Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance [With CD]
ISBN: 9780253210265 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praise for the cloth edition: "Singing Early Music is a pioneering work of surpassing quality that cannot be too highly recommended." Journal of Singing "Addresses the needs of the performer directly, giving historical pronunciations for a range of languages and] sample texts.... The CD that comes with the book will prove invaluable.... David Klausner s recording is admirably consistent and... Praise for the cloth edition: |
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182,43 zł |
The Pianist's Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Paraphrases
ISBN: 9780253214560 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback The Pianist's Guide to Transcrip-tions, Arrange-ments, and Paraphrases Maurice Hinson Lists transcriptions for piano from orchestral and other compositions, more than 2,000 works in all.
Some of the most celebrated composers--Beethoven, Brahms, Busoni, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel--prepared piano transcriptions of some of their own works, as well as those of other... Now in paperback The Pianist's Guide to Transcrip-tions, Arrange-ments, and Paraphrases Maurice Hinson Lists transcriptions for... |
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86,09 zł |
Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for All Music Teachers
ISBN: 9780253219176 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making Music and Enriching Lives fills an important niche in the very large world of books about music. It's unlike any other instructional book in the way it addresses comprehensive, across-the-board issues that affect all teachers, students, and musicians. In this book, you will find specifics not only about how to teach music, but also about how to motivate and inspire students of any age. In this first volume of her Music for Life series, Bonnie Blanchard (with Cynthia Blanchard Acree) shares successful approaches with both students and teachers that have worked wonders in her... Making Music and Enriching Lives fills an important niche in the very large world of books about music. It's unlike any other instructional book in... |
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121,57 zł |
An Encyclopedia of the Violin
ISBN: 9780306800047 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This encyclopedia is the diverse lexicographic work available in the English language and provides a treasure trove of information on the violin--its technique, its history, and its place in music. Beginning with the 1880's, the work traces the evolution of violin technique, examines its construction and manufacture, lists makers in America and Europe, offers a biographical section on chamber music ensembles with rare photographs, and presents a glossary of music and musical terms. This Da Capo paperback features a new preface by noted concert violinist, Stuart Canin. This standard handbook...
This encyclopedia is the diverse lexicographic work available in the English language and provides a treasure trove of information on the violin--its ...
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135,22 zł |
Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island
ISBN: 9780306815324 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1978, Greil Marcus asked twenty writers on rock-including Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, Ellen Willis, and Robert Christgau-a question: What one rock-and-roll album would you take to a desert island? The resulting essays were collected in Stranded, twenty passionate declarations to such albums as The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet, the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, Something Else by the Kinks, and more. Universally revered as the ur-text of rock journalism, Stranded is an indispensable classic.
In 1978, Greil Marcus asked twenty writers on rock-including Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, Nick Tosches, Ellen Willis, and Robert Christgau-a question: Wh...
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138,51 zł |
The Rocklopedia Fakebandica
ISBN: 9780312329440 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered what the name of the cantina band in Star Wars was? Or how many fictional singers Elvis played? Or how many fake bands had real Top Ten hits? This hysterical, witty, and irreverent book answers all these questions and more. Based on the popular Web site fakebands.com, The Rocklopedia Fakebandica contains almost 1,000 entries covering such pop-culture staples as Spinal Tap, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, the Blues Brothers, the Rutles, Schroeder, the Chipmunks, the Brady Kids, the California Raisins, the Commitments, the Archies, the Banana Splits,... Have you ever wondered what the name of the cantina band in Star Wars was? Or how many fictional singers Elvis played? Or how many fake bands had r... |
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85,85 zł |
Benjamin Britten: A Bio-Bibliography
ISBN: 9780313295317 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Benjamin Britten was arguably the greatest English composer of his time. His music crossed boundaries of genre and form to include opera, ballet, orchestral and chamber music, and film and incidental music. The result of twenty years of research, DEGREESIBenjamin Britten DEGREESR provides up-to-date and comprehensive details about Britten's life and music, including works, performances, and recordings--an effort never before undertaken. Certain to be of use to any scholar of British music or 20th century composition, this reference work is an invaluable addition to the literature on this... Benjamin Britten was arguably the greatest English composer of his time. His music crossed boundaries of genre and form to include opera, ballet, o... |
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505,32 zł |
Opera Singers in Recital, Concert, and Feature Film: A Mediagraphy
ISBN: 9780313295928 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Videos featuring opera singers were initially released in the mid 1980s. This companion volume to "Opera Mediagraphy: Video Recordings and Motion Pictures" (Greenwood, 1993) indexes opera singers on video and film in concert, recital, and non-operatic feature film and includes VHS videotape, optical video laser disc, CD-ROM, and DVD recordings. Liturgical works, such as masses, and symphonies are also included. Arranged alphabetically, each film entry includes a rating, cites reviews, includes film production information, and lists the film's contents and performers. Films and singers are... Videos featuring opera singers were initially released in the mid 1980s. This companion volume to "Opera Mediagraphy: Video Recordings and Motion P... |
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505,32 zł |
Form and Analysis Theory: A Bibliography
ISBN: 9780313295942 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perone considers all aspects of musical form and its analysis with the broadest possible historical and stylistic palette in this comprehensive bibliography. The form and analysis treatises chapters include publication, original language, English translation, reprint, and bibliographic information for book-length works (including master's theses and doctoral dissertations) that deal with questions of musical form and musical analysis in a significant way. A number of treatises that were substantially revised at some point are included in both forms. More than 2,000 entries are included in... Perone considers all aspects of musical form and its analysis with the broadest possible historical and stylistic palette in this comprehensive bib... |
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427,16 zł |
The Music of Morton Feldman
