Musical instruments

Growing up in Huntsville, Alabama, during the first quarter of the 20th century, Alabama-born organist and composer Lee Orville Erwin, like many of the 20th century's great American composers, spent time studying in Paris.

It's difficult to imagine Franz Liszt performing in Peoria, but his contemporary and foremost rival, Sigismund Thalberg, did just that.

If you haven't heard this man's music on the airwaves, there's good reason.

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

Influenced by Robert and Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim, Johannes Brahms not only learned to play the organ at the beginning of his career, but also wrote significant compositions for the instrument as a result of his early counterpoint study.

In this practical, project-based book, music students, educators, and coders receive the necessary tools to engage with real-world experiences in computation and creativity using the programming language Scratch.

Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance explores pedagogical practices for achieving expert skill in performance.

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

In Oboe Art and Method, veteran oboe performer and instructor Martin Schuring describes in detail all of the basic techniques of oboe playing and reed making, with expert tips and step-by-step instructions for how best to perform each of these tasks with grace and technical efficiency.

Clarinetist Kenny Davern ranked among the best jazz musicians for over 50 years.

Brazilian Research on Creativity Development in Musical Interaction focuses on creativity that involves interactive musical activities, with different groups, such as professional musicians, students, and student teachers.

Uses the rare depictions of musical instruments and musical sources found on the Eglantine Table to understand the musical life of the Elizabethan age and its connection to aspects of culture now treated as separate disciplines ofhistorical study.

Play your way to banjo-playing expertise Traditionally associated with country, folk, and bluegrass music, the banjo is accessible to anyone with the patience and willpower to learn it.

Based on primary sources, many of which have never been published or examined in detail, this book examines the music of the late seventeenth-century composers, Biber, Schmeltzer and Muffat, and the compositions preserved in the extensive Moravian archives in Kromeriz.

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For over a century, drummers have been turning to a variety of percussive traditions as prompts for the creation of new expressive possibilities on the drumset.

A cultural clearinghouse of the American 1960s and 70s told through the story of the periods most important forgotten comedy group.

An engaging window into a century of musical life, as seen in the history of the Pro Arte String Quartet, first organized in 1912 and still performing today.

Off the Record is a revealing exploration of piano performing practices of the high Romantic era.

This companion volume to The Courtly Consort Suite in German-Speaking Europe surveys an area of music neglected by modern scholars: the consort suites and dance music by musicians working in the seventeenth-century German towns.

Community music around the world reflects the growing and diverse ways humans collectivise and express themselves in ways that articulate our cultural, social, and environmental complexity.

Despite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists.

Stan Levey is widely considered to be one of the most influential drummers in the history of modern jazz.

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

The Cambridge Companion to the Violin offers students, performers and scholars a fascinating and composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day.

As the first book of its kind, Nancy Lee Harper's Portuguese Piano Music: An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography fills the gap in the historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present.

Affordable, versatile, portable, and popular once again, the ukulele is an ideal instrument for lifelong music making that can also be an engaging component of school music programs.

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.

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.

Do you want to learn everything you need to know to be a fantastic video game music composer?

Following his much-acclaimed The Baroque Clarinet and The Clarinet in the Classical Period, Albert R.

In this new edition of the classic text on the evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends the definitive account of the medium from its birth to include key developments from the dawn of the 21st century to the present day.

Often abstracted by the aesthetic implications of music itself, musical instruments can be seen as physical signifiers apart from the music that they produce.

Yes, you can turn those great melodies and smokin grooves in your head into stunning digital music!

Why does an electric archtop sound so different from a solidbody guitar when they have the same strings and pickups?

This book is a convenient, alphabetized reference work that deals comprehensively with the demands of caring for historic musical instruments.

The Unorthodox Guitar: A Guide to Alternative Performance Practice is a comprehensive resource for experimentally minded guitarists and composers wishing to write for or perform on the instrument in new ways.

Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis.

Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring.

The key to fast and fun piano proficiency!

Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times.

Gretsch electric guitars have a style all their own - a glitzy, wacky, retro charm that over the years has drawn players from all kinds of popular music, from timeless stars to unknown teens.

A guide containing practical help on both the aquisition and playing of historical clarinets.

This book surveys the breadth, richness, and meaning of Duke Ellington''s celebrated career, examining his impact on jazz music and its surrounding culture.

The acoustic guitar is the instrument of the people and Play Acoustic tells the people how to play it.

The author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence through being fully present with himself and others.

Featuring 56 lessons by 49 music technology experts from around the world, The Music Technology Cookbook is an all-in-one guide to the world of music technology, covering topics like: composition (with digital audio workstations such as Ableton, Soundtrap, GarageBand); production skills such as recording, editing, and equalization; creating multimedia (ringtones, soundscapes, audio books, sonic brands, jingles); beatmaking; DJing; programming (Minecraft, Scratch, Sonic Pi, P5.

The ideal hands-on reference for piano students who want to strengthen their skills and refine their technique--and the perfect companion and next step to the bestselling Piano For Dummies.