Music Books
Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Music Studies
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music Cambridge Companions to Music
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Cambridge University Press Music and Image in Classical Athens
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Cambridge University Press Mozart Studies Cambridge Composer Studies
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Cambridge University Press The Puccini Problem Opera Nationalism and Modernity Cambridge Studies in Opera
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Cambridge University Press The Invention of Folk Music and Art Music Emerging Categories from Ossian to Wagner 16 New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism Series Number 16
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Cambridge University Press Schoenbergs Transformation of Musical Language Music in the Twentieth Century Series Number 22
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Cambridge University Press Music Philosophy and Modernity
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Cambridge University Press Musical Exoticism Images and Reflections
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Cambridge University Press Verdi and the French Aesthetic Verse Stanza and Melody in Nineteenthcentury Opera
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Cambridge University Press French Grand Opera and the Historical Imagination
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Cambridge University Press Thinking about Harmony Historical Perspectives on Analysis
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Cambridge University Press Fashions and Legacies of NineteenthCentury Italian Opera
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Musical Performance
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Cambridge University Press A History of Welsh Music
Book SynopsisRanging from early medieval musical bards to pop music in the twenty-first century, this book describes Welsh musical practices and traditions and the forces that have shaped and directed them, probing the reasons why the idea of Wales as a 'musical nation' arose and became embedded in popular consciousness.Trade Review'The book raises a number of questions for those seeking to understand the contextualisation of Methodism in non-English cultures. This book also provides a mine of detailed resources for scholars to work on or for those merely enjoying singing (but not too raucously!) in both religious worship and secular contexts to appreciate the cultural roots of such an expression of identity.' Tim MacQuiban, The Proceedings of the Wesley Historical SocietyTable of Contents1. Music in Welsh history Trevor Herbert; 2. Words for music: describing musical practices in medieval Welsh literature Helen Fulton; 3. Music in worship before 1650 John Harper; 4. Secular music before 1650 Sally Harper; 5. The eisteddfod tradition Rhidian Griffiths; 6. Women and Welsh folk song Wyn Thomas; 7. Instrumental traditions after 1650 Rhidian Griffiths, Trevor Herbert and Stephen P. Rees; 8. The Celtic revival Helen Barlow; 9. Musical communications in the long nineteenth century Rhidian Griffiths; 10. Nonconformists and their music Martin V. Clarke; 11. Professionalisation in the twentieth century Lyn Davies; 12. Composing Cymru: Art music since 1940 Nicholas Jones; 13. Traditions and interventions: popular music 1840-1940 Trevor Herbert; 14. New traditions: Welsh popular music into the twenty-first century Sarah Hill; 15. Singing Welshness: Sport, music and the Crowd Helen Barlow and Martin V. Clarke; 16. Postscript: Contemporary Wales, devolution and digitisation Trevor Herbert, Sally Harper and Sarah Hill.
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Cambridge University Press Film Music in Concert
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Cambridge University Press Berlioz
Book SynopsisBerlioz's Symphonie fantastique attracts wide audiences and is acknowledged as a landmark of music history. This book situates the symphony within French Romanticism and considers influences, literary as well as musical, that shaped its conception. Richly detailed and accessibly written, it will appeal to music lovers, scholars, and students.Table of Contents1. Introduction, programme, outline; 2. Literary and musical romanticism; 3. Symphonie fantastique in Berlioz's lifetime; 4. First movement: 'Rêveries, passions'; 5. Second movement: 'Un bal'; 6. Third movement: 'Scène aux champs'; 7. Fourth movement: 'Marche au supplice'; 8. Fifth movement: 'Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat'; 9. The sequel; reception by composers; 10. Reception: Schumann and musical form; 11. Other approaches; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Leokadiya Kashperova
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Cambridge University Press Four Centuries of Womens Musical Salons
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Cambridge University Press Music Senior Centers and Quality of Life
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of SixteenthCentury Music
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Florence B. Price
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Dance Music
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar
Book SynopsisThe electric guitar is one of the most important musical instruments and cultural artifacts of the 20th and 21st centuries and enjoys popularity worldwide. Designed for students, this Companion explores electric guitar technology and performance, and the instrument''s history and cultural impact. Chapters focused on the social significance of the electric guitar draw attention to the ways in which gender and race have shaped and been shaped by it, the ecology of electric guitar manufacturing, and the participation of electric guitarists in online communities. Contributions on electric guitar history stretch the chronology backwards in time and broaden our ideas of what belongs in that history, and those addressing musical style investigate the cultural value of virtuosity while providing material analysis of electric guitar technique. The Companion''s final section considers the electric guitar''s global circulation, particularly in Africa, the Afro-Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.
