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African Rhythm and African Sensibilityby John ChernoffISBN 0226103455 (0-226-10345-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'African Rhythm and African Sensibility'Book summary:"We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."Andrew Tracey, African Music[via]
"John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing, and his first-person narratives should be easily understood by any reader, while ringing unmistakably true for the reader who has also been to West Africa."Roderick Knight, Washington Post Book World
"Ethnomusicologists must be proud that their discipline has produced a book that will, beyond doubt, rank as a classic of African studies."Peter Fryer, Research in Literatures
"A marvelous book. . . . Not many scholars will ever be able to achieve the kind of synthesis of 'doing' and 'writing about' their subject matter that Chernoff has achieved, but he has given us an excellent illustration of what is possible."Chet Creider, Culture
"Chernoff develops a brilliant and penetrating musicological essay that is, at the same time, an intensely personal and even touching account of musical and cultural discovery that anyone with an interest in Africa can and should read. . . . No other writing comes close to approaching Chernoff's ability to convey a feeling of how African music 'works'"James Koetting, Africana Journal
"Four stars. One of the few books I know of that talks of the political, social, and spiritual meanings of music. I was moved. It was so nice I read it twice."David Byrne of "Talking Heads"
The companion cassette tape has 44 examples of the music discussed in the book. It consists of field recordings illustrating cross-rhythms, multiple meters, call and response forms, etc.More editions of African Rhythm and African Sensibility:
Am I Too Loud: Memoirs of an Accompanistby Gerald MooreISBN 0241900190 (0-241-90019-0)
Hardcover, Hamish Hamilton
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Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approachby Allen Cadwallader, David GagneISBN 0195301765 (0-19-530176-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach'Book summary:Designed as an introductory text for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students, Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach explains the fundamental principles of Schenkerian analysis by focusing on the music itself. Intended for use in one- or two-semester courses on Schenkerian theory, this text will also appeal to individuals interested in Schenker's work. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, but it does require a background in harmony and voice leading; a familiarity with species counterpoint is also desirable. The authors develop Schenkerian techniques through the practical analysis of specific compositions, an approach that parallels the evolution of Schenker's work. The book explains structural principles in actual composition rather than through models and formulas, and teaches students how to think about and critically examine compositions in ways that will inform their understanding and performance of great compositions of Western art music.
The first part of the volume provides the foundation for the analysis of complete pieces and includes chapters on melody, bass-line structures, linear techniques, and the essential properties of the Ursatz and its basic elaborations; the presentation of complete compositions in Part II is organized by formal category. The concluding chapter summarizes the main theoretical issues of Schenker's approach. The book includes over 200 analytical graphs, musical examples, and a bibliography. Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach provides a unique and accessible introduction to Schenkerian analytical ideas and shows how they can be applied toward a better understanding of tonal music. [via]More editions of Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach:
Ascension: John Coltrane and His Questby Eric NisensonISBN 0306806444 (0-306-80644-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Barrytown Trilogyby Roddy DoyleISBN 0140252622 (0-14-025262-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Barrytown Trilogy'Book summary:The bestselling author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha presents a one-volume edition of his celebrated trio of novels. Doyle's comic novels, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van, depict the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin [via]
