Music Books
OUP India Bhimsen Joshi My Father
Book SynopsisThis is a revealing account of the Hindustani classical music maestro Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's (1922-2011) little-known personal life, as told by his eldest son, Raghavendra Bhimsen Joshi.
£999.99
MIT Press Ltd Foundations in Music Psychology
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£112.50
Pan Macmillan Mr.S. The Last Word on Frank Sinatra
Book SynopsisGeorge Jacobs is generally considered ''the last of the Rat Pack'', a member of the exclusive club that has fascinated us for decades. He was Sinatra''s valet and confidant from 1953, when Ava Gardner had just left him, until the end of his marriage to Mia Farrow in 1968. Racy and revealing, this is a record of one of the longest and most outrageous mid-life crises ever as George helped Sinatra juggle his many mistresses - women like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Grace Kelly and Peggy Lee. Hollywood stars and Mafia bosses, the Kennedys and European royalty also all had a major part to play in Frank''s glory years. But above all there was the Rat Pack who accepted George as one of their own. Dean Martin tried his comedy routines out on him and Peter Lawford did his drugs in front of him. MR S gives an insider''s view of the highs and lows of life with the Rat Pack - the spectacle, the sex, the unrecounted brawls, violence, tensions and hatreds among the revellers at the wildest movea
£11.24
Hal Leonard Corporation A Guide to Jazz Improvisation B Flat Edition With
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£24.69
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Anand BakshiNagme Kisse Baatein Yaadein
Book SynopsisAnand Bakshi's inspiring journey from soldier to renowned lyricist in Hindi cinema, overcoming personal losses and setbacks to write 3300 songs in 630 films over five decades. Written by his son, the book highlights faith, dreams, success, and human values.
£19.99
Lexington Books Conglomerate Rock
Book SynopsisConglomerate Rock examines how the music industry is creating a new distribution infrastructure by dividing access to exclusive releases through different subscription services, hardware, and new media like audio DVDs in order to maximize profits. Author David J. Park argues that while these changes make it easier to see and hear artists from a handful of transnational corporations in commercial culture, access to music is becoming more dispersed, expensive and difficult to acquire. In addition, music and performers are increasingly being cross-promoted in films, television shows, commercials and other media owned by the Big 4 corporations. Conglomerate Rock critically analyzes these and other trends in order to provoke public discussion concerning the interaction between industry practice and music consumption. The present strategies employed by the industry will have long-term effects on the way consumers experience and access music, as well as how culture is viewed and portrayed in Trade ReviewPark's Conglomerate Rock will make a fascinating read for those who are looking for a comprehensive review of changes related to digital music. -- Minjeong Kim * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Spring 2009 *David J. Park has written the book we have all been waiting for: a definitive treatment of how the music industry is adapting to the digital world, written from the perspective of musicians, music lovers, and the general public. This is a fabulously informative and up-to-date study that should be mandatory reading for all communication scholars and students interested in the digital revolution, as well as all who care about music.Conglomerate Rock chronicles the conflict between concentrated corporate power and culture as well as any book in years. -- Robert W. McChesney, author, Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-First Century: Media, Politics, and the StruggleTable of ContentsChapter 1 Music Industry in Transition Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Technology and Methodology Chapter 3 Description of the Music Industry Chapter 4 Conglomeration and Hyper-Commercialism Chapter 5 Conglomeration, Hardware, and Repeat Sales Chapter 6 File Sharing and Industry Sales Chapter 7 Towards a "Secure" Digital Future Chapter 8 The Race to Online Distribution Chapter 9 Wireless Gold Rush Chapter 10 Conclusion
£33.00
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Guitar Exam Pieces Grade 3
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£7.72
Trinity College London Press Trinity College London Singing Grade 2 20182021
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£15.63
Goose Lane Editions The Top 100 Canadian Singles
Book SynopsisShortlisted, Independent Publishers Book Award, Performing ArtsA book that gets to the heart of the matter! Whether you're a professional musician or an air guitarist, a collector or a true amateur, this book will shake things up! The Top 100 Canadian Singles — brought to you by Bob Mersereau and Goose Lane Editions, the team that assembled the controversial, much discussed, best-selling volume, The Top 100 Canadian Albums. The Top 100 Canadian Singles will undoubtedly stir the souls, ears, and tongues of music lovers everywhere. And answer the question, for better or for worse. Once again, Bob Mersereau has assembled a blue ribbon panel of musicians, broadcasters, reviewers, managers, promoters, record-label executives, retailers, roadies, and more to cast their votes in a major, nationwide poll. John Roberts, Canada's original VJ; Joel Plaskett; Sarah Slean; the late Paul Quarrington; CBC's Stuart McLean; Sam Rober
