Yet it is an integral part of the cinematic experience. Minimized as mere “background music,” film scores enrich visuals with emotional mood and intensity, underscoring directors’ intentions, enhancing...
Music in the Western
Notes From the Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Music in the Western: Notes from the Frontier presents essays from both film studies scholars and musicologists on core issues in western film scores: their history, their generic conventions, their operation as part of a narrative system, their functioning within individual filmic texts and their...
Sounds of Reform
Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis. These musical progressives emphasized the capacity of music to transcend differences among various groups. Sounds of Reform looks at the history of efforts to propagate this vision and...
Burma's Pop Music Industry
Creators, Distributors, Censors
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Burma's Pop Music Industry is the first book to explore the contemporary pop music industry in a country that is little known or understood in the West. Based on years of fieldwork in Burma/Myanmar, Heather MacLachlan's work explores the ways in which aspiring musical artists are forging a place within...
by Stanley Rothenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
There have been many notable descriptions of music but perhaps one of the most apt from the viewpoint of law and commerce was Ian Hay's statement, "Music is about the most vulnerable piece of property that a man can bring into the world, especially today. " With the increased use of music...
A Friend in the Music Business
The ASCAP Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
On February 13, 1914, a group of the nation's most distinguished and popular songwriters gathered together in New York City to support the mission of ASCAP, a new organization for publishers and songwriters. A few years later, ASCAP received its mandate from the Supreme Court to collect royalties...
Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand
Studies in Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
Made in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century popular music of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. The volume consists of chapters by leading scholars of Australian...
Talking New Orleans Music
Crescent City Musicians Talk about Their Lives, Their Music, and Their City
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
In New Orleans, music screams. It honks. It blats. It wails. It purrs. It messes with time. It messes with pitch. It messes with your feet. It messes with your head. One musician leads to another; traditions overlap, intertwine, nourish each other; and everyone seems to know everyone else. From traditional...
Disney Music Activity Book (Music Instruction)
An Introduction to Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
(General Music). The Disney Music Activity Book is a fun introduction to music through songs, games, puzzles, and other music activities. Featuring 26 well-loved, classic Disney tunes, including "The Bare Necessities," "Beauty and the Beast," "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," and "You've Got a Friend...
Middle School General Music
The Best Part of Your Day
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Create a viable, meaningful program that will motivate your students and have them participating with enthusiasm with Middle School General Music: The Best Part of Your Day. A welcome guidebook for music teachers trying to navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of middle school general music, it...
Rethinking Difference in Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Music
Theory and Politics of Ambiguity
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
In studies of gender and sexuality in popular music, the concept of difference is often a crucial analytic used to detect social agency; however, the alternative analytic of ambiguity has never been systematically examined. While difference* *from heterosexual norms is taken to be the multivalent...
Country Music
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019
This gorgeously illustrated and hugely...
by Brett Leboff
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
"Having worked closely with hundreds of artists and literally thousands of musicians over the last 20+ years and having experienced all the highs, lows and struggles that come with working in this industry, I still can’t believe that until now, no one has written such a straight forward, easy...