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  • Louis Laloy (1874-1944) on Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky

    by Deborah Priest ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, this is the first study of the noted French music critic and scholar Louis Laloy, and the first collection of his writings. His writings were unique in their time and have never previously been translated. Laloy’s ideas on Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky are presented here with an introduction by Deborah Priest to each extract, placing it in the context of the period and the ... Read more

    RM 192.07

  • A Style and Usage Guide to Writing About Music

    by Thomas Donahue ...
    In A Style and Usage Guide to Writing About Music, Thomas Donahue presents a collection of guidelines to help express through the written word the special notations, terms, and concepts found in the discipline of music. It concentrates on questions of style and format in the interest of good formal writing within the context of United-States English, so that writers may communicate their ideas ... Read more

    RM 160.39

  • The Story of Boogie-Woogie

    A Left Hand Like God

    by Peter J. Silvester ...
    The Story of Boogie-Woogie: A Left Hand Like God examines the socio-historical background of the boogie-woogie piano style, from its early appearances in the barrelhouses of lumber, turpentine, and railroad camps in the southern United States, to its emergence at rent parties in Chicago and St. Louis, to its rise as a popular form of music in the nightclubs of New York, to its status as an ... Read more

    RM 434.99

  • City Symphonies

    Sound and the Composition of Urban Modernity, 1913–1931

    by Daniel Schwartz ...
    Cinema scholars categorize city symphony films of the 1920s and early 1930s as a subgenre of the silent film. Defined in visual terms, the city symphony organizes the visible elements of urban experience according to musical principles such as rhythm and counterpoint.In City Symphonies Daniel Schwartz explores the unheard sonic dimensions of these ostensibly silent films. The book turns its ear to ... Read more

    RM 109.69

  • Teatro Musicale

    Lezioni di regia

    by Stefania Porrino ...
    Series series Biblioteca Musicale LIM – Saggi
    Questo è un libro molto speciale, in cui si parte dalle grandi idee su cui è nata la regia d’opera e poi, attraverso un percorso sempre più specifico sul ‘mestiere’ registico, si arriva alla fine (in Appendice) a documentare singole esperienze didattico-teatrali: insomma, dalla discussione filosofico-metodologica alla documentazione più concretamente empirica. (Con contributi di Carla Carretti, ... Read more

    RM 86.21

  • Listen, Sing, Dance, Play

    Bring Musical Moments into the Rhythms of Caregiving

    by Rachelle Morgan ...
    Bring the joy of music into your caregiving relationship.Day-to-day care for a family member or friend can be stressful, whether you are caring for them yourself or they are living in a care community. Now, you can learn how to bring beautiful, meaningful experiences into your caregiving during this precious stage of life through music.In Listen, Sing, Dance, Play, music therapist Rachelle Morgan ... Read more

    RM 39.17

  • Pepper Adams' Joy Road

    An Annotated Discography

    by Gary Carner ...
    Series series Studies in Jazz
    Pepper Adams' Joy Road is more than a compendium of sessions and gigs done by the greatest baritone saxophone soloist in history. It's a fascinating overview of Adams' life and times, thanks to colorful interview vignettes, drawn from the author's unpublished conversations with Adams and other musicians. These candid observations from jazz greats about Adams and his colleagues reveal previously ... Read more

    RM 221.09

  • Heute Nacht in Jungleland

    Bruce Springsteen und sein legendäres Album Born To Run

    by Peter Ames Carlin ...
    Translated by Andreas Schiffmann ...
    50 Jahre Born To Run: Das Album, das Bruce Springsteen zur Legende machte1975 stand Bruce Springsteen am Anfang seiner Karriere. Seine ersten beiden Alben hatten kommerziell noch nicht viel bewegt, aber die Kritiker bereits aufgehorcht: Hier war einer, der große Geschichten erzählen und den Finger auf den Puls Amerikas legen konnte. Mit Born To Run bewies Springsteen, dass das bei weitem nicht ... Read more

    RM 41.39 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Music Performers' Lived Experiences

    Theory, Method, Interpretation: Volume One

    Edited by Mine Doğantan-Dack ...
    Series series SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
    The two volumes on Music Performers’ Lived Experiences seeks to widen this research area through close investigations of a variety of rich, complex and nuanced experiences classical music performers have qua performers, as they interact with musical scores, instruments, performance traditions, other musicking individuals, wider artistic and cultural discourses, norms and beliefs.The two volumes ... Read more

    RM 223.44

  • Solidarity Forever

    The Art and Soul of Stevie Van Zandt

    by Robert Lawson ...
    Solidarity Forever is the definitive account of the musical journey of the music legend of Disciples of Soul, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and anti-apartheid project Sun City fame, Little Steven Van Zandt. Following Van Zandt’s unforgettable sixty-year (and counting!) career from his beginnings with the Asbury Jukes and Springsteen to leading the Disciples of Soul, from touring, arranging, ... Read more

    RM 41.89

  • A Concise Guide to Understanding Music

    by Graham Wade ...
    A Concise Guide to Understanding Music offers guidance on many aspects of musical form, the creative concepts of major composers over the centuries, and developments ranging from early notation to the present day. The book is profusely illustrated and also contains an extensive bibliography as well as detailed lists of compositions for the reader to listen to and enjoy. For those who wish to ... Read more

    RM 35.25

  • Cantadas

    Ensaios sobre 35 grandes vozes de mulheres da música brasileira

    by Mauro Ferreira ...
    O Brasil é um país fértil na geração de grandes cantoras. É sobre esse poder feminino que o jornalista e crítico musical Mauro Ferreira discorre nas páginas do livro Cantadas Ensaios sobre 35 grandes vozes de mulheres da música brasileira. Publicado pela Garota FM Books, o livro perfila 35 cantoras do Brasil em textos inéditos que combinam informação e análise sobre as trajetórias dessas artistas. ... Read more

