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Are you looking for a journey that will take you through The Greatest Clarinet Players of All Time: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are l……続きを見る

This wonderful work "Valse Romantique" by Claude Debussy contains a score for the solo piano. It is a fine example of the composer's work and a fantastic addition to any classical musician's reperto……続きを見る

2 works of Henry Theophilus Finck American music critic, a leading promoter in the United States of Richard Wagner and his musical theories (1854-1926) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works o……続きを見る

The German-American relationship was special long before the Cold War; it was rooted not simply in political actions, but also long-term traditions of cultural exchange that date back to the ninetee……続きを見る

On the Track offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from the nuts-and-bolts of timi……続きを見る

Why are some popular musical forms and performers universally reviled by critics and ignored by scholars-despite enjoying large-scale popularity? How has the notion of what makes "good" or "bad" mus……続きを見る

African superstar composer singer and musician as well as mystic and political activist Nigerian Fela Kuti born in 1938 was controversy personified. He was swept to international celebrity on a wave……続きを見る

Chopin is one of the great originals of musical history and among the most universally beloved of all composers. Every one of his compositions involves the piano and his contribution to the developm……続きを見る

John Cage was a man of extraordinary and seemingly limitless talents: musician, inventor, composer, poet. He became a central figure of the avant-garde early in his life and remained at that pinnacl……続きを見る

Why did I marry a metal head? Easy – I didn’t know he was one. Slick didn’t reveal the truth until the engagement ring was on my finger. By then I’d told all my friends I was getting hitched so I co……続きを見る

Serial or 12-tone music has proved to be an enduring 20th century style that has generated a wide range of writings. This much-needed work provides the only comprehensive, up-to-date guide to resear……続きを見る

Songs from Alice in wonderland and Through the looking-glass (Over 40 illustrations) have -Included TOC for Reader. -Included biography the author. -Added Illustrations. -This sample in ebook. Tweed……続きを見る

Queering the Popular Pitch is a new collection of 19 essays that situate queering within the discourse of sex and sexuality in relation to popular music. This investigation addresses the changing de……続きを見る

The rich, complex lives of African Americans in Texas were often neglected by the mainstream media, which historically seldom ventured into Houston's Fourth Ward, San Antonio's East Side, South Dall……続きを見る

The ultimate book on records by The Clash.An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by The Clash, from their first single 'White Riot' to Combat Rock and beyond.Includes ……続きを見る

Frank Sinatra was the best-known entertainer of the twentieth centuryーinfinitely charismatic, lionized and notorious in equal measure. But despite his mammoth fame, Sinatra the man has remained an ……続きを見る

When Little Richard burst onto the scene in the early 1950s, he sounded like nothing on earth. Drenched in sweat, screaming, hollering and pumping his piano, he made all who followed soud tame. His ……続きを見る

Beast is a six-member boy band from South Korea, formed in 2009 by Cube Entertainment. Once called as "recycled group", Beast became world famous idol group from the release of their 1st……続きを見る

A searing portrait of Bob Marley and the making of Exodus, Time’s best album of the twentieth centuryーand an acutely perceptive appreciation of his musical and spiritual legacy “Finely reported, vi……続きを見る

Australian music has a proud, colourful and successful history. In 2008, Australian rock & roll turned 50. This book names the best Australian albums of the last 50 years. It places each album in or……続きを見る

America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. ……続きを見る

Looking at musical globalization and vocal music, this collection of essays studies the complex relationship between the human voice and cultural identity in 20th- and 21st-century music in both Eas……続きを見る

The Cambridge Companion to the Saxophone, first published in 1999, tells the story of the saxophone, its history and technical development from Adolphe Sax (who invented it c. 1840) to the end of th……続きを見る

Musical talent in Western culture is regarded as an extraordinary combination of technical proficiency and interpretative sensitivity. In Music, Disability, and Society, Alex Lubet challenges the ri……続きを見る

This is the first literal, word-for-word translation of Wagners epic masterwork with the full German text. It is at once reliable and readable, adhering closely to the original verse form and to Wag……続きを見る

The Art of Music Management is an in-depth look about what music management is and how management actually works. This is a must read for all aspiring music managers and established managers!続きを見る

They were the pioneers of American hardcore, forming in California in 1978 and splitting up 8 years later leaving behind them a trail of blood, carnage and brutal, brilliant music. Throughout the ye……続きを見る

Examining American realist fiction as it was informed and shaped by the music of the period, Sounding Real sheds new light on the profound musical and cultural change at the turn of the twentieth ce……続きを見る

Jimi Hendrix 'transgressed many boundaries; both arbitrary musical definitions separating blues and soul or jazz and rock, and also those fundamental divides between the archaic and the avant-garde,……続きを見る

Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in music analysis. It outlines a process of analyzing wor……続きを見る