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Invitation To the Opera (91 Edition) by John Louis Digaetani Publisher Comments Introduces the uninitiated to the mysteries of opera and helps more experienced buffs expand their understanding and deepen their appreciation of the art form.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Understanding Music by Jeremy Yudkin Publisher Comments Understanding Music teaches students what to listen for in music. Jeremy Yudkin’s text is a rich music appreciation program that supports the instructor’s ultimate goal of teaching active listening. By focusing on music of the... (read more) List Price $85.70 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Electric Sound : the Past and Promise of Electronic Music (97 Edition) by Joel Chadabe Publisher Comments With a truly global perspective, this vivid and readable narrative provides a comprehensive overview of the history of electronic music. The author draws upon his combined experience as composer, performer, researcher, entrepreneur, and teacher to... (read more) List Price $140.45 Your price: $113.00 Used - Hardcover
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Rock Music Styles : History (5TH 08 - Old Edition) by Katherine Charlton Publisher Comments Rock Music Styles blends musical commentary into an historical and social framework as it traces the development of rock music from its roots in country and blues to the most contemporary trends. Through well-chosen song examples and easy-to-read... (read more) List Price $83.15 Your price: $56.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists (99 Edition) by S. Jenkins Publisher Comments Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists is more popular than racism! Hip hop is huge, and it's time someone wrote it all down. And got it all right. With over 25 aggregate years of interviews, and virtually every hip hop single, remix and album ever recorded... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Mystery of Samba : Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil (99 Edition) by Hermano Vianna Publisher Comments This very readable book provides an interpretation of an aspect of the Brazilian culture that has remained unexplored until now. Choice An important contribution . . . . to today's lively multidisciplinary discussion about race, nation, and popular... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Mystery Train : Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll (5TH 08 Edition) by Greil Marcus Publisher Comments Catch a train to the heart of rock ?n? roll with this essential study of the quintessential American art form. First published in 1975, Greil Marcus?s Mystery Train remains a benchmark study of rock ?n? roll and a classic in the field of music criticism.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Hollywood Musical: Second Edition by Jane Feuer Synopsis . . . both fresh and informed, as well as a pleasure to read. --Film Quarterly Since 1982, when this book first appeared, the Hollywood musical has undergone a rebirth, with the rise of teen musicals such as Dirty Dancing and Flashdance. In a chapter... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Funk: The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One by Rickey Vincent Publisher Comments Funk: It's the only musical genre ever to have transformed the nation into a throbbing army of bell-bottomed, hoop-earringed, rainbow-Afro'd warriors on the dance floor. Its rhythms and lyrics turned bleak urban realties inside out with distinctive... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Complete Idiots Guide To Music Theory 2ND Edition CD by Michael Miller Publisher Comments A music theory book that hits the high note … This updated and expanded edition of The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Music Theory breaks down a difficult subject in a simple way—even for those who think they have no rhythm or consider... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Experiencing Jazz - Audio CD Set (2 CDS) (07 Edition) by Richard Lawn About the Author Richard (Rick) Lawn is Dean of the College of Performing Arts at The University of the Arts. Formerly, Rick was affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin where he served as Director of Jazz Studies, Chair of the Department of Music, and Associate... (read more) List Price $59.10 Your price: $48.00 Used - Boxed Set
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Balinese Music (98 Edition) by Michael Tenzer Publisher Comments This authoritative book, newly revised and updated, presents an introduction to more than a dozen different types of Balinese gamelan, each with its own established tradition, repertoire and social or religious context. There are beautiful color... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Music for the Movies, Expanded and Updated Edition (2ND 97 Edition) by Tony Thomas Publisher Comments "Music for the Movies is the one book that should be in the library of anyone interested in learning about this art of the twentieth century". -- Elmer Bernstein<P>"A fascinating read for the film music lover". -- Jerry Goldsmith<P>"Music for... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Total Chaos : Art and Aesthetics of Hip-hop (06 Edition) by Jeff Chang Publisher Comments Music journalist and American Book Award winner Jeff Chang presents a stunning and incisive look at hip-hop in the voices of those most intimately involved--prominent artists, writers, musicians, and performers who consider not simply where hip-hop has... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Singing Book: Recordings To Accompany - 2 CDS (2ND 08 Edition) by Meribeth Dayme Publisher Comments Text with 2-CD... (read more) List Price $47.50 Your price: $30.50 Used - Boxed Set
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Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music (08 Edition) by Jeremy Begbie Publisher Comments Even fallen humans compose beautiful symphonies, music that touches emotions as nothing else can. Resounding Truth shows Christians how to uncover the Gospel message found in the many melodies that surround us. Theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Beatles Revised 2ND Edition the Classic by Hunter Davies Publisher Comments In this behind-the-scenes look at the most famous musical group in history, Hunter Davies gives the complete story of the Beatles. As the only authorized biographer, Davies had full access to the Fab Four as well as their help and encouragement. He spent... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Norton Recordings, Shorter - DVD (11TH 11 Edition) by Kristine Forney Publisher Comments New Interactive Listening Guides (iLGs) are designed for lecture presentation and individual study. For the Eleventh Edition, the iLGs have been revised to heighten student awareness of what's going on in the music by prompting them with questions about... (read more) List Price $68.50 Your price: $45.00 Used - Boxed Set
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Techniques of the Contemporary Composer (97 Edition) by David Cope Publisher Comments This text is a practical guide to the compositional techniques, resources, and technologies available to composers today. Each chapter traces the development of traditional and modern elements that form the foundation of music in the late twentieth... (read more) List Price $145.50 Your price: $95.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Scheherazade in Full Score (84 Edition) by Nikolay Rimsky-korsakov Publisher Comments Unabridged score of great symphonic suite, masterpiece of "program" music imbued with shimmering Near Eastern moods, inventive and brilliant effects, luxuriant melody. Unaltered republication of edition originally published by M. P. Belaieff in Leipzig... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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