In this new edition of their groundbreaking Kodaly Today, Micheal Houlahan and Philip Tacka offer an expertly-researched, thorough, and -- most importantly -- practical approach to transforming curriculum goals into tangible, achievable musical objectives and effective lesson plans.
Jazz Theory Workbook accompanies the second edition of the successful Jazz Theory-From Basic to Advanced Study textbook designed for undergraduate and graduate students studying jazz.
Winner of the 2024 BFE Book Prize (British Forum for Ethnomusicology) Older people negotiating dance routines, intimacy, and racialized differences provide a focal point for an ethnography of danzon in Veracruz, the Mexican city closely associated with the music-dance genre.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERImagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of our lives started to quiet, and the beautiful, unique pieces of who we are were to rise.
A firsthand look into Kim Walker-Smith's journey from a place of shame and fear to stages around the world where she boldly proclaims the unconditional love of God.
Taking a cognitive approach to musical meaning, Arnie Cox explores embodied experiences of hearing music as those that move us both consciously and unconsciously.
The real talk you want about pregnancy, birth, body image, and the newborn days from Meghan Trainor, the chart-topping singer-songwriter behind "e;All About That Bass"e; and "e;Dear Future Husband,"e; and, more importantly, Riley's mom.
As the United States transitioned from a rural nation to an urbanized, industrial giant between the War of 1812 and the early twentieth century, ordinary people struggled over the question of what it meant to be American.
A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music and became a powerful form of regional identity.
El "DKHM" es un libro de entretenimiento, para partirse de risa, donde los vocablos son tratados desde una perspectiva creativa, trabajados con diversas pautas y técnicas para proporcionar un estado psicológico agradable al lector, tomando a veces aspectos de la historia de forma burlona pero también, con "FiloFosía"; una obra que abarca las dedicaciones creativas del autor, elaborado con ilusión para ser compartido con el lector, sea éste: dedicado profesional, estudiante o aficionado a cualquier género de música, para ser tratado y leído "CON HUMOR".
New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, ECPA Bestseller'Country music artist Smith debuts with a sensitive and moving recollection of his path through grief.
In the late 60s and early 70s the inherent weirdness of folk met switched-on psychedelic rock and gave birth to new, strange forms of acoustic-based avant-garde music.
My Bloody Roots is the brutally honest story of life in two of the worlds best-known heavy metal bands, Sepultura and Soulfly, by one of the global metal scenes most respected musicians.
Cognitive mathematics provides insights into how mathematics works inside the brain and how it is interconnected with other faculties through so-called blending and other associative processes.
Muchas veces hemos escuchado la emblemática frase "…Se debe plantar una semilla, escribir un libro y tener un hijo… "Hay personas que concretan parcialmente estos objetivos y otras que con mucho esfuerzo y tenacidad logran cubrir estas tres áreas.
Distortion in Music Production offers a range of valuable perspectives on how engineers and producers use distortion and colouration as production tools.
Distortion in Music Production offers a range of valuable perspectives on how engineers and producers use distortion and colouration as production tools.
Im Windschatten der digitalen Revolution begann sich vor einem Jahrzehnt auch ein neuer Typus von Kunstmusik auszubilden: eine Musik, die primär am Computer entsteht und nicht nur mit Noten und Samples, sondern auch mit Bildern, Videos, Texten, Umweltgeräuschen, Worten und Konzepten komponiert wird.
Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre.
Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (18941977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre.
With a discography of over 1000 songs, 20 musicals and three motion pictures, the Lebanese singer and performer, Fairouz, is an artist of pan-Arab appeal, who has connected with listeners from diverse backgrounds and geographies for over four often tumultuous decades.
With a discography of over 1000 songs, 20 musicals and three motion pictures, the Lebanese singer and performer, Fairouz, is an artist of pan-Arab appeal, who has connected with listeners from diverse backgrounds and geographies for over four often tumultuous decades.
La finalidad pedagogica y didactica de este libro consiste en abordar las formas musicales tonales a partir de un recorrido analitico de estructuras que tiene en cuenta desde el elemento mas pequeno (motivo-frase) hasta la totalidad de los elementos constitutivos que configuran y representan las formas: periodo-bipartita-tripartita.
