History of music

The Encyclopedia of the Piano was selected in its first edition as a Choice Outstanding Book and remains a fascinating and unparalleled reference work.

For nearly a century, New York's famous "e;Tin Pan Alley"e; was the center of popular music publishing in this country.

For nearly a century, New York's famous "e;Tin Pan Alley"e; was the center of popular music publishing in this country.

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

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

Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe.

Keyboard Music Before 1700 begins with an overview of the development of keyboard music in Europe.

The birth of rock 'n' roll signaled the blossoming of a new teenage culture, dividing generations and introducing a new attitude of rebellion and independence.

The birth of rock 'n' roll signaled the blossoming of a new teenage culture, dividing generations and introducing a new attitude of rebellion and independence.

In the final decades of the fifteenth-century, the European musical world was shaken to its foundations by the onset of a veritable culture war on the art of polyphony.

In the final decades of the fifteenth-century, the European musical world was shaken to its foundations by the onset of a veritable culture war on the art of polyphony.

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

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

Luck's in My Corner is a comprehensive biography of one of the most compelling jazz musicians of the Swing Era, Oran "e;Hot Lips' Page.

Luck's in My Corner is a comprehensive biography of one of the most compelling jazz musicians of the Swing Era, Oran "e;Hot Lips' Page.

Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil examines the historical and contemporary manifestations of the music of Brazil, a country with a musical landscape that is layered with complexity and diversity.

Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil examines the historical and contemporary manifestations of the music of Brazil, a country with a musical landscape that is layered with complexity and diversity.

Focus: Music of South Africa provides an in-depth look at the full spectrum of South African music, a musical culture that epitomizes the enormous ethnic, religious, linguistic, class, and gender diversity of the nation itself.

Focus: Music of South Africa provides an in-depth look at the full spectrum of South African music, a musical culture that epitomizes the enormous ethnic, religious, linguistic, class, and gender diversity of the nation itself.

The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music.

The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music.

Music Cultures in the United States is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course.

Music Cultures in the United States is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course.

18th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 18th century repertoire.

18th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 18th century repertoire.

Nineteenth Century Chamber Music proceeds chronologically by composer, beginning with the majestic works of Beethoven, and continuing through Schubert, Spohr and Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, the French composers, Smetana and Dvorak, and the end-of-the-century pre-modernists.

Nineteenth Century Chamber Music proceeds chronologically by composer, beginning with the majestic works of Beethoven, and continuing through Schubert, Spohr and Weber, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, the French composers, Smetana and Dvorak, and the end-of-the-century pre-modernists.

Jazz: The Basics gives a brief introduction to a century of jazz, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.

Jazz: The Basics gives a brief introduction to a century of jazz, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.

20th-Century Chamber Music features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary string quartets.

20th-Century Chamber Music features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary string quartets.

Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized music from the end of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, expanding on jazz traditions with distinctly new concepts of composition, improvisation, instrumentation, and performance.

Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, and Cecil Taylor revolutionized music from the end of the twentieth century into the twenty-first, expanding on jazz traditions with distinctly new concepts of composition, improvisation, instrumentation, and performance.

This book has grown out of the author's research about Iraq and Palestine 1932-41, written in Tel Aviv University.

This book has grown out of the author's research about Iraq and Palestine 1932-41, written in Tel Aviv University.

Do you remember these great pop stars and their hits?

Do you remember these great pop stars and their hits?

A formidable challenge to the study of Roma (Gypsy) music is the muddle of fact and fiction in determining identity.

A formidable challenge to the study of Roma (Gypsy) music is the muddle of fact and fiction in determining identity.

"e;Voices of the Country"e; presents interviews with innovative musicians, producers, and songwriters who shaped the last fifty years of country music.

"e;Voices of the Country"e; presents interviews with innovative musicians, producers, and songwriters who shaped the last fifty years of country music.

Aristoxenus made an enormous contribution to the development of music theory in antiquity.

Aristoxenus made an enormous contribution to the development of music theory in antiquity.

Blues: The Basics offers a concise introduction to a century of the blues.

Blues: The Basics offers a concise introduction to a century of the blues.

Few other nations have undergone as profound a change in their social, political, and cultural life as Mongolia did in the twentieth century.

Few other nations have undergone as profound a change in their social, political, and cultural life as Mongolia did in the twentieth century.

"e;The Craft of Modal Counterpoint"e; is the companion book to Benjamin's "e;The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint,"e; recently republished in a second edition by Routledge.

"e;The Craft of Modal Counterpoint"e; is the companion book to Benjamin's "e;The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint,"e; recently republished in a second edition by Routledge.

Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality examines the musical career of the avant-garde composer, accordionist, whose radical innovations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s have redefined the aesthetic and formal parameters of American experimental music.