Music Books
Velocity Press The Icon Catalogue House Vol. 1
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£8.93
Marcia M Publishing Sky's Big Surprise
Book SynopsisSky's Big Surprise Sky loves school and she also loves learning about new things, but most of all Sky loves surprises. So today was going to be a very special day, as today she would get the chance to do all of the three things she loves to do. Her Father had promised her a BIG surprise when he dropped her to school this morning and she could not wait to find out what it was going to be? Find out with Sky what is her big surprise...
£13.87
Empire Publications Ltd A Part of No Tribe: My Life Through One Thousand
Book SynopsisIan Moss''s second volume of singles reviews, following The Original Soundtrack that covered 1970-79, covers a decade of extreme political upheaval. From the threat of nuclear war and the miner''s strike to acid house and the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was plenty to get worked up about in the eighties, but great societal panics often bring with them fantastic music. As a part of no tribe Ian runs his eye over the profusion of musical genres produced by the decade from the dying embers of post-punk to early house and garage, the rise of hip-hop, the burst of colour brought by new romantics and synth-pop which sat besides the likes of George Michael, Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna at the top of the pop charts. Yet even these stars were soon stopped in their tracks by advances in technology that allowed hits to be composed in bedrooms by innovative and talented artists who would never have got through the door at a major label in previous eras yet became the basis for whole new musical genres. Ian Moss takes the reader on a journey through arguably the most influential decade in music history.
£13.46
Empire Publications Ltd Strawberry Studios Forever
£13.46
Spenwood Books All Our Loving: A People's History of The Beatles
Book SynopsisAn oral history of the rise of The Beatles to international superstars in the words of over 500 fans
£23.75
Spenwood Books Wish You Were Here: A People's History of Pink
Book SynopsisAn oral history of Pink Floyd in the words of over 500 fans
£31.50
Spenwood Books This Guitar Has Seconds To Live: A People's
Book SynopsisAn oral history of rock band The Who in the words of over 500 fans
£27.00
Spenwood Books The Ukrainians
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£24.75
Spenwood Books Black Sabbath
Book SynopsisBlack Sabbath: The Day I Was There is the story of the pioneers of heavy metal in the words of over 350 fans. From 1970 to 1975, Black Sabbath released six epoch-defining albums, including such songs as war Pigs', Iron Man' and the hit single Paranoid'. Their story has been told many times before, but never from the perspective of the front row. Until now. Starting with memories from their pre-Sabbath shows in the north west of England, when they were named Earth, the book charts Sabbath's gigging history through the drug-fuelled seventies and a relentless touring schedule on the back of the first six Sabbath albums that cast the die for heavy metal with the classic line up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Encompassing numerous personnel changes since, including vocalists Ronnie James Dio, Tony Martin, Ray Gillen and Ian Gillan, this is a fan's eye view of how Black Sabbath went on to become the greatest metal band of all time, selling over
£17.33
Spenwood Books Queen: A People's History
Book SynopsisA history of the band Queen as told through more than 400 eyewitness accounts of seeing them live in concert
£17.99
Spenwood Books All Down The Line: A People's History of the
Book SynopsisAn oral history of the Rolling Stones 1972 North American tour as told through 300 first hand fan accounts
£17.99
Melbourne Books The Seekers: The 50 Year Recorded History of Australia's First Supergroup
Book SynopsisThis is the world's first Enseeklopedia' - a treasure trove of stories, music analysis and rare memorabilia. Moreover, it is a long overdue salute to Australia's Fab Four and their enduring recording catalogue. In tracing contemporary Australian music, history will recall the four young Melbourne musicians who started the ball rolling internationally for every big name Australian artist who would follow in their footsteps. Folk and gospel group The Seekers - featuring the golden voice of Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley - set sail for the UK in 1964 on a working holiday, totally unaware of the global fame and fortune that lay ahead. Chart-topping hits, gold and platinum record awards, soldout tours and record-breaking crowds in the 60s, and again in the reunion years since 1993. In this publishing first, renowned Australian authors Christopher Patrick (ABBA: Let The Music Speak) and Graham Simpson (The Judith Durham Story Colours Of My Life) have joined forces to produce the first-ever Seekers coffee table book an in-depth and highly informative look at the recording history of Australia's first supergroup. Their forensic analysis of every song The Seekers recorded in the 50 years between 1963 and 2013 sits comfortably with peeks behind the scenes, never-before-revealed