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  • Every Good Boy Does Fine

    A Love Story, in Music Lessons

    by Jeremy Denk ...
    **THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A virtuosic memoir . . . elegant, frank and well-structured, that entirely resists cliche . . . readable for both diehard classical music fans and complete newcomers alike . . . A rare feat.' - The Guardian**A uniquely illuminating memoir of the making of a musician, in which renowned pianist Jeremy Denk explores what he learned from his teachers about classical ... Read more

    €6.99

  • This is Your Brain on Music

    Understanding a Human Obsession

    by Daniel Levitin ...
    From the author of The Changing Mind and The Organized Mind comes a New York Times bestseller that unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music*****'What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?'Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language.From Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psyc ... Read more

    Was €7.99 Now €5.99

  • 31 Songs

    by Nick Hornby ...
    FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ABOUT A BOY31 Songs is best-selling author Nicky Hornby's ultimate desert island disksThrough thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with ... Read more

    €6.99

  • How to Listen to Jazz

    by Ted Gioia ...
    An Economist Best Book of the YearAn acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz.**“Mr. Gioia could not have done a better job. Through him, jazz might even find new devotees.” ―**EconomistIn How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of America's premie... ... Read more

    €8.49

  • Playing the Piano for Pleasure

    The Classic Guide to Improving Skills Through Practice and Discipline

    by Charles Cooke ...
    Skyhorse Publishing is proud to revive Playing Piano for Pleasure. With the wonderful writing one would expect from a longtime New Yorker reporter, Piano aficionado Charles Cooke, offers concrete routines for improving your piano performance. A pleasant and constant cheerleader, Cooke asks readers to practice every day, suggesting that they work through just that section time and again until it is ... Read more

    €10.51

  • The Music Lesson

    A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music

    by Victor L. Wooten ...
    From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them.The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part ... Read more

    €7.59

  • The Great Romantic

    Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus - Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year

    by Duncan Hamilton ...
    Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words.In The Great Romantic, award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever. While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Gareth Malone’s Guide to Classical Music

    The Perfect Introduction to Classical Music

    by Gareth Malone ...
    Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? In this funny, evocative, personal eBook, previously published as ‘Music for the People: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music’, Gareth takes us on a journey of musical discovery that explains and entertains in equal measure.Have you ever been carried away by a piece of classical music? The sad song of a single violin might ... Read more

    €7.40

  • Hack Music Theory, Part 1

    Learn Scales & Chords in 30 Minutes

    by Ray Harmony ...
    Series Book 1 - Hack Music Theory
    Theory is a six-letter dirty word to most musicians, but hey, musicians love dirty words, right? And just like all the other dirty words, theory is easy to learn and fun to use! After studying 'popular' and 'classical' music theory, Ray Harmony created a unique approach that he uses to compose his songs, which feature multi-platinum Grammy winners Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Tom Morello (Rage ... Read more

    €4.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Music Dies (or Lives)

    Field Recording and the Battle for Democracy in the Arts

    by Ian Brennan ...
    All recordings document life, arising from a specific time and place, and if that place is artificial, the results will be as well. Culled from a lifetime of learning through failure and designed to provoke thought and inspiration for artists in every medium, How Music Dies (or Lives) is a virtual how-to manual for those on a quest for authenticity in an age of airbrushed and Auto-Tuned so-called ... Read more

    €12.48

  • The Spirit of Music

    The Lesson Continues

    by Victor L. Wooten ...
    Grammy Award winner Victor Wooten's inspiring parable of the importance of music and the threats that it faces in today's world.We may not realize it as we listen to the soundtrack of our lives through tiny earbuds, but music and all that it encompasses is disappearing all around us. In this fable-like story three musicians from around the world are mysteriously summoned to Nashville, the Music ... Read more

    €7.59

  • World Within a Song

    Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music

    by Jeff Tweedy ...
    What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs?Following publication of Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) and How To Write One Song, both New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America's best-loved performers and songwriters, ... Read more

    €12.79

  • Observations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers

    Enriched edition. Unveiling the Secrets of Vocal Artistry

    by Pier Francesco Tosi, Rachel Kirk ...
    Translated by John Ernest Galliard ...
    In "Observations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers," Pier Francesco Tosi presents a comprehensive exploration of vocal ornamentation and singing styles prevalent in the 17th and 18th centuries. The book deftly combines theoretical discourse with practical examples, employing a clear, engaging literary style that reflects Tosi's dual role as a performer and ... Read more

    €0.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Superstar Guitars

    Explore the guitars that changed music forever

    by Eleanor Jane ...
    Foreword by James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street PreachersA collection that has to be seen to be believed, Superstar Guitars showcases the most famous six-strings in the history of music, in exquisite detail.Photographer Eleanor Jane has travelled the world, documenting the legendary guitars used to create some of the greatest music ever heard.Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock Stratocaster. The guitar on ... Read more

