In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernstein’s famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity an......more

In The Clash: The Only Band That Matters, respected music critic Sean Egan examines The Clash’s career and art through t......more

In Experiencing Rush: A Listener’s Companion, music scholar Durrell Bowman guides readers through Rush’s long career, ex......more

The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "if you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn". This quote ......more

Supported with practical examples, case studies and resources exploring effective practice, Teaching Secondary Music cov......more

An introductory textbook which uses short bite-sized snap shots to introduce the key debates & approaches, technologies ......more

This book offers both a rationale for the presence of composition in the music education program and a thorough review o......more

The job of the theater manager has always been an intricate part of the theatrical community. Collins investigates the j......more

So, You’re the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musi......more

Twelve internationally-known keyboard artists discuss their daily lives of practicing and performing....more

Many musicians have enjoyed the solo and chamber music of Robert Valentine, especially that for flute or recorder, but f......more

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Harmonic Development and Contrapuntal Techniques for the Jazz Pianist serves as a guide for harmonic expansion and devel......more

Drawing on 30 years of teaching experience, author Timothy Cheek demonstrates how a university lyric diction class-tradi......more

Congregational music can be an act of praise, a vehicle for theology, an action of embodied community, as well as a mean......more

"Music triggered a healing process from within me. I started singing for the joy of singing myself and it helped me carr......more

Lyndon Jenkins provides the first in-depth study of the extraordinary creative relationship between Beecham and Delius. ......more

This book is intended as a survey history of the American record business as it developed during its first full century.......more

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The eleven essays that comprise this volume represent some of the most significant strands of current Schubert research.......more

The Music of Hugh Wood provides the first ever in-depth study of this well-known, yet only briefly documented composer. ......more

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These essays offer a range of approaches central to the performance of French piano music of the nineteenth and twentiet......more

This collection of new essays focuses on the crucial period at the end of the 19th and early 20th century when American ......more

The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the C......more

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The literature of American music librarianship has been around since the 19th century when public libraries began to kee......more

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The 12 new essays in this volume explore the relationship between text and music in Alban Berg’s works. The book examine......more

The first new survey of the field in more than 60 years, this study concentrates on the basics of music criticism. Becau......more

The study of the Armenian system of notation called Khazs (Neumes) is of significance both for Armenian and Byzantine mu......more

First Published in 1988. Though many standard musicological reference works document the use of the trombone from its be......more

Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: What happened to American popu......more

Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide is the first bio-bibliographic study of the composer and the only pu......more

Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide provides a detailed outline of resources available for research and/or ......more

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A timely addition to Routledge’s Criticism and Analysis of Early Music series, this collection of essays examines the co......more

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Giochino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide is designed as a tool for those beginning to study the life and works......more

This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the It......more

Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sour......more

Frederick Delius is among the most celebrated English composers of the 20th century. Widely studied and performed, his w......more

Gaetano Donizetti: A Research and Information Guide offers an annotated reference guide to the life and works of this im......more

This research guide is an annotated bibliography of sources dealing with the string quartet. This second edition is orga......more

The eighteenth century arguably boasts a more remarkable group of significant musical figures, and a more engaging combi......more

This book offers the first in-depth study of experimental and popular music scenes in Beirut, looking at musicians worki......more

Why do people attach importance to the wordless language we call music? Musical Cognition suggests that music is a game.......more

This authoritative biography of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) was a landmark in its meticulous research and use of so......more

Clara Schumann (1819 1896), child prodigy, celebrated concert pianist, composer, and friend of Brahms, was also the wife......more

In terms of musical composition, all but the first five of his thirty-five years were astoundingly productive for Wolfga......more

Clara Schumann (1819 1896), child prodigy, celebrated concert pianist, composer, and friend of Brahms, was also the wife......more

Marie-Henri Beyle (1783 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal, is remembered today for such novels as Le Rouge et......more

Beloved not only in Britain, George Frideric Handel (1685 1759) is admired as a composer the world over. His inventive a......more

The writer, composer and organist Thomas Busby (1754 1838) is best remembered for his highly entertaining Concert Room a......more

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This book provides an insider view of worlds of popular music. It shows the relationship between music, creativity, ide......more

This is a reissue of the first edition of George Grove s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, which has since evolved to b......more

This 1874 account of the music of ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome was the only volume of the author s proposed history of......more

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Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me’Shell Ndegéeacute;ocello and P. J. Harve......more

Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is just as vital as the visual and narrative components......more

The work, entitled The Language of Czech and Polish Civil Law Contracts: A Comparative Study Based on Corpus Research, i......more

The topic "Big Data" represents a major challenge for companies and there is an enormous need for "data intelligence" in......more

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Written for a "civilian parent," not a college-educated musical professional, Growing Your Musician: A Practical Guide f......more

Histories of these songs, biographical information about the composers and lyricists, and background on each song’s entr......more

An Unsung Cat explores the life and music of jazz saxophonist, Warne Marsh. Safford Chamberlain follows the artist from ......more

Tchaikovsky’s death in October 1893 in St. Petersburg, shortly after the first performance of his masterpiece, the Pathé......more