A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industria ...
Traditional requiem texts, among them the anonymous medieval Latin poem Dies Irae (_Day of Wrath_), have inspired an untold number of composers in dif ...
Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling, wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures acro ...
Geared towards teens, this book is for readers that are ready to move beyond the stage of simply ripping audio from CDs to the more creative ends of d ...
Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insigh ...
Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, C ...
Although Dvor?k's cello concerto is enormously popular, no extended study of it has been undertaken hitherto. This book is a comprehensive study inten ...
From the medieval chansonniers to contemporary rap renditions, this book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouv?re music, a repert ...
Folklore emphasizes those bodies of North American and European scholarship that have influenced each other most profoundly since the discipline's inc ...
This reference guide to the life and work of the prolific American wind band composer, Alfred Reed, includes a brief biography followed by detailed bi ...
26 b/w photographs, 1 map In Echoes from Dharamsala, Keila Diehl uses music to understand the experiences of Tibetans living in Dharamsala, a town in ...
Anybody who wants a career in the music industry should read this book. That's all that needs to be said.
A Practical Guide to Teaching Music in the Secondary School provides valuable support, guidance and creative ideas for student teachers, mentors and p ...
