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The Art of Practicing
Crown Publishing Group 2013; US$ 14.95This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and... more...
Giovanni Battista Rubini and the Bel Canto Tenors
Scarecrow Press 2013; US$ 54.99Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794-1854) was a legendary tenor and the first 19th-century non- castrati male singer to become an international star of opera. The previous two centuries had been the era of the castrati , with tenors and basses relegated to character and supporting roles in the operas of their time. Rubini stood apart because he... more...
Music and Familiarity
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95Familiarity underpins our engagement with music. In Music and Familiarity, King and Prior bring together 13 essays that highlight theoretical and empirical considerations about familiarity from three perspectives: listening, musicology, and performance. This book explores the ways in which familiarity impacts our behaviour and responses to music; influences... more...
Ubiquitous Musics
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95Ubiquitous Musics offers a multidisciplinary approach to the pervasive presence of music in everyday life. The essays address a variety of situations in which music is present alongside other activities and does not demand focused attention from (sometimes involuntary) listeners. The contributors present different theoretical perspectives on the increasing... more...
Where Music Helps
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 39.95This book explores how people may use music in ways that are helpful for them, especially in relation to a sense of wellbeing, belonging and participation. The central premise for the study is that help is not a decontextualized effect that music produces. The book contributes to the current discourse on music, culture and society and it is developed... more...
Indirect Procedures
Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 24.99A musician's life is filled with many stressful situations: passing auditions, rehearsing and performing with difficult partners, sitting for long hours in uncomfortable chairs, going on stage to face audiences large and small, who may or may not be receptive to the performance they are presented. And yet many musicians are able to surmount these... more...
Oper - Spiel ohne Regel
Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag 2013; US$ 7.59Hauptbeschreibung Von allen dramatischen Künsten hat einzig die Oper keinen handwerklichen Kanon entwickelt, den man beherrschen muss, um die Kunst überhaupt ausüben zu können. In der Oper gilt: jeder darf mal. Anything goes . Der bekannte Regisseur Michael Hampe ist mit seinen Schülern in aller Welt der Frage nachgegangen, ob es einen solchen... more...
Orchestration
Taylor and Francis 2013; 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...
Dance Music Manual
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95So you want to learn the ins and outs of creating dance music and looking to improve your production? Then this book is just for you. No matter what genre you are interested in- trance, techno, garage, chill out, house or what tool you are working with- Abelton, Reason, Reaktor or Absynth, Snowman covers every aspect of dance music production- from... more...
Mixing Audio
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95Your mix can make or break a record, and mixing is an essential catalyst for a record deal. Professional engineers with exceptional mixing skills can earn vast amounts of money and find that they are in demand by the biggest acts. To develop such skills, you need to master both the art and science of mixing. The new edition of this bestselling... more...