£22.94
Oratia Media Cover Story
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£999.99
Music Mentor Books Brook Benton
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£24.64
Cambridge University Press Rhetoric and Rhythm in Byzantium
Book SynopsisRhetoric and Rhythm in Byzantium takes a fresh look at rhetorical rhythm and its theory and practice, highlighting the close affinity between rhythm and argument. Based on material from Byzantine and Old Church Slavonic homilies and from Byzantine rhetorical commentaries, the book redefines and expands our understanding of both Byzantine and Old Church Slavonic prose rhythm. It positions rhetorical rhythm at the intersection of prose and poetry and explores its role in argumentation and persuasion, suggesting that rhetorical rhythm can carry across linguistic boundaries, and in general aims to demonstrate the stylistic and argumentative importance of rhythm in rhetorical practice. Along the way, it challenges the entrenched separation between content and style and emphasizes the role of rhythm as a tool of invention and a means of creating shared emotional experience.Table of ContentsIntroduction: why rhythm? 1. Meter and rhythm in Byzantine eyes: Hellenistic traditions and Byzantine theory; 2. Between prose and poetry: 'Asianic' rhythms, accentual poetry, and the Byzantine festal homily; 3. Dirhythmia in the Byzantine classroom; 4. Argument, figure, and rhythm; 5. Rhythm in translation: some evidence from Old Church Slavonic homilies; Conclusion: why recover rhythm?; Appendix A. Text comparison: corpus and methodology; Appendix B. Tables and flow charts.
£999.99
Cambridge University Press Medieval Music Legend and the Cult of St Martin The Local Foundations of a Universal Saint
Book SynopsisSt Martin of Tours was a protector saint of numerous French kings. His was one of the most successful saintly cults in medieval Europe, and the city of Tours functioned as a religious metropolis, drawing pilgrims from all over the continent. Until now, little has been known about how St Martin came to inspire such a lively folkloric tradition, numerous works of art, and the establishment of thousands of churches and numerous confraternities. In this book, Yossi Maurey addresses these questions by focusing on the church dedicated to the saint in Tours, which acted as the crucible for Martin's cult. Maurey explores the music and liturgy of the cult - the most effective means of its dissemination - to reveal its enormous diffusion and impact. Building a more concrete picture of how saints' cults operated and shaped medieval realities, this book also provides new insights into the interactions between contemporary religion, art and politics.Trade Review'In this outstanding examination of musical production surrounding a warrior turned soldier of Christ, Maurey has helped us listen closely to the music that helped fashion France's most venerable saint.' Michael Alan Anderson, Plainsong and Medieval Music'Maurey has written the book with an eye for his inevitably varied audience, and has done so very well. Each of the chapters manages to cover a discrete area of the study, yet where information inevitably overlaps he is good about repeating it within the context and confines of the current chapter, referring the reader to another chapter generally as a last resort only.' Sean Dunnahoe, Early Music'Yossi Maurey traces the complex path by which veneration of Martin evolved from the saint's death and the celebration of his life in the biography by Sulpicius Severus through his transformation into the archetypal chivalric knight in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Thanks to his painstaking research, we now stand on much firmer ground in our understanding of Martin's widespread cult, its liturgy, and its constituent music.' James Grier, Music and LettersTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The focal point of the cult: St Martin's Church in Tours; 2. Universal and local foundations of Martin's cult; 3. The musical articulation of St Martin in Tours; 4. Competing with success: sharing the aura of St Martin in Tours; 5. From pacifist to knight: late-medieval appropriations of St Martin; Afterword; Appendices: A. The 1141 miracle account for Martin's July 4 feast (BMT 1294, p. 221); B. Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 159, the calendar.
£999.99
Cambridge University Press A History of Stringed Keyboard Instruments
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging history of the piano, clavichord, and harpsichord, from their origins in the fourteenth century to the present. It will interest scholars, keyboard instrument players, makers and technicians, as well as those who simply enjoy listening to over five centuries of keyboard music.Table of Contents1. Origins of keyboard instruments; 2. Principles of design and construction; 3. The Henri Arnaut manuscript; 4. The renaissance; 5. The Baroque period; 6. Invention of the piano; 7. The classical period; 8. The romantic era; 9. Stagnation and revival; Bibliography; Index.
