Music Styles and Genres Books

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Precentor's Guide to the Selection of Tunes Suited to the Character and Metres of the Psalms, Paraphrases, and Hymns Adopted by the United Presbyterian Church is a book written by Andrew Thomson and published in 1853. The book is a comprehensive...

The Dies Irae is a Latin hymn that has been a staple of the Catholic Church for centuries. It is a powerful and haunting piece of music that speaks to the human experience of mortality and the inevitability of judgment. In this book, Thomas de Celano...

The Ancestry of the Violin is a two-part book written by Edward Heron Allen in 1882. The first part of the book focuses on the origin of the violin, tracing its history back to ancient times and exploring the various instruments that influenced its...

The Baptist Praise Book is a hymnal compiled by Richard Fuller and published in 1872. The book contains a collection of hymns, both old and new, that were popular in Baptist churches at the time. The hymns are organized by theme, including praise,...

Sermons In Songs is a collection of religious hymns and poems written by Charles Seymour Robinson and published in 1885. The book contains 51 pieces, each intended to convey a spiritual message and inspire readers to lead a pious life. The poems are...

From the favorites of Tin Pan Alley to today's international blockbusters, the stylistic range required of a musical theatre performer is expansive. Musical theatre roles require the ability to adapt to a panoply of characters and vocal styles. By...

Music, Power, and Politics presents sixteen different cultural perspectives on the concept of music as a site of socio-political struggle. Essays by scholars from around the world explore the means by which music's long-acknowledged potential to...

The essays in New Mansions for Music: Performance, Pedagogy and Criticism look at one of the most ancient and rigorous classical musical traditions of India, the Karnatik music system, and the kind of changes it underwent once it was relocated from...

Truth In Song For The Lovers Of Truth Everywhere is a book of poetry written by Clara H. Scott and published in 1896. The book contains a collection of poems that explore themes of truth, love, faith, and spirituality. The poems are written in a lyrical...

Trait����� sur la po�����sie et la musique des H�����breux (1781) est un livre �����crit par Philippe Du Contant De La Molette. Ce livre est une �����tude approfondie de la po�����sie et de la musique h�����bra�����ques. Il explore les diff�����rentes...

The Vision of St. John is a musical composition in the form of a cantata, written by Charles Whitney Coombs in 1894. The piece is designed to be performed by a mixed choir, full orchestra, and organ, and is based on the biblical book of Revelation, which...

The Seven Last Words of Christ is a religious book written by Theodore Dubois in 1899. The book is based on the last seven phrases that Jesus Christ spoke while he was being crucified. The author has provided a detailed analysis of each phrase and has...

Mii dash Moosonee Hymnal (1879) nindinawemagad, John Horden. Mii dash nindanikinaang miinwaa nindanikinaangwag anishinaabe gii-ayaad, mii dash gaawiin gii-ayaad gaa-onjibaa, apane gii-ayaad gaa-izhi-ayaad. Mii dash nindanikinaangwag anishinaabe...

The Lost Vocal Art And Its Restoration is a book written by William Warren Shaw in 1914. The book explores the history and evolution of vocal music, focusing on the lost art of vocalization. Shaw delves into the techniques and styles used by singers in...

Songs of Horses: An Anthology Selected and Arranged (1920) is a book compiled by Robert Frothingham, featuring a collection of poems and songs about horses. The book is divided into several sections, each with a different theme related to horses, such as...

Song Treasury: A Collection Of Songs And Music, Especially Adapted For Sunday Schools, Praise And Prayer Meetings (1879) is a book by John H. Kurzenknabe. The book is a compilation of songs and music that is specifically designed for use in Sunday...

The Sailors Hymn-Book, written by George Charles Smith in 1823, is a collection of sacred verses that were selected by some of the most prominent divines of the time. The book is specifically intended for sailors, providing them with a selection of hymns...

""Rubricas Generales De La Missa Gothica-Muzarabe Y El Onmium Offerentium (1772)"" es un libro escrito por Francisco Jacobo Hern�����ndez que se centra en las pr�����cticas lit������rgicas de la Iglesia Cat������lica en Espa�����a durante el siglo XVIII...

The Psalter, or Book of Psalms Arranged for Congregational Use: With Anthems for Special Occasions is a religious book published by the American Unitarian Association in 1893. This book is a collection of psalms that have been arranged specifically for...

Il libro ""Piano della Separazione, Inalveazione, e Sfogo de' Tre Torrenti di Tradate, del Gardalufo, e del Bozzente"" ����� stato scritto da Antonio Lecchi nel 1762. Si tratta di un'opera che tratta della pianificazione idraulica e dell'ingegneria...

Memoirs of Rossini is a book written by Stendhal in 1824 that tells the story of the legendary Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. The book is a collection of anecdotes and personal accounts of Rossini's life, as recounted by Stendhal, who was a close...

Nicolai Alardi Bibliotheca Harmonico-Biblica est opus litterarum a Nicolao Alardo compositum, anno MDCCXXV editum. Hoc volumine, auctore, studiose tractatur de musica sacra et biblica. In hoc libro, Alardus multa de historia et evolutione cantus...

Concert Room and Orchestra Anecdotes V3: Of Music and Musicians, Ancient and Modern is a book written by Thomas Busby and originally published in 1825. This book is the third volume in a series of anecdotal accounts of music and musicians throughout...

