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  • "Country Music is Wherever the Soul of a Country Music Fan Is": Opryland U.S.A. and the Importance of Home in Country Music

    An article from Southern Cultures 17:4, The Music Issue

    by Jeremy Hill ...
    Nixon's visit (only five months before his resignation) was seen by national journalists and politicos to be a trip to one of the few places where he would still receive a warm reception, and it was quite warm indeed. Nixon took the stage, played two songs on the piano, and bantered with Roy Acuff."When the Opry changed sites it wasn't without a good deal of growing pains, angst, and rhetoric—but ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • "Don Giovanni" Captured

    Performance, Media, Myth

    by Richard Will ...
    Series series Opera Lab: Explorations in History, Technology, and Performance
    “Don Giovanni” Captured considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performance.Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni has long inspired myths about eros and masculinity. Over time, its performance history has revealed a growing trend toward critique—an increasing effort on the part of performers and directors to highlight the violence and predatoriness of the ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • "Em que voz eu vou cantar?"

    uma análise sobre a classificação de voz em coros amadores

    Sendo o canto coral uma prática bastante difundida no Brasil e no mundo, principalmente no seu viés amador, cumpre ao regente não apenas as funções inerentes à própria atividade de regência, mas a de se estabelecer como um educador vocal ante os seus liderados. E um de seus primeiros desafios a serem enfrentados, com a chegada de novos candidatos a coristas, é a inserção desses em um naipe de voz. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Ich bin mit jedem Lob einverstanden" - Hanns Eisler im Gespräch 1960-1962

    Aus der Distanz betrachtet, war es zweifellos eine ungewöhnliche Konstellation: Ein 21-jähriger Physikstudent geht in der Pfeilstraße 9 in Berlin-Niederschönhausen bei Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) ein und aus, einem der großen Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Nicht um zusätzlich Musik zu studieren oder sein erstes Streichquartett beurteilen zu lassen, sondern – aus Empörung über einen Redakteur ... ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • "Ich weiss keine Musik, ..."

    Gesammelte Programmhefttexte

    Ein Programmheftbuch. Gechichten, Biografien und Werkbetrachtungen einiger Meisterwerke der Musikgeschichte. Vom Werden von Legenden und vom Wirken von Volksmusik auf grosse Werke der Kirchen - und Kunstmusik. Also gleichsam vom Guggisberglied zu J.S.Bach. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • "La clemenza di Tito" di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart al Teatro romano di Fiesole

    Estate Fiesolana 2014. Programma di sala

    Da una coproduzione fra il Mozart Opern Institut , l'Università Mozarteum di Salisburgo e la Scuola di Musica di Fiesole Fondazione O.N.L.U.S. è nata la rappresentazione fiesolana de La clemenza di Tito , dramma serio per musica in due atti di Caterino Mazzolà, con musica di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Questo lavoro, l'ultimo infatti nella produzione operistica di Mozart, se si esclude il Flauto ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Redneck Woman" and the Gendered Poetics of Class Rebellion

    An article from Southern Cultures 17:4, The Music Issue

    by Nadine Hubbs ...
    In 2004 Gretchen Wilson exploded onto the country music scene with 'Redneck Woman.' The blockbuster single led to the early release of her first CD and propelled it to triple platinum sales."Gretchen Wilson celebrates a new kind Virile Woman on the country music scene—but this subtle gender analysis reveals much more than immediately meets the eye.This article appears in the 2011 Music issue of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • "Taken by the Devil"

    The Censorship of Frank Wedekind and Alban Berg's Lulu

    Series series AMS Studies in Music
    Censorship had an extraordinary impact on Alban Berg's opera Lulu, composed by the Austrian during the politically tumultuous years spanning 1929 to 1935. Based on plays by Frank Wedekind that were repeatedly banned from being published and performed from 1894 until the end of World War I, the libretto was in turn censored by Berg himself when he characterized it as a morality play after ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • "We're Going to See the Beatles!"

    An Oral History of Beatlemania as Told by the Fans Who Were There

    by Garry Berman ...
    We’re Going to See the Beatles!” presents the story of Beatlemania in America as experienced by their most devoted fans.We’re Going to See the Beatles!” includes anecdotes from those who cheered the group as they arrived at Kennedy Airport in 1964, who kept vigil for them outside the Plaza Hotel, and who sat in the studio audience of The Ed Sullivan Show for the band’s landmark first live TV ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • "Wir haben keine Heimat mehr...."

    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy oder eine Geschichte kulturellen Antisemitismus im Deutschland des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts

    „...Wir haben keine Heimat mehr..." lautet eine von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy elegisch vertonte Verszeile aus Hoffmann von Fallerslebens Gedicht „Abschiedslied der Zugvögel“.. Mendelssohn erahnte bei der Komposition jenes wohl kaum, daß man ihm selbst die Verwurzelung in seiner Heimat Deutschland aus antisemitischen Beweggründen einmal vollständig absprechen würde. Bereits die Zeitgenossen ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • '70s Teen Pop

    Series series Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
    Teen pop is a sub**-**genre of popular music marketed to tweens and teens. Its melodic yearning and veneer of sincerity appeal to an emerging romantic eroticism and autonomy. But tweens and teens buy music that isn't primarily marketed to them, too. Teen pop encompasses several kinds of musical styles, not limiting itself to just one-teen pop wants to play.During the 1970s, teen pop sometimes ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 'Non senza scandalo delli convicini': pratiche musicali nelle istituzioni religiose femminili a Napoli 1650-1750