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Cambridge University Press Mozarts Operas and National Politics
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Cambridge University Press Youth Pentecostalism and Popular Music in Rwanda
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Cambridge University Press Sound and Sense in British Romanticism
Book SynopsisThis unparalleled exploration reveals how understandings of sound shifted and multiplied in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on literary studies, musicology and history, and interrogating how writers of this period thought with and through sound, this book opens up a new chapter in the history of the senses.Table of Contents1. William Hogarth: looking and listening for a painting Lydia Goehr; 2. Collecting ballads, historicizing sounds: appropriating Scottish national music in the eighteenth century Maria Semi; 3. Realising The Enraged Musician Oskar Cox Jensen; 4. 'A strange jingle of sounds': scenes of aural recognition in early nineteenth-century English literature Josephine McDonagh; 5. The sound of news: affective rhythm, rupture, and nostalgia William Tullett; 6. The resounding fame of Fingal's Cave Jonathan Hicks; 7. Echoing sounds: what was poetry for Gilbert White? Courtney Weiss Smith; 8. Mary Somerville's sound accomplishments: scientific writing and the sonorous sublime Katherine Fry; 9. Organizing modernity: Henry Liston's euharmonic organ and natural tuning in Company India Daniel Walden; 10. Stethoscopic fantasies Melissa Dickson.
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Cambridge University Press Understanding Stockhausen
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Cambridge University Press Opera in Warsaw
Book SynopsisA microcosm of busy operatic life during the reign of the enlightened King Stanislaw August Poniatowski (r. 1764?95), Warsaw reveals complex processes and entanglements affecting dissemination of opera in the late eighteenth century. To the fun-loving city torn by whimsical contradictions, imported as well as domestic opera provided attractive and increasingly accessible urban entertainment, while also serving important utilitarian functions prescribed by local initiatives. Warsaw''s participation in transnational circulations of works and performers encompasses both ideological and pragmatic factors that had far-reaching consequences not only for the city itself but also for Europe''s shared cultural space.
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Cambridge University Press Background Music Cultures in Finnish Urban Life
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Cambridge University Press Vienna
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Folk Music
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Cambridge University Press Music and the Making of Medieval Venice
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Cambridge University Press Background Music Cultures in Finnish Urban Life
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Cambridge University Press The Science of Music
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Cambridge University Press Opera in Warsaw
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Cambridge University Press Entertainment Pleasure and Meaning in Early
Book SynopsisThe people of early England (c. 450?1100 CE) enjoyed numerous kinds of entertainment, recreation and pleasure, but the scattered records of such things have made the larger picture challenging to assemble. This volume illuminates the merrier aspects of early English life, extending our understanding of the full range of early medieval English culture. It shows why entertainment and festivity were not merely trivial aspects of culture, but had important functions, in ritual, in community-building, in assuming power, and in resistance to power. Among the activities explored are child''s play; drinking and feasting; music, dance, and performance; the pleasures of literature, festivals and celebrations; hunting and sport; and games.
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Cambridge University Press Lettera amorosa
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Cambridge University Press The Orchestra of the Cappella Reale Naples 17501800
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Cambridge University Press Popular Music in Brazil
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Cambridge University Press The Aesthetic System of François Delsarte and Richard Wagner
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Cambridge University Press English Madrigals on the Jesuit Stage
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Cambridge University Press English Madrigals on the Jesuit Stage
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Cambridge University Press More Than Words
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Cambridge University Press Germaine Tailleferre
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Cambridge University Press Mindfulness and Performance
Book SynopsisThis volume illustrates how performers from a variety of disciplines - including sport, dance and music - can use mindfulness to achieve peak performance and improve personal well-being. An international group of leading scholars presents cutting-edge research, demonstrating the efficacy of mindfulness across cultures.Trade Review'Mindfulness and Performance is an extremely comprehensive volume, which summarizes the theoretical foundations, and scientific research to date regarding how mindfulness training enhances performance. It is a must read for professionals interested in sharing mindfulness and supporting athletes, musicians, and others in finding flow in sports and in life.' Amy Saltzman, author of Still Quiet Place for Athletes: Transformational Mindfulness Skills for Finding Flow in Sports and in LifeTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction to Mindfulness: History and Theoretical Understanding: 1. Mindfulness scholarship and interventions: a review Itai Ivtzan and Rona Hart; 2. Mindfulness, emotion regulation, and performance Zella E. Moore; 3. Self-compassion, distress tolerance, and mindfulness in performance Amy L. Baltzell; 4. Flow and mindfulness in performance Susan Jackson; 5. Peak performance: Langerian mindfulness and flow Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi, Elizabeth Ward and Ellen J. Langer; 6. Langerian mindfulness and liminal performing spaces Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi; Part II. Formal Mindfulness Interventions in Sport: 7. Scientific advancements of mindfulness- and acceptance-based models in sport psychology: a decade in time, a seismic shift in philosophy and practice Frank L. Gardner; 8. Mindful sport performance enhancement (MPSE): development and application Keith A. Kaufman, Carol R. Glass and Tim R. Pineau; 9. Mindfulness training in elite athletes: mPEAK with BMX cyclists Lori Haase, Göran Kenttä, Steven Hickman, Amy L. Baltzell and Martin Paulus; Part III. Mindfulness: Theory to Practice in Sport and Exercise: 10. Mindfulness and the Olympic athlete – a personal journey Peter Haberl; 11. Mindfulness training program for Chinese athletes and its effectiveness Gangyan Si, Cheuk-Hang Lo and Chunqing Zhang; 12. The mindful AFL player: engagement, mobile apps, and well-being Jo Mitchell and Craig Hassed; 13. Mindfulness and exercise Rebecca Sherlock-Shangraw and Vanessa Loverme Akhtar; 14. Mindfulness, eating, body, and performance Jessyca Arthur-Cameselle; Part IV. Mindfulness and the Performing Arts: 15. Langerian mindfulness and optimal performance Amy L. Baltzell and Trevor A. Cote; 16. Mindfulness and dancers Gene M. Moyle; 17. Attention, centering, and being mindful: medical specialties to the performing arts Patsy Tremayne and Ashlee Morgan; 18. Mindfulness in music Tim Patston; Part V. Mindfulness for Coaches, Practitioners, and Mentors: 19. Interpersonal mindfulness for athletic coaches and other performance professionals Joe Mannion and Mark Andersen; 20. Utilizing mindfulness strategies in mentoring and coaching socially vulnerable youth John McCarthy and Laura Hayden; 21. Awareness, self-awareness, and mindfulness: the application of theory to practice Burt Giges and Gerald Reid; Part VI. Future Directions: 22. The future of mindfulness and performance across disciplines Amy L. Baltzell and Josh Summers.
