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Biochemists' Song Bookby Harold Baum
CRC Press 1995; US$ 30.95This songbook presents information on biochemical pathways set to well-known songs, providing students with an easy way to remember often complicated information. The songs should also serve as end-of-term review material. more...
Fighting Songs and Warring Wordsby Brian Murdoch
Routledge 1990; US$ 148.00The accepted canon of war poetry usually includes only those underlining patriotic or nationalistic views. This study opens up the view of war poetry with the inclusion of such material as Nazi poetry and song, and the poetry of the atomic bomb. more...
Making the Great Book of Songsby Hilary Kilpatrick
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 190.00This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the 4/10th century Kitâb al-aghânî ( The Book of Songs ) by Abû I-Faraj al-Isbahânî. more...
Celebrate the Native American Fluteby Dick Claassen
Awe-Struck Publishing 2004; US$ 24.95If you've ever wanted to play the 6-hole Native American flute, and play it well, this book is for you. MP3 audio examples are included. more...
The Complete Guide to Game Audioby Aaron Marks
Elsevier 2001; US$ 38.95This comprehensive guide gives readers with basic music compositional skills the information they need to become commercially viable artisans. In addition to providing a foundation of prerequisite technical skills, including basic audio considerations and sound file formats, the book teaches the business skills needed to work successfully as an audio technician in the game development business. How-to features take the reader step-by-step, from purchasing the right equipment, understanding the various game platforms, and composing music and creating sound effects specifically for games, to the ins and outs of marketing, producing demo reels, determining fees, bidding projects, and negotiating contracts. Turn your musical passion into a career... more...
Lyrics 1964-2008by Paul Simon
Simon & Schuster 2008; US$ 9.99A landmark compilation of popular music, this collection contains Paul Simon's lyrics from his first album in 1964 to the present, now with 2011’s So Beautiful Or So What? more...
Two Spanish Songbooksby Dorothy Sherman Severin
Liverpool University Press 2000; US$ 90.00This is an edition, with notes and introduction, of two medieval Spanish songbooks. Both contain poetry by Montoro not found in other cancioneros and in the same order, and there are indications that both cancioneros were using the same exemplar or booklet containing the Montoro poetry. The introduction considers the norms used in the transcription of the cancioneros and a bibliography of useful literature is included. more...
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombiesby Michael P. Spradlin
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 8.99Fresh brains roasting on an open fire . . . Outside the temperature's dropping. The snow is falling, blanketing the world in white. Sleigh bells are jingling. Soon it will be that most wondrous time of the year! That time of flesh-devouring zombie horror! Yes, Christmas is on its way—and all the little boys and ghouls are dreaming of stockings filled with candied eyes and bleeding body parts. You'd better watch out! Santa Claws is coming to town—and he knows who's been naughty, who's been naughtier . . . and who'll taste best with a nice glass of Chianti! In celebration of this merry macabre season, we present a peerless compendium of more than two dozen of the most soul-stirring, brain-boiling carols composed... more...
A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoireby Maya Hoover
Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 23.75A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, this book introduces the music of Latin America from a singer's perspective and provides a basis for research into the songs of this richly musical area of the world. The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Some chapters include information on additional sources. Singers and teachers may use descriptive annotations (language, poet) or pedagogical annotations (range, tessitura) to ... more...
101 Music Games for Childrenby Storms & Hurd; Cecilia Bowman
Hunter House 2011; US$ 14.95This lively and imaginative book is being used in homes and schools in over 13 countries to help children learn about music and sound while they develop the ability to listen, concentrate, be creative, improvise, and trust one another. Using audiocassettes or CDs, of popular songs and simple instruments children and adults get to play listening games, concentration games, musical quizzes, trust games, guessing games, and more. The games are not competitive– they encourage and reward children for participation, not for winning. The SmartFunActivity series encourage imagination, social interaction, and self-expression in children. To make the books easy to use, games are marked according to appropriate age levels, length of play time, and... more...