Music Books

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts -...

Steph. Fabretti Urbinatis Lyrica Et Epistolae est liber qui continet carmina et epistulas a Stephano Fabretti Urbinatis scriptas. Fabretti, qui fuit eruditus et poeta, haec carmina et epistulas scripsit in lingua Latina. In hoc libro, lector inveniet...

Os Mutantes, formado por Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista e Sérgio Dias, foram a mais inovadora e autêntica banda de rock brasileiro. Mas, mais do que isso, se consagrarm como uma das maiores bandas de rock psicodélico, admirada por músicos de todo o mundo...

Hermeto Pascoal (1936-) é talvez o mais reconhecido e original instrumentista e compositor brasileiro. Autor de uma obra universal e única, Hermeto tem uma trajetória de mais de seis décadas de atuação ininterrupta, criando novos espaços e formas de...

Jorge Benjor é um dos mais originais músicos brasileiros de todos os tempos, criador de uma batida de violão única e irresistível e de algumas das canções mais importantes da música brasileira. "A minha música não era bossa nova. O pessoal nem sabia...

Tom Jobim (1927-1994) fue el autor de una delicada revolución. La transformación que puso en marcha a partir de la bossa nova fue tan sutil que a menudo olvidamos cuán profundamente esta alteró el curso de la música brasileña, como si todo hubiera sido...

Gilberto Gil (1942) no es solo un músico. Desde su juventud como uno de los líderes de la contracultura a su madurez como uno de los ministros de Cultura más respetados a nivel mundial, Gil es la más completa manifestación de lo que significa ser un...

Gilberto Gil (1942- ) não é apenas um músico. De ícone da contracultura a Ministro da Cultura, ele é a manifestação mais pura do que significa ser um artista popular brasileiro. "Com o fazer das canções, você vai descobrindo que pode falar de tudo...

Elza Soares (1937-2022) es el mejor Brasil. Con su voz singularmente ronca Elza se atrevió a darle nombre a las muchas formas de hambre que experimenta la humanidad: hambre no solo de comida, sino también de libertad sexual, de igualdad racial, de arte y...

In 1984, I attended a master class lead by the great David Hickman at the St. Louis Conservatory of Music. David opened my eyes to the importance of mastering sight reading. Hearing him say to keep your eyes one measure ahead of where you're reading...

The Conerto voor Saxofoon en Blassensemble was composed in 2018 for Dutch saxophonist Ati Lust and the Noord-Hollands Blazers Ensemble, under the direction of Lex Bak. Written in a tonal idiom, the concerto is in three movements, in which the soloist is...

Between the years 1996-2003, Cool and Strange Music! Magazine became a beloved publication that music lovers of the unusual could count on for information about the latest "cool and strange" music releases, exclusive interviews with legendary artists,...

The Evolution of Taylor Swift: From Country Star to Global Icon is a captivating exploration of the journey of one of the most influential pop stars of our time-Taylor Swift. This book delves into her rise from a small-town country singer to a global...

"The Beyoncé Phenomenon: From Destiny's Child to Queen Bey" by Fiona Sterling takes readers on a transformative journey through the life and career of one of the most influential artists of our time. Beyoncé, an unparalleled icon in the American music...

This book recounts many memories and experiences of the author after learning to play his chosen instrument, the Irish bodhrán drum. Although always a fan of various music genres, John learned to play an instrument later in life (age 47). Through...

Music. We love it. Have favorite songs. Sing & dance along. Some of us even create & perform it ourselves. But does it "soothe the savage beast" (as an often misquoted 1697 play once claimed)? Or has much of the world of music been...

Cours de piano pratique et complet : Apprenez à jouer du piano à partir de 0, des accords aux gammes grâce à des exercices pratiques et testésComment les musiciens les plus talentueux du monde ont-ils appris à...

Hamsadhwani: The Journey into the Melody of Carnatic Music invites you on a captivating exploration of the rich tapestry of South Indian Classical Music. In this melodic odyssey, we delve into the soul-stirring nuances of Carnatic music, unraveling its...

Questa collana nasce da appunti ed esercizi raccolti ed elaborati in quaranta anni di insegnamento del flauto dolce. L'idea nasce dalla necessità di risolvere sistematicamente i problemi tecnici incontrati durante lo studio di questo strumento. In...

Tutti conoscono Don Giovanni, l'incorreggibile libertino protagonista dell'omonima e celebre opera mozartiana, che rifiuta il pentimento andando incontro alla dannazione eterna. Pochi però ricordano il suo impertinente, ambiguo e meticoloso servitore...

Christian Gottlob August Bergt (1771-1837) wirkte über Jahrzehnte als Organist an einer der größten Simultankirchen Deutschlands: dem Dom St. Petri in Bautzen. Nahezu jede musikalische Gattung wurde von ihm mit Kompositionen bedacht. Die 1834 entstandene...

