This book offers the first musical, cultural, and technological history of loudness, highlighting how loudness calls att......more

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Setting out to query passersby of every age, ethnicity, creed, and social background about names they know and love with......more

Foster a lifelong, creative practice through lessons and exercises that integrate 3 main pillars of songwriting: inspira......more

Foster a lifelong, creative practice through lessons and exercises that integrate 3 main pillars of songwriting: inspira......more

This book examines how compression can be understood not only as a digital process enacted through computing, but as a w......more

Audio Paper offers a conceptual and practice-based approach for researchers across a wide range of disciplines to integr......more

The Mystery of Death and the Spark of the Self is the first monograph on the emergence of the lyric "I" in East Slavic a......more

The Mystery of Death and the Spark of the Self is the first monograph on the emergence of the lyric "I" in East Slavic a......more

What if music could do more than teach notes and rhythms? What if it could unlock the very skills a child needs to thriv......more

In a time in which too many musicians, teachers, and students experience exploitation and overwork, a tyranny of ideolog......more

In a time in which too many musicians, teachers, and students experience exploitation and overwork, a tyranny of ideolog......more

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Delve into the wild and wonderful world of the most influential musical artist ever with this essential guide to David B......more

Written by master teachers Jane Clendinning and Betsy Marvin, the workbook that accompanies The Musician’s Guide to Theo......more

"O beautiful for spacious skies . . ." Celebrate the spirit of America in all its glory, freedom, and liberty with this ......more

Featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage, Faber presents a beautiful paperback edition of One Hundred Lyrics and a Poe......more

The definitive, untold story of Ariana Grande’s artistic revolution, from musical theatre starlet to global pop icon. Th......more

French polymath and savant Marin Mersenne played a pivotal role in the evolution of seventeenth-century musical thought,......more

Known around the world as a skilled violinist, teacher, and advocate for historically informed performance of early musi......more

This collection of essays studies how music of the twenty-first century resonates with sentiments of despondency and los......more

This widely acclaimed book enables readers to understand and practice the language of music composed for film, video gam......more

Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive method for learning to hear, sing, unde......more

Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Fourth Edition, is a comprehensive method for learning to hear, sing, unde......more

Collaborative Songwriting: In the Room focusses on the collaborative, creative act of group songwriting. It provides ins......more

This book investigates how education and participation shape musical identity across the amateur-professional spectrum, ......more

Explores how Beethoven’s iconic "Ode to Joy" theme and the finale of his Ninth Symphony encapsulate a masterclass in ton......more

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse brings a new contribution to discussions on the difference between the pub......more

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse brings a new contribution to discussions on the difference between the pub......more

"Remixing the Classroom" In Practice engages directly with Randall Allsup’s groundbreaking Remixing the Classroom: Towar......more

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking ......more

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking ......more

Music Education in Rural America Volume 1: Policies and Perspectives is the first publication of its kind, advancing ass......more

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In What Music Did, experimental filmmaker and violinist Tony Conrad explores in depth the relationship between music and......more

Music in World Literature: From Tolstoy to Manga examines the relationship between music and literary works within vario......more

The Spirit of Ani is a captivating journey of intimate reflections with Ani DiFranco, a pathbreaking, highly original ar......more

There is growing recognition that improvisation is a vital artistic and ontological practice that can promote developmen......more

This book offers a groundbreaking introduction to the role of gestures in music, tailored for educators working with you......more

Music Education in Rural America Volume 1: Policies and Perspectives is the first publication of its kind, advancing ass......more

(General Music). Journey into the wonderful world of music with YolanDa Brown and The ABCs of Music: My First Music Book......more

Cultivating Epistemic Justice in Music Education helps music educators understand how to support minoritized populations......more

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In Clowns in the Burying Ground, Christopher K. Coffman presents intertextual readings of the Grateful Dead and their ly......more

Presents Fauré not as a solitary figure, but part of a vibrant continuum of nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers ......more

Against the backdrop of cultural exchange between China’s Central Plains and Western Regions during the Sui, Tang, and F......more

An all-levels songwriting workbook featuring prompts, activities, and guidance for unlocking creativity in a new generat......more

The early chapters in this volume address the dynamics of his music from a number of analytic-theoretical perspectives. ......more

Composing for Silent Film offers insight, information, and techniques for contemporary composition, arrangement, and liv......more

Concepts We’ll Ponder: Identity, Improvisation, and Community in the Phish Experience launches the rapidly growing field......more

This book helps you to prepare neurodivergent music students to succeed, using all the tools that are available. Packed ......more

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When Leigh Harline and Ned Washington penned "When You Wish Upon a Star" for Disney’s 1940 film Pinocchio, the song came......more

When Leigh Harline and Ned Washington penned "When You Wish Upon a Star" for Disney’s 1940 film Pinocchio, the song came......more

Poets, literary critics, and lovers of poetry often speak of the "music of poetry." The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music......more

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This book presents a theoretical framework for hermeneutic musical analysis, enriched with numerous practical examples. ......more

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Theory for Today’s Musician, Fourth Edition, recasts the scope of the traditional music theory course to meet the demand......more

This book is a music-theoretical and critical-theoretical study of late tonal music, and, in particular, of the music of......more

This co-edited volume provides a forum for Indigenous scholars at the intersection of music and education. Authors from ......more

Black British Gospel Music is a dynamic and multifaceted musical practice, a diasporic river rooted in the experiences o......more

This book explores how music education can remain relevant in an era of multiple environmental crises that threaten huma......more

Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz: A Holistic Guide to Vocal Jazz Performance Pedagogy provides a step-by-step, research......more

From the physical vibrations of sound to the perplexing questions of how music conveys meaning, Psychology of Music: Fro......more

From the physical vibrations of sound to the perplexing questions of how music conveys meaning, Psychology of Music: Fro......more

Welcome to Guitar for Beginners. This book explains in a comprehensive yet simple way, the fundamentals of how to play t......more

Learn the most effective ways to practice your instrument Improving on your instrument is as much about being aware of h......more

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