This guide to the piano literature for the one-handed pianist surveys over 2,100 individual piano pieces which include not only concert literature but pedagogical pieces as well.
NOMINATED FOR THE JAZZ JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 WINNER OF THE PRESTO JAZZ BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020An articulate, scrupulously researched account based on first-hand information, this book presents Brubeck's contribution to music with the critical insight that it deserves - ***** BBC Music Magazine This is the writing about jazz that we've been waiting for - Mike WestbrookThe sheer descriptive verve, page after page, made me want to listen to every single musical example cited.
Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them.
Wedding the American oral storytelling tradition with progressive music journalism, Mitch Myers' The Boy Who Cried Freebird is a treatise on the popular music culture of the twentieth century.
Originally published in 1997, Collins Opera & Operetta is an invaluable guide to this fascinating but sometimes misunderstood art form, presenting essential information on over 180 major operas and operettas in an accessible, yet scholarly, way.
The Penguin Book of English Song anthologizes the work of 100 English poets who have inspired a host of different composers (some English, some not) to write vocal music.
Con la nueva serie de publicaciones Música breve de la editorial TRITÓ destinada a repertorio camarístico, se publica una de las más recientes obras del compositor Benet Casablancas.
Many books have appeared over the years about the Beatles lyrics -- about the words of those songs which the whole world knows and sings, and will sing for ever, as long as we have the breath to hum the tunes.
The Rivered Earth contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working with a composer.
A Ram Sam SamA, B, C, Die Katze lief im SchneeAlle meine EntchenAlle Vögel sind schon daAuf der Mauer, auf der LauerBacke, backe KuchenBruder JakobBrüderchen komm tanzDas ist gerade, das ist schiefDas Krokodil-liedDer Kuckuck und der EselDer Mond ist aufgegangenDie Affen rasen durch den WaldDornröschen war ein schönes KindDrei Chinesen mit dem KontrabassEin großer, ein runder, ein roter LuftballonEin Mann, der sich Kolumbus nanntEin Männlein steht im WaldeEs regnetEs tanzt ein Bi-ba-butzemannEs war eine MutterFuchs, du hast dieFünf kleine FischeGretel, PastetelGroße Uhren gehen tick tackGrün, grün, grün sind alle meine KleiderHab 'ne Tante aus MarokkoHände waschenHänsel und GretelHäschen in der GrubeHoppe, hoppe, ReiterIch bin ein dicker TanzbärIch geh mit meiner LaterneIm Märzen der BauerJetzt steigt HampelmannLaurentia, lLiebe LaurentiaMäh, Lammchen mähMein Hut, der hat drei EckenMeine Hände sind verschwundenMeine Oma fährt im Hühnerstall MotorradMorgens Früh SechsNun wollen wir SingerOld Macdonald hat 'ne FarmRi, ra, rutschSankt MartinSumm, Summ, SummWas müssen das für Bäume seinWeißt du, wieviel Sternlein stehenWer will fleißige Handwerker sehnZehn kleine ZappelmännerZum Geburtstag viel Glück
The perfect gift for fans of Florence + the Machine, with additional lyrics, poems and a new chapter of sermonsSongs can be incredibly prophetic, like subconscious warnings or messages to myself, but I often don't know what I'm trying to say till years later.
*The incredible lyrics to the hit song 'You Will Be Found' from the sensational musical Dear Evan Hansen in a beautifully illustrated full-colour volume.
Becoming commercially available in the mid 1960s, video quickly became integral to the intense experimentalism of New York City's music and art scenes.
Sound film captivated Sergey Prokofiev during the final two decades of his life: he considered composing for nearly two dozen pictures, eventually undertaking eight of them, all Soviet productions.
In Great Songwriting Techniques, veteran composer and teacher Jack Perricone shares years of experience in the art, science, and pedagogy of songwriting to teach readers the craft.
In Great Songwriting Techniques, veteran composer and teacher Jack Perricone shares years of experience in the art, science, and pedagogy of songwriting to teach readers the craft.
Sound film captivated Sergey Prokofiev during the final two decades of his life: he considered composing for nearly two dozen pictures, eventually undertaking eight of them, all Soviet productions.
The most familiar entertainment icons and storylines from the 1950s and 60s remain potent signs that continue to resonate within contemporary American society and culture.
American director Robert Altman (1925-2006) first came to national attention with the surprise blockbuster M*A*S*H (1970), and he directed more than thirty feature films in the subsequent decades.
Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory breaks new ground by redirecting the arguments of foundational texts within film theory to film sound tracks.
Focusing on the music of the great song composers--Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and Strauss--Poetry Into Song offers a systematic introduction to the performance and analysis of Lieder .
Hollywood film music is often mocked as a disreputably 'applied' branch of the art of composition that lacks both the seriousness and the quality of the classical or late-romantic concert and operatic music from which it derives.
Becoming commercially available in the mid 1960s, video quickly became integral to the intense experimentalism of New York City's music and art scenes.
Choral Scores is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music.