£110.20
McGraw-Hill Education Music An Appreciation Brief Edition 2025 Release
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£53.99
McGraw-Hill Education World Music Traditions and Transformation ISE
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£50.39
McGraw-Hill Education Experience Music 2026 Release ISE
£46.79
Cambridge University Press Staging Euridice
Book SynopsisEuridice was one of several music-theatrical works commissioned to celebrate the wedding of Maria de'' Medici and King Henri IV of France in Florence in October 1600. As the first ''opera'' to survive complete, it has been viewed as a landmark work, but its libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini and music by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini have tended to be studied in the abstract rather than as something to be performed in a specific time and place. Staging Euridice explores how newly-discovered documents can be used to precisely reconstruct every aspect of its original stage and sets in the room for which it was intended in the Palazzo Pitti. By also taking into account what the singers and instrumentalists did, what the audience saw and heard, and how things changed from creation through rehearsals to performance, this book brings new aspects of Euridice to light in startling ways.Table of ContentsPreface; Sources, Transcriptions, and Translations; Money, Accounts, Measurements, Dates, and Time; List of Abbreviations, 1. Euridice in context; 2. Staging and sets; 3. Euridice in performance; 4. Conclusions and consequences; Appendix I: Documents; Works cited; Index.
£75.00
Little, Brown Book Group Berkmanns Pop Miscellany
Book SynopsisMarcus Berkmann was for many years the pop critic of the Spectator, waiting like most freelances to get fired. He's also the author of the bestselling Berkmann's Cricket Miscellany, concentrating on the ridiculous true stories and the weird characters of that most eccentric of sports. Here he combines the two, in a wildly entertaining ride through the galloping absurdities of pop, from Elvis Presley's real hair colour, through Janet Jackson's more intimate piercings, to Courtney Love's hatred of cheese. Why does Bono always wear sunglasses? Did Ozzy Osbourne really urinate on the Alamo? What actually happened at Keith Moon's 21st birthday party at the Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan? There's sex, there's drugs, there's violence, there's even a little rock 'n' roll from time to time. But mainly there are vital questions, now finally answered. Which notable guitarist has unfeasibly tiny hands? Which Britpop star was forced to w
£11.24
Little, Brown Present Tense
Book SynopsisA Rock's Backpages anthology of Radiohead, the most radical and fascinating rock band in modern music history, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns.For over 25 years, Radiohead have been the most radical and fascinating rock band in the world. Fearless in their desire to change and shape-shift, the Oxfordshire quintet has - through the nine studio albums from 1993's Pablo Honey to 2016's A Moon-Shaped Pool - consistently stretched the boundaries of what 'rock' means and does. Anchored in Thom Yorke's soaring voice and elliptical lyrics, and in the compositional genius of guitarist/keyboardist Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead continue to astonish as they approach their fourth decade.Present Tense collects the best writing on this most literate of pop groups, from the earliest local reports about On A Friday - Radiohead's first moniker - through the inspired commentary of Mark Greif and Simon Reynolds to the trenchant profiles of Will Self, John
£11.24
Orion Publishing Co Paper Cuts
Book Synopsis''A great writer'' Paul Weller''A music journalist of integrity'' Billy Childish''There''s only one Ted Kessler!'' Liam GallagherPAPER CUTS is the inside story of the slow death of the British music press. But it''s also a love letter to it, the tale of how music magazines saved one man''s life. Ted Kessler left home and school around his seventeenth birthday, determined ''to be someone who listened to music professionally''. That dream appeared forlorn when he was later arrested for theft behind the counter of the record shop he managed during acid house''s long hot summer of love. Paper Cuts tells how Kessler found redemption through music and writing and takes us on a journey alongside the stars he interviewed and the work-place dramas he navigated as a senior staffer at NME through the boom-time ''90s and on to the monthly Q in 2004, where he worked for sixteen years before it folded with him at its helm as eTrade ReviewPaper Cuts is a wonderfully funny and moving book about a life devoted to music and music magazines. With all the ensuing chaos that that creates. And the heartbreak and salvation of a life lived in song. Artists notoriously have a fractious relationship with music journalists. Hate them even. But I was always happy to see Ted -- Florence WelchI read Paper Cuts in two sittings, over 24 hours. It's fucking brilliant. The stories! The telling! Ted Kessler's unmistakable voice. The spirit. The heart. Also rattled my consciousness, man -- Terri White, author of Coming UndoneI love how Ted writes: incisive, relatable, funny and sad but shot through with optimism and wise good humour. I'm maybe the perfect audience for his memoir, since I've been harassed in public for having a stupid haircut, experienced the ridiculousness of the interview set-up and also worked in the sitcom-silly world of magazine publishing myself. But it's also a great document of a time when you could find an entry into music journalism with just raw talent and enthusiasm, headed