""Comoedier V1: Sammenskrevne for den nye oprettede danske skueplads (1723)"" af Mickelsen, Hans er en samling af komedier skrevet til den nyligt etablerede danske teater. Bogen indeholder flere forskellige stykker, der er skrevet i den klassiske...

Le livre ""Commentaire Affectif Sur Le Pseaume Miserere: Pour Servir De Preparation A La Mort (1739)"" �����crit par Jean-Baptiste-Elie Avrillon est un commentaire sur le psaume Miserere, qui est traditionnellement utilis����� comme une pri�����re de...

Le livre ""Choix Des Memoires Secrets V2 (1788)"" �����crit par Villy, Chopin De est un recueil de m�����moires secrets publi����� en 1788. Il s'agit du deuxi�����me volume de cette s�����rie, qui contient des r�����cits et des anecdotes sur la vie des...

""Cento Salmi di David"" ����� un libro scritto da Giovanni Diodati nel 1683. Il testo ����� composto da cento salmi del re David, che vengono presentati in italiano. La traduzione di Diodati ����� considerata una delle pi����� importanti e fedeli...

Michaelis Maieri Cantilenae Intellectuales De Phoenice Redivivo: Ou Chansons Intellectuelles Sur La Resurrection Du Phenix (1758) est un livre �����crit par Maier, Michael. Ce livre est une collection de chansons intellectuelles sur la r�����surrection...

Das Buch ""Beethovens Unsterbliche Geliebte"" von Marie Tenger, erschienen im Jahr 1890, besch�����ftigt sich mit der Liebesbeziehung des ber�����hmten Komponisten Ludwig van Beethoven zu seiner mysteri������sen und namenlosen ""Unsterblichen Geliebten""...

From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious, Jim Higgins delves into each one, with descriptions, details, analysis and...

For over twenty years, Joseph A. Kestner wrote for Opera News and other publications. Collected for the first time, Kestner's essays explore the creation, influence, context, and meaning of the world's most famous operas as well as hidden gems. For those...

Worship our Heavenly Father with these Unadorned Hymn Duets, 133 traditional church hymns in their simplest form arranged for two trumpets. The key word here is "unadorned". In contrast to Eddie Lewis' popular Trumpet Hymn Duets book, the duets in this...

On June 20, 1945, Morna Anne Murray was born in the Canadian coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, to Dr. James Carson Murray, the town's physician, and Marion Margaret Murray, a nurse. After expressing an interest in music at an early age, her...

When a woman struggles to know her power, the external world will reflect it to her until she retrieves the wisdom. She will be drawn to what is missing; she will notice what isn't present. She will hunger for something greater, all the while finding...

A obra apresenta um conjunto de 60 canções em estilo sertaneja raiz e, em forma de crônicas são descritas situações vivenciadas pelo autor, relativas

Ludwig van Beethoven hat genau eine Oper geschrieben: Fidelio. Es ist die Geschichte einer als Mann verkleideten Ehefrau, die alles dafür tut, um ihren unrechtmäßig im Kerker gefangengehaltenen Mann zu befreien. Neben den gesungenen Passagen enthält...

The work is devoted to aspects of the field of specialised translation and provides an overview in the current state of translation studies. It focuses on the translation process from an external point of view(the client's) and internal point of view(the...

This is an extensive and thorough survey of the Venetian instrumental concerto of the Baroque era. It provides sufficient details to identify composers of lesser and greater stature, but also to pinpoint relationships, similarities and stylistic...

This book explores the alliance of theology and music in the Christian liturgical tradition, interrogating the challenges posed by the gendered nature of church leadership in many areas of its life. It examines the relationship between theology,...

Anhand der Tonartencharakteristik in knapp 2000 musikalisch eigenständigen Ausschnitten wird der semantische Gehalt von Verdis 28 Opern, von 20 Kanzonen und 7 geistlichen Werken erforscht und mit vielen Notenbeispielen belegt. Eine klare Struktur (12...

Le Grenier est un livre consacré à tous les chrétiens et ceux qui souhaitent changer leur vie par moyen d'une conversion sincères et concrète. Dans cet ouvrage, la parole de Dieu est décortiquer et il y a certaines questions dont leurs réponses sont mis...

Mystery novelist Sabrina Tate and her cat Hitchcock are headed to a country music show, but there's a killer on the loose who plans to end the evening with a deadly Texas two-step . . . As the summer tourist season draws to a close in Lavender,...

Make a joyful noise! Let this diverse collection of songs and chants entice you to sing whether in a group or on your own. Within these pages are the sounds of women singing in the moonlight, the sounds of women and men, girls and boys singing...

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. Unsurpassed in its presentation of...

A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES : DIY Punk in Eighties Britain by Ian GlasperPRIMARILY COLLECTING THE STORIES OF OVER 140 UK PUNK BANDS FROM THE EIGHTIES WHO ONLY RELEASED EPS AND DEMOS, OR ONLY APPEARED ON COMPILATION LPS, 'A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES:...

For The Stranglers, 1977 was a vital year. Not quite punk, certainly not pop and often at odds with live audiences and the music press alike, their approach was such that nothing could stop them. With hits like 'Peaches', 'No More Heroes' and 'Something...