facts, fascinating trivia, and a kaleidoscope of photos and memorabilia much of it never seen before. With a good tour guide, you see so much more when you know what it is you're looking at; Chris has approached The Seekers' song list from a musician's perspective, undressing every song the group ever recorded to reveal the vocal and instrumental craft at play. Graham has brought to the coffee table his penchant for fascinating Seekers minutiae, and an archive of memorabilia gathered from all over the world over five decades. The Seekers were the very first group to put Australia on the international music map, and they will be forever known for knocking The Kinks, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones off the top of the UK charts, and The Monkees from the Number One spot on the American charts with their global phenomenon, the Academy Award-nominated song "Georgy Girl." They were clean-cut, clean-living Aussie youths when the rollercoaster began; their music was wholesome and free of gimmicks. The Seekers came, sang and conquered in the Sixties, yet the footprint they left on the international music map is as indelible today as it was half a century ago. If you have a favourite Seekers musical memory, it's in this book. If you want to know who played what; or how they got that sound'; or who Pierrot and Columbine were this is the book for you. If you like the photography and artwork of the Sixties, then you'll love the images captured by some of the top pop photographers of the era, and the many obscure record covers from every corner of the globe. Why were there two different versions of several songs; how did a sad song called "Downhearted Blues" turn into the chart-topper "A World Of Our Own"?; and who sneezes at the end of the 1967 recording of "Myra"? It's in here.
£33.14
Melbourne Books Roots: How Melbourne became the live music
Book SynopsisA Melbourne sound that is at once both rakish and debonair. So what specifically is it about Melbourne that, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, its able to support around 465 live music venues as compared to 453 in New York, 385 in Tokyo and 245 in London despite its population being a fraction of those major world cities? Despite the flaky weather, the footy and Netflix, Melbournians are committed to going out at night and in great numbers in heat or hail to listen to live music and to find those bands and singers theyve heard on Spotify or discovered on Soundcloud.
£24.29
Allegro Editions Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 By Dmitri Shostakovich.
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£16.69
Bohlau Verlag Invocations of Europe: Music Theatre and the
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£61.19
Bohlau Verlag Ethnomusicology Matters: Influencing Social and
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£59.39
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG An International Handel Bibliography /
Book SynopsisFor the first time, this bibliography summarises the main contributions of international research from the last fifteen years, and the well-structured collection also gives interested laypeople a quick overview of the various aspects of the life and work of Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759). The details of the individual groups of works (operas, oratorios, vocal and instrumental chamber music, orchestral music and keyboard music) as well as their reception and interpretation facilitate the beginning of the examination of the music of this unique musician.
£34.19
Schott Music Fit in 15 Minuten
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£999.99
Transcript Verlag Musical Composition in the Context of Globalizat
Book SynopsisSince the early transformation of European music practice and theory in the cultural centers of Asia, Latin America, and Africa around 1900, it has become necessary for music history to be conceived globally - a challenge that musicology has hardly faced yet. This book discusses the effects of cultural globalization on processes of composition and distribution of art music in the 20th and 21st century. Christian Utz provides the foundations of a global music historiography, building on new models such as transnationalism, entangled histories, and reflexive globalization. The relationship between music and broader changes in society forms the central focus and is treated as a pivotal music-historical dynamic.
£41.99
Transcript Verlag Curating Contemporary Music Festivals – A New
Book SynopsisContemporary music, like other arts, is dealing with the rise of "curators" laying claim to everything from festivals to playlists - but what are they and what do they do anyway? Drawing from backgrounds ranging from curatorial studies to festival studies and musicology, Brandon Farnsworth lays out a theory for understanding curatorial practices in contemporary music, and how they could be a solution to the field's diminishing social relevance. The volume focuses on two case studies, the Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre, and the Maerzmusik Festival at the Berliner Festspiele, putting them in a transdisciplinary history of curatorial practice, and showing what music curatorial practice can be.
