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  • NPR The Curious Listener's Guide to Opera

    by William Berger ...
    Major composers including Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss * Legendary singers from the great divas to the Three Tenors * What to look for and listen to at the opera * The history of opera and why it endures * Stylistic variations and basic theoretical underpinnings * Appreciating the art form * Biographies of the opera's greatest artists * A survey of classic operas ... Read more

    S$ 10.34 SGD

  • Swift-o-graphics

    Your Favorite Pop Star in Over 120 Infographics

    by Megan McCluskey ...
    Whether it's facts that will absolutely shock you or things you know all too well, Swift-o-graphics will show you incredible things in this comprehensive visual journey through the global phenomenon that is Taylor Swift.Enter the era of total Swift domination with Swift-o-graphics, jam-packed with fun and fascinating facts told through dynamic infographics and eye-catching graphic art ... Read more

    S$ 17.21 SGD

  • Writing Better Lyrics

    by Pat Pattison ...
    The Must-Have Guide for SongwritersWriting Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics.Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to ... Read more

    S$ 12.74 SGD

  • How Music Works

    by David Byrne ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • Adorning the Dark

    Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

    by Andrew Peterson ...
    From the bestselling author of The Wingfeather Saga and award-winning musician and storyteller, Andrew Peterson.Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, WORLD Magazine each named Adorning the Dark as one of their books of the year.Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.Over the last twenty years, Andrew Peterson has performed thousands of ... Read more

    S$ 12.20 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bob Dylan All the Songs

    The Story Behind Every Track Expanded Edition

    by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon ...
    Series series All the Songs
    An updated edition of the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize-winning work yet published, with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his nearly 60-year career.Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even ... Read more

    S$ 41.19 SGD

  • The Hacienda: Threads

    Foreword by Peter Hook

    by Rebecca Hook ...
    FOREWORD BY PETER HOOKThe music. The fashion. The nights. The people. The love. These are the threads that came together to make the Haçienda great.Celebrate the magic of the club that changed everything in this official book, told through evocative photographs and eye-witness accounts of the people who were there, from musicians, DJs and fashion designers to performers, clubbers and staff ... Read more

    S$ 28.55 SGD

  • Ukulele For Dummies

    by Alistair Wood ...
    Strum a tune on your ukulele—no Hawaiian shirt required!Picture it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every day for ukulele-players, you'll still have a lot of fun learning your favorite tunes on your ukulele. Widely associated with Hawaiian ... Read more

    S$ 27.99 SGD

  • Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

    An Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 2

    Edited by Gary McPherson, Graham Welch ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, the second book in this set explores a broad array of key issues, concepts, and debates related ... Read more

    S$ 35.74 SGD

  • And the Band Begins to Play. Part Eleven: The Definitive Guide to the Beatles’ Let It Be

    by Steve Lambley ...
    And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Eleven examines the LP Let It Be and associated singles.Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume set ... Read more

    S$ 2.54 SGD

  • And the Band Begins to Play. Part Twelve: The Definitive Guide to the Beatles’ Abbey Road

    by Steve Lambley ...
    And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Twelve examines the LP Abbey Road and associated singles.Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume ... Read more

    S$ 2.54 SGD

  • The Dirt

    Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

    by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars ...
    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD

  • The Penguin Jazz Guide

    The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

    by Brian Morton, Richard Cook ...
    The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught American history at UEA) has picked out the 1000 best recordings that all jazz fans should have and shows how they tell the history ... Read more

    S$ 35.20 SGD

  • And the Band Begins to Play. Part Nine: The Definitive Guide to the Beatles’ White Album

    by Steve Lambley ...
    And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Nine examines the White Album and associated singles.Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume set is ... Read more

    S$ 3.82 SGD

  • What to Listen For in Music

    by Aaron Copland ...
    Now in trade paperback: “The definitive guide to musical enjoyment” (Forum).In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms. ... Read more

    S$ 11.22 SGD

  • Into the Void

    From Birth to Black Sabbath—And Beyond

    by Geezer Butler ...
    A rollicking, effusive, and candid rock and roll memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath, covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed.With over 70 million records sold, Black Sabbath, dubbed by Rolling Stone “the Beatles of heavy metal,” ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD

  • Music Theory, 3E

    by Michael Miller ...
    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Many people find music theory a tough subject-- but it doesn't have to be! The best-selling Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician (and even more experienced ones) how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. This book covers:- The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, scales, ... Read more

    S$ 28.11 SGD

  • Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory (Music Instruction)

    A Comprehensive and Convenient Source for All Musicians

    by Carl Schroeder, Keith Wyatt ...
    (Book). Following in the footsteps of the popular Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary , this handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, it includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, ... Read more

    S$ 10.34 SGD

  • The History Of The Music Industry: 1950 to 1969

    The History Of The Music Industry, #3

    by Matti Charlton ...
    Series Book 3 - The History Of The Music Industry
    Music has a remarkable power to transport us to different times and evoke a range of emotions. It can take us on a journey through the annals of history, connecting us to the people, places, and events that shaped our world. In this book, we embark on a captivating expedition into the vibrant and transformative era of the music industry from 1950 to 1969.Welcome to a time of cultural revolution, ... Read more

    S$ 5.10 SGD

  • Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars

    by Barry Adamson ...
    In Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars, the enigmatic Barry Adamson shines a probing light into his own heart of darkness. Born in the black and white world of post-industrial Manchester, Adamson saw music as a chance to turn his world technicolour. Propelled into punk via Magazine, he was the founding bass player in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, before stumbling too far down a dark, drug ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • 1,000 UK Number One Hits

    by Jon Kutner, Spencer Leigh ...
    The official UK charts started in November 1952 with Al Martin's Here's In My Heart at the top. Since then, there have been over 50 years of changes and we have now reached the 1,000 number one. ... Read more

    S$ 13.72 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gustav Mahler

    by Simon Vestdijk ...
    Series Book 4 - Verzamelde muziekessays
    Vestdijk schreef dit vierde deel over Gustav Mahler in 1957, met het oog op het Mahler-jaar van 1960. In een tijd waarin Mahlers muziek nog niet algemeen was geaccepteerd en in de artikelen die over hem verschenen alleen de biografische feiten en wat eenvoudige muzikale karakteriseringen werden genoemd, schreef Vestdijk een hartstochtelijk en tegelijk kritisch pleidooi voor Mahler. Op analytische ... Read more

    S$ 11.90 SGD

  • Guitar Journals: Mastering the Fingerboard - The Reading Book

    by William Bay ...
    Series series Guitar Journals
    The Guitar Journals series is the ultimate reference guide to studies and solos in several different genres. This volume is dedicated to sight reading and presents studies based on each string, then continues with etudes in each of the 12 major and minor keys, offering studies in four different positions on the fretboard. This is a must-have sourcebook for the student to professional musician's ... Read more

    S$ 27.86 SGD

  • Accordi di Vita

    by Luke Jazzato ...
    L'ascolto di un concerto è l'ascolto di noi stessi, immersi in unarealtà che di per sé dovrebbe tendere al benessere, ma che spessoci pone difronte a nuovi orizzonti inesplorati della nostra anima.E' la storia, dagli anni novanta ad oggi, della musica vistacon gli occhi, della mente, di un appassionato.I preparativi, la partecipazione e le sensazioni delle performance a cui assisteil protagonista ... Read more

    S$ 5.10 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus