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Jazz Theory Book (95 Edition)
by Mark Levine  Publisher Comments Endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, and others, The Jazz Theory Book presents all the information any student of jazz needs in an easy-to-understand, yet thorough, manner. For intermediate to advanced players, and written by one of...
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin 
Powells.com Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks — and all the better if you happen to be both. How do memory and music work together? What makes timbre? How do writers like Lennon and McCartney, or John Coltrane and Miles Davis, manipulate our...
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The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete
by Johann Sebasti Bach Publisher Comments < div> < div> All 48 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys. Authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Explanation of ornaments in English, tempo indications, music corrections.< /div> < /div>...
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Blues People: Negro Music in White America
by Leroi Jones Publisher Comments "The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the...
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Norton Anthology of Western Music, Volume 2
by J. Peter (edt) Burkholder Publisher Comments The ideal companion to A History of Western Music, Seventh Edition, the two-volume Norton Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, includes 172 historically significant scores, 71 of them new to this edition, with a strengthened emphasis on twentieth...
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African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms
by John Chernoff Publisher Comments "We have in this book a Rosetta stone for mediating, or translating, African musical behavior and aesthetics."—Andrew Tracey, African Music "John Miller Chernoff, who spent 10 years studying African drumming, has a flair for descriptive writing...
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The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop and Connected Writings
by Saul Williams Publisher Comments In the underground labyrinths of New York City's subway system, beneath the third rail of a long forgotten line, Saul Williams discovered scrolls of aged yellowish-brown paper rolled tightly into a can of spray paint. His quest to decipher this mystical...
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Tell Me Why : the Beatles : Album By Album, Song By Song, the Sixties and After - Revised and Updated (Rev 02 Edition)
by Tim Riley Publisher Comments A unique combination of musical analysis and cultural history, Tell Me Why stands alone among Beatles books with its single-minded focus on the most important aspect of the band: its music. Riley offers a new, deeper understanding of the Beatles by...
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World Music: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia & the Pacific
by Simon Broughton Special Offer For a limited time, buy a new copy of any of the books in Rough Guide's Popular Culture section, and get The Rough Guide to World Party CD free!...
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Easy Classics to Moderns
by Denes Agay Publisher Comments These 142 pieces by the masters of piano literature date from the second half of the 17th century to the present....
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Musica!: Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, and More
by Sue Steward Synopsis Salsa, the irresistible dance music of the Spanish-speaking world, has made its way into the lives of millions around the globe. But salsa is only one of many popular Latin rhythms. The first comprehensive guide to the music, its history, and its legends,...
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World Music : Global Journey -with 2 CDS (06 Edition)
by Terry Miller Publisher Comments audio-clips and additional resources can be found at www.routledge-ny.com/textbooks/worldmusic. INCLUDES TWO CDs Two color throughout; two 4-color...
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Anthology of Twentieth Century Music (92 Edition)
by Robert P. (ed.) Morgan Synopsis A selection of 29 musical works from various genres covering a time span of 1903 to 1983. An analytical essay for each piece discusses the character of the music, avoiding technical jargon wherever possible. Instructions are included on how to read a...
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All Shook Up : How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America (Pivotal Moments in (03 Edition)
by Glenn Altschuler Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-211) and index....
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Study of Orchestration (3RD 02 Edition)
by Samuel Adler Synopsis This work offers material for students to create a full orchestral score by choosing the appropriate instruments, instrumental combinations and instrumental techniques. New to this edition are a range of music examples, and a chapter on scoring for wind...
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Running With the Devil : Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music (93 Edition)
by Robert Walser Synopsis A comprehensive musical, social, and cultural analysis of heavy metal music....
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Techniques and Materials of Music : From the Common Practice Period Through the Twentieth Century (6TH 03 - Old Edition)
by Thomas Benjamin Publisher Comments Designed to serve as a primary text for the first two years of college music theory, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC covers all the basics of composition?including harmony, melody, and musical form. The authors present essential materials of common...
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Art of the Fugue and a Musical Offering (92 Edition)
by Johann Sebastian Bach Publisher Comments 19 canons and fugues that progressively illustrate the rich variety and complexity of Bach's fugal writing (complete with a piano reduction). Also included is a set of canonical variations on a theme by Frederick the Great, complete with solutions and a...
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Chronicles: Volume One
by Bob Dylan
Powells.com Staff Pick Imagine if the most literate songwriter of the past fifty years wrote a memoir worthy of Blood on the Tracks. Recommended by Dave...
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Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz
by John F Szwed Synopsis Provides an explanation of the basic elements of jazz, traverses the genre's history to see how it evolved, and profiles its key figures, theories, controversies, and role in American culture....
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