£40.00
Transcript Verlag Knowing in Performing – Artistic Research in
Book SynopsisHow can performing be transformed into cognition? Knowing in Performing describes dynamic processes of artistic knowledge production in music and the performing arts. Knowing refers to how processual, embodied, and tacit knowledge can be developed from performative practices in music, dance, theatre, and film. By exploring the field of artistic research as a constantly transforming space for participatory and experimental artistic practices, this anthology points the way forward for researchers, artists, and decision-makers inside and outside universities of the arts.
£33.74
Transcript Verlag Sponsorship Culture in the German University
Book SynopsisMusic festivals have become important events for people to experience music collectively and take a break from their everyday lives. Companies and institutions like to use music festivals as opportunities for advertising their products and services through sponsorship. Dominik Nösner examines professional stakeholder's assessments of the market as well as patterns of existing procedural elements of sponsorship culture, factors determining existing communication and decision-making culture and interrelations between sponsors and audience with emphasis on university popular music festivals. Building on that, he further explores motivational constructs for popular music festival attendance via a survey study.
£43.99
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon From Vocal Poetry to Song: Towards a Theory of
Book SynopsisAlthough the song is often the subject of monographs, one of its forms remains insufficiently researched: the vocalised song, communicated to the spectator through performance. The study of the song takes one back to the study of vocal practices, from aesthetic objects to forms and to plural styles. To conceive a song means approaching it in its different instances of creation as well as its linguistic diversity. Jean Nicolas De Surmont proposes ways of research and analysis useful to musicians, musicologists, and literary critics alike. In his book he takes up the issue of vocal poetry in addition to examining the theoretic aspects of song objects. Rather than offering an autonomous model of analysis, De Surmont extends the research fields and suggests responses to debates that have involved everyone interested in vocal poetic forms.
£17.10
Edition Reuss TranceRelax 1: Ambient Chill Out Inspiration by
Book SynopsisMusic CD in a Digipack which includes a 12-page booklet which provides information about the musicians, their philosophy and their instruments! All music on this audio CD is by Trancepilots. Music for chilling out, cool relaxing sounds for meditation, yoga, massage, travelling, easy listening. The ''Trancepilots'' are two German jazz and world musicians Jerry Cosmo and Luigi Campala. Their music is a successful blend of diverse influences and musical styles from around the world. Alongside classical Western instruments, a variety of Asian and African percussion instruments also repeatedly enliven their music. Their wonderful sounds build a bridge between the long, airy arcs of meditative music and earthy, body-related rhythms. This juxtaposition of medial consciousness and grounded energy lets listeners experience the exchange in both directions. Running time 77, minutes 40 seconds.
£16.55
Edition Reuss TranceRelax 2: Divine Music for Deep Meditation
Book SynopsisMusic CD in a Digipack which includes a 20-page booklet which provides information about the musicians, their philosophy and their instruments! The evocative music of Celestial Dreaming is a wonderful tool for deep relaxation, meditation and healing. It is wonderful to listen to while giving or receiving a massage or during a yoga session to enhance focus and open doorways to deeper consciousness. Only acoustic instruments have been used, each with its own harmonic vibration and specific character. The celestial sounds of the crystal bowls are complimented by the hauntingly beautiful melodies of the Navajo flute and the angelic shimmering quality of the Celtic harp. The mysterious and powerful vocals raags accompanied by tanpura are contrasted by the refreshing tones of the concert flute cascading like a waterfall and the pure silvery tones of the energy chimes which seem to float above the rest f the music. Each instrument has been carefully recorded in a sacred space to preserve and enhance their natural healing harmonics. Relax and enjoy the journey into the exquisite stillness of Being and experience the deep peace and perfect flow that is innate within. Running time 61 minutes, 17 seconds.
£16.13
Edition Reuss TranceRelax 3: Floating Sounds, Journey to a
Book SynopsisMusic CD in a Digipack which includes a 16-page booklet which provides information about the musicians, their philosophy and their instruments! Music for me can take on many forms. I play for many reasons, mainly because I love music. I love the high, the beautiful place it takes me, the feeling during and after I play. This to me is meditation. Being in the moment and at one with my own being. No thoughts just allowing the music to come through me. There are some techniques I use and have discovered on this musical journey, some of which I will discuss in the next section. Running time 61 minutes, 55 seconds.
