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John Duffey's Bluegrass Life
Featuring the Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene, and Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
John Duffey’s Bluegrass Life: Featuring The Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene and Washington, D.C. with a Foreword by Tom Gray is the definitive biography of one of bluegrass music’s most important artists of the genre. Through his work as a founding member of these two pioneering bands, John Duffey...
by Preshias Harris
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
“I Know Country!” is the day-by-day book of country music questions and answers. 366 challenging questions about Blake Shelton, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Hank Williams, Chris Young,...
Behind the Curtain
Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2008
Beginning in the 1930s, men and a handful of women came from India's many communities-Marathi, Parsi, Goan, North Indian, and many others--to Mumbai to work in an industry that constituted in the words of some, "the original fusion music." They worked as composers, arrangers, assistants, and studio...
by Marie Wise
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Digging deeper into ministry means drawing closer to God and living His love for people.The Christian Musicians Devotional is specifically for Christian musicians who desire extraordinary music ministries. This book addresses the attitudes, issues, and difficulties involved with music ministry....
Music for the Soul, Healing for the Heart
Lessons from a Life in Song
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Music for the Soul Healing for the Heart is the story of one man’s journey from pop songwriter, to Christian hit-maker, to music ministry founder. Through inspiring anecdotes, as well as brain science, the book demonstrates the unique ability of a song to bring hope and healing to the deepest and most...
by Heather MacLean
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
This book is about teaching the joy and understanding of classical music to young children. It is about enhancing intelligence and building self-confidence through music. It is about leading the child into a journey of self-discovery and many joyful experiences, through music, that should last a lifetime....
Berlioz on Music
Selected Criticism 1824-1837
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
The quintessential Romantic artist of his century, Hector Berlioz impressed Paganini and Liszt as "Beethoven's only heir" and dazzled the young Wagner as a composer, orchestra conductor, and critic. To Paris and all Europe, Berlioz was known as much for his writings as for his music, yet there has...
The Quelbe Commentary 1672-2012
Anthropology in Virgin Islands Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Explore the rich heritage, contemporary culture, and society of the Virgin Islands by delving into its wonderful music.
Dale Francis, a resident of the Virgin Islands whose ancestry there dates back to the early 1700s, examines what Africans, Europeans, and Tainos contributed to Virgin Islands...
by Chester Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2005
Piano Music of Spain: Volumes One to Three is a bumper edition containing over 40 of the most quintessential Piano solos that characterise the music of nineteenth and twentieth century Spain.
Thirteen featured composers are included in this anthology, including Manuel De Falla, Isaac Albeniz,...
The Music Profession in Britain, 1780-1920
New Perspectives on Status and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Professionalisation was a key feature of the changing nature of work and society in the nineteenth century, with formal accreditation, registration and organisation becoming increasingly common. Trades and occupations sought protection and improved status via alignment with the professions: an attempt...
Downhome Gospel
African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Jerrilyn McGregory explores sacred music and spiritual activism in a little-known region of the South, the Wiregrass Country of Georgia, Alabama, and North Florida. She examines African American sacred music outside of Sunday church-related activities, showing that singing conventions and anniversary...
The Chinese Zheng Zither
Contemporary Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The zheng zither is one of the most popular instruments in contemporary China. It is commonly regarded as a solo instrument with a continuous tradition dating back to ancient times. But in fact, much of its contemporary solo repertory is derived from several different regional folk ensemble repertories...
Klezmer
Music, History, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Klezmer: Music, History, and Memory is the first comprehensive study of the musical structure and social history of klezmer music, the music of the Jewish musicians' guild of Eastern Europe. Emerging in 16th century Prague, the klezmer became a central cultural feature of the largest transnational...
Rehearsing
Critical Connections for the Instrumental Music Conductor
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Following on the heels of his Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble, John F. Colson takes students to the next level in conducting practice with Rehearsing: Critical Connections for the Instrumental Music Conductor. Colson draws together the critical connections for those seeking...