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Charles Ives Remembered: An Oral Historyby Vivian PerlisISBN 0306805766 (0-306-80576-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Complete Book of Classical Musicby Michael AngoldISBN 0131560425 (0-13-156042-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Concise Oxford History of Musicby Gerald AbrahamISBN 019284010X (0-19-284010-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Concise Oxford History of Music'Book summary:The Concise Oxford History of Music, written by one of the world's most respected musicologists, remains the one-volume history for anyone seriously interested in the subject. This comprehensive work covers the whole history of music by genre from its first recorded emergence in Egypt to the death of Stravinsky. [via]
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Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionalsby Brock McElheranISBN 0193858304 (0-19-385830-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Country Music U.S.A.: A Fifty-Year Historyby Bill C. MaloneISBN 0292783779 (0-292-78377-9)
Hardcover, published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press
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Country Music, U.S.Aby Bill MaloneISBN 0292752628 (0-292-75262-8)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'N' Rollby Nick ToschesISBN 0306807130 (0-306-80713-0)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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The Courage Consortby Michel FaberISBN 0156032767 (0-15-603276-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Courage Consort'Book summary:Admirers of Belgian writer Michel Faber's magnificent breakthrough novel, The Crimson Petal and the White, may be surprised by how well his taut but unhurried prose translates to shorter fiction in the three novellas of The Courage Consort. It helps, of course, that the stories--minor marvels of suspenseful pacing and atmosphere--are unified by a large, old-fashioned theme: the loss of innocence (and, in one case, the struggle to preserve it). In the title story, an English vocal ensemble travels to Belgium for a two-week residency at a rural chateau, an opportunity to rehearse a notoriously difficult and possibly pointless new composition. Catherine, the soprano--and the dependent, emotionally fragile wife of the ensemble's director--hears plangent cries from the surrounding woods each night. Like Mrs. Dalloway, Catherine feels herself approaching middle age without having achieved adulthood. If she goes into the woods--facing the ghostly legend of a simple-minded mother and her baby, lost there near the end of World War II--will she find her grown-up self? The second novella, "The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps," traces a paper conservator's nightly unraveling of an 18th century oil merchant's tight-scrolled deathbed confession. And the third, "The Fahreinheit Twins," is one part Angela Carter, one part Jack London: a scary fairy tale translated to a glittering ice-bound wilderness.
Events that would be sensational in the hands of most writers--gruesome nightmares, hauntings, possible murders--are serenely dispatched by Faber, who has bigger emotional game in sight. And while every writer has characteristic tics and favorite phrases, the joy here is in observing Faber's growing mastery, and how few the limits on his talent. --Regina Marler [via]
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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000by Peter Guralnick, Douglas WolkISBN 0306809990 (0-306-80999-0)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country & Moreby Jonathan Lethem, Paul BresnickISBN 0306811669 (0-306-81166-9)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock,Pop,Jazz,Country, & Moreby Matt Groening, Paul BresnickISBN 0306812363 (0-306-81236-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Elliott Smith And the Big Nothingby Benjamin NugentISBN 0306814471 (0-306-81447-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elliott Smith And the Big Nothing'Book summary:Best for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, Elliott Smith was catapulted to the status of indie rock star after performing at the 1997 Academy Awards. Some of his albums, XO and Either/Or among them, would become '90s classics, helping to define an understated aesthetic that owed as much to the melodic emphasis of The Beatles as it did to punk. In the afterglow of the success of "Miss Misery," Smith's fame grew-alongside his struggles with depression and substance abuse. First relocating to Brooklyn, and then finally to L.A., he fell into a downward spiral evident to friends and fans alike, even as he continued to write such beautifully realized songs as "Waltz #2 (XO)." Drawing on new interviews with those who knew and loved Smith, and focusing on the crucial interplay between Smith's life and music, Ben Nugent compellingly and sympathetically portrays an enormously gifted, yet troubled, artist.[via]More editions of Elliott Smith And the Big Nothing:
Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be: A Rock & Roll Fairy Taleby 'Jen TryninISBN 0156032961 (0-15-603296-1)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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The Frank Sinatra Readerby Steven Petkov, Leonard MustazzaISBN 0195113896 (0-19-511389-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Generative Theory of Tonal Musicby Fred Lerdahl, Ray S. JackendoffISBN 026262107X (0-262-62107-X)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Musicby Len Lyons, Veryl OaklandISBN 0306803437 (0-306-80343-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Gustave Mahler: Memories and Lettersby Alma Mahler, Donald Mitchell, Knud MartnerISBN 0295953780 (0-295-95378-0)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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A History of Art and Musicby Horst Woldemar JansonISBN 013389312X (0-13-389312-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Introduction to Post-Tonal Theoryby Joseph Nathan StrausISBN 0131898906 (0-13-189890-6)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory'Book summary:A primer--rather than a survey--this book offers exceptionally clear, simple explanations of basic theoretical concepts for the post-tonal music of the twentieth century. Emphasizing hands-on contact with the music--through playing, singing, listening, and analyzing--it provides six chapters on theory, each illustrated with musical examples and fully worked-out analyses, all drawn largely from the "classical" pre-war repertoire by Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartok, Berg, and Webern. Considers three principal kinds of post-tonal music--free atonal music, twelve-tone music, and centric music. Makes extensive use of transformational graphs and networks to present analytical information; and includes a variety of exercises in theory, analysis, musicianship and ear-training, and composition. For anyone interested in Twentieth-Century Music Techniques and Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis. [via]
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Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, And Rumors Revealedby Gavin EdwardsISBN 030734603X (0-307-34603-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Jazz: America's Classical Musicby Grover SalesISBN 0306804913 (0-306-80491-3)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Lifeby Wynton Marsalis, Carl VigelandISBN 0306811278 (0-306-81127-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life'Book summary:The thrill of sitting in a club or concert hall hearing jazz being made is familiar to most fans. But what if you could immerse yourself in the world of the musician, where creating and performing is a profound task, and yet as routine as breathing? When writer Carl Vigeland was invited to tour with Wynton Marsalis and his septet, he was able to do just that. Vigeland's acute observations sweep us into their world as he becomes virtually part of the band. At the same time, Marsalis offers intimate meditations on home, family, creation, and performance--written in the cadence of his inimitable voice. Set on the stage, in the studio, and in great cities and small towns around the world, this richly textured narrative explores how the music is made in America today.[via]More editions of Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life:
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Late Night Thoughtsby Lewis ThomasISBN 0192860690 (0-19-286069-0)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphonyby Lewis ThomasISBN 0140243283 (0-14-024328-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony'Book summary:This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today's world. Luminous, witty, and provocative, the essays address such topics as "The Attic of the Brain, " "Falsity and Failure, " "Altruism, " and the effects of the federal government's virtual abandonment of support for basic scientific research will have on medicine and science. Profoundly and powerfully, Thomas questions the folly of nuclear weaponry, showing that t brainpower and money spent on this endeavor are needed much more urgently for the basic science we have abandoned--and that even medicine's most advanced procedures would be useless or insufficient in the face of the smallest nuclear detonation. And in the title essay, he addresses himself with terrifying poignancy to the question of what it is like to be young in the nuclear age. [via]
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Like Young: Jazz and Pop, Youth and Middle Ageby Francis DavisISBN 0306811863 (0-306-81186-3)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Love You to Bits and Pieces: Life With David Helfgottby Gillian Helfgott, Alissa TanskayaISBN 0140266445 (0-14-026644-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Ludwig Van Beethovenby Hans Schmidt, Joseph Schmidt-GorgISBN 0269026193 (0-269-02619-3)
Hardcover, Pall Mall P.
