Musical instruments

Pierre Boulez's first piano pieces date from his youth, prior to his studies in Paris with Messiaen, and his subsequent meteoric rise to international acclaim as the leader of the musical avant-garde during the 1950s.

Reproduced in high quality with wide margins, this edition is perfect for students and musicians with an interest in Chopin's seminal work.

THE PERFECT BOOK FOR FESTIVAL-GOERSWellies?

Many books have been written about how to build cigar box guitars and other unique hand-made instruments.

Richard Egues and Jose Fajardo are universally regarded as the leading exponents of charanga flute playing, an improvisatory style that crystallized in 1950s Cuba with the rise of the mambo and the chachacha.

Novice music teachers and music education students struggle to form an identity that synthesizes 'musician' with 'music teacher,' and to separate themselves from their prior experiences to think critically about music-making and music instruction.

*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*'Utterly enthralling - a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making' Deborah MoggachFrom the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated.

"e;The History and Design of the Violin Bow"e; is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of the violin, with a particular focus on the bridge.

Shura Cherkassky's life story, like his piano playing, is provocative and captivating.

Buzz to Brilliance engages students personally, technically and musically as they begin their study on the trumpet.

Ganz gleich was Sie als Gitarrist spielen wollen, Akkorde sollten Sie auf jeden Fall beherrschen: Ob Sie mit einer Band auftreten, auf Familienfesten und am Lagerfeuer Gesang begleiten, einfach nur gerne für sich selbst spielen oder auch eigene Songs komponieren.

This wonderful classic score by Erik Satie is a high-quality reproduction of the original music scores.

Creative and Critical Projects in Classroom Music is both a celebration and extension of John Paynter and Peter Aston's groundbreaking work on creative classroom music, Sound and Silence, first published in 1970.

Music has long been a way in which visually impaired people could gain financial independence, excel at a highly-valued skill, or simply enjoy musical participation.

The double bass - the preferred bass instrument in popular music during the 1960s - was challenged and subsequently superseded by the advent of a new electric bass instrument.

Performer and researcher Peter O'Hagan studies the musical style of Pierre Boulez during his final creative period, by means of a detailed consideration of the ensemble work sur Incises, which stands at the heart of Boulez's later output.

The Element argues that creative visions occur in the wake/sleep boundary, a rarely examined experience.

Book 3 from the Play it Again: Piano series completes the course for those returning to the piano, and continues on their journey from books 1 and 2.

From snares to cymbals, drums are taking over the stage in this first-ever collected look into some of the most famous drum kits of rock and roll history.

Originally published in 2003, Edvard Grieg and his Songs examines the lifetime of Edvard Grieg.

This comprehensive study treats the wind works of Anton Bruckner as a complete genre and uses them to illustrate how the composer evolved in style throughout his career.

As the sound-producing mechanism for the bassoon, the reed is a vital component in the sound of the entire instrument.

Achieving Musical Success in the String Classroom describes a fully pragmatic pedagogical approach toward developing complete musicianship in beginning through advanced level string players by incorporating the ideas of Mimi Zweig, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki.

This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginner to professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to the Hammond organ, being a complete manual on the principles of organ plating with reference to arrangements from Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and more.

A startling new portrait of Gould, including never-before-seen material.

Because it has always represented a rich collaboration of the music, art, architecture, handicraft and science of its day, the organ, more than any other instrument, continues to reflect the spirit of the age in which it was built.

The thirty-two Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven form one of the most important segments of piano literature.

Dance music has seen an unprecedented explosion in the 21st century as a stampede of subgenres, such as dance pop and EDM (electronic dance music), have come to define the pop music scene worldwide.

Edvard Grieg's collection of 44 Norwegian folk songs and dances, originally published in 1895 in Norwegian.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

New Musical Figurations exemplifies a dramatically new way of configuring jazz music and history.

Though incomplete at the time of his death in 1849, Chopin's Projet de m'ethode was nonetheless revolutionary in many respects.

This collection of 30 well-loved original compositions and arrangements for piano presents a selection of pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that will delight any pianist.

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843 - 1907) was a Norwegian pianist and composer.

Interactive Composition empowers readers with all of the practical skills and insights they need to compose and perform electronic popular music in a variety of popular styles.

Puerto Rican born Jesus Maria Sanroma (1902-1984) was one of the leading pianists in the United States.

Das Werk wendet sich an fortgeschrittene Laien ebenso wie an Studenten.

Im Wien der 1920er-Jahre war die Zither ein beliebtes und verbreitetes Instrument, das solistisch und auch gemeinschaftlich in Vereinen gespielt wurde.

Haydn's music has been performed continuously for more than two hundred years.

The wood used by master craftsmen to create many of the world's legendary stringed instruments-violins and cellos, mandolins and guitars-comes from seven near-mythic European forests.

This book explores the emerging area of microtonality through an examination of the tuning theories of Erv Wilson.

This second edition of Clarinet Secrets is a compilation of Distinguished Professor Michele Gingras's acclaimed books that spearheaded Rowman & Littlefield's Music Secrets series: Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets.

Modeled on the brilliant approach first formulated by distinguished professor of music and master clarinetist Michele Gingras in Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets (both available from Scarecrow Press), Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music Series is designed for instrumentalists, singers, conductors, composers, and other instructors and professionals seeking a quick set of pointers to improve their work as performers and producers of music.

Claude-Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918) was a seminal French composer.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) was a German pianist, organist, composer, and conductor during the Romantic period.

Mozart's Little Night Music is one of the most popular pieces in classical orchestra literature.

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music.