£16.13
Edition Reuss TranceRelax 4: Open Your Mind & Let the Cool
Book SynopsisMusic CD in a Digipack which includes a 16-page booklet which provides information about the musicians, their philosophy and their instruments! Music for me can take on many forms. I play for many reasons, mainly because I love music. I love the high, the beautiful place it takes me, the feeling during and after I play. This to me is meditation. Being in the moment and at one with my own being. No thoughts just allowing the music to come through me. There are some techniques I use and have discovered on this musical journey, some of which I will discuss in the next section. Running time 59 minutes, 43 seconds.
£16.55
Edition Reuss TranceRelax 5: Cool Music to Chill Out on the
Book SynopsisMusic CD in a Digipack which includes a 16-page booklet which provides information about the musicians, their philosophy and their instruments! At Byron Bay in Australia, an energetic, extraordinarily beautiful seaside location -- Andy Holm finds the right ''spirit'' to compose new music. Andy''s world music is a brilliant and lively blend of electronic synthesiser sounds and traditional instruments such as the digeridoo, Asian flutes, kalimba and berimbau. Running time 63 minutes 40 seconds.
£16.55
Texture is Rhythm Microstructures in Berlin
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£18.99
Vivaldi The 34Four Seasons34 The Four Seasons
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£22.49
Che Book Cds
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£17.86
Gingko Press Behind The Album
Book SynopsisWhile the golden age of records may never be recreated, the importance of album art has never diminished. Capturing a musician''s talent visually is an essential part of their branding successs. Behind the album features several designers and their process for creating covers, posters, lyric books, and all the packaging essentials for top musicians. Many innovative designs from the past and recent times give the reader an idea of what is possible within the art of music packaging design.
£37.99
D.K. Print World Ltd Elements of Hindustani Classical Music
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed discussion on the history, concepts, and aspects of Hindustani classical music, including gharanas, musicologists, instruments, and rags. It aims to educate and interest practitioners and enthusiasts of Hindustani classical music.
£999.99
Cosmo Publications Philosophy of Music
Book SynopsisIntroductions to Philosophy series offers engaging and original introductions to core areas of philosophy by knowledgeable authors. Designed for both students and general readers, the volumes serve as essential resources for courses and provide authoritative insights into major philosophical topics.
£29.99
Sandeep Prakashan Indian Music: Scientific and Practical
Book SynopsisIts origin, history and divisions - Writers of old and modern. - Description and Classification of Ragas and Ragnis, Meanings and Museums of Taals and Surs.
£8.49
APH Publishing Corporation Music India
Book SynopsisSince the dawn of civilisation, music has been an integral part of life and society. Indian music has a long tradition and has acclaimed wide appreciation in the world due to its philosophical and spiritual approach.
£999.99
Unicorn Books Pvt Ltd Beginners' Programme to Plectrum Grade-2
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Unicorn Books Pvt Ltd Beginners' Programme to Piano & Keyboard Prelude
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Unicorn Books Pvt Ltd Beginners' Programme to Piano & Keyboard Grade-1
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Unicorn Books Pvt Ltd Beginners' Programme to Piano & Keyboard Grade-3
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Sandeep Prakashan Gleanings of Indian Music and Art
Book SynopsisGleanings of Indian Music and Art features articles by renowned scholars, offering valuable insights on music and art. Edited by Dr. Leela Omchery and Deepi Bhalla, this volume is a treasure for lovers and scholars, with rare content that enriches the understanding of these subjects.
£44.99
Pankaj Publications Distinction! in Music Theory Exam
Book SynopsisThis book is for all the students who wish to succeed in the Music Theory exams and at the same time would like to improve and understand music so they can apply it in their learning of it. Applied knowledge for becoming a distinction student and learning that stays for life.
£11.24
Pankaj Publications Handbook of Violin
Book SynopsisHandbook of Violin has the basic details of Instrument's anatomy, handling, maintenance and quick playing techniques.
£7.49
Lotus Press Illustrated Dictionary of Music
Book SynopsisMusic is essential in daily life, from birdsong to alarms. The text discusses music terminology and history, serving as a reference for those studying or practicing music. It covers terms from the ninth century to present day and includes information on renowned musicians like Vitry and Dunstable.