Lieben Sie Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Soul, Country, Punk? Schon mal darüber nachgedacht, welche Musik-Alben reif für die Insel sind? Dann schauen sie mal rein beim Insel-Koffer packen. Hier wird rezensiert, interpretiert, erklärt, ergründet und...

Sex, Drogen und Skandale sind normalerweise die Inhalte der Biographien von Rockstars, bei denen das Musikalische nur am Rande erwähnt wird. Christian Jahl hat in Sting - Die Musik eines Rockstars versucht zu ergründen, was die Musik ausmacht, welche...

Jean-Philippe Rameaus Schaffen umfasst gleichermaßen Bühnenkompositionen wie Schriften zur Musiktheorie. Das zeitgenössische Publikum feierte seine Musik, die sich zur Tradition der französischen Klassik bekannte, mit triumphalen Erfolgen und...

Im vorliegenden Buch betrachtet der Autor ausgehend von der Einordnung der Filmmusik im Kontext filmästhetischer Mittel alle wissenschaftlich erfassten Modelle seit der sogenannten Stummfilmzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Modelle z.B. von Zofia Lissa, Hansjörg...

Dieses Buch lüftet Geheimnisse: Wir schauen tief in die Wunderwelt hinter der Musik-Theorie, eine reiche und tiefe Ordnung tut sich da auf, die arithmetische Ordnung hinter den großen Gefühlen, die die Kunst der Musik in uns hervorrufen kann. Die Zahlen,...

Schon in der Frühzeit des Jazz war die Tuba dabei und ist doch immer wieder als eine Art Kuriosum belächelt worden. 2024 erfuhr sie als Instrument des Jahres endlich die verdiente Würdigung und Aufmerksamkeit. In diesem Buch soll nun der Fokus auf die...

Die Goldberg-Variationen von J.S. Bach gehören zu den berühmtesten Werken der Klavier- und Cembaloliteratur. Anhand von sechs Einspielungen, unter anderem der bekannten Aufnahme von Glenn Gould aus dem Jahr 1955, wird das Werk in diesem Buch beleuchtet...

Hallo, ich bin Gerd Steinkoenig, und veröffentlichte mein 56. Buch!Aus diesem Werbe-Buch: Fotos aus "von 29 aus 55 Books", Prüfungen meines Lebens, Pfalz-Fotolieblinge von Annweiler und Landau, Fotos von Herbstblätter bis Invisible Touch, die 1960er...

Dieter Bohlen habe ich zweimal im Leben getroffen. Einmal in einem Käsegeschäft, als er sich ein Käsebrötchenmachen ließ und das andere Mal in einem XXXXX. Wenn man sich mal gesehen hat und andere Menschen kennen lernt, die auch gesehen haben, dann wird...

Das umfassende Schlagzeug-Lernbuch für Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene. Im Buch findest du alle wichtigen Grundlagen für deinen Schlagzeugunterricht oder das Selbststudium.Das Buch enthält hunderte Grooves und Fill-Ins, die du als Schlagzeuger in der...

Famed for his romantic wildness and massively popular in his day, Ferdinand Ries composed the 5 Grand Trio in f minor towards the end of his life. A mature and substantial piano trio, it stands alongside and equals any of those by his former piano...

Reichardt's fortunes rose and fell all within his own lifetime but after a difficult early education he was commonly accepted as gifted composer with a talent for the lyric style. Astyle he was to cultivate in over 1,500 songs. A casual proponent of the...

Reminiscent of the earliest examples of the chaconne form, this work by Jadassohn is replete with the kind of inventiveness and treatment of harmonic forces that came to characterise the works of the later 19" Century as found in Liszt and Wagner. A...

A popular, non-operatic composer, Martucci wrote about 85 works during his life which bear opus numbers: this, the 'Konzert - Fantasie über "La forza del destino", is opus number 1. Written when he was a student at the Reale Collegio di S Pietro a...

Acclaimed during his lifetime but underrated after his death, Carl Czerny's compositions have started to be rediscovered in the last few years. Overshadowed perhaps by the immense pedagogic legacy he produced, this composer of serious and delightful...

Composer, organist, conductor and pedagogue, Gabriel Pierné achieved success in every compositional style, and championed many important seminal performances of his contemporaries under his conductor's baton. The 'Album für meine kleinen Freunde' is a...

"Fleurs du Printemps", 4 Pièces caracteristiques pour Piano composées par Sigismond Noskowski were published in 1897 as a thematic setting of four pieces evoking the Primrose, the Forget Me Not, the Rose and the Daisy. Flowers that all typically come...

Fate was not always kind to him and yet Bériot contributed significantly in many different fields. Today his works are mainly used in education, and are often treated as a stepping stone to approach the "greater" works of romantic literature for violin...