Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBi......more
Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBi......more
Brimming with fresh insights, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the personal, cultural, intellectual, profe......more
Capturing the beginning of music participation and engagement in many of the public universities that started as normal ......more
Poets, literary critics, and lovers of poetry often speak of the "music of poetry." The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music......more
Poets, literary critics, and lovers of poetry often speak of the "music of poetry." The Sounds of Poetry Viewed as Music......more
The life of rock’s most durable troubadour in his own words Neil Young on Neil Young: Interviews and Encounters is a rev......more
"My favorite writer and interviewer." --Jude Rogers, music critic for the Guardian and author of The Sound of Being Huma......more
An interdisciplinary study of how early nineteenth-century science and opera articulated a transnational romantic vision......more
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
Two artists. Two eras. One shared vision of the sacred hidden in the ordinary. When Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Coc......more
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Details the wide, integral and influential role played by ’amateur’ participants in early nineteenth-century Vienna’s mu......more
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This two-volume work encourages students, fans, and scholars to take an expansive view of Michael Jackson’s art. Focusin......more
This two- volume work encourages students, fans, and scholars to take an expansive view of Michael Jackson’s art. Focusi......more
Sound Signatures: Crafting Your Electronic Music Identity explores ways to help electronic musicians establish their uni......more
Sound Signatures: Crafting Your Electronic Music Identity explores ways to help electronic musicians establish their uni......more
This Handbook explores and critiques a new sonic reality - one which unearths new narratives that chart embryonic practi......more
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This book is a music-theoretical and critical-theoretical study of late tonal music, and, in particular, of the music of......more
Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history......more
How does popular music influence the culture and reputation of a city, and what does a city do to popular music? Interro......more
This book is the first study of John Zorn’s ’file card’ works, with special focus made on the pieces Godard (1985), Spil......more
To what extent is it possible to do good work in music artist management? Drawing upon original research, this shortform......more
This edited volume concentrates on the period from the 1940s to the present, exploring how popular music forms such as b......more
Music as Agency: Diversities of Perspectives on Artistic Citizenship focuses on the concept, application, interpretation......more
Who writes the books we read about music that excites us, and why? Is ’classical music’ all about class? Related questio......more
Delving into Bob Dylan’s distinctive cinematic journey, this book explores his experimental, boundary-pushing artistry f......more
Black British Gospel Music is a dynamic and multifaceted musical practice, a diasporic river rooted in the experiences o......more
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This co-edited volume provides a forum for Indigenous scholars at the intersection of music and education. Authors from ......more
This concise book critically examines the intersection of power, privilege and classical music in higher education throu......more
Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé Repercussions examines how the highly percussive carn......more
This volume examines the ontology of music groups. It connects two fascinating areas of philosophical research: the onto......more
One of the most accomplished alto saxophonists of his time, Earl Bostic transformed the role of the instrument in Americ......more
This book addresses an existing gap in academic arts-based research, whereby, rather than exploring music as an effectiv......more
Hungarian composer Béla Bartók declared his Cantata profana, composed in 1930 and premièred in London in 1934, his "cred......more
"FAME: Jared Leto" takes readers on an electrifying journey through the life of the enigmatic artist. From his humble be......more
Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz: A Holistic Guide to Vocal Jazz Performance Pedagogy provides a step-by-step, research......more
Sing Vocal Jazz, Teach Vocal Jazz: A Holistic Guide to Vocal Jazz Performance Pedagogy provides a step-by-step, research......more
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This book explores how music education can remain relevant in an era of multiple environmental crises that threaten huma......more
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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
Women and Jazz: European Perspectives from Researchers and Artists is an edited volume bringing together the work of fem......more
Women and Jazz: European Perspectives from Researchers and Artists is an edited volume bringing together the work of fem......more
Not just the story of one person, David Woodhead’s Evidence of Ecstasy is a photographic window into a generation of Can......more
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This book provides new critical insights into Spanish musical, artistic, and literary works produced between the conclud......more
This book brings together a significant part of Derek B. Scott’s diverse academic work, showing that the cultural histor......more
A PECULIAR gap exists between the accepted theoretical basis of instruction in singing and the actual methods of vocal t......more
"Tribute: DMX" is a gripping comic book biography that explores the tumultuous life and legendary career of rap icon DMX......more
Welcome to Guitar for Beginners. This book explains in a comprehensive yet simple way, the fundamentals of how to play t......more
How popular music reveals deep histories of racial tensions in southern culture Southern History Remixed spotlights the ......more
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In The Reason to Sing, renowned composer-lyricist and teacher Craig Carnelia provides musical actors with a step-by-step......more
In The Reason to Sing, renowned composer-lyricist and teacher Craig Carnelia provides musical actors with a step-by-step......more
Unsound Supplies explores the complex and often hidden provenance of the raw materials that underpin the rich musical cu......more
Unsound Supplies explores the complex and often hidden provenance of the raw materials that underpin the rich musical cu......more
Back in print: the playful and personal memoir of Meredith Willson’s creative tribulations and triumphs before The Music......more
This groundbreaking book brings artistry to the forefront of early childhood music-artistry in very young children and a......more
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