nowhere and having fucked up your life before it's properly begun. Why writing about music could often be a brilliant job, despite the humiliations and disappointments, the pressures and frustrations, and what happens when the twats eventually take over. Ted's encounters with famous names show both sides' vulnerabilities without any bullshit point-scoring ego getting in the way of the story. Which is rare for a music journalist, and what makes him a rare gem -- Miki BerenyiThe world I once inhabited - the world of print, vinyl and face-to-face interviews - vanished in a blast of broadband. It happened so quickly and so silently I almost forget that world had ever existed. Ted Kessler's restless eye for detail conjures it back to boozy, smoky, noisy life. Then he turns it all around and points it into the future. Not just a good book, but an important one -- Frank Cottrell-Boyce, bestselling author and screenwriterTed Kessler is one of the last great swashbuckling music journalists and this account of the crazy boom years to the slow collapse of the print press is fascinating. He is from the from a similar broad minded nest of Bohemians that I was forged and those lines about his upbringing resonated the most. A masterclass of effortless writing about something he genuinely loves -- Baxter DuryPaper Cuts is a rollicking good read. A searingly honest self-appraisal that charts Kessler's turbulent formative years, before hurtling forward into a morass of drugs, dysfunction, dead end jobs, under-achievement and, eventually, petty larceny. There are two rich seams that run through Kessler's life however; the love of music and his innate talent as a writer (and editor). Those talents, and his ability to survive adversity and hardship, are vividly highlighted in this most entertaining book -- Jah WobbleTed Kessler and all the music writer crew that cut their teeth under indie's golden age are as much the songs from that era as the songs themselves. Paper Cuts humanises Ted and his peers whilst taking you back to the largely unsurpassed musical utopia of a late 1980's England. I always thought Ted was posh: clearly not. From disgraced Till Dipper to the gobbyist music writer I know, I found so many parallels with this story. It's really, really good -- Jason Williamson, Sleaford ModsThis is such a brilliantly absorbing and entertaining book about the joys of a life lived in music. As good a left-field guide to the last few decades of alternative pop as you'll find, too. A special book by one of the very best music writers -- Felix White, author of It's Always Summer SomewhereFor 30 years Ted Kessler was in the music press's front row. His hair-raisingly honest, helter-skelter memoir tells you how it all went wrong and why it was worth it anyway. Paper Cuts moves like a great band biography - struggle, triumph, chaos, collapse - only the band is the British music press -- Dorian Lynskey, author of The Ministry of Truth and 33 Revolutions Per MinuteFrom unemployable petty criminal with 'low morals' and a fright-wig, to NME staffer barrelling through the 90s, to editor of the good ship Q (with an iceberg on the horizon), Paper Cuts is a rollicking, deftly-told inside story: of how music can save your life, how magazines really work, how mad The Stars are and how big-wigs ruin everything. Compelling, passionate, bracingly honest, Kessler takes aim at...mostly himself -- Sylvia Patterson, author of I’m Not With The BandTed's funny, knows his stuff. A great writer -- Paul WellerA fabulous, important book, which documents the end of a culturally rich era beautifully... some of the very best music writing I've ever read * Irvine Welsh *
£17.09
Nova Science Publishers Inc Art and Music: Past, Present and Future
Book SynopsisHow, under the condition of radical ambiguity, can a work of art be political? In Art and Music: Past, Present and Future Perspectives, the authors begin by arguing that this question only yields a satisfying answer if we look at contextual conditions, both of production and of reception. Using the case of street-art, the central claim of the opening chapter is that risk can be framed as one central, distinctive fault line. After some general remarks concerning morphogenesis and Darwinism, the following chapter considers the transition from biological morphogenesis to semiogenesis, the impact if individuation and the relevance of tradigenetic and ratiogenetic processes. The morphogenesis of basic cognitive schemata enabling the formation of sentences is also described. Next, the authors explore the characteristics of Korean artists cultural practices in the context of globalization in which the influences of global capitalism dominate. This book aims to interpret artists concern with universality in art, the most significant priority for Korean artists who live both within and outside Korea, employing French philosopher Deleuzes theories. Focusing predominantly on women illustrators beyond Eyvind Earles iconic 1959 work on the Disney film Sleeping Beauty, the authors also examine key artistic representations of Sleeping Beauty stories, comparing and contrasting elements of gender, culture, and aesthetics. Given the context of Sleeping Beauty as childrens literature, the authors also take into account art education considerations of her representation through the ages. In the final chapter, the authors present a literature review on musical performance anxiety in singers, their teachers self-perception and their own in the different phases of their formation. The main signs and symptoms characteristic of musical performance anxiety and the possible implications to the voice during musical performance, including its treatment, are also addressed.