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The Mayor of Macdougal Street: A Memoirby Elijah Wald, Dave Van Ronk, Lawrence BlockISBN 030681479X (0-306-81479-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mayor of Macdougal Street: A Memoir'Book summary:Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s, he was also a marvelous storyteller, a peerless musical historian, and one of the most quotable figures on the Greenwich Village scene. Holding court in legendary venues like Gerdes Folk City and the Gaslight Caf8E, Van Ronks influence was so great that a stretch of Sheridan Squarethe heart of the Villagewas renamed on June 30, 2004, and is now Dave Van Ronk Street.The Mayor of MacDougal Street is a unique first-hand account by a major player in the social and musical history of the 50s and 60s. It features encounters with young stars-to-be like Bob Dylan (who survived much of his first year in New York sleeping on Van Ronks couch), Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell, as well as older luminaries like Reverend Gary Davis, Woody Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt, and Odetta.Colorful, hilarious, engaging, and a vivid evocation of a fascinating time and place, The Mayor of MacDougal Street will appeal not only to folk and blues fans but to anyone interested in the music, politics, and spirit of a revolutionary period in American culture.[via]More editions of The Mayor of Macdougal Street: A Memoir:
Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Scienceby Thomas LevensonISBN 0192880497 (0-19-288049-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Modern Music and Afterby Paul GriffithsISBN 0198165781 (0-19-816578-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945by Paul GriffithsISBN 0198165110 (0-19-816511-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Music in the United States: A Historical Introductionby Hugh Wiley HitchcockISBN 0136083803 (0-13-608380-3)
Softcover, Prentice-Hall
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Music in the United States: A Historical Introductionby Kyle Gann, Hugh Wiley HitchcockISBN 0139076433 (0-13-907643-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Music Is My Mistressby Duke EllingtonISBN 0306800330 (0-306-80033-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Music, the Arts, and Ideas: Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Cultureby Leonard B. MeyerISBN 0226521435 (0-226-52143-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The New Grove Guide to Wagner And His Operasby Barry MillingtonISBN 0195305884 (0-19-530588-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Nineteenth-Century Romanticism in Musicby Rey Morgan LongyearISBN 0136226477 (0-13-622647-7)
Softcover, Prentice-Hall
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Opera Anecdotesby Ethan MorddenISBN 0195056612 (0-19-505661-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Oxford Companion to Musicby Alison LathamISBN 0198662122 (0-19-866212-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Music'Book summary:First published in 1938, The Oxford Companion to Music has been the first choice for authoritative information on all aspects of music. Now, 17 years since the last edition, the Companion is here to serve a new generation of students, teachers, performers, concert goers, record collectors, and music lovers.
Completely revised and updated by a distinguished team of contributors, the Oxford Companion to Music features more than 1,000 new entries than the previous edition; more than 70 percent of the entire text is either new or entirely rewritten. Here, in articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms to extended surveys of musical forms and styles, is authoritative coverage of virtually every musical subject. Embracing the world of music in all its variety--including jazz, popular music, and dance--the Companion offers a concentrated focus on the Western classic tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present day.
More than 8,000 articles sweep across an extraordinary range of subjects: composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms and genres. From the study of music--theory, aesthetics, scholarship--to the way it is performed and disseminated, the Companion provides comprehensive, accessible coverage of music in all its artistic, historical, cultural, and social dimensions.
Comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and designed throughout for clarity and accessibility, the new Oxford Companion to Music, like every edition before it, will immediately become an indispensable resource for all who wish to enrich their love and knowledge of music. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Music:
The Oxford Companion to Musicby Percy Alfred ScholesISBN 0193113066 (0-19-311306-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Penguin Book of Carolsby Ian BradleyISBN 0140275266 (0-14-027526-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Performing Twentieth-Century Music: A Handbook for Conductors and Instrumentalistsby Arthur WeisbergISBN 0300066554 (0-300-06655-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Peter and the Wolfby Maria Carlson, Sergei Prokofiev, Charles MikolaycakISBN 0140506330 (0-14-050633-0)
Softcover, Puffin
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Powderby Kevin SampsonISBN 0224050826 (0-224-05082-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Countercultureby Edward L. MacAnISBN 0195098889 (0-19-509888-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Musicby Judith TickISBN 0195137922 (0-19-513792-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Sinatra! the Song Is You: A Singer's Artby Will FriedwaldISBN 0306807424 (0-306-80742-4)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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Somebody Somedayby Mark McCrum, Robbie Williams, Scarlet PageISBN 009188473X (0-09-188473-X)
