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Research-Creation in Music and the Arts: Towards a Collaborative Interdiscipline - Paperback

$108.52

by Sophie Stévance (Author), Serge Lacasse (Author)Since the 1970s, the landscape of higher education and research has been considerably altered by the integration of the arts within the university environment. Even though a form of research is inherent to artistic creation, the creative process is not comparable to the established procedures involved in academic research. As such, how can the imperatives of intellectual (and sometimes restrictive) rigour characteristic of scholarly endeavour...

Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance - Paperback

$103.66

by Christopher Berg (Author)Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance explores pedagogical practices for achieving expert skill in performance. It is an account of the relationship between historic practices and modern research, examining the defining characteristics and applications of eight common components of practice from the perspectives of performing artists, master teachers, and scientists. The author presents research past and present designed to help musician...

Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early Seventies - Paperback

$21.58

by Don Breithaupt (Author), Jeff Breithaupt (Joint Author)Here is a lively and nostalgic look back at the forgotten era that gave us Hooked on a Feeling, Dancing in the Moonlight, I Am Woman, Seasons in the Sun, and more. The early '70s brought a Convoy of popular music--everything from the cheesy to the classic. The authors, true-blue '70s fanatics, have put together this irresistably readable book to transport readers back to a time when people wore smiley-face buttons, went to singles bars...

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by Hermann Keller (Author), Carl Parrish (Editor), Carl Parrish (Translator)It contains excerpts from the theoretical works by Praetorius, Niedy, Telemann, Mattheson, Heinichen, J. S. and C. P. E. Bach, Quantz, Padre Mattei; numerous examples, including complete pieces, from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and many exercises for the student. Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.24 x 11 x 8.25 IN Publication Date: July 31, 2008

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by Aaron Copland (Author)Whose fault is it that the artist counts for so little in the public mind? Has it always been thus? Is there something wrong, perhaps, with the nature of the art work being created in America? Is our system of education lacking in its attitude toward the art product? Should our state and federal governments take a more positive stand toward the cultural development of their citizens?These are some of the provocative questions which Aaron Copland raises and answers in ...

Schnabel's Interpretation of Piano Music - Paperback

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by Konard Wolff (Author), Konrad Wolff (Author), Alfred Brendel (Photographer)Artur Schnabel's reputation as a pianist and teacher has grown steadily, and his innovative approach to the pianist's art has attracted increasing interest. This book--originally prepared while its author was studying with Schnabel, and supervised by the master himself--is unique for two reasons: it is the only detailed treatment of Schnabel's "system" as such, and it is the first general survey describing the range...

Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay: An Anthology - Hardcover

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by Peter Guralnick (Author), William McKeen (Editor), Peter Guralnick (Introduction by)An electrifying collection of the finest, most entertaining, and illuminating writing on and from the rock and roll scene--from its earliest days to the present, from the brightest moments of the biggest stars to obscure but compellingly significant treasures. The crazy, exhilarating, endlessly creative world of rock and roll has fascinated us--and some of our best writers--since the earliest days of the ge...

The Creative World of Mozart - Paperback

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by Paul Henry Lang (Editor)Every phase of his career and output, the workings of his mind, and his relations with other composers are being studied by scholars in various countries. This collection of articles were written for the Musical Quarterly by internationally known authorities who examine various aspects of Mozart's style, his works, and his life. The introduction is an essay on the special nature of Mozart's genius. Erich Hartzmann leads us into the composer's workshop; Edward E. Low...

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music - Paperback

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by Manfred F. Bukofzer (Author)Although Dr. Bukofzer's main field of study was medieval and Renaissance music, he made important contributions in other areas too, such as a monograph on Javanese music, and an edition of the complete works of John Dunstable. His Music in the Baroque Era (Norton, 1947) is the standard work on that period.The studies in the present volume mainly deal with fifteenth-century music, exploring many compositions whose historical and musical importance have not hither...

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by Nathan Broder (Author) Number of Pages: 388 Dimensions: 0.86 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 08, 2008

Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad - Paperback

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by Greil Marcus (Editor), Sean Wilentz (Editor)Praised by Robbie Robertson of The Band as "a classic & a ticket to ride," The Rose & the Briar assembles an astonishing group of writers and artists: Paul Muldoon, Stanley Crouch, R. Crumb, Jon Langford of the Mekons, Sharyn McCrumb, Luc Sante, Joyce Carol Oates, Dave Marsh, and more than a dozen other novelists, essayists, performers, and critics; to explore the ineffable power of the American ballad. From "Barbara Allen" through "The W...

