Music category: 21679 books
Been So Long
My Life and Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
"A modern parable." —from the foreword by Grace Slick
“Jorma Kaukonen is a force in American music, equally adept at fingerpicked acoustic folk and blues as he is at wailing on an electric.” – Acoustic Guitar
“Jorma Kaukonen lit a fuse and transformed his electric...
And They All Sang
Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian talks with some of twentieth century’s most iconic musicians—“Riveting . . . Just about every interview has a revelation” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Through the second half of the twentieth century, Studs Terkel hosted the legendary radio show...
by Paul Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
Olivier Messiaen was one of the outstanding creative artists of his time. The strength of his appeal, to listeners as well as to composers, is a measure of the individuality of his music, which draws on a vast range of sources: rhythms of twentieth-century Europe and thirteenth-century India, ripe...
Your Song Changed My Life
From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
From the beloved host and creator of NPR’s All Songs Considered and* Tiny Desk Concerts *comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians, including Dave Grohl, Jimmy Page, Michael Stipe, Carrie Brownstein, Smokey Robinson, and Jeff Tweedy,...
Music in the Air
The Selected Writings of Ralph J. Gleason
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
The co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine, Ralph J. Gleason was among the most respected journalists, interviewers, and critics writing about popular music in the latter half of the twentieth century. As a longtime contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle, Down Beat, and Ramparts, his expertise and...
Piano Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Piano (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Teach yourself how to play piano with our easy piano lessons for beginners.
***Comes with online access to free piano videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and piano animation...
Classical Guitar Lessons for Kids - Book 1
How to Play Classical Guitar for Kids (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Teach how to play classical guitar for kids with our easy classical guitar lessons for kids.
***Comes with online access to free classical guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes...
Hip-Hop and R&B Drum Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Drums (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Teach yourself how to play drums with our easy hip-hop and R&B drum lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free drum videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation...
Recorder Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play the Recorder (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Teach yourself how to play recorder with our easy recorder lessons for beginners.
***Comes with online access to free recorder videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score and recorder animation...
Classical Guitar Lessons for Beginners
Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy classical guitar lessons for beginners.
***Comes with online access to free guitar videos and audio for all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation...
Experiencing Music Video
Aesthetics and Cultural Context
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2004
Music videos have ranged from simple tableaux of a band playing its instruments to multimillion dollar, high-concept extravaganzas. Born of a sudden expansion in new broadcast channels, music videos continue to exert an enormous influence on popular music. They help to create an artist's identity,...
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...
This Is Your Brain on Music
The Science of a Human Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2006
In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain.
Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing...
The Classical Music Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context.
The nineteenth title...