Music

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

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Traditionally gnawa musicians in Morocco played for all-night ceremonies where communities gathered to invite spirits to heal mental, physical, and social ills untreatable by other means.

This book offers a fresh and diverse perspective on home musical activities of young children from a variety of countries, including; Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Kenya, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, South Africa,Taiwan, the UK, and the United States.

Lauri Suurpaa brings together two rigorous methodologies, Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, to provide a unique perspective on the expressive power of Franz Schubert's song cycle.

The Time by the Sea is about Ronald Blythe's life in Aldeburgh during the 1950s.

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC.

Michael Jackson died on June 25 2009 in Los Angeles, from of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication (according to Wikipedia).

Born and raised in Judsonia, Arkansas-a place where indoor plumbing was a luxury, squirrel was a meal, and sex ed was taught during senior year in high school (long after many girls had gotten pregnant and dropped out) Beth Ditto stood out.

The Lombardo Story, Guy Lombardo and The Royal Canadians, the bands life and times, by Beverly Fink Cline, is an eBook re-issue of a 1979 book published by Musson Book Co.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of music.

What lunacy would cause a 55-year-old white male to embroil himself in the world of New Orleans rap - as ideas man, talent-spotter, lyricist, and would-be producer?

This vintage book contains an analyses of English song, with a focus on the work of Henry Purcell.

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

Originally published in London 1923, this book contains a detailed work on the art of singing.

Contents Include: To my Friend To my Enemy To the New Woman To the New Men A Ballad in Blank Verse of the Making of a Poet A Ballad of the Exodus from Hounds ditch A Ballad of a Nun The Vengeance of the Duchess A Ballad of Heaven A Ballad of Hell London A Loafer Thirty Bob a Week To the Street-Piano A Labourer's Wife After the End Song of a Train In Romney Marsh A Cinque Port Spring Summer Autumn Winter The Happiest Way For Hesper Joyce Le Gallienne In Memoriam Mildred Le Gallienne

*FEATURING A FOREWORD BY ROD STEWART*Stuart Wood's love of music was ignited at fourteen when he, along with three schoolmates, formed a band.

Chopping Wood is Pete Seeger up close and personal like never before.

Thirties Bermondsey was a thriving place, and it was in this bustling London borough that Thomas Hicks was born.

After more than eight years of extensive research on the varnish used by the Italian Violin Makers from 1550 to 1750 A.

One of the best biographies youll ever read.

Originally published in 1905, this early work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

The rise and fall and triumphant rise from the ashes of Lenny Henry during the 80s and 90s.

John Bridcut, author of the acclaimed 'Britten's Children', will include significant fresh material which will make the book indispensable for Britten aficionados as well as for those who are discovering the composer's music for the first time.

An underground sensation, Secret and Suppressed confronts the reader with disquieting revelations on mind control, secret societies, media disinformation, cults and elite cabals.

Victoria Woodhull, Mary Wollstonecraft, Aimee Semple McPherson, Edwina Mountbatten, Margaret Argyll and Chanel were all women who dared.

';A historical compilation to savor' (Los Angeles Times) that is ';invaluableirresistible' (The New York Times)the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today.

"e;Commentaries on the Teaching of Pianoforte Technique"e; is a 1910 guide to playing the piano by Tobias Matthay.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Sir Donald Francis Tovey was born in 1875, Donald Francis Tovey was a British musicologist and composer.

A unique Companion to J S Bach's iconic Cello Suites from internationally-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis.

"e;Out of a lifetime's experience of playing church organs, Dr.

This volume contains a detailed biography of Elgar, and is part of the 'Master Musicians' series written by W.

Small-town dance halls once overflowed with people flocking to see their favorite country bands and to dance.

Will Hodgkinson dreamt of being a guitar legend but never got round to it.