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by Gerald Abraham (Editor), Gerald Abraham (Contribution by), Edward Lockpeiser (Contribution by)The contributions to The Music of Tchaikovsky have been selected and arranged under the editorship of Gerald Abraham, who has also contributed two of the articles. The bibliography has been brought up to date for this edition, and the book also includes a chronology, a complete list of works, and many musical examples. Number of Pages: 284 Dimensions: 0.64 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 12,...

Representing African Music: Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions - Paperback

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by Kofi Agawu (Author)The aim of this book is to stimulate debate by offering a critique of discourse about African music. Who writes about African music, how, and why? What assumptions and prejudices influence the presentation of ethnographic data? Even the term "African music" suggests there is an agreed-upon meaning, but African music signifies differently to different people. This book also poses the question then, "What is African music?" Agawu offers a new and provocative look at the hi...

Haydn Studies: Proceedings of the International Haydn Conference, Washington, D.C., 1975 - Hardcover

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by Jens P. Larsen (Editor), James Webster (Editor), Howard Serwer (Editor)In October, 1975, the International Haydn Conference was held in Washington, D.C., during the last eight days of the Haydn Festival at Kennedy Center. Scholars and musicians from all over the world were brought together for the conference, participating in panel discussions, round tables, and workshops.Back JacketIn October, 1975, the International Haydn Conference was held in Washington, D.C., during the last eight day...

How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Life (Revised) - Paperback

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by Joan Oliver Goldsmith (Author)In this "rousing book that salutes the passion, the joy, and the pleasures of singing, music, and practice" (Spirituality and Health), Joan Oliver Goldsmith celebrates America's over 20 million singers and "teaches us that...to pursue a creative passion is a true act of love" (New Age). She guides us not only behind the scenes of choirs and ensembles but inside the making and hearing of harmonious sound. "Her words soar, growl, cry and whisper. And they inspir...

Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music - Hardcover

$49.99

by Richard Williams (Author)In the tradition of Alex Ross and Greil Marcus, the "effortlessly versatile" Williams (The Times) "connects these seemingly disparate phenomena with purpose, finesse and journalistic flair" (Financial Times), making masterly connections to painting, literature, philosophy, and poetry while identifying the qualities that make the album so uniquely appealing and surprisingly universal. Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 1.09 x 8.32 x 6.68 IN Publication Date: April 12,...

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint - Paperback

$145.78

by Thomas Benjamin (Author)"The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by Routledge. Modal counterpoint is the style of composition that was employed until the "tonal" revolution pioneered by Bach; it is the basis for most Early Music. Benjamin, a composer and pedagogue, offers a complete analysis of this important musical style. He begins by covering general aspects of the style, then covers...

Perspectives on Contemporary Music Theory - Paperback

$27.63

by Benjamin Boretz (Editor), Edward T. Cone (Editor)This new series of Norton books, devoted to informed discussion of contemporary music, draws principally upon articles first published in Perspectives of New Music, which Richard Kostelanetz has described as "among the most consistently interesting magazines in America." The Perspectives books will comprise a repository of the clearest thinking and most serious writing about twentieth-century music, forming an essential addition to the libra...

Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes--From Punk to Indie and Everything in Between - Paperback

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by Leslie Simon (Author)A snarky, fact-filled look at the people and places that made the indie/punk scene what it is todayThe American underground music scene is exploding everywhere--not just in New York City and L.A. (although we've got those cities covered too ): In Washington, D.C. . . . Ian MacKaye and Fugazi inspired the straightedge culture, which had kids everywhere drawing black X's on their hands in magic marker. In Omaha, Nebraska . . . A young Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, start...

Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion - Paperback

$133.38

by Judith Tick (Author), Paul Beaudoin (With)Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion charts a path through American music and musical life using as guides the words of composers, performers, writers and the rest of us ordinary folks who sing, dance, and listen. The anthology of primary sources contains about 160 selections from 1540 to 2000. Sometimes the sources are classics in the literature around American music, for example, the Preface to the Bay Psalm Book, excerpts from Slave Songs o...

Who Knew?: Answers to Questions about Classical Music You Never Thought to Ask - Paperback

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by Robert A. Cutietta (Author)Did you ever leave an opera performance wondering why the singers use so much vibrato? Or a symphony, wondering who decided where on stage the orchestra members should sit, or why they tune their instruments to an oboe rather than an electronic tuner? Why is Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture played on the 4th of July? And how does a composer choose what key to compose in? In Who Knew?: Answers to Questions about Classical Music You Never Thought to Ask, master music e...

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by Daniel R. Melamed (Author)Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St. John and St. Matthew--are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These large, complex pieces are well loved, but due to our distance from the original context in which they were performed, questions and problems emerge. Bach scholar Daniel Melamed examines the issues we encounter when we hear the passions performed today, and offers unique...

Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out - Paperback

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by Gordon Ross Thompson (Author)The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who, and numerous other groups put Britain at the center of the modern musical map. Please Please Me offers an insider's view of the British pop-music recording industry during the seminal period of 1956 to 1968, based on personal recollections, contemporary accounts, and all relevant data that situate this scene in the economic, political, and social context of postwar Britain. Author Gordon Thompson weaves issue...

Sound Commitments: Avant-Garde Music and the Sixties - Paperback

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by Robert Adlington (Editor)The role of popular music is widely recognized in giving voice to radical political views, the plight of the oppressed, and the desire for social change. Avant-garde music, by contrast, is often thought to prioritize the pursuit of new technical or conceptual territory over issues of human and social concern. Yet throughout the activist 1960s, many avant-garde musicians were convinced that aesthetic experiment and social progressiveness made natural bedfellows. Int...

Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism, and Bach's St. John Passion: With an Annotated Literal Translation of the Libretto - Hardcover

$167.40

by Michael Marissen (Author)Bach's St. John Passion is surely one of the monuments of Western music, yet performances of it are inevitably controversial. In large part, this is because of the combination of the powerful and highly emotional music and a text that includes passages from a gospel marked by vehement anti-Judaic sentiments. What did this masterpiece mean in Bach's day and what does it mean today? Although bibliographies on Bach and Judaism have grown enormously since World War II,...

This Will End in Tears: The Miserabilist Guide to Music - Paperback

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by Adam Brent Houghtaling (Author)This Will End in Tears is the first ever and definitive guide to melancholy music. Author Adam Brent Houghtaling leads music fans across genres, beyond the enclaves of emo and mope-rock, and through time to celebrate the albums and artists that make up the miserabilist landscape. In essence a book about the saddest songs ever sung, This Will End in Tears is an encyclopedic guide to the masters of melancholy--from Robert Johnson to Radiohead, from Edith Piaf t...

Oxford Handbook of Music Revival - Paperback

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by Caroline Bithell (Editor), Juniper Hill (Editor)Revival movements aim to revitalize traditions perceived as threatened or moribund by adapting them to new temporal, spatial, and social contexts. While many of these movements have been well-documented in Western Europe and North America, those occurring and recurring elsewhere in the world have received little or no attention. Particularly under-analyzed are the aftermaths of revivals: the new infrastructures, musical styles, performance pr...

Telling Stories, Writing Songs: An Album of Texas Songwriters - Paperback

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by Kathleen Hudson (Author)Willie Nelson, Joe Ely, Marcia Ball, Tish Hinojosa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lyle Lovett...the list of popular songwriters from Texas just goes on and on. In this collection of thirty-four interviews with these and other songwriters, Kathleen Hudson pursues the stories behind the songs, letting the singers' own words describe where their songs come from and how the diverse, eclectic cultures, landscapes, and musical traditions of Texas inspire the creative process. Condu...

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by Elizabeth Thomson (Author), David Gutman (Author)Despite his vast influence and perennial popularity, David Bowie remains one of the most elusive figures in rock, and few books have taken a serious look at his remarkable career. The Bowie Companion provides an entertaining overview of nearly three decades of popular culture commentary, giving full weight to his stage, screen, and musical careers. From both American and English publications, the editors have come up with some astonishing se...

J. S. Bach as Organist: His Instruments, Music, and Performance Practices - Paperback

$44.91

by George B. Stauffer (Editor), Ernest May (Editor)" . . . a valuable book of scholarly yet highly readable studies . . . every organist and anyone interested in the music of J. S. Bach should have it." --Early Keyboard Journal" . . . a very perceptive and informative guide . . . " --Early Music" . . . this book is a must." --The American Organist" . . . invaluable and entertaining . . . " --American Music Teacher" . . . among the most important and accomplished studies on eighteenth-century ...

A Whore Just Like the Rest: The Musical Writings of Richard Meltzer - Paperback

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by Richard Meltzer (Author)He is one of the inventors of rock criticism. His first book, The Aesthetics of Rock (acclaimed by Greil Marcus as "a disemboweling of rock's soft white underbelly"), became an instant cult classic when published in 1970. And for the next thirty years he fearlessly expanded the boundaries of music writing. Now he has collected the best of his prodigious output into a gonzo sampler of the reviews, profiles, interviews, and essays that form the heart of his rockwriter...

Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects - Paperback

$111.76

by Alex Case (Author)Every session, every gig, every day, recording engineers strive to make the most of their audio signal processing devices. EQ, Compression, Delay, Distortion, Reverb and all those other FX are the well-worn tools of the audio trade. Recording and mixing, live and in the studio, engineers must thoroughly master these devices to stay competitive sonically. Its not enough to just know what each effect is supposed to do. Sound FX explains the basic and advanced signal process...