£83.29
New Falcon Publications,U.S. The Philosophy of Numbers Volume 1: A Small Gem
Book SynopsisA master of vibrations and numerology, Balliett successfully achieves her mission of explaining the mysteries that lay just beneath our everyday plane of existence. The author takes deliberate care in explaining how the frequency of different vibrations affect almost everything around us and how we can either blindly submit to these vibrations or actually tune in to them and hence calibrate our own vibrational attunement to a higher and more spiritual level. Mrs. L. Dow Balliett, was born March 1, 1847 as Sarah Joanna Dennis, to Quaker parents on the East Coast of the United States. In Atlantic City, Mrs. Dow held numerous leadership roles in countless civic, cultural and musical organizations, leaving her mark in history. She is best known to modern numerologists as the founder of the Master Number system, whereby the numbers 11 and 22 are not reduced. She combined Pythagoras'' work with Biblical reference. She and her female student, Juno Jordan, of the California Institute of Numerical Research, founded, proved, and helped numerology become the system known today as Pythagorean."A fascinating and informative book showing that numbers are spiritually connected to everything. This is a must read for all students of esoterica and occult practices." -- Dr. Israel Regardie
£21.59
New Falcon Publications,U.S. The Philosophy of Numbers Volume II: A Small Gem
Book SynopsisA master of vibrations and numerology, Balliett successfully achieves her mission of explaining the mysteries that lay just beneath our everyday plane of existence. The author takes deliberate care in explaining how the frequency of different vibrations affect almost everything around us and how we can either blindly submit to these vibrations or actually tune in to them and hence calibrate our own vibrational attunement to a higher and more spiritual level. Mrs. L. Dow Balliett, was born March 1, 1847 as Sarah Joanna Dennis, to Quaker parents on the East Coast of the United States. In Atlantic City, Mrs. Dow held numerous leadership roles in countless civic, cultural and musical organizations, leaving her mark in history. She is best known to modern numerologists as the founder of the Master Number system, whereby the numbers 11 and 22 are not reduced. She combined Pythagoras'' work with Biblical reference. She and her female student, Juno Jordan, of the California Institute of Numerical Research, founded, proved, and helped numerology become the system known today as Pythagorean."A fascinating and informative book showing that numbers are spiritually connected to everything. This is a must read for all students of esoterica and occult practices." -- Dr. Israel Regardie
£21.59
New Falcon Publications,U.S. Nature's Symphony: Lessons In Number Vibrations
Book SynopsisIn this Small Gem, Mrs. L. Dow Balliett, a master of vibrations and numerology, teaches us about the Name or Level of Consciousness, the Mission of the Birth Force and Comic Adjustment through Food Choice and even the practice of Harmony through Dress. A very interesting and special feature in this book is her lecture on The Music of the Spheres. The author takes deliberate care in teaching how the frequency of different vibrations affect almost everything around us and how we can either blindly submit to these vibrations or actually tune in to them and hence calibrate our own vibrational attunement to a higher and more spiritual level.
£999.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Music: Composition, Interpretation & Effects
Book SynopsisMusic is an art form whose medium is sound organised in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music can be divided into genres and sub-genres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art. To people in many cultures, music is inextricably intertwined into their way of life. Music is known to have many benefits for health, ranging from inducing relaxation and sleep to improving a depressed mood. Music also enhances cognitive function such as attention to task, communication, learning and memory. This book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this dynamic field of study and highlights topics such as: rap music and its effect on sexual attitudes, music videos and risky driving, burnout and music use, music memory and the right hippocampus, and others.
£116.24
Primedia eLaunch LLC Music Soothes the Soul
Book SynopsisThis book is written by 17 year old music whiz Matthew Bernstein. The book features 70 musicians including Gene Simmons from Kiss and Chaka Kahn. All proceeds from book sales are being donated to the Fender Music Foundation to keep music programs healthy and vibrant across the nation. We will be booking media appearances for this Author as well as book signing events in the Author hometown as well as additional cities and states. Music Soothes the Soul features engaging stories from seventy musicians, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs who show how music can positively impact our lives. These personal narratives demonstrate that music truly is a universal language. Music Soothes the Soul reveals the worlds of famous celebrities as well as those who work behind the scenes. Discover how Gene Simmons, Chaka Khan, Dave Wakeling, Riker Lynch, and other artists got their start. Appreciate how nonprofits like Road Recovery and Guitars Not Guns help at-risk youth find emotional strength through making music. Get a peek backstage from musicians who play with Carlos Santana, Beyoncé, and Prince. Learn about performing on reality TV. Music inspired each story and this book tells why.
