Music Books
Hal Leonard Corporation Robert Johnson Signature Licks
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£18.99
Hal Leonard Corporation The Best Of Kansas
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£24.29
Hal Leonard Corporation Music from Titanic
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£9.49
Hal Leonard Corporation Music from Titanic
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£8.54
Hal Leonard Corporation Music from Titanic
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£16.99
Hal Leonard Corporation Sight Singing Made Simple Vce BookCd
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£14.39
Hal Leonard Corporation The Best Of Cole Porter
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£11.39
Johns Hopkins University Press Good Vibrations
Book SynopsisPeppered throughout with anecdotes and examples illustrating key concepts, this invitingly written book provides a firm grounding in the actual and theoretical physics of music.Trade ReviewGood Vibrations deals, in a nontechnical manner, with the very interesting subject of the physics of music. Choice 2010 Good Vibrations provides many interesting facts and connections between physics and music for the general reader. -- David Dolak Physics Today 2010 It is seriously easy to understand... It is clear that Parker loves having been born into a world that includes music. Reading this book is like listening to a teacher who worships his subject matter. -- Joseph Arellano Sacramento Bee 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Sound and Sound Waves1. Making Music: How Sound Is Made2. The Sound of Music: Perception3. Good Vibes: Waves in MotionII. The Building Blocks of Music4. Making Music Beautiful: Complex Musical Tones5. The Well-Tempered Scale6. Down Melody Lane with Chords and Chord Sequences7. "You've Gotta Have Rhythm": Rhythm and Types of MusicIII. Musical Instruments8. Why a Piano Is Not a Harpsichord9. The Stringed Instruments: Making Music with the Violin and the Guitar10. The Brass Instruments: Trumpet and Trombone11. The Woodwinds: Clarinet and Saxophone12. The Most Versatile Instrument: The Singing VoiceIV. New Technologies and Acoustics13. New Technologies and Acoustics14. Making a MIDI Recording15. The Acoustics of Concert Halls and StudiosEpilogueSuggested ReadingsIndex
£33.32
Walker & Company Grandmas Records Rise and Shine
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£9.49
Random House USA Inc When the World Stopped to Listen
Book SynopsisApril 1958: The Soviets were leading the space race, the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow seemed certain to crown a hometown champion. But as the world’s finest young pianists descended on the Russian capital, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate virtuosity captured the hearts of the Russian people—and thawed Cold War tensions in a way no one would have thought possible. This is the story of what unfolded that spring—for Cliburn and the other competitors, for jurors and party officials, and for the citizens of the world. It is a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most remarkable events in musical history, filled with political intrigue and personal struggle as artists strove for self-expression and governments jockeyed for prestige. At the core of it all is the value of artistic achievement, the supremacy of the heart, and the transcendent free
£15.29
Northwestern University Press Music and More Essays 19681991
Book SynopsisSamuel Lipman's essays passionately defend high culture against what he sees as its growing banalization and politicization.Table of ContentsPart 1 Composers: music and Mao; why Kurt Weill?; American music - the years of hope; Lenny on our minds; Hugo Weisgall's six characters; a new look at Prokofiev. Part 2 Pianists: Rubinstein the great entertainer; Bartok at the piano; Keith Jarrett joins the Bach parade; the pupils of Clara Schumann and the uses of tradition; does the piano have a future? Part 3 Conductors: Willem Mengelberg at the Philharmonic; Pierre Monteux's success; Toscanini and the love of great music; Roger Norrington and authentic performance. Part 4 Critics and writers: James William Davison of ""The (London) Times""; James Huneker and America's musical coming-of-age; Edward Said, music critic; but if the artist fails? Part 5 Culture and society: Ivy Litvinov - the commissar's wife; the muse under Mussolini; say ""no"" to trash - Mapplethorpe and the nea; opera and politics; backward and downward with the arts.
£15.26
New Directions Publishing Corporation The Night of the Iguana
Book SynopsisNow published for the first time as a trade paperback with a new introduction and the short story on which it was based.Trade Review"In the end he is simply a superb storyteller." -- Don Sjoerdsma, Phoenix/Indiana University
£12.34
New Directions Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer
Book SynopsisTwo of Tennessee Williams's most revered dramas in a single paperback edition for the first time.
£12.99
Chronicle Books Music for a City hc 100 Years with the San
Book SynopsisIn Music for a City, Music for the World, Larry Rothe shares how the San Francisco Bay Area s love of music, rooted in the Gold Rush, gave birth to a Grammy-winning and internationally acclaimed orchestra. Released in time for the San Francisco Symphony s celebration of its 100th anniversary, this definitive history replete with hundreds of archival photos and images gives readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into one of the world s foremost orchestras and, in so doing, illuminates the cultural life of a city.
£29.99
Wesleyan University Press Feedback
£24.75
University Press of New England A YEAR FROM MONDAY New Lectures and Writing
£17.17
Wesleyan University Press Solkattu Manual
Book SynopsisThe first hands-on introduction to South Indian spoken rhythm
£25.95
Wesleyan University Press Konnakkol Manual An Advanced Course in Solkattu
Book SynopsisDavid Nelson wrote and compiled Konnakkol Manual to assist teaching an advanced course in the rhythmic compositions of Karnatak (South Indian) music. The main body of the book comprises full tani avartanams (spoken percussion solos) in three taas, together with instructions for practice, and Solkattu notation.
£25.95
AMSCO Music How To Play The Dulcimer Including 28 Favorite
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£17.62
AMSCO Music American Favorite Ballads
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£16.58
AMSCO Music theguitarpickersfakebook
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£25.65
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Hot Licks for Bluegrass Fiddle
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£29.59
Music Sales The Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar the Basics
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£21.24
Hal Leonard Corporation Logic of the Fretboard the Art of Acoustic Blues
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£17.95
AMSCO Music 100 Solos Clarinet
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£18.26
AMSCO Music An Introduction to Classics to Moderns
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£11.39
AMSCO Music Classic AcDc The Early Years
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£29.32
Music Sales Ltd You Can Write a Song
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£14.72
AMSCO Music The Gig Bag Book Of Picture Chords For All
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£16.29
AMSCO Music Library of Piano Favorites Library of Series
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£24.51
AMSCO Music The Gig Bag Book of Practical Pentatonics for All
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£16.19
Music Sales Piano Pieces for the Adult Student
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£19.79
AMSCO Music Barbershop Songs
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£13.21
AMSCO Music Manuscript Paper Efs 117
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£9.52
AMSCO Music Easy Classical Piano Duets 2 Easy Classical Piano
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£14.39
AMSCO Music Blues Picture Chords and How to Use Them Guitar
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£8.50
AMSCO Music The Basic Guide to How to Read Music
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£12.34
AMSCO Music Rounds For Children
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£12.64
AMSCO Music Patterns Scales Modes for Jazz Guitar
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£23.79
AMSCO Music Primer Nivel Aprende Armonia Facilmente
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£12.90
Music Sales OldTime Fiddle Tunes for Guitar
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£999.99
AMSCO Music Armonia Theory Aprende YA
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£9.31
Music Sales The Essential Simon and Garfunkel
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£22.94
AMSCO Music Making the Grade Grade 1
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£7.99
AMSCO Music Making the Grade Grade 2
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£6.95
AMSCO Music Widespread Panic Space Wrangler Guitar Tablature
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£17.95
AMSCO Music Keyboard Picture Chords in Color
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£14.39
Music Sales Starting Blues Harmonica Young Player Edition
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£9.45