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Cambridge University Press The Manual of Musical Instrument Conservation
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for museum administrators, curators, and conservators, private collectors, as well as musical instrument makers, repairmen, technicians, and musicians. It is the first book to combine museum-based conservation techniques with practical instructions on the maintenance, repair, adjustment, and tuning of virtually every type of historical musical instrument.Trade Review'As usual with Pollens's writings, this [book] is impeccably researched and thorough … [It] provides a reliable guide to various materials and techniques, from moulding to soldering and dealing with chemical treatments and solvents. It has the potential to improve and develop all techniques, and help us to understand and handle materials and methods with greater confidence. Few of us will ever have to tackle the problem of bronze disease on a bugle, but it's nice to know I now have access to that information, not far away from the immediately helpful entry on 'cleaning: soaps and detergents' … I am very happy and grateful to be able to add [this book] to my reference shelf …' John Dilworth, The Strad'The Manual of Musical Instrument Conservation is a clearly written and practical guide to a complex subject, with an abundance of useful photos illustrating the techniques described. Anyone involved in preserving a historic musical instrument will undoubtedly want to keep this book in a handy location on their bookshelf, in the same way Pollens must have done for his 'shop notebook' during his tenure at the Metropolitan Museum.' Robert Adelson, NotesTable of ContentsIntroduction; Entries A-Z: Acoustics; Benzotriazole; Bleach; Boxwood; Brass, bronze, and nickel silver alloys; Brass and nickel silver cleaning; Brass instrument conservation; Bronze disease; Calendar; Cents conversion; Chemical analysis; Cleaning: soaps and detergents; Clavichord maintenance; Compo or pastiglia; Conservation reports; Dendrochronology; Dictionary of common and obsolete chemical terms; Disinfestation; Drill bits; Ebony and ebonizing; Electroplating and electro-cleaning; Epoxy removal; Ethics; Flutes; Fortepiano maintenance; French polishing; Frets, tied and fixed; Gilding; Glues, pastes, and other adhesives; Grain painting and marbling; Grit size comparison chart; Guitar stringing; Gut strings; Handling, storage, and transporting musical instruments; Harp maintenance and stringing; Harpsichord maintenance; Helmholtz resonator; Historical metrology; Humidity control; Hurdy gurdy stringing; Illumination level; Inscriptions, faded; Intervals; Iron and steel; Ivory; Japanning; Keyboard instrument conservation; Labels; Lacquer; Lakes; Lead and lead alloys; Leather; Lute stringing; Measurement; Measurement system conversion; Mersenne's Law; Metallurgy; Metalworking; Mold making; Mother-of-pearl and abalone; Nickel silver cleaning; Oddy test; Organ restoration; Overspun strings; Paper, pencil, and ink; Parchment, vellum, and slunk; Patination; Pegs; Piano action regulation (modern grand); Pitch; Proportion; Recording; Relative humidity; Retouching; Rosin; Safety equipment; Scaling; Sealing wax; Sharpening tools; Silver cleaning; Soldering; Solvents and solvent cleaning; Specific gravity; Staining wood; Stain removal; Stradivari's varnish; Stringed keyboard restoration; Tap drill sizes; Tapers; Temperature; Tempering steel; Textile cleaning; Tinning; Tortoiseshell, horn, and whalebone; Tuning and temperament; Vapor-phase inhibitor paper; Varnish; Viola da Gamba strings; Violin adjustment; Violin, baroque fittings and strings; Violin sizes; Violin and viola strings, modern; Vulcanite and ebonite; Wax cleaning emulsion; Wire gauge systems for early keyboard instruments; Wheat paste; Wood; Woodwind instrument conservation; Woodworking.
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