Music category: 21679 books
Redemption Through Love!
An Irreverent Guide to Wagnerian Opera Thrills Without Being a Nut
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
There is a world of music, beautiful, thrilling, powerful and romantic music, that one composer wrote to express the theme of Redemption Through Love! He wrote this music for “sacred music dramas” he believed could transform the world through art. His stories come from legends and mythology and...
Music Radio
Building Communities, Mediating Genres
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Why is music so important to radio? This anthology explores the ways in which musical life and radio interact, overlap and have influenced each other for nearly a century. One of music radio's major functions is to help build smaller or larger communities by continuously offering broadcast music as...
For the Music
The Vince Gill Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
TO LOVE MUSIC IS TO LOVE VINCE GILL
His pure tenor voice, amazing guitar playing, and superb songwriting skills have earned Vince Gill eleven Grammies and seventeen Country Music Association Awards--making him the biggest CMA winner of all time. But it's the man behind the music who inspires...
by Davinia Caddy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Ever wondered why most classical music concerts are such stuffy affairs? Had to bluff your way through classical music conversations? Trying to get a handle on music by modern composers? Failed to convince teenagers of the merits of Beethoven or Bach? Or just want an absorbing read about music? This...
by David Dubal
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2003
The ultimate guide to classical composers and their music-for both the novice and the experienced listener
Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices...
by R.J. Stove
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
“Delightfully sophisticated . . . the only music history that can be savored, muscatel in hand, in the green shade of a beach umbrella” (John Simon, The Hudson Review).
R. J. Stove’s A Student’s Guide to Music History is a concise account, written for the intelligent lay reader,...
The Band
Pioneers of Americana Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
At a time when Acid Rock and Heavy Metal dominated popular music, The Band rebelled against the rebellion with a masterful mix of tight ensemble arrangements, great vocals, highly literate lyricism, and a respect for the musical traditions of the American South. Comprising Canadians Robbie Robertson,...
This Business of Urban Music
A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Industry, from Gospel to Funk to R &B to Hip-Hop
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
The first reference book all about the business side of gospel and urban music. Hip-hop and R&B hold 25 percent of the consumer music market. Another 20 percent is held by religious (gospel and Christian) music, soul, disco, dance, and jazz. Here’s the first reference book to offer sound business...
by Bob D'Eith
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
A follow-up to the successful “A Career in Music: the other 12 step program”, this book focuses on how to build your team as an artist. “A Career in Music: building your inner circle” answers the questions: How do I get a manager, a booking agent, a record label, a publisher, a producer and...
Music as Thought
Listening to the Symphony in the Age of Beethoven
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as "more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental...
by Hugh Barker, Yuval Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2007
Musicians strive to “keep it real”; listeners condemn “fakes”; ... but does great music really need to be authentic?
Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Music was integral to the profound cultural, social and political changes that swept the globe in 1968. This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the role that music played in the events of that year, which included protests against the ongoing Vietnam War, the May riots in France and the...
by Michael Payne
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Sir Charles Groves said that 'his music crackled with enthusiasm and vitality. He could write tunes and clothe them in the most attractive musical colours'. Coates won a scholarship to the Royal Academy...
Musical Heroes
A Personal View of Music and the Musical World Over Sixty Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2012
Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years, and Musical Heroes is a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. With its deft touch and its empathy, it is both captivating and inspiring, and it is often...