Release Date:- 2019-10-15
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A four-thousand-year history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions. “A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched labor of cultural provocation.” ―Los Angeles Times Histories of music overwhelm..
Release Date:- 2015-10-22
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The traditional lecture style of teaching undergraduate music history classes tends to leave little time for practical application. This guidebook shows college and university music educators how to design “hybrid” classes with iPad and iTunes U,..
Release Date:- 2014-01-30
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Music pervades all nature. It is co-eval with the creation. There is nothing in nature that arouses our attention or affects our feelings so quickly as a sound. The murmuring of water, the sighs of the zephyrs, the whispers of the evening breeze, the..
Release Date:- 1912-01-01
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W.S.B. Mathews: I have here endeavored to provide a readable account of the entire history of the art of music, within the compass of a single small volume, and to treat the luxuriant and many-sided later development with the particularity proportionate..
Release Date:- 2025-01-24
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A genre born from struggle and innovation—how did jazz revolutionize music? Jazz emerged in the early 20th century, blending African rhythms, blues, and improvisation to create a unique sound. Legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles..
Release Date:- 2013-11-01
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With more than 80 essential masterworks arranged for easy piano, this book guarantees a lifetime of exploration and enjoyment at the keys. Titles: * 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) * Air on the G String (Bach) * Andaluza No. 5 (Granados) * Anvil Chorus (..
Release Date:- 2021-10-19
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A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove’s deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years. Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Quest..
Release Date:- 2002-01-01
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Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge -- but a murderous Las Vegas crime ring might prove to be more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in ..
Release Date:- 2007-05-20
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This is a music book. If a person is bored at the Queen's Hall a lack of moral courage will probably detain him to the end of the performance. There is magic in a bugle call, there are whole volumes of countryside history in a posthorn's blast as the..
Release Date:- 2014-07-14
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This book teaches music theory to children. It includes text, exercises and illustrations. It has Four chapters: - The music staff and the music notes - Rhythm - Musical Symbols - Final revision tests This book includes explan..
Release Date:- 2023-10-20
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GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WITH '60 BEST CHRISTMAS SHEET MUSIC FOR PIANO'!This holiday season, bring the joy of Christmas into your home with this spectacular piano book that features 60 of the best-loved Christmas songs of all time. From traditional..
Release Date:- 2013-07-08
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Top 100 Greatest Hits - music charts that are always with you! Get the bestselling music charts in the U.S. from 1982 to 2012. Anyone who likes music will love this book. Use the convenient links to view music in iTunes. Discover great new songs, artist..
Release Date:- 2021-02-25
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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music - traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop - and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible..
Release Date:- 2014-09-14
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This book introduces first year music students to the fundamental concepts needed to read music. For those students already reading music this book is a helpful reference or review tool. Each chapter focus one fundamental concept with questions/exercises..
Release Date:- 2016-03-01
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Elementary Theory of Music: A Reference Book for Children is a book written more than 100 years ago. This small book was published in 1913 and was written by Mary Reston Black & Margaret Bell Black. Elementary Theory of Music was chosen for three..
Release Date:- 2007-12-26
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“Action, drama, desire, revenge: Shadow Music includes all the necessary ingredients for romantics to plunge into the moors, mountains and magical myth of medieval Scotland.”—The Roanoke Times Prized for her exquisite beauty, Princess Gabrielle of St..
Release Date:- 2011-11-21
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With his characteristic warmth and humor, Dr. Kevin Leman offers a practical guide to sex according to God's plan. This frank and practical book is a perfect resource for married and engaged couples. Dr. Leman addresses a wide spectrum of people, from..
Release Date:- 2010-08-02
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"Dive deep into the history of Country Music History anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree. Or grab a flashlight and read Shmoop under the covers. Shmoop's award-winning US History Guides are now available on your eReader...
Release Date:- 2010-08-02
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"Dive deep into the history of Blues Music History anywhere you go: on a plane, on a mountain, in a canoe, under a tree. Or grab a flashlight and read Shmoop under the covers. Shmoop's award-winning US History Guides are now available on your eReader...
Release Date:- 2025-04-23
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I see my life in terms of music….Jack Hayes is a farm kid who, though he's strong and fit, and has a great set of abs, isn't cut out for farming. He's bullied because he's different. To the disappointment of his father, Jack wants to sing and play g..
Release Date:- 2014-03-04
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This fascinating, timely, and important book on the connection between music and political activism among Muslim youth around the world looks at how hip-hop, jazz, and reggae, along with Andalusian and Gnawa music, have become a means of building community..
Release Date:- 2026-10-13
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Figures of the past find new life in Yiyun Li’s thrillingly imagined saga following two musicians as they mature, study, travel, love, grieve, and, above all, chase their ambitions.In Dublin, as the eighteenth century nears its end, a young musical vi..
Release Date:- 2013-01-11
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The Major Minor Music Mini Course is intended to help music humanities students learn to hear the difference between major and minor. Students are given the opportunity to practice listening through the use of audio, video and graphical examples. ..
Release Date:- 2009-10-13
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"Pratchett’s Discworld yarns . . . are comic masterpieces. This one, unfailingly amusing and sometimes hysterically funny, is recommended for anyone with the slightest trace of a sense of humor."—Kirkus ReviewsThe Discworld goes rock and roll crazy for..
Release Date:- 1995-06-01
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An American expatriate in Rome unearths his family legacy in this sweeping novel by the acclaimed author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desi..
Release Date:- 2015-04-06
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New York Times Bestseller An NPR Best Book of the Year Winner of the Chicago Tribune Literary Award Finalist for the Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing"Reads the way Mr. Glass's compositions sound at their best: propulsive, with a surreptiti..
Release Date:- 2014-06-25
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In The History of Music Production, Richard James Burgess draws on his experience as a producer, musician, and author. Beginning in 1860 with the first known recording of an acoustic sound and moving forward chronologically, Burgess charts the highs and..
