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Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 44.95An inspirational guide for all levels of expertise, Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production shows you how to get the most out of the four leading audio sequencers, Logic, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, and Cubase. Using real-life examples, Andrea Pejrolo demonstrates a wide range of technical and creative techniques, giving you tips and... more...
Music Production
Scarecrow Press 2011; US$ 59.99Music Production serves as a roadmap for navigating the continuous changes in the music industry and music production technologies. From dissecting compositions to understanding studio technologies, from coaching vocalists to arranging and orchestration, from musicianship to marketing, advertising to promotion, Music Production takes readers... more...
Music Theory For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 24.99Grasp the concepts needed to compose, deconstruct, and comprehend music Whether you're a student of music or a music lover, Music Theory For Dummies presents you with essential information on how to read, write, and understand music, as well as helpful hints on composing, arranging, and creating original melodies, harmonies, and chords. Music... more...
The Origins and Roles of Instrumental Music in the Operas of Richard Strauss
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 159.95The main purpose of this volume is to provide an overview to all of Richard Strausss musical and operatic compositions. Usually the operas are ignored by scholars and composers who only perform his instrumental works. This book shows that there is incredible musical value in the operas as well. It also showcases his compositional style and techniques,... more...
The Act of Musical Composition
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 104.95The study of musical composition has, in the main, been informed by anecdotal after-the-event accounts or post hoc analyses of composition. This book presents the first coherent exploration and empirical work around this unique aspect of human creative activity from a new and exciting perspective. The book will appeal to students, lecturers, practitioners,... more...
Messiaen's Language of Mystical Love
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 125.00These new essays written specifically for this volume explore the various aspects of Olivier Messiaen's spiritually committed musical language, drawing on his own remarks in subheadings and prefaces, his biblical and theological citations, his allusions to works of visual art, and on the language spoken directly by the musical tropes themselves. more...
iPad Music
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 14.95Just as computer software changed the face of performing and recording over the past decades, Apple's iPad® tablet has the power to change how you produce music today. Author Mark Jenkins summarizes the iPad tablet's massive potential for music creation, explaining in detail how all iPad models can connect to musically oriented accessories and reviewing... more...
Orchestration
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Orchestration: An Anthology of Writings is designed to be a primary or ancillary text for college-level music majors. Although there are several 'how to' textbooks aimed at this market, there is little available that traces the history of orchestration through the writings of composers themselves. By collecting writings from the ninenteenth century... more...
Creative Music Composition
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Creative Music Composition is designed to be an introductory textbook for music students. "Creative composition"-composing in your own style, rather than in the style of a composer of the past-is embraced by music educators not only for composition students, but for beginning performers and music educators, and is often offered to all music students... more...
Musicae Compendium
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 17.63Hauptbeschreibung Descartes' Jugendwerk "Musicae Compendium" oder zu Deutsch: "Leitfaden der Musik" liegt hier in einer wunderschönen Ausgabe vor, die eine synoptische Gegenüberstellung des Druckbilds von 1618 und der modern gesetzten Übersetzung bietet. Durch einen einleitenden Kommentar sowie erläuternde Anmerkungen zum Text der deutschsprachigen... more...









