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In medieval Occitania (southern France), troubadours and monastic creators fostered a vibrant musical culture.In response to the early Crusade campaigns of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Christians of the region turned to producing monophonic, poetic song,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-23
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Here’s the quick way to get pickin’ with the best of ‘em The banjo is both a staple of old-time music and an instrument that makes frequent cameos in today’s chart toppers. Whatever your musical leanings, Banjo For Dummies will show you how to pick your way around your...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2020-09-23
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Ever since the nineteenth century, descriptions of musical form have tended to rely heavily on architectonic analogies. In contrast, earlier discussions more often invoked the metaphor of a journey to describe the structure of a composition. In Journeys Through Galant...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-22
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Do you want to learn everything you need to know to be a fantastic video game music composer? The Game Music Handbook is for you. This book takes readers on a journey through many of the greatest video game soundscapes to date, discussing key concepts and technical...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-22
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A monumental study of musical practices in 18th century Santiago de Chile, and the only English-language monograph about Chilean colonial music,A Sweet Penance of Music offers a comprehensive view of musicians within the city and their links with other Latin American...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-18
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The Panama Canal is a world-famous site central to the global economy, but the social, cultural, and political history of the country along this waterway is little known outside its borders. In Música Típica, author Sean Bellaviti sheds light on a key element of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-17
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**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'Astonishing... precisely crafted, emotionally-sucker-punching prose.' Daily Telegraph'Dangerous, immediate and lyrical from the jump.' Wall Street JournalHOLLYWOOD PARK is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett...
Editeur :
Sceptre
Parution :
2020-09-17
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When asked to describe what music means to them, most people talk about its power to express or elicit emotions. As a melody can produce a tear, tingle the spine, or energize athletes, music has a deep impact on how we experience and encounter the world. Because of the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-15
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Inside Computer Music is an investigation of how new technological developments have influenced the creative possibilities of composers of computer music in the last 50 years. This book combines detailed research into the development of computer music techniques with...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-15
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Described as the "life and soul of British contemporary music", Jane Manning is an internationally celebrated English concert and opera soprano. In this new follow-up to her highly regarded New Vocal Repertory, Volumes I and II, she provides a seasoned expert's guidance...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-15
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This book is the first integral study of the history of imitative or co-creative artistic work that has led to the creation of cello transcriptions and arrangements. Of an interdisciplinary character, it explores the views that have shaped approaches to the art of cello...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-09-14
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Examining, for the first time, the compositions of Johann Joseph Fux in relation to his contemporaries Bach and Handel, The Musical Discourse of Servitude presents a new theory of the late baroque musical imagination. Author Harry White contrasts musical "servility" and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-14
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Building on ideas from cognitive metaphor theory, Making Sense of Recordings offers a new perspective on record production, music perception, and the aesthetics of recorded sound. It shows how the language about sound is intimately connected to sense-making - both as a...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-14
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Melodious panpipes and kena flutes. The shimmering strums of a charango. Poncho-clad musicians playing "El Cóndor Pasa" at subway stops or street corners while selling their recordings. These sounds and images no doubt come to mind for many "world music" fans when they...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-09
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Megadeth’s iconic record, Rust in Peace, from the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist.When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the...
Editeur :
Da Capo
Parution :
2020-09-08
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Viele Musiker - ob Anfänger oder Fortgeschrittene - empfinden Musiktheorie als abschreckend und fragen sich: "Wozu das Ganze?" Die Antwort ist einfach: Schon ein wenig Grundwissen über Musiktheorie hilft Ihnen, Ihre Bandbreite als Musiker enorm zu vergrößern. Michael...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2020-09-01
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Für Dummies
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The Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM) in Buenos Aires operated for less than a decade, but by the time of its closure in 1971 it had become the undeniable epicenter of Latin American avant-garde music. Providing the first in-depth study of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-01
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Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality argues that the modern cultural practices of hearing and testing have emerged from a long interrelationship. Since the early nineteenth century, auditory test tools (whether organ pipes or electronic tone generators) and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-08-31
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From the end of the Second World War through the U.S. Bicentennial, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Ford Foundation granted close to $300 million (approximately $2.3 billion in 2017 dollars) in the field of music alone. In...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-08-31
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Sie wollen Gitarre spielen lernen, wissen aber nicht so recht, woSie anfangen sollen und wieSie dies in Ihren den Alltag integrieren sollen? Kein Problem, in diesem Buch erwartetSie in den nächsten vier Monaten ein ausgeklügeltes Programm, mit demSie schnell Erfolge...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2020-08-26
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Für Dummies
ePub
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