The Music Lesson

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440637695
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis The Music Lesson by : Victor L. Wooten

Download or read book The Music Lesson written by Victor L. Wooten and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Grammy-winning musical icon and legendary bassist Victor L. Wooten comes an inspiring parable of music, life, and the difference between playing all the right notes…and feeling them. The Music Lesson is the story of a struggling young musician who wanted music to be his life, and who wanted his life to be great. Then, from nowhere it seemed, a teacher arrived. Part musical genius, part philosopher, part eccentric wise man, the teacher would guide the young musician on a spiritual journey, and teach him that the gifts we get from music mirror those from life, and every movement, phrase, and chord has its own meaning...All you have to do is find the song inside. “The best book on music (and its connection to the mystic laws of life) that I've ever read. I learned so much on every level.”—Multiple Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Michael Brecker

Wicked

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Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
ISBN 13 : 9781423492764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (927 download)

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Book Synopsis Wicked by : Winnie Holzman

Download or read book Wicked written by Winnie Holzman and published by Applause Theatre & Cinema. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each title in The Applause Libretto Library Series presents a Broadway musical with fresh packaging in a 6 x 9 trade paperback format. Each Complete Book and Lyrics is approved by the writers and attractively designed with color photo inserts from the Broadway production. All titles include introduction and foreword by renowned Broadway musical experts. Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. The story of how these two unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years.

The Classical Music Experience

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781570719509
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (195 download)

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Book Synopsis The Classical Music Experience by : Julius H. Jacobson

Download or read book The Classical Music Experience written by Julius H. Jacobson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles forty-two of the world's most celebrated composers from five hundred years of musical history, discussing how their different styles influenced the music world; includes two CDs with selections from each composer.

The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108475434
Total Pages : 403 pages
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism by : Benedict Taylor

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism written by Benedict Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.

The Triumph of Music

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674417275
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)

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Book Synopsis The Triumph of Music by : Tim Blanning

Download or read book The Triumph of Music written by Tim Blanning and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished historian chronicles the rise of music and musicians in the West from lowly balladeers to masters employed by fickle patrons, to the great composers of genius, to today’s rock stars. How, he asks, did music progress from subordinate status to its present position of supremacy among the creative arts? Mozart was literally booted out of the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg “with a kick to my arse,” as he expressed it. Yet, less than a hundred years later, Europe’s most powerful ruler—Emperor William I of Germany—paid homage to Wagner by traveling to Bayreuth to attend the debut of The Ring. Today Bono, who was touted as the next president of the World Bank in 2006, travels the world, advising politicians—and they seem to listen. The path to fame and independence began when new instruments allowed musicians to showcase their creativity, and music publishing allowed masterworks to be performed widely in concert halls erected to accommodate growing public interest. No longer merely an instrument to celebrate the greater glory of a reigning sovereign or Supreme Being, music was, by the nineteenth century, to be worshipped in its own right. In the twentieth century, new technological, social, and spatial forces combined to make music ever more popular and ubiquitous. In a concluding chapter, Tim Blanning considers music in conjunction with nationalism, race, and sex. Although not always in step, music, society, and politics, he shows, march in the same direction.

Britten Experienced

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040040578
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Britten Experienced by : Peter Franklin

Download or read book Britten Experienced written by Peter Franklin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who writes the books we read about music that excites us, and why? Is ‘classical music’ all about class? Related questions underpin this partly polemical study, written by an academic who believes that the Humanities, to be really humane, must confront their methods and aims. Two recent studies of Benjamin Britten have specifically interested the author, who was educated in a world where the composer was a living subject of criticism and praise, his works reflecting values, worries and dramas that were not just about ‘music’. Franklin’s response is to question the recent writers, proposing that, like theirs, his own story conditioned when and how he experienced Britten. This he unfolds autobiographically in and around the discussion of specific works. Recalling his encounters with the composer as a schoolboy, as a student and opera-goer, and then as a teacher, he challenges recent assertions about Britten and modernism in the period.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317043278
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell by : Rebecca Herissone

Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell written by Rebecca Herissone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ashgate Research Companion to Henry Purcell provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of current research into Purcell and the environment of Restoration music, with contributions from leading experts in the field. Seen from the perspective of modern, interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship, the companion allows the reader to develop a rounded view of the environment in which Purcell lived, the people with whom he worked, the social conditions that influenced his activities, and the ways in which the modern perception of him has been affected by reception of his music after his death. In this sense the contributions do not privilege the individual over the environment: rather, they use the modern reader's familiarity with Purcell's music as a gateway into the broader Restoration world. Topics include a reassessment of our understanding of Purcell's sources and the transmission of his music; new ways of approaching the study of his creative methods; performance practice; the multi-faceted theatre environment in which his work was focused in the last five years of his life; the importance of the political and social contexts of late seventeenth-century England; and the ways in which the performance history and reception of his music have influenced modern appreciation of the composer. The book will be essential reading for anyone studying the music and culture of the seventeenth century.

Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253014565
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition by : Allen Scott

Download or read book Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition written by Allen Scott and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since it was first published in 1993, the Sourcebook for Research in Music has become an invaluable resource in musical scholarship. The balance between depth of content and brevity of format makes it ideal for use as a textbook for students, a reference work for faculty and professional musicians, and as an aid for librarians. The introductory chapter includes a comprehensive list of bibliographical terms with definitions; bibliographic terms in German, French, and Italian; and the plan of the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal music classification systems. Integrating helpful commentary to instruct the reader on the scope and usefulness of specific items, this updated and expanded edition accounts for the rapid growth in new editions of standard works, in fields such as ethnomusicology, performance practice, women in music, popular music, education, business, and music technology. These enhancements to its already extensive bibliographies ensures that the Sourcebook will continue to be an indispensable reference for years to come.

Worship, Music, and Interpretation

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)

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Book Synopsis Worship, Music, and Interpretation by : Wendy J. Porter

Download or read book Worship, Music, and Interpretation written by Wendy J. Porter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume brings together wide-ranging research that could only be written by someone singularly expert in the full range of Christian worship and music from ancient to modern. These essays by Wendy Porter span eras and areas of study from the New Testament to the present and encompass an expansive view of worship, music, and liturgy. Some focus on what is known (or not) about early Christian worship, including the early creeds and hymns in the New Testament and whether music originated in Jewish or Greco-Roman contexts. Some introduce firsthand work on ancient liturgical manuscripts, such as a sixth-century manuscript by hymnwriter and preacher Romanos Melodus or a tenth-century ekphonetic liturgical manuscript. Extending her research on sixteenth-century English composers as musical interpreters, Porter includes several papers on how musicians have functioned as theological interpreters in worship and music. One chapter engages theological comparisons between well-known compositions by Bach, Beethoven, and Stravinsky, another creatively explores what contemporary worship leaders can learn from sixteenth-century songwriter and worship leader William Byrd, while others invite thoughtful reflection on what we can all learn if we stop to consider how Christians have functioned and fared in their worship through the centuries.

Musical Works and Performances

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199274118
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Book Synopsis Musical Works and Performances by : Stephen Davies

Download or read book Musical Works and Performances written by Stephen Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Davies addresses such questions as: What are musical works?; are they discovered or created?; of what elements are they comprised?; how are they specified?; what's a performance? ; and, is it possible to perform old music authentically?

Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills

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Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 180511221X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills by : Blanka Bogunović

Download or read book Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills written by Blanka Bogunović and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology of Music is a flourishing area of research in the Western Balkans. However, much of its findings and insights have remained relatively unknown outside the region. Psychological Perspectives on Musical Experiences and Skills features recent research from the Western Balkans, foregrounding its specific topics, methods, and influences, and bringing it into productive conversation with complementary research from Western Europe and further afield. The essays in this collection investigate the psychology of listening and performance and their relevance to music practice. Employing a range of research methodologies, they address divergent themes, from a cross-cultural understanding of aesthetic experiences and innovations to attract new audiences, to developmental perspectives on musical growth and the challenges of mastering performance skills. Authors reflect independently and collaboratively on how these psychological processes are shaped by the different traditions and geopolitical conditions inside and outside the Western Balkans. The result is a volume that emphasizes how musical experiences and practices happen not in isolation but in socio-cultural environments that contribute to their definition. This work will appeal to musicians, music educators, students, researchers, and psychologists with an interest in the psychology of music and exemplify ways forward in decolonizing academia.

