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Sukuma Labor Songs from Western Tanzania
BRILL 2010; US$ 131.00This volume is an interpretive analysis of a collection of 335 song texts treated as primary historical sources. The collection highlights the cultural practices that link music with labor in Sukuma communities in northwestern Tanzania. These linkages are evident in the music of the elephant, snake, and porcupine hunting associations that flourished... more...
The Blues Scales - Eb Version
Sher Music 2011; US$ 16.00The only book that shows how the Blues Scales (Major and Minor) are used to create jazz solos. Designed to help beginners quickly learn how to create meaningful solos without having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune. Great transcriptions of solo phrases by Miles Davis, Dave Sanborn, Dizzy Gillespie, etc. showing how the Blues Scales... more...
101 Music Games for Children
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... more...
Noises from Under the Rug
Rainbow Morning Music 2006; US$ 5.99The best of singer-songwriter Barry Louis Polisar's unique and satirical children's songs are featured in this anniversary edition that celebrates his 30th year as a writer and performer, including classics such as "I Don't Wanna Go to School" and "Don't Put Your Finger Up Your Nose." The songs, which cleverly capture children's concerns, are clearly... more...
Beatlesongs
Touchstone 2009; Not AvailableA complete and fascinating chronicle of Beatles music and history, Beatlesongs details the growth, evolution, and dissolution of the most influential group of out time. Drawing together information from sources that include interviews, insider accounts, magazines, and news wire services, this is a complete profile of every Beatles song ever written... more...
College Fight Songs II
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 55.50Come join the band! College Fight Songs II is a supplement to the original College Fight Songs, providing 97 additional song texts and interesting historical information. Together they are a unique anthology of college fight songs from across the country. College Fight Songs II: A Supplementary Anthology is a second-round knockout that finishes... more...
Making the Great Book of Songs
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This is the first systematic literary study of one of the masterpieces of classical Arabic literature, the fourth/tenth century Kitāb al-aghānī ( The Book of Songs ) by Abū I-Faraj al-Isbahānī. Until now the twenty-four volume Book of Songs has been regarded as a rather chaotic but priceless mine of information about classical Arabic music, literature... more...
Two Spanish Songbooks
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... more...
The Complete Guide to Game Audio
Taylor and Francis 2013; 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... more...
Fighting Songs and Warring Words
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 158.00The 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...