£4.74
University Press of Southern Denmark Cosplay: East Asian popular culture in a
Book SynopsisCosplay deals with a community of Danish fans of Japanese popular culture whose fandom makes them distinctly identifiable as productive fans; namely fans who appropriate characters, story worlds and design from manga, anime and video games and who produce cosplay. It is argued that the Danish cosplayers constitute a confident, vibrant community, which sees itself in the midst of actualizing manga and Japanese media worlds against the backdrop of childhood and early youth literacies and intimacies. Cosplay is the first publication in the four-volume series East Asian popular culture in a transnational perspective: A National Museum of Denmark Collection. What happens when anime, manga, video games & photo booths from Japan and South Korean pop music & comics flow into Denmark? This series explores issues pertaining to East Asian popular culture in a Danish context and asks what it can contribute to our understanding of cultural flows in an East/West perspective.
£20.70
University Press of Southern Denmark Hallyu: East Asian popular culture in a
Book SynopsisHallyu deals with Danish fans of Korean popular culture. As consumers of Korean popular culture, not least K-pop (Korean pop music), these fans aspire to integrate into the Korean social fabric through career choice; they produce K-pop realities by performing Korean dance, conforming to Korean aesthetics or beauty ideals, thinking through Korean story-worlds and finding viable alternatives to Danish youth sociality. This constitutes an example of how East Asian popular culture is present in the formation of Danish youth culture in the 2010s. Hallyu is the second publication in the four volume series East Asian popular culture in a transnational perspective: A National Museum of Denmark Collection. What happens when Korean pop music & comics and anime, manga, video games & photo booths from Japan flow into Denmark? This series explores issues pertaining to East Asian popular culture in a Danish context and asks what it can contribute to our understanding of cultural flows in an East/West perspective.
£20.70
Museum Tusculanum Press Carl Nielsen: Selected Letters and Diaries
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£70.54
Museum Tusculanum Press Impulser: i Københavns koncertrepertoire
Book SynopsisPerioden 1900-1935 var en meget rig og dynamisk periode i dansk og internationalt musikliv. I Impulser i Københavns koncertrepertoire 1900-1935 tegner Claus Røllum-Larsen et billede af musiklivet i datidens København, hvor komponister som Alban Berg, Claude Debussy, Percy Grainger, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Gustav Mahler, Sergej Rachmaninov, Max Reger, Arnold Schönberg, Jean Sibelius m.fl. var med til at forny repertoiret. Bogen bygger på omfattende studier i 8 centrale musikalske selskaber og foreningers koncertprogrammer i årene fra århundredeskiftet, da Dansk Koncertforening blev stiftet, og frem til 1935, da radioen for alvor satte sig igennem i musiklivet. Blandt de mere overraskende fund er, at Mahler så tidligt som i 1897 blev opført i København og var i kontakt med dansk musikliv. Røllum-Larsen belyser forskellige aspekter af koncertlivets udvikling: forsøgene på at skaffe København en tilfredsstillende koncertsal og et stort symfoniorkester, og musikerstandens bekymring over truslen fra de nye, mekaniske musikinstrumenter, grammofonen og radioen, og fra tilrejsende, udenlandske musikere. Undervejs tegnes en række portrætter af den ny musiks frontkæmpere: Frederik Schnedler-Petersen og Georg Høberg, der som kapelmestre i hhv. Tivoli og på Det Kongelige Teater indtog nøgleroller i datidens musikliv, Radiosymfoniorkestrets første dirigent Launy Grøndahl, den senere kontroversielle dirigent Paul von Klenau, Nicolai Malko, m.fl. Dertil kommer omfattende ny dokumentation i form af repertoirefortegnelser, præsentationsdiagrammer og opførelsesdiagrammer, der gør bogen til et uomgængeligt opslagsværk for alle, der interesserer sig for periodens rige musikalske liv. Claus Røllum-Larsen, mag.art. og ph.d., er seniorforsker på Musikafdelingen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek. Han har tidligere udgivet Kong Frederik den 9. og musikken (1990).
£48.44