£22.09
Nova Science Publishers Inc Music & Hearing
Book SynopsisIndia is a country with a huge diversity in culture and language. Indian music is one of the oldest types of music and is rich in its content and variation. Researching any one variety of music or mastering it is a lifetime task. It is very interesting to study and understand how music learning facilitate the enhanced auditory processing in musicians. A more interesting field of study would be how long term exposure to loud music could lead to deterioration in hearing. The topics covered will include how musical sounds are coded by the ear. Hearing is one of the important senses which builds bridges between what we hear and how we speak. Hearing plays a vital role in learning and performing music. Musicians spend a lot of time fine tuning their musical skills through hearing. If this training begins at an early age, their auditory processing gets enhanced owing to the fact that their listening training is continuously becoming complex with every new lesson in music. There are plenty of studies and research on speech perception but the research on music perception and hearing in musicians is scarce. When it comes to the Indian context, the research on music and hearing is still in its infancy. Over the past few years, as a faculty in audiology, the author discovered that music perception, understanding the hearing sense of musicians, auditory processing in musicians and prolonged exposure to music will cause deterioration in hearing in musicians. This book will contribute a lot to the understanding of normal hearing behavior. With this notion in mind, different studies were taken up to understand how musicians are different from non-musicians. These studies have opened up a lot of avenues to study the auditory behavior of musicians. Consequently, the author has added valuable research in this single compilation for the benefit of beginners in the field of audiology, music and those interested in the research of music. This book would be useful for the students of audiology, physics, music and other allied professionals interested in music and hearing.
£113.59
Nova Science Publishers Inc Copyright & the Music Marketplace: Analysis,
Book SynopsisThe United States has the most innovative and influential music culture in the world, but much of the legal framework for licensing of music dates back to the early part of the twentieth century, long before the digital revolution in music. Our licensing system is founded on a view that the music marketplace requires a unique level of government regulation, much of it reflected in statutory licensing provisions of the Copyright Act. The Copyright Office believes that the time is ripe to question the existing paradigm for the licensing of musical works and sound recordings and consider meaningful change. This book provides an analysis, discusses challenges and recommendations for improvement of the copyright laws in the music marketplace
£209.59
Music Mentor Books Dynamite!: Ike Turner's Recorded Legacy
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£41.64
Anvil Press Traversing Leonard
Book SynopsisWinner, 37th Annual 3-Day Novel Contest Paul is a young physics professor at a major university in New York state. He is drawn to Leonard Zavitsky, a once promising but now washed up and annoying ex-professor who is kept on the payroll as a custodian, more out of pity than any nod toward professor emeritus status. The once great Zavitsky has some wild theories about quantum time travel, but he convinces Paul to accompany him on a journey through time - back to the 1950s, then further back into the 1930s. Humorous, whimsical and dipped in science fiction, Traversing Leonard is a fast-paced first novel about a friendship that grows against the odds, about ambition driven by love and a never-ending search for a sense of belonging.
£12.34
Anvil Press Publishers Inc The Longest Suicide: The Authorized Biography of
Book SynopsisAs Canada's punk poet laureate, Art Bergmann has been tearing up stages, and terrifying the music industry, for half a century. Often referred to as "Canada's Lou Reed," Art's story is one of rock and roll's great tales untold. Until now. From his days helping to lay the foundation of the Vancouver punk scene with The K-Tels, to his acclaimed solo work in the '80s and '90s, and a late career resurgence that has culminated with being named to the Order of Canada, The Longest Suicide chronicles every unlikely twist and turn Art's life has taken. Working with veteran music journalist Jason Schneider, Art lays it all out in his own inimitable way, with dozens of people who took part adding their own voices to corroborate (and sometimes dispute) the often-incredible chain of events. With cameos by John Cale, Bob Rock, The Clash, Bob Geldof and many others, The Longest Suicide is both a triumphant story of personal survival, as well as a unique glimpse inside the rise of alternative rock. Above all, it is a tribute to Canada's most unheralded singer-songwriter, whose greatness is only now being widely recognized. From the Introduction: "The story of Art Bergmann's career is perceived by many to be a succession of failures, but the story of Art's life? If Art doesn't have the best story, it is always the most magical." - Michael Turner, author of Hard Core Logo
£17.99
Caitlin Press Rubymusic: A Popular History of Women's Music and
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£16.99
Icon Books The 50 Greatest Musical Places
Book SynopsisA trip around theworld, played out to the most eclectic soundtrack, discovering hidden musical gemsalong the way.From mosh pits tocabarets, Berlin's beatnik band haunts to Korea's peppy k-pop clubs, fromvisiting the infamous Dollywood, to tracing Freddie Mercury's childhood inZanzibar, The 50 Greatest Musical Places of the World hassomething for music fans of all genres.Discover the placeswhere iconic songs were written, groups were formed, music legendswere born and extraordinary talent is celebrated.