A History of Western Music

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ISBN 13 : 9780393969047
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Western Music by : Donald Jay Grout

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Sourcebook for Research in Music

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253213235
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (132 download)

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Book Synopsis Sourcebook for Research in Music by : Phillip Crabtree

Download or read book Sourcebook for Research in Music written by Phillip Crabtree and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography of bibliographies lists and describes sources, from basic references to highly specialized materials. Valuable as a classroom text and as a research tool for scholars, librarians, performers, and teachers.

The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197546269
Total Pages : 1151 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy by : Tom?s McAuley

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy written by Tom?s McAuley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 1151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether regarded as a perplexing object, a morally captivating force, an ineffable entity beyond language, or an inescapably embodied human practice, music has captured philosophically inclined minds since time immemorial. In turn, musicians of all stripes have called on philosophy as a source of inspiration and encouragement, and scholars of music through the ages have turned to philosophy for insight into music and into the worlds that sustain it. In this Handbook, contributors build on this legacy to conceptualize the rich interactions of Western music and philosophy as a series of meeting points between two vital spheres of human activity. They draw together key debates at the intersection of music studies and philosophy, offering a field-defining overview while also forging new paths. Chapters cover a wide range of musics and philosophies, including concert, popular, jazz, and electronic musics, and both analytic and continental philosophy.

Javanese Gamelan and the West

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Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 1580464459
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Javanese Gamelan and the West by : Sumarsam

Download or read book Javanese Gamelan and the West written by Sumarsam and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Javanese Gamelan and the West studies the meaning, forms, and traditions of the Javanese performing arts as they developed and changed through their contact with Western culture. Authored by a gamelan performer, teacher, and scholar, the book traces the adaptations in gamelan art as a result of Western colonialism in nineteenth-century Java, showing how Western musical and dramatic practices were domesticated by Javanese performers creating hybrid Javanese-Western art forms, such as with the introduction of brass bands in gendhing mares court music and West Javanese tanjidor, and Western theatrical idioms in contemporary wayang puppet plays. The book also examines the presentation of Javanese gamelan to the West, detailing performances in World's Fairs and American academia and considering its influence on Western performing arts and musical and performance studies. The end result is a comprehensive treatment of the formation of modern Javanese gamelan and a fascinating look at how an art form dramatizes changes and developments in a culture. Sumarsam is a University Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. He is the author of Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and numerous articles in English and Indonesian. As a gamelan musician and a keen amateur dhalang (puppeteer) of Javanese wayang puppet play, he performs, conducts workshops, and lectures throughout the US, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317047087
Total Pages : 249 pages
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Book Synopsis Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century by : Janet Topp Fargion

Download or read book Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century written by Janet Topp Fargion and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. Taarab contains all the features of a typical 'Indian Ocean' music, combining influences from Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, India and the West with local musical practices. In Taarab, Music in Zanzibar, Janet Topp Fargion traces the development of the genre in Zanzibar, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Of special interest is the role of women. Although men play the main role in the composition and performance of the genre, Topp Fargion argues that the modernization of the genre owes a debt to the participation of women - as audiences and primary consumers, but also as poets and innovators of musical concepts. The book weaves together the historical, social, economic, religious and political dynamics involved in the development of the genre, and investigates how these are played out in the performance of taarab music on Zanzibar.

The Musical Experience

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
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Book Synopsis The Musical Experience by : John Gillespie

Download or read book The Musical Experience written by John Gillespie and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: