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Any singer longing to have a career in opera, particularly in Europe, should be familiar with the European system of classifying voices know as Fach. The Opera Singer's Career Guide: Understanding t……続きを見る

Irma Collins’s Dictionary of Music Education is more than just a lexicon. It is a journey through time and the story of the evolution of music education, including entries on notable individuals, cr……続きを見る

As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harper’s Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start i……続きを見る

The performance librarian is the person responsible for managing, maintaining, and organizing the resources of a performance library. This personnel can now benefit from A Manual for the Performance……続きを見る

In 1983, Ronald Reagan signed into law a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, the holiday was first formally observed by the federal government. In response to the gro……続きを見る

In this second edition of Orchestral “Pops” Music: A Handbook, Lucy Manning brings forward to the present her remarkable compendium of information about this form of orchestral music. Since the appe……続きを見る

Maestros in America: Conductors in the 21st Century provides short biographical and critical essays of over 100 American conductors-and conductors in America-in the twenty-first century. Roderick L.……続きを見る

Due to the distinctive nature of music as a separate "language" that non-musicians are often unable to read or understand, the cataloging and classification of music materials frequently present spe……続きを見る

Nearly all religious traditions have reserved a special place for sacred music. Whether it is music accompanying a ritual or purely for devotional purposes, music composed for entire congregations o……続きを見る

The intent of any discography is comprehensiveness, aiming to include every recording within its chosen area, and to list all the important details of each. The discography, New York Philharmonic: T……続きを見る

When we speak of “classical music” it often refers rather loosely to serious “art” music but at the core is really the music of the classical period running from about 1730 to 1800, give or take. Th……続きを見る

Russian music today has a firm hold around the world in the repertoire of opera houses, ballet companies, and orchestras. The music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergey Rachmaninov,……続きを見る

In this revised and expanded edition of Operas in English: A Dictionary, Margaret Ross Griffel updates her work on operas written specifically to an English text, including not only works originally……続きを見る

“Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an oppor……続きを見る

Known as “The Bible of Irish Music,” Mel Bay’s facsimile edition contains the original 1903 collection of 1,850 melodies consisting of airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes, long songs, and marches for fiddl……続きを見る

Wie lebten Orlando di Lasso, Ludwig van Beethoven, Modest Mussorgskij oder György Ligeti - und wie entstanden ihre großen Werke? Das "Komponistenlexikon für junge Leute" möchte musikinteressierten K……続きを見る

Contains chord forms for all of the most commonly used chords. Chords include major, minor, altered 7ths, diminished, augmented and many more. All forms are shown in picture and diagram form for the……続きを見る

This definitive reference resource examines how music affects human beings and their interactions in and with the world. The interdisciplinary nature of the work provides a starting place for studen……続きを見る

Since it was first published in 1993, the Sourcebook for Research in Music has become an invaluable resource in musical scholarship. The balance between depth of content and brevity of format makes ……続きを見る

The Coolest Music Book Ever Made aka MC 500 is a two volume set containing write-ups for 500 songs spanning over 40 years. More than 250 artists are represented from the genres of Funk, R&B, Hard Ro……続きを見る

This comprehensive book contains over 100 Celtic tunes arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. This edition is derived from a collection of nearly 300 arrangements Glenn Weiser has created over the la……続きを見る

A user-friendly photo chord guide showing basic chord tones for major, minor, dominant 7th, sus 7, minor 7, major 7, diminished, augmented, sixth, minor 6th, 7#5 and 7b5 chords. The arpeggios for ea……続きを見る

Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. This huge collection of scales is perfect for guitarist's everyday use. They are all covered here: ……続きを見る

Guitar Journals, is the ultimate reference guide of studies and solos in several different genres. This superb volume on technique covers warm-ups, picking studies, string skipping, tremolo, triplet……続きを見る

A valuable book for any guitarist. Part one presents a dictionary of essential chord forms shown by inversion. Part two features a very thorough analysis of chord melody and quartal harmony voicings……続きを見る

One of the most stressful situations that a music student (or any performer) encounters during their studies is the day, the hour or the moment of the performance. Whether it is a first lesson, entr……続きを見る

This companion to The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook combines scholarship with a unique approach to the study of the world's foods, musics, and cultures. Covering over four dozen regions, the entries ……続きを見る

This 176-page book includes six full-length contemporary Flamenco guitar compositions by Ioannis Anastassakis, MA, best-selling Mel Bay author of the Art of Rasgueado and one of the few people to ha……続きを見る

DESCRIPTION: BASIC KEYS, SCALES & CHORDS by Joe Procopio is an easy to understand book of all the basic keys, scales and chords used in music today. It includes the notes, charts and examples of eve……続きを見る

Sonatas, Screams, and Silence: Music and Sound in the Films of Ingmar Bergman is the first musical examination of Bergman’s style as an auteur filmmaker. It provides a comprehensive examination of a……続きを見る