By the early 20th century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transfor......more

Drawing on an extensive, four-year field research project, including ethnographic observations and 27 in-depth interview......more

In this ground-breaking study, Paul Laird examines the process and effect of orchestration in West Side Story and Gypsy,......more

This book develops an innovative approach for understanding the relationship between music and words in the works of fiv......more

This book offers an account of the sacred music written by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) in Rome, a city where the co......more

Today’s higher education music faculty and administrators are faced with extraordinary pressure to adapt, innovate, and ......more

Since the transformative 1960s, concert masses have incorporated a range of political and religious views that mirror th......more

This collection of essays delves into the historiographical traditions that have dominated how the stories of European p......more

Music, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: A Teacher’s Guide serves as a guide to the professor tasked with teaching music to......more

This book introduces a new perspective on Claudio Monteverdi’s Orfeo (1607), a work widely regarded as the ’first great ......more

What is music?Modern society has come to view music largely as entertainment and commodity. In response, We Are Music: A......more

Descubre el catálogo definitivo diseñado para aquellos que buscan dominar el acordeón de botones de manera efficient e. ......more

Winner, ASA (American Society for Aesthetics) 2023 Outstanding Monograph Prize For Theodore Gracyk meaning in popular mu......more

Music has long played a prominent role in cultural diplomacy, but until now no resource has comparatively examined polic......more

This edited volume offers innovative perspectives on the study of music as cultural diplomacy in the Middle East and Nor......more

Along Comes The Association is the story of how Russ Giguere and his fellow band members in the legendary and influentia......more

"Assessment of Urban Sprawl and Growth: A Case Study of Raipur City" is a comprehensive book that analyzes the trends of......more

Experiencing Jazz, Third Edition is an integrated textbook, website, and audio anthology for jazz appreciation and histo......more

Gear up for an electrifying journey throughTHE HISTORY OF CASIO SYNTHESIZERS. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill tale; it’s......more

Materials science plays a very important role in the scientific research and technological development technological dev......more

In over 4’000 performances in 19 countries to date, the award-winning Swiss boogie and blues pianist Nico Brina has expe......more

Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI) brings together scholars, ......more

This book presents a slice of the American songbook from 1920 to 2020, with the author recommending 365 of the best reco......more

Get To Know Your Voice is a book that complements the Voice Gym Complete Exercise Book. It brings together all the fragm......more

The review of literature review shows that stemming algorithm has not been proposed yet for extracting Uzbek root words ......more

It’s time to get "Happy Together" again! Discover the songs and the history of one of the most successful pop rock bands......more

What I didn’t know [when starting to research and write this book]: I would become full-on, hopelessly obsessed with fin......more

What I didn’t know [when starting to research and write this book]: I would become full-on, hopelessly obsessed with fin......more

"Music and Life: Reggae Prophets" delves into the influence of Rastafarianism on reggae. Rastafarianism, a faith, and cu......more

Samuel Charters has been studying and writing about New Orleans music for more than fifty years. A Trumpet around the Co......more

In jazz music, the main aspect is improvisation. Improvisation is one of the basic elements of musical performance that ......more

Feminism has always been a complex and controversial topic, as female rock musicians know especially well. When they’ve ......more

The penultimate Blank Forms anthology presents new interviews with musicians Theo Parrish, Amelia Cuni, Akio Suzuki and ......more

This text compiles research carried out by the compilers in which, in the first part, they investigate the relationship ......more

The problem of "updated pedagogical thinking and scientific-methodical foundations of literature teaching in general edu......more

Always enigmatic and outside of the mainstream, most people associate Hawkwind with ’whoosh’ noises, ’Silver Machine’, L......more

From the band’s first single, ’In The City’ in April 1977, to their last, ’Beat Surrender’ in November 1982, The Jam wen......more

"More than any living poet I know, Russell Thorburn invites us into the company of recurring characters inhabiting a ful......more

Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer is a full-length biography about Billie Holiday, known famously as Lady Day, from her birth ......more

This book is a must-have for the millions of John Denver fans and friends in honor of the great American singer and song......more

In this accessible deep-dive into the careers of Trịnh Công Sơn and Bob Dylan, Schafer retells countless colorful storie......more

Performing Folk Songs is the first full-length volume to explore English folk singing from the perspective of performanc......more

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A collection of hilarious and often absurd epiphanies in the legendary comedian’s life that defined him - more in a for ......more

Discussions about the increase in the elderly population have been gaining momentum in recent decades, as it is a reflec......more

At a time when the "Golden Jubilee" (50 years) of the Madeira Classical Orchestra Association [AOCM] has been completed,......more

Four Ways of Hearing Video Game Music offers a novel account of the ways in which video games invite us to hear and list......more

Four Ways of Hearing Video Game Music offers a novel account of the ways in which video games invite us to hear and list......more

An expansive analysis of the relationship between human and machine in music. From the mid-eighteenth century on, there ......more

An expansive analysis of the relationship between human and machine in music. From the mid-eighteenth century on, there ......more

Citizens of Vanuatu (ni-Vanuatu) perceive stringband music as a marker of national identity, an indicator of their cultu......more

A source of profound insights into human existence and the nature of lived experience, phenomenology is among the most i......more

For centuries of European history, singing for a person at the moment of death was considered to be the ideal accompanim......more

Great composers’ music is to be enjoyed, not fretted about! An Anti-Woke Guide to Classical Music, with chapters on nume......more

Elements of Sound explores the relationship between sound and consciousness at the intersections of science, spiritualit......more

This book presents advances in speech and music in the domain of audio signal processing. The book begins with introduct......more

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultim......more

Makes a case for the power of music and sound in the face of fascistic forces, from modernism to the present....more

Hired Guns is a look across several decades of the music industry through the experiences and careers of a selection of ......more

"Twelve Good Musicians" by Sir Frederick Bridge is a splendid painting that showcases the writer’s insights into the liv......more

There is a longstanding historical and cultural relationship between Congo and Cuba via the slave trade and the return ......more

My concepts present, for the first time, a genuine theory of tonal language-he was not overly humble but we might expect......more

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The birth of jazz in the history of music can be traced back to the United States. Since its origin, it has been one of ......more

This book provides a thorough analysis focused on the sound expression produced by human-crafted musical instrument - a ......more

Why is it important to apply RETIE and NTC 2050 in public and private entities? Research showed that electricity could a......more

Despite the hypervisibility of a constellation of female pop stars, the music business is structured around gender inequ......more

Despite the hypervisibility of a constellation of female pop stars, the music business is structured around gender inequ......more

Listening After Nature examines the constructions and erasures that haunt field recording practice and discourse. Analyz......more

A COLLECTION OF SONG POEMS (90 PoeLyrics) The Accomplished Songwriter has scored Film/Major Motion Picture and multiple ......more

With this group of patients chosen at La Manuelita Foundation, my main objective has been to learn how to establish an e......more

The aim of this book was to understand the relationship between popular journalism and sensationalism in Pernambuco, usi......more

This series of music for pipa with string quartet is part of the classical concerts program. Stringed instruments form t......more

This series of music for pipa with string quartet is part of the classical concerts program. Stringed instruments form t......more

This series of music for pipa with string quartet is part of the classical concerts program. Stringed instruments form t......more