    €3.49

  • Nicola Ivanoff – Un tenore italiano

    by Konstantin Plužnikov ...
    Translated by Alessandro Romano ...
    IL LIBRO: Nikolàj Ivanòv (1810-1880), naturalizzato Nicola Ivanoff, fu uno dei più grandi tenori dell'Ottocento. Dopo una lunga querelle con lo zar Nicola I, si stabilí definitivamente in Italia, dove risiedeva per ragioni di studio e di salute già dal 1830. Qui strinse intima amicizia con Rossini e frequentò Verdi e Donizetti, che scrissero arie proprio per la sua voce. Plužnikov descrive la ... Read more

    €7.99

  • Do Samba à Bossa Nova: Inventando um País

    by Pedro Bustamante Teixeira ...
    A partir da leitura de canções significativas do samba e da bossa nova, em que foram observados tanto os aspectos literários quanto musicais, Do samba à bossa nova: inventando um país pretende discutir o nascimento da música popular urbana no Brasil e o seu percurso ao longo da primeira metade do século XX, até 1958, quando se dá eclosão do movimento bossa nova. Da dificuldade inicial de inserção ... Read more

    €7.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works

    An Introduction to the Fascinating World of Classical Music

    by Gary A. Smook ...
    His fascinating exploration takes you inside the rich music and colorful lives of the world’s greatest classical composers. From Bach to Stravinsky and beyond, you will learn how the unique life stories of these gifted composers are reflected in the musical masterpieces that we enjoy to this day.Designed as an introductory book on classical music, this comprehensive collection presents ... Read more

    €8.99

  • Drum Bible

    Das ultimative Trainingsprogramm

    by Siegfried H. Hofmann ...
    Sein neuestes Lehrwerk "DRUM BIBLE - das ultimative Trainingsprogramm" für alle Schlagzeuger, Handtrommler und Percussionisten spiegelt die Art und Weise der Auseinandersetzung mit "Rhythmik" über viele Jahre wider. Beruhend auf fundiertem Wissen, fachlicher Kompetenz und Langzeiterfahrung ist ein ganzheitliches Koordinationssystem, eine "Schatzkiste universellen Trommelns", entstanden. Geeignet ... Read more

    €19.95 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Syren Arts Academy

    The Workbook

    by Ashley Tamar Davis ...
    Grammy-Nominated, Broadway Actress, Ashley Támar Davis has created an interactive workbook for aspiring creatives to educate and give insight into both the Broadway and Music Business industries. A powerhouse contemporary vocalist versed in classical to jazz to Musical Theatre and beyond, Ms. Davis is known as the muse & protégé of Prince by gaining notoriety for co-writing their Grammy nominated ... Read more

    €15.99

  • No Fundo Do Mar

    by Jouhilton Estevao Moreira Santos ...
    Uma sereia com dom para cantar se transforma em uma majestosa baleia azul. Em um lugar cheio de vida marinha com muitos seres diferentes, vivia uma sereia que gostava muito da cantar, no fundo do do mar. Ela viajava pelos oceanos desfilando sua beleza, fazendo magia para encantar a todos com seu canto. ... Read more

    €4.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Hollaender): Romantic Opera in Three Acts"

    by Richard Wagner ...
    Entdecken Sie die mystische Welt von Richard Wagners Meisterwerk, das die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Legende verschwimmen lässt!„The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Hollaender): Romantic Opera in Three Acts“ entführt Sie in eine fesselnde Geschichte von Liebe, Erlösung und dem ewigen Kampf gegen das Schicksal. Lassen Sie sich von der packenden Erzählung um den verfluchten Kapitän und seine Suche ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Maurice Duruflé

    The Man and His Music

    by James E. Frazier ...
    Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music is a new biography of the great French organist and composer (1902-86), and the most comprehensive in any language. James E. Frazier traces Duruflé's musical training, his studies withTournemire and Vierne, and his career as an organist, church musician, composer, recitalist, Conservatoire professor, and orchestral musician. Frazier also examines the career ... Read more

    €17.99

  • Compassionate Music Teaching

    A Framework for Motivation and Engagement in the 21st Century

    by Karin S. Hendricks ...
    Compassionate Music Teaching provides a framework for music teaching in the 21st century by outlining qualities, skills, and approaches to meet the needs of a unique and increasingly diverse generation of students. The text focuses on how six qualities of compassion (trust, empathy, patience, inclusion, community, and authentic connection) have made an impact in human lives, and how these ... Read more

    Was €37.10 Now €32.17

  • Working as a Pro Performer in the 21st Century

    by Anthony Michael ...
    A very up to date recollection from an authority, still gracing his presence in bars, lounges, and on stage, locally and internationally. Anthony not only informs up and coming potential performers of what it takes to become a successful live performer, but also the preparation, and psychology behind it. He prepares any budding performer, of the 'ups and downs' of demonstrating one's craft to most ... Read more

    €5.49