Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers
ISBN: 9780415938532 / Angielski / Twarda / 1360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a one-of-a-kind reference work to the history of vaudeville, performance art, burlesque, revue, and comic opera. Most of these artists are not profiled in other reference books and the author has done deep research, including archival work and personal interviews, to uncover the rich history of this American artform. This will be a must-have for students of theater history and performance art, but it is also essential for anyone insterested in the cultural history of America.
This is a one-of-a-kind reference work to the history of vaudeville, performance art, burlesque, revue, and comic opera. Most of these artists are not...
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Chronology of Western Classical Music, 1751-2000
ISBN: 9780415938785 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A complete chronology of Western classical music, covering the musically fruitful period 1751-2000. Entries are arranged by year and include historical highlights, art and literature highlights, births and deaths of pivotal composers, singers, performers, craftsmen, publishers, musical debuts, new positions, prizes and honours awarded, biographical highlights, cultural beginnings, musical literature and compositions. Whether you are looking for information on Bach, Haydn, Mozart, the New York Harmonic Society, Berlioz, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wagner, the Toronto Musical Society, Humperdink,...
A complete chronology of Western classical music, covering the musically fruitful period 1751-2000. Entries are arranged by year and include historica...
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1199,90 zł |
Heinrich Schenker: A Guide to Research
ISBN: 9780415940719 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My concepts present, for the first time, a genuine theory of tonal language - he was not overly humble but we might expect as much of the most important theorist of tonal music to write in the 20th century. Schenker's eloquence teaches us about what a good theory is, how art differs from science, and of course about the music itself. This bibliography and guide should be useful to anyone doing research on this remarkable teacher.
My concepts present, for the first time, a genuine theory of tonal language - he was not overly humble but we might expect as much of the most importa...
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678,21 zł |
The Organ: An Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780415941747 / Angielski / Twarda / 694 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.
Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers...
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1460,74 zł |
William Byrd: A Guide to Research
ISBN: 9780415943017 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Byrd is the most celebrated English composer of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Widely studied and performed, his works are consider models of their time and continue to fascinate students and scholars centuries later. This book is an entirely revised edition of the original Byrd CRM published by Garland in 1987. In the intervening decade, a mountain of new Byrd research has occurred; meanwhile, some of the older references mentioned in the original CRM have become outdated or outmoded. Plus, new editions of Byrd's music have made his complete musical compositions available as...
William Byrd is the most celebrated English composer of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Widely studied and performed, his works are consider models...
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704,29 zł |
G. F. Handel: A Guide to Research
ISBN: 9780415943239 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baroque composer George Frideric Handel easily ranks among the world's greatest composers. The first edition of this research guide on Handel appeared in 1988; since that time a great deal of scholarly work has been published on Handel and related areas, including the discovery of a hitherto unknown work. New general resources such as the "New Grove Dictionary of Opera" (1992), electronic resources such as the "RISM" libretto catalogue online, and the study of Handel's continuing popularity as evidenced by the new Handel House Museum in London and Handel practice around the world (e.g.,...
Baroque composer George Frideric Handel easily ranks among the world's greatest composers. The first edition of this research guide on Handel appeared...
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704,29 zł |
Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide
ISBN: 9780415955751 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide provides a detailed outline of resources available for research and/or training in piano pedagogy. Like its companion volumes in the Routledge Music Bibliographies series, it serves beginning and advanced students and scholars as a basic guide to current research in the field. The book will includes bibliographies, research guides, encyclopedias, works from other disciplines that are related to piano pedagogy, current sources spanning all formats, including books, journals, audio and video recordings, and electronic sources.
Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide provides a detailed outline of resources available for research and/or training in piano pedagogy. Li...
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The Craft of Modal Counterpoint
ISBN: 9780415971713 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by Routledge. Modal counterpoint is the style of composition that was employed until the "tonal" revolution pioneered by Bach; it is the basis for most Early Music.
Benjamin, a composer and pedagogue, offers a complete analysis of this important musical style. He begins by covering general aspects of the style, then covers in detail two, three, and four-part counterpoint. The Motet, an important form of vocal composition in this period, is... "The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by R...
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The Craft of Modal Counterpoint: A Practical Approach
ISBN: 9780415971720 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by Routledge. Modal counterpoint is the style of composition that was employed until the "tonal" revolution pioneered by Bach; it is the basis for most Early Music.
Benjamin, a composer and pedagogue, offers a complete analysis of this important musical style. He begins by covering general aspects of the style, then covers in detail two, three, and four-part counterpoint. The Motet, an important form of vocal composition in this period, is... "The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by R...
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297,31 zł |
Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide
ISBN: 9780415973182 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide is the first bio-bibliographic study of the composer and the only published book on the subject in English. This work fills a critical gap in contemporary music studies by enriching our knowledge of one of the most compelling creative voices of the Americas. Given the lack of prior systematic attention to Ginastera, this book establishes a firm foundation for future scholarship. It includes a detailed biographical sketch of the composer that quotes extensively from his letters. It summarizes the defining features of his style and... Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide is the first bio-bibliographic study of the composer and the only published book on th... |
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Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music
ISBN: 9780415980043 / Angielski / Twarda / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering performance information about choral works by more than 900 composers, this comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus includes pertinent details such as instrumentation, languages, timings, publishers, and composer information in an easy-to-follow reference style.
Offering performance information about choral works by more than 900 composers, this comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus in...
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782,54 zł |
Musicology and Difference: Gender and Sexuality in Music Scholarship
ISBN: 9780520201460 / Angielski / Miękka / 353 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addressing Western and non-Western music, composers from Francesca Caccini to Charles Ives, and musical communities from twelfth-century monks to contemporary opera queens, these essays explore questions of gender and sexuality. Musicology and Difference brings together some of the freshest and most challenging voices in musicology today on a question of importance to all the humanistic disciplines.
Addressing Western and non-Western music, composers from Francesca Caccini to Charles Ives, and musical communities from twelfth-century monks to cont...
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159,25 zł |
Choral Music on Record
ISBN: 9780521035835 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the successful volumes of Song on Record, this book surveys all the recordings of major choral works from the Monteverdi Vespers to Britten's War Requiem. Discussion of the various interpretations on record is preceded, in each chapter, by informed criticism of the work concerned, including--where appropriate--a clarification of editions, revisions, etc. (all the many changes in Messiah are, for instance, described in detail). The coverage of recordings is exhaustive and its value is enhanced by a detailed discography, with up-to-date numbers of each recording. Each contributor is...
Following the successful volumes of Song on Record, this book surveys all the recordings of major choral works from the Monteverdi Vespers to Britten'...
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Choral Music on Record
ISBN: 9780521363099 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following the successful volumes of Song on Record, this book surveys all the recordings of major choral works from the Monteverdi Vespers to Britten's War Requiem. Discussion of the various interpretations on record is preceded, in each chapter, by informed criticism of the work concerned, including--where appropriate--a clarification of editions, revisions, etc. (all the many changes in Messiah are, for instance, described in detail). The coverage of recordings is exhaustive and its value is enhanced by a detailed discography, with up-to-date numbers of each recording. Each contributor is...
Following the successful volumes of Song on Record, this book surveys all the recordings of major choral works from the Monteverdi Vespers to Britten'...
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451,11 zł |
Music, Gender, Education
ISBN: 9780521555173 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to focus on the role of education in relation to music and gender. Invoking a concept of musical patriarchy and a theory of the social construction of musical meaning, Lucy Green shows how women's musical practices and gendered musical meanings have been reproduced, hand-in-hand, through history. Dr. Green views the contemporary school music classroom as a microcosm of the wider society, and reveals the participation of music education in the continued production and reproduction of gendered musical practices and meanings.
This is the first book to focus on the role of education in relation to music and gender. Invoking a concept of musical patriarchy and a theory of the...
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Music, Gender, Education
ISBN: 9780521555227 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to focus on the role of education in relation to music and gender. Invoking a concept of musical patriarchy and a theory of the social construction of musical meaning, Lucy Green shows how women's musical practices and gendered musical meanings have been reproduced, hand-in-hand, through history. Dr. Green views the contemporary school music classroom as a microcosm of the wider society, and reveals the participation of music education in the continued production and reproduction of gendered musical practices and meanings.
This is the first book to focus on the role of education in relation to music and gender. Invoking a concept of musical patriarchy and a theory of the...
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203,94 zł |
Chicago Top 40 Charts 1960-1969
ISBN: 9780595196142 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Trivia Book of Rock 'N' Roll Music: The '80s & '90s
ISBN: 9780595391295 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Aaliyah to ZZ Top, author Jimmy Correa covers it all in "The Trivia Book of Rock 'N' Roll Music: The 80s and 90s"-an essential guide to musical factoids.
The easy-to-read multiple choice format makes trivia fun while you learn interesting tidbits about all types of music and artists from the 80s and 90s, including pop, country, R & B, one-hit wonders, and the British and foreign invasions. Enjoy questions such as the following:
From Aaliyah to ZZ Top, author Jimmy Correa covers it all in "The Trivia Book of Rock 'N' Roll Music: The 80s and 90s"-an essential guide to musical f...
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147,58 zł |
The Tommy Keene Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of Tommy Keene
ISBN: 9780595447701 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Tommy Keene Handbook" is a comprehensive reference guide to the music of underground pop-rock legend Tommy Keene, including:
Musical History: an overview of Tommy Keene's entire musical career from his days as a member of the Rage, Razz, and the Pieces through his most recent work as a solo artist; Bibliography: an extensive listing of articles, interviews, reviews, websites, and other resources regarding the music of Tommy Keene; Annotated Discography: a comprehensive discography that covers all of Tommy Keene's work as a solo artist, as well as his work as a sideman, producer, and... "The Tommy Keene Handbook" is a comprehensive reference guide to the music of underground pop-rock legend Tommy Keene, including:
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60,64 zł |
The Chord Wheel: The Ultimate Tool for All Musicians
ISBN: 9780634021428 / Angielski / Book / 12 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Instructional). Master chord theory ... in minutes The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. This tool will help you: Improvise and Solo Talk about chops Comprehend key structure like never before; Transpose Keys Instantly transpose any progression into each and every key; Compose Your Own Music Watch your songwriting blossom No music reading is necessary. "This is the kind of device that players of any instrument can use to enhance their musical understanding. Chord and key relationships are...
(Instructional). Master chord theory ... in minutes The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications...
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86,90 zł |