Music category: 21679 books
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music
But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
For readers who are unsure of the difference between an alto and a contralto, wonder exactly when to applaud at a concert, or aren't even sure what music they should be listening to in the first place, this is the perfect guide
All too often, potential classical music listeners are put off...
Music and Its Secret Influence
Throughout the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
The role of music in the evolution of humanity
• Reveals how a hierarchy of initiates, evolved spiritual intelligences, and devas actively influenced the musical compositions of geniuses to transmit great truths through music
• Explores the influence of the classical composers Bach,...
Music in Disney's Animated Features
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
In Music in Disney’s Animated Features James Bohn investigates how music functions in Disney animated films and identifies several vanguard techniques used in them. In addition, he also presents a history of music in Disney animated films, as well as biographical information on several of the Walt...
DJ Culture in the Mix
Power, Technology, and Social Change in Electronic Dance Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
The DJ stands at a juncture of technology, performance and culture in the increasingly uncertain climate of the popular music industry, functioning both as pioneer of musical taste and gatekeeper of the music industry. Together with promoters, producers, video jockeys (VJs) and other professionals...
by Sophy Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Armed only with turntables, a mixer and a pile of records, hip-hop DJs and turntable musicians have changed the face of music. However, whilst hip-hop has long been recognised as an influential popular culture both culturally and sociologically, hip-hop music is rarely taken seriously as an artistic...
by Arthur Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
"Let Me Dream Again" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1876. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. His works also include 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two...
by Joel Benjamin
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Each of the 14 songs from Revolver are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles.
Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe the song’s origins and inspiration, what The Beatles themselves said about it, what was unique about...
Country Soul
Making Music and Making Race in the American South
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and...
Bass Guitar Lessons
Teach Yourself How to Play Bass Guitar (Free Video Available)
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Teach yourself how to play bass guitar with our easy bass lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free bass videos demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.*** "Bought this lesson to learn bass....
World Music: A Global Journey
A Global Journey - eBook & mp3 Value Pack
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
World Music: A Global Journey, Fourth Edition takes students around the world to experience the diversity of musical expression and cultural traditions. It is known for its breadth in surveying the world's major cultures in a systematic study of world music within a strong pedagogical framework.
As...
The Other Classical Musics
Fifteen Great Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Creative Communication 2015 There is a treasure trove of underappreciated music out there; this book will convince many to explore it. The Economist What is classical music? This book answers the question in a manner never before attempted,...
by Edward Renehan
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
One of the most famous moments of the Sixties - and one which continues to this day to be grossly misconstrued, mistold, and loaded with undeserved meaning - is the night in July of 1965 when Bob Dylan played an electric set (or at least tried to play an electric set) at the Newport Folk Festival:...
North Carolina String Music Masters
Old-Time and Bluegrass Legends
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
The roots of American music are deeply grounded in North Carolina's music history. North Carolina musicians pioneered and mastered the genres of old-time and bluegrass music. Doc Watson played mountain fiddle tunes on guitar. He emerged as the father of flatpicking and forever changed the role of...
Memphis Music
Before the Blues
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Memphis means music. That relationship was solidified in 1909 when W. C. Handy wrote the song �Mr. Crump� and later published it as the �Memphis Blues.� As Handy�s songs were sung and played in streets and music halls, a spotlight began to shine on a new mecca for innovation in music�Memphis,...