Music

A dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices by the critically acclaimed author of Art Monsters and Scaffolding'It took me ten years to go from shy young girl to punk rocker, if I'd had this book I'd have got there much quicker Viv AlbertineFor millennia, women s raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous.

"No sé hacia dónde me dirijo, pero prometo que no será aburrido.

The Architecture of Piano MasteryMost piano methods teach you to copy.

Cantar con una buena tecnica vocal es una tarea lenta que a veces se vuelve complicada.

"e;His aim is true"e; — Greil MarcusFor more than a decade, readers of New York magazine and its Vulture website have been delighted—and occasionally outraged—by Bill Wyman's exhaustive and unapologetically opinionated rankings of the songs of some of the greatest artists in rock and pop history.

El presente libro contribuye a estrechar los lazos regionales en torno a la musica del Caribe, desde disciplinas como la etnomusicologia, la historia cultural y los estudios regionales.

Der polnische Komponist Frédéric Chopin schrieb und versandte diverse Liebesbekenntnisse – ausschliesslich an Männer.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLERIn the brilliantly original Tonight the Music Seems so Loud, Sathnam Sanghera portrays the extraordinary life of one of Britain's most beloved musical icons: George Michael.

'A true original, a genuine maverick' ROBERT SMITH (The Cure)'An ode to creativity and thinking outside the box, as well as to rock and roll in its purest form: messy, unpredictable and wholly irresistible'TELEGRAPH'An intriguing insight into an industry during a time of big ideas and even bigger budgets, perfectly capturing the riotous energy of a uniquely creative moment in music history'ROLLING STONE'A dirty little page-turner from England's greatest music video director' MATT JOHNSON (The The)'Tim is a strange person'IGGY POP'The absolute dog's bollocks in the world of pop video.

The East Neuk of Fife may seem like an unusual place for a musical revolution.

Glasgow-born Alex Harvey's career began in the 1950s when he won a competition to become Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele (he dubbed himself 'Last of the Teenage Idols').

Der Sound, der eine Ära definierte: Von den verrauchten Kellern Londons bis in die Stadien der Welt.

Songs of My Travels follows a life shaped by music, movement, and the quiet lessons of place.

In 1815, an illegitimate baby boy was born in Bristol, England, carrying his mother's name because there was no other name available.

Making contact this way with the late Christopher Hitchens a prominent atheist, may appear a contradiction to his life's work, however once you hear his words about how this is possible, you may reconsider, or should I say, please consider.

Welcome to the channeling sessions from the old friends of Olivia Newton John who have passed over.

Continuing the monumental work begun in Volume I, Bertrand Bronson presents here the words and music for Child Ballads 54 through 113.

Although opera figured importantly in the French quarrel of the Ancients versus the Moderns and in the English discussions of heroic tragedy, it was in Germany that its role in the development of criticism and aesthetics was most pronounced.

The name John Lennon immediately conjures up thoughts and images of the iconic sixties band 'The Beatles', the 'Let It Be' roof top concert, a pedestrian crossing at Abbey Road Studios, a white room, the song 'Imagine' and Yoko Ono.

A wide variety of essays by colleagues and former students reflect Professor Strunk's particular role as music historian, teacher, and a pre-eminent musicologist.

This is the musical counterpart to the famous Francis James Child collection of English and Scottish ballads from the 13th to the 19th centuries.

This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality.

In a comprehensive work with important implications for tuning theory and musicology, Easley Blackwood, a distinguished-composer, establishes a mathematical basis for the family of diatonic tunings generated by combinations of perfect fifths and octaves.

Well-known for leading audiences to a new appreciation of Verdi as a subtle and elaborate musical thinker, Pierluigi Petrobelli here turns his attention to the intriguing question of how musical theater works.

Focusing on the earliest and most extensive collection of tropes we now possess, those associated with the abbey of Saint Martial de Limoges in the tenth and early eleventh centuries, Professor Evans offers new conclusions about the nature and early development of the trope.

The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored.

The Lord JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, just before concluding HIS earthly ministry and service, made a startling announcement to HIS chosen servants and disciples as recorded in the Gospel of St.

Francis James Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads, published in ten parts from 1882 to 1898, contained the texts and variants of 305 extant themes written down between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries.

With this volume, incorporating Ballads 244-305, Bertrand Harris Bronson completes his epic task of providing the musical counterpart to Francis James Child's collection of English and Scottish ballads.

This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars.

Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky is an analytical and historical study of the twentieth century's most influential figures, by Milton Babbitt, Arthur Berger, Edward T.

This study is an analysis of the first three of Beethoven's late quartets, Opp.

This book serves as an introduction to the work of Godfrey Winham, an influential figure in American music theory circles in the 1960s.

Entrenar voces no es simplemente enseñar técnica.

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the Year, this is an electrifying, superb (The Atlantic), and entirely fresh (Rolling Stone) journey through the history of rock and roll, told through the lives of fifteen iconic drummers and their percussion rivalsfrom John Bonham and Charlie Watts to Ringo Starr and Questlove.

As a distinguished scholar of Renaissance music, James Haar has had an abiding influence on how musicology is undertaken, owing in great measure to a substantial body of articles published over the past three decades.

Over the past fifty years Roger Sessions has developed, in articles, lectures, and addresses, various themes that reflect the stages of his own musical and intellectual growth.

After the Mass Ordinary, the Magnificat was the liturgical text most frequently set by Renaissance composers, and Orlando di Lasso's 101 polyphonic settings form the largest and most varied repertory of Magnificats in the history of European music.

Juan Pablo Ordúñez, más conocido como El Pirata, trata de poner sobre la mesa a través de estas páginas historias, leyendas, informes reales, testimonios directos y también misterios sin resolver.

In 1994, nineteen-year-old Claire books a one-way ticket to Ibiza.

Before the television cameras.

Chopin's music has always posed a challenge to its interpreter.

The Courage To Love: From Abuse to Happiness, a Healing Memoir From a childhood marked by abuse and silence, Guy Giard's extraordinary journey spans four continents in search of healing, joy, and true purpose.

That Wagner conceived of himself creatively as both man and woman is central to an understanding of his life and art.

In 1700, most composers were employees of noble courts or the church.

It has long been argued that opera is all about sex.

We know Robert Schumann in many ways: as a visionary composer, a seasoned journalist, a cultured man of letters, and a genius who, having passed his mantle on to the young Brahms, succumbed to mental illness in 1856.

This definitive study takes as its subject a group of melodies copied many times, even within single manuscripts.

This book is a substantial and thorough musicological analysis of Turkish folk music.

In this bold recasting of operatic history, Gary Tomlinson connects opera to shifting visions of metaphysics and selfhood across the last four hundred years.