£7.19
Future Publishing Oasis The Story
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£12.34
David Bedford Liddypool The Beatles What If
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£26.59
Birlinn Ltd Captain Fantastic Elton Johns Stellar Trip
Book SynopsisTom Doyle is an acclaimed music journalist, author and long-standing contributing editor to Q, whose work has also appeared in Mojo, the Guardian, Marie Claire, Elle, The Times and Sound on Sound. Over the years he has been responsible for key magazine-cover profiles of Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Kate Bush, Elton John, R.E.M. and U2, among many others.
£12.74
Clinical Press Ltd Losing Eldorado: Searching for the Soul of
Book SynopsisAmerica the beautiful? America the Great! America the promised land? But what is the soul of America, and has that dream died?In the summer of 2002, two young British brothers Jeremy and Mark T Goddard embarked on a road trip that would have elements of an odyssey and a soulful pilgrimage.They went in search of their own version of El Dorado, conjuring visions of a lost city shrouded in the mists of Central America, instead of the promise of ubiquitous gold, the prize they sought was great music. They sailed into the metaphorical unknown to explore the lands that had given birth to rock 'n' roll, soul, jazz and the blues.Trade ReviewMark's photos are candid and full of emotion, forgoing the approach of editing theimages to make the scenes more perfect. He shows us, much like adocumentarian, the beauty in the imperfect, captured with the soul of an artist.The key to artistic expression is to do something with danger and style; the photosyou see here certainly capture that.Sascha Bailey FOMA Magazine March 2023
£60.00
Clinical Press Ltd Make Your Own Slide Guitar: The Dr Jazz Workshop
Book SynopsisHow to make your own slide guitar. Every stage explained in detail with self-explanatory photographs, diagrams and clear text. The guitar can be made using hand tools only.
£9.49
University of Huddersfield Explosions in November: The first 33 years of
Book SynopsisExplosions in November tells the story of one of Europes leading cultural institutions, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf), through the eyes of its founder and former artistic director, Professor Richard Steinitz. From its modest beginnings in 1978, when winter fog nearly sabotaged the inaugural programme, to todays internationally renowned event, hcmf has been a pioneering champion of the best in contemporary music.Now Richard Steinitz brings his insider view on the people behind the festival and how they made each year a success. He recalls his encounters with some true giants of music, including Boulez, Berio, Cage, Ligeti, Stockhausen and Xenakis. Discover how the author survived mushroom-hunting with John Cage, how the festival engineered a historic reconciliation between Cage and Pierre Boulez and how a ceiling fitting nearly brought Stockhausens career to a premature end. It is a compelling, inspiring and often entertaining story. Explosions in November reveals the full picture of a festival that continues to surprise, delight and provoke its audiences to this day.Table of ContentsPreface; Background; The first festivals; Expansion; Orchestras; Ensembles and soloists; The shock of the new; Composers; Premiers and commissions; The festival in the 1990s; Venues; Other spaces, other media; Education and outreach; The University and the music department; Marketing and audiences; Partnerships and management; The new millennium; Endnotes; Appendices; Index.
