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Twentieth-Century Music Theory and Practice
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 74.95Twentieth-Century Music Theory and Practice introduces a number of tools for analyzing a wide range of twentieth-century musical styles and genres. It includes discussions of harmony, scales, rhythm, contour, post-tonal music, set theory, the twelve-tone method, and modernism. Recent developments involving atonal voice leading, K-nets, nonlinearity,... more...
Analytical Studies in World Music
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 34.99Assembles eleven distinguished writers on music to discuss the ingenuity with which sound is organized in musical traditions all over the world. This work contains an introductory chapter which proposes ways to think about musical structures cross-culturally. It also contains recordings, notations, diagrams, and imaginative descriptions. more...
Acting in Musical Theatre
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 46.95Acting in Musical Theatre is the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It is the first to combine acting, singing and dancing into a comprehensive guide, combining what have previously been treated as three separate disciplines. This book contains fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals,... more...
Opera Production
University of Minnesota Press 1961; US$ 67.50Designed particularly as a reference work for opera producers, students, performers, and writers, this book provides basic production information about more than 500 operas. Anyone planning to produce an opera will find here the essential information he n more...
Opera Journeys' Guide
Opera Journeys Publishing 2008; US$ 45.00Opera Journeys' Guide to 10 operas in the hugely popular Met Opera HD Simulcasts 2008-2009 series features Cast and Credits, Principal Characters, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis. The featured operas are: Salome (R. Strauss), Doctor Atomic (Adams),... more...
Musical Form and Transformation
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 23.99Foreword, by Ed Gollin. Introduction. 1. Serial Transformation Networks in Dallapiccola's "Simbolo". 2. Making and Using a Pcset Network for Stockhausen's Klavierstuck III. 3. Set Theory, Derivation, and Transformational Structures in Analyzing Webern's Opus 10, Number 4. 4. A Transformational Basis for Form and Prolongation in... more...
Becoming a Choral Music Teacher
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 45.95This textbook prepares Music Education and Choral Conducting majors to be effective middle school and high school choral music teachers. It fully integrates the choral field experience for hands-on learning and reflection and allows the student to observe and teach the book?s principles. It covers the essentials of vocal development, auditions, literature,... more...
The Magic of Middle School Musicals
R&L Education 2008; US$ 26.99As the first musical theater book especially for middle school productions, The Magic of Middle School Musical provides a step-by-step guide for success. Bobetsky approaches planning and producing musicals in the context of a curricular unit of study and includes strategies for assessing student learning. more...
Tonality as Drama
University of North Texas Press 2008; US$ 33.56Drawing on the fields of dramaturgy, music theory, and historical musicology, this book answers a question about twentieth-century music: Why does tonality persist in opera, even after it has been abandoned in other genres? 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...