    RM 36.57

  • Quando le note incontrano la Storia...

    by Lello Traisci ...
    Quando le note incontrano la Storia è un viaggio emozionante tra musica e memoria collettiva. Il libro esplora le storie affascinanti dietro alcune delle canzoni più iconiche di tutti i tempi, quei brani che non solo hanno scalato le classifiche, ma hanno anche segnato epoche, accompagnato rivoluzioni, espresso sogni e dolori di intere generazioni.Prefazione di Augusto FerraiuoloLello Traisci, ... Read more

    RM 7.80

  • Taste in Music

    Eating on Tour with Indie Musicians

    by Luke Pyenson, Alex Bleeker ...
    A Pitchfork Best Book of 2024A Saveur Best Narrative Food Book of 2024In this unique and deeply thoughtful collection, musician Alex Bleeker (Real Estate) and food and travel journalist Luke Pyenson (formerly of Frankie Cosmos) take readers on tour with a diverse lineup of inspiring indie musicians from around the world, sharing meals and travel experiences, peeking behind the curtain at this ... Read more

    RM 54.39

  • All Things Strings

    An Illustrated Dictionary

    by Jo Nardolillo ...
    Series series Dictionaries for the Modern Musician
    String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from master to student, the words used to convey complex concepts such as bow techniques and fingering systems have developed into an extensive vocabulary that can be complicated, vague, and even contradictory. Many of these terms are derived from French, ... Read more

    RM 420.69

  • Maqam Melodies

    Pitches, Patterns, and Developments of Music in the Middle East and other Microtonal Writings

    by Peter Thoegersen ...
    This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths. The ratio 3/2, as the third overtone in the overtone series, is used as a multiplier leading to numeric ratios for all pitches in the tetrachords and pentachords of the maqam. Musicians today are highly curious ... Read more

    RM 313.61

  • I'll Be There

    My Life with the Four Tops

    by Duke Fakir, Kathleen McGee-Anderson ...
    Spanning over decades, this is the remarkable, heartfelt memoir from Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, the last surviving member of The Four Tops. Amidst a backdrop of Detroit, I’ll Be There features revealing anecdotes from the group’s formation, their early days as backup singers for the likes of Jackie Wilson, and their years working with Berry Gordy at the legendary Motown Records. With era-defining number ... Read more

    RM 45.29

  • Shelflisting Music

    Guidelines for Use with the Library of Congress Classification: M

    by Richard P. Smiraglia ...
    Series series Music Library Association Technical Reports
    Library music materials require a more complex shelflisting approach than books in order to account for extremely prolific composers, works with generic titles, opus numbers, and thematic index numbers. Shelflisting Music provides clear, straightforward instructions and flowcharts to guide the cataloger through the process of shelflisting music-whether in score or recorded format-enabling anyone ... Read more

    Was RM 105.69 Now RM 94.99

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    Sulla riscrittura nella musica contemporanea

    by Marilena Laterza ...
    Series series Biblioteca Musicale LIM – Saggi
    La riscrittura, argomento al centro di questo libro, comprende al suo interno un gran numero di pratiche artistiche: dalla trascrizione alla traduzione, alla variazione, alla citazione, al collage, al prestito, al plagio. Considerandole nelle loro contiguità e sovrapposizioni come nei contrasti e opposizioni, si finisce col vederne una continuità concettuale e storica che coincide con il concetto ... Read more

    RM 54.85

  • Tenor Banjo Chord Encyclopedia

    by Mel Bay ...
    A very comprehensive collection of chord forms in every key for tenor banjo. The most thorough tenor banjo chord book available. ... Read more

    RM 70.53

  • Any Tortured Poets Here?

    The Adventure of Taylor Swift's 11th Album

    by Dave Isaacs ...
    "It is always nice running into you..."Yes, indeed. But I wasn't talking to you per se; I was talking to "Good Songs".There are 31 stylish songs on this album, and Dave Isaacs has taken time to tell stories from each of them:which songs are good to dance to?Where are some Genius signatures of the artist? ...Who can I dedicate it to?What are the lessons... and many other breakdowns... ... Read more

    RM 17.64 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Encyclopedia of Bass Chords, Arpeggios and Scales

    (formerly Deluxe Bass Chords, Arpeggios and Scales)

    by Al Hendrickson, Art Orzeck ...
    This is a very valuable study and reference book for the bass player. Four different scale and chordal arpeggio forms are shown for each major, minor, and dominant seventh chord. In each key the basic I-IV-V7 chord progression is shown in four different locations on the bass fingerboard. Also included are whole tone and chromatic scales. Finally, numerous movable chordal arpeggio forms are ... Read more

    RM 78.37

  • Music for Beginners

    Bundle - The Only 4 Books You Need to Learn How to Play Music, Music Education and Music Instruction Today

    by Preston Hoffman ...
    Series Book 29 - Music
    4 Manuscripts in 1 Book, Including: How to Play Guitar, How to Play Piano, How to Play Ukulele and How to Play Scales!Book 1)How to Play Guitar: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Guitar Chords, Guitar Scales and Guitar Tabs TodayBook 2)How to Play Piano: In 1 Day - The Only 7 Exercises You Need to Learn Piano Theory, Piano Technique and Piano Sheet Music TodayBook 3)<... ... Read more

    RM 23.48

  • Glossary of Guitar Terms

    by Collin Bay ...
    Glossary of Guitar Terms is an informative addition to any musician's library. Included are a rundown of the parts of the instrument, a variety of helpful diagrams, and some of the most important terms and concepts for guitarists to be familiar with. Glossary of Guitar Terms is an excellent reference tool for players of all levels. ... Read more

    RM 39.17