Softcover, Random House Uk Ltd
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Sounds of the Orchestraby Antony HopkinsISBN 0195210271 (0-19-521027-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmasby Ace Collins, Clint HansenISBN 0310239265 (0-310-23926-5)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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Stories Of Best Loved Songs Of Christmasby Ace CollinsISBN 0310807573 (0-310-80757-3)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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The Story of the Bluesby Paul OliverISBN 0140035095 (0-14-003509-5)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Islandby Greil Marcus, Robert ChristgauISBN 0306806827 (0-306-80682-7)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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Studying Rhythmby Anne Carothers HallISBN 0130406023 (0-13-040602-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Studying Rhythm'Book summary:Featuring over 300 metrical rhythmic studies in simple musical forms - carefully graded, with short preliminary exercises - this volume introduces readers to the basic processes and complexities of musical rhythm and helps them develop the ability to perform all kinds of rhythmic patterns accurately at sight. Suitable not only for reading, but for dictation, improvisation, and composition - and for different methods - the collection contains one- and two-part rhythmic studies - mostly 12 to 16 measures long - that are intended to be sung, spoken, and tapped or clapped. The volume examines the full range of meter studies, rests and syncopation, triplets, beats, small subdivisions, changing simple and compound meter, notes in two and three beats, four against three, four notes in three beats; three notes in four beats, quintuplets and septuplets, meters with unequal beats, changing meters with unequal beats, cross-rhythms and tempo modulation. For those interested in the rhythmic patterns most frequently encountered in Western art music. [via]
Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentaryby Tim RileyISBN 0306811200 (0-306-81120-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performanceby Richard TaruskinISBN 0195094581 (0-19-509458-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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This Lullabyby Sarah DessenISBN 0142501557 (0-14-250155-7)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Lullaby'Book summary:"I had no illusions about love... It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say." Remy doesn't believe in love. And why should she? Her romance novelist mother is working on her fifth marriage, and her father, a '70s hippie singer, left her with only a one-hit wonder song to remember him by. Every time Remy hears "This Lullaby," it feels like "a bruise that never quite healed right." "Wherever you may go / I will let you down / But this lullaby plays on..." Never without a boyfriend, Remy is a compulsive dater, but before a guy can go all "Ken" on her (as in "ultra boyfriend behavior") she cuts him off, without ever getting close or getting hurt. That's why she's stunned when klutzy, quirky, alterna-band boy Dexter inserts himself into her life and refuses to leave. Remy's been accepted to Stanford, and she plans on having her usual summer fling before tying up the loose ends of her pre-college life and heading for the coast. Except Dexter's not following Remy's tried-and-true rules of break-up protocol. And for the first time, Remy's questioning whether or not she wants him to.
Author Sarah Dessen's ability to write novels that are both crowd pleasers and literary masterpieces of YA fiction is showcased beautifully in This Lullaby. Subtle yet completely absorbing, Lullaby is peopled with breathtakingly believable, three-dimensional characters, the very best of which is the bitter, broken Remy herself. An original love story about learning to love yourself first. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Understanding Musicby Jeremy YudkinISBN 0132233320 (0-13-223332-0)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Music'Book summary:Jeremy Yudkin's book is a rich music appreciation program that supports the ultimate goal of teaching active listening. By focusing on music of the Western tradition in its social, historical, and global context, this book engages readers in an active listening experience of music through a lively narrative text and innovative activities. Topic coverage includes music around the world, the fundamentals of music, the art of listening, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque Era, the Classic Era, Beethoven, the Nineteenth Century, and the Twentieth Century. For those interested in developing active listening skills and a deeper appreciation for music. [via]
Understanding Musicby Antony HopkinsISBN 019521028X (0-19-521028-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Verdi: A Biographyby Mary J. Phillips-Matz, Andrew PorterISBN 0193132044 (0-19-313204-4)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Vivaldi: Voice of the Baroqueby H. C. Robbins LandonISBN 0226468429 (0-226-46842-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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A Whore Just Like the Rest: The Music Writings of Richard Meltzerby Richard MeltzerISBN 0306809532 (0-306-80953-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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The World of Twentieth-Century Musicby David EwenISBN 0139687769 (0-13-968776-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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