    Le istituzioni femminili partenopee furono centri indiscutibili di cultura, fucine di mecenatismo, laboratori privilegiati di attività artistiche e di produzioni musicali e diedero un contributo incisivo alla vita culturale e artistica della Napoli vicereale. Monasteri e conservatori impiegarono nel corso dei secoli i musicisti più rappresentativi della città di Napoli a sostegno delle cerimonie ... Read more

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  • ...Als die Noten laufen lernten...Band 2

    Kabarett-Operette-Revue-Film-Exil. Unterhaltungsmusik bis 1945

    by Karin Ploog ...
    ...Als die Noten laufen lernten...Band 2 - beinhaltet die Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Unterhaltungsmusik bis zum Jahre 1945. Es geht vom ersten deutschen Kabarett "Überbrettl" zum Theaterleben mit allem Drum und Dran. Bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg spielte die Achse Berlin - Wien - Budapest - Prag eine große Rolle; wo die Entwicklung von der Operette über die Revue zur Filmmusik vollzogen wurde. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 1 Baton, No. 2 Pencil, 88 Keys, & Liberace

    by Bo Ayars ...
    Is there any place Bo Ayars hasn’t played piano?Is there anyone he hasn’t played with?In this charming, humorous memoir, Bo Ayars shares his insider’s view of the late-night lounges, swanky showrooms, small-town theaters, cross-country trains, and big-city arenas where he has entertained audiences along with the biggest names in showbiz: Streisand, Goulet, Elvis, and, of course, Mr. Showmanship ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die

    by Tom Moon ...
    The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 1,000 UK Number One Hits

    The official UK charts started in November 1952 with Al Martin's Here's In My Heart at the top. Since then, there have been over 50 years of changes and we have now reached the 1,000 number one. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • 10 pezzi didattici per pianoforte

    10 PEZZI DIDATTICI PER PIANOFORTE é una raccolta di composizioni che comprendono meccanismi semplici e complessi. Belle melodie da suonare davanti ai tuoi amici o da studiare per migliorarti! Molti insegnanti utilizzano questo libro come riferimento, facendo studiare ai propri allievi nuove composizioni.Da non perdere! ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 10 Pieces of Music You Should Listen to at Least Once in Your Life

    by Jacopo Caneva ...
    Welcome to this ramble through music: background notes unfold, little by little, amazingly and touchingly. Our guide is the young Jacopo Caneva, who puts forward a personal selection of musical extracts for a first listening experience, analysing them with the passion and competence of a teenager who loves and practises music. This is where authors meet, with different styles and historical ... Read more

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  • 10 Ukulele Oh So EASY 3 & 4 chord tunes

    by Michael James ...
    The Ukulele is…Oh so easy to learn – just 3 or 4 chords will open up hundreds of tunes.cheap to buy – go to the toy store and buy a cheap child’s ukulele for not a lot of cash.fun to play – and a great party piece for a great singalong.Plus, even you play it badly “…it’s still good enough for jazz”A deceptively easy instrument, so long as you’re not planning on being a rock-star.Copy the 4 chords ... Read more

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  • 10,000+ Song Titles: A Massive List of Titles to Inspire You

    by Toby Welch ...
    When searching for names for your own songs, nothing stirs up the creative juices like a list of titles to get your brain thinking. Or if you are looking for titles for your books, pieces of art, or other works, scroll through this list of over 10,000 song titles to be inspired!All these song titles are by English language singers with English titles. They may not always make sense but they are ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Books Every Folk Music Fan Should Own

    by Dick Weissman ...
    Series series Best Music Books
    In recent years an almost overwhelming number of books have appeared covering various aspects of American folk music and its history. Before 1970, most comprised collections of songs with a sprinkling of biographical information on noted performers. Over the past decade, however, scholars, journalists, and folk artists themselves have contributed biographies and autobiographies, instructional ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • 100 classiques rock et leur sens caché

    Anthologie musicale

    Les francophones amateurs de rock connaissent la musique. Mais rarement les paroles. Ou alors deux ou trois phrases, ça s’arrête généralement là.Pour la première fois, un fou de musique se penche avec rigueur et humour sur les textes de 100 grands classiques du rock et en analyse leur contenu et leur sens caché, des Beatles à Radiohead, des Rolling Stones à Rage Against The Machine, de David Bowie ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 cosas que tienes que saber de la música clásica

    Una guía infalible para saber cuándo aplaudir

    Este libro explica 100 cosas de la música clásica desde fuera y desde dentro, algunas que no habríais imaginado nunca y otras que seguro que ya sabéis. Habla de Bach, de Mozart y de Pau Casals; de las mejores obras de los últimos 500 años; de solistas, de auditorios, de festivales, de partituras, de constructores de violines...; de la capacidad de la música para emocionarnos y hacernos vibrar, y ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 100 coses que has de saber de la música clàssica

    Una guia infal·lible per saber quan s'ha d'aplaudir

    Aquest llibre explica 100 coses de la música clàssica des de fora i des de dintre, algunes que no us hauríeu imaginat mai i d'altres que segur que ja sabeu. Parla de Bach, de Mozart i de Pau Casals; de les millors obres dels darrers 500 anys; de solistes, d'auditoris, de festivals, de partitures, de constructors de violins...; de la capacitat de la música per emocionar-nos i fernos vibrar, i de la ... Read more

    $9.99 USD