ISBN: 9780313298035 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is today widely regarded as one of America's foremost experimental composers. His unique body of compositions, as well as his numerous writings and interviews, provide a vast amount of source material for scholarly research. Yet, few have seriously examined his work. This collection of essays will help rectify this situation. This book begins with a brief work by John Cage written in honor of Morton Feldman. It is followed by a series of essays that challenge some views of Feldman's music and clarify many others. The collection concludes with a... Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is today widely regarded as one of America's foremost experimental composers. His unique body of compositions, as well a... |
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577,47 zł |
Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001
ISBN: 9780313315473 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this eclectic encyclopedia, author Stan Jeffries chronicles the careers of over 110 musical artists from 37 different nations. Entries include biographical information, trace the entrants' musical development, and recount the performers' critical and popular reception. A collection of photos, an index by nation, and appendices of music industry awards and standards for gold and platinum certification by country complete this one-of-a-kind resource for music fans and aficionados. Popular music's global diversity is often overlooked in America, especially when performers... In this eclectic encyclopedia, author Stan Jeffries chronicles the careers of over 110 musical artists from 37 different nations. Entries include b... |
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517,35 zł |
Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture
ISBN: 9780313333408 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although its origins and definition are hotly debated among scholars and fans alike, punk rock music has an ever-evolving but always loyal fan base. The British punk movement is thought to have begun in the mid-1970s with bands such as the Clash and the Sex Pistols, and the American punk movement in the early 1970s with bands such as the Ramones, Patti Smith, and Television playing at CBGB's in New York City's Lower East Side. The punk subculture continues to evolve today, with new bands, fashions, politics and zines embodying the spirit of its founders while also influencing mainstream... Although its origins and definition are hotly debated among scholars and fans alike, punk rock music has an ever-evolving but always loyal fan base... |
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625,57 zł |
A History of Song
ISBN: 9780393005363 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of almost a thousand years of song, from the time of the troubadours to the present day. Dealing exhaustively with the history and development of secular art-song in the Western world, the book is an indispensable guide to the amateur music-lover, the student, and the singer.
This is the story of almost a thousand years of song, from the time of the troubadours to the present day. Dealing exhaustively with the history and d...
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128,63 zł |
Encyclopedia of the Blues 2-Volume Set
ISBN: 9780415926997 / Angielski / Twarda / 1440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre.
For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website. This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, in...
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1900,24 zł |
Hearing Film: Tracking Identifications in Contemporary Hollywood Film Music
ISBN: 9780415928533 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is arguably as vital as the visual and narrative components. In recent years, racial and gender diversity in film has exploded and the making of musical scores has changed drastically. Hearing Film offers a critical examination of music in the films of the 1980s and 1990s and looks at the burgeoning role of compiled scores in the shaping of a film. In the first section, A Woman Scored, Kassabian analyzes desire and agency in the music of such films as Dangerous Liaisons, Desert Hearts, Bagdad Cafe, Dirty Dancing and Thelma and...
Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is arguably as vital as the visual and narrative components. In recent years, racial ...
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684,09 zł |
The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts
ISBN: 9780415936941 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As John Cage once recalled, there were four musicians in the early 1950s who, because of their deep interest in art, associated closely with the New York School of painters: Edgard Varese, Stefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman, and Cage himself. This book explores the interaction and influences of the visual arts on these four seminal composers.
As John Cage once recalled, there were four musicians in the early 1950s who, because of their deep interest in art, associated closely with the New Y...
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192,51 zł |
The Piano: An Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780415937962 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines the impact of electronic developments (particularly the Internet) on local studies librarianship. The explosion in the use of the Internet has been matched by an interest in local, family, and community history. This work brings these two developments together. It provides practitioners with practical advice on the provision of Web-based services for users. Such areas as e-geneaology and e-learning are covered. The work provides examples of best-practice and shows how practical lessons can be learned from the experiences of the innovators in the field.
This work examines the impact of electronic developments (particularly the Internet) on local studies librarianship. The explosion in the use of the I...
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1064,13 zł |
Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra
ISBN: 9780415938464 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring to Gustav Holst's The Planets and Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, Masterworks of 20th-Century Music collects over 100 of the most celebrated and frequently played compositions by world composers. Based on the author's survey of dozens of American orchestras, these are works that we all recognize, but whose history we may not know. Each entry gives the reader a wealth of information about: the composer, when and where the piece was first performed, the style of the composition, and a basic analysis of the music. From the general reader to the...
From Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring to Gustav Holst's The Planets and Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, Masterworks of 20th-Century Music c...
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582,74 zł |
Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra
ISBN: 9780415938471 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring to Gustav Holst's The Planets and Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, this volume collects over 100 of the most celebrated and frequently played compositions by world composers. Based on the author's survey of dozens of American orchestras, these are works that we all recognize, but who's history we may not know. Each entry gives the reader a wealth of information about: the composer, when and where the piece was first performed, the style of the composition, and a basic analysis of the music. From the general reader to the music scholar, this book...
From Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring to Gustav Holst's The Planets and Igor Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps, this volume collects over 100 of th...
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217,84 zł |
Dictionary of American Classical Composers
ISBN: 9780415938488 / Angielski / Twarda / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume covers over 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers a comprehensive overview of key composers in the United States.
This volume covers over 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers a comprehensive overview of key ...
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1013,46 zł |