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University of Huddersfield S Soundings:: Documentary film and the listening
Book SynopsisThis book draws on the lived experience of sounds capacity to move and shake us in direct, subtle and profound ways through speech, location sound, and music in documentary film. The associative, connotative and sheer emotive power of sound has the capacity to move and shake us in a myriad of direct, subtle and often profound ways. The implications of this for its role as speech, location sound, and music in documentary film are far-reaching. The writers in this book draw on the lived experience of sounds resounding capacity as primary motivation for exploring these implications, united by the overarching theme of how listening is connected with acts of making sense both on its own terms and in conjunction with viewing. The resulting thirteen essays of Soundings: Documentary Film and the Listening Experience cover films made from WWII to the present day in locations across Europe and the Americas, and in styles ranging from political propaganda, industrial promotion and educative exposition, to more aesthetically-driven films taking their bearings from avant-garde art. The authors draw on their experience in scholarly research, practice-as-research, and in the aesthetic and technical practice of documentary filmmaking. This mix of perspectives aims to widen and deepen the outlook of the recent and growing academic interest in the topic of documentary film sound.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Stories from a stay at the Arena Hotel; Weave Me a Rainbow; ˈThe march, the march of colour and patternˈ: Music and cinematography at the service of the creative promotion of the 1960s Scottish woollen industry; Sonicules: Designing drugs with sound: approaches to 69 sound design for flm, audiovisual performance and interactive sonifcation; Auralising Action Space: channelling a sense of play in 85 documentary sound design; ˈThe flm looks like how Ornette soundsˈ: Shirley Clarkeˈs music documentary Ornette: Made in America Rosa Nogués; Progress Music; Creative use of voice in non-fction narrative flm: an examination of the work of Peter Mettler; Documentary flm as a backdrop for active thinking; Centrepiece: The unwanted sound of everything we think we want; The ˈAppassionataˈ Sonata in A Diary for Timothy; A ˈSymphony of Britain at Warˈ or the ˈRhythm of Workaday Britainˈ?: When the Pie Was Opened (1941) and the musicalisation of warfare; Building a sonic image of a nation: Finnish documentary and propaganda flms in the early decades of sound flm; Raúl Ruizˈs Now Weˈre Gonna Call You Brother and the 255 problem of the peopleˈs sonic representation; Afterword.
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University of Huddersfield Brahms: Viola Sonatas Op. 120, Violin Sonata Op.
Book SynopsisThe launch CD of Huddersfield label, Pennine Records, dedicated to historically interesting new recordings. A disc experimenting with modern instruments and a fusion of contemporary and historical performance aesthetics.Table of ContentsAllegro appassionato (7.14); Andante un poco Adagio (4.39); Allegretto grazioso (3.43); Vivace (5.03); Allegro (Moderato) (7.53); Adagio (3.54); Un poco presto e con sentimento (2.56); Presto agitato (5.42); Allegro amabile (7.56); Allegro appassionato (4.43); Andante con moto (6.32).
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Red Planet Publishing Sounds of the Sixties BBC Radio 2 The Ultimate
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Empire Publications Ltd Friends of Mine: Punk in Manchester 1976-78
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Empire Publications Ltd Ian Moss Presents 100 Unhip Albums: That we
Book SynopsisMusical snobbery has been around since Mozart was appalling audiences in the 18th century but now, with most music available to listen to for free on Spotify or YouTube, there really is no excuse to not give an artist another listen, even if you have foresworn them for most of your adult life or never even heard of them. 100 Unhip albums contains mini-essays on a selection of the uncoolest (but musically superb) records ever released. From famous albums which have since become uncool such as Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band to unhip bands such as Status Quo and Queen who became crap at some point in the past few decades. Then there are the unfavoured folk, soul and jazz artists who are criminally overlooked in favour of bigger names and the downright obscure bands who put out superb records only to disappear without trace. Ian's amusing and fact-drenched book is a must for anyone in need of new sounds to spice up their listening pleasure!
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Empire Publications Ltd Backstage Pass: The Grit and the Glamour
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Empire Publications Ltd 45 The Original Soundtrack: A Life Through a
Book SynopsisIn a city that has produced more than its fair share of musical heroes, Ian Moss remains a steadfast figure in the Manchester musical underground. As one of the handful of people who were actually at the first Sex Pistols gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester in June 1976, and the co-creator of the legendary band Hamsters, that John Peel described as being too dark and dangerous to appear on his Radio 1 show, Ian has often found himself at the cusp of key events in the evolution of music in the city. 45 THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK traces the development of his musical taste during his teenage years as a self-confessed ''misfit''. The records selected here provided him with ''an escape from humdrum routine'' before teenage emotional crises made them take on even more importance as the ''oxygen'' keeping him alive, later admitting that ''without music I was nothing''. This first volume covers Ian''s growth from callow teenager to young adult during the golden years of popular music.
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Red Planet Publishing Ltd Bob Dylan Too Much of Nothing
Book SynopsisWhen Bob Dylan picked up a silver cross thrown on stage and found Christianity in the late Seventies, it ended a search that had begun when his life crashed to a halt in 1966. According to Dylan, the turning point came one night in late 1978 when he received a "vision and a feeling." Dylan later said, "Jesus put his hand on me. It was a physical thing. I felt it. I felt it all over me. I felt my whole body tremble. The glory of the Lord knocked me down and picked me up." That search makes sense of his John Wesley Harding album and the following 12 years.
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