Theory, Composition & Performance Books


Music in the Primary School (Oxford Music Education) Best Price: $19.63 This new edition of Music in the Primary School , a standard handbook for many years, was...	Strong Arts, Strong Schools: The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling Best Price: $7.27 At a time when Americans are increasingly concerned with finding jobs and economic stability,...	The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers Best Price: $38.50 This is an excellent resource. It has whole chapters on breathing (including exercises and...	Developing Musical Intuitions: A Project-Based Introduction to Making and Understanding Music	Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900 Best Price: $50.00 I realize it's impossible to cover a century-and-a-half of performance practice in just over...



Inside Bluebeard's Castle: Music and Drama in Bï¿1/2la Bartï¿1/2k's Opera Best Price: $26.00 The first full-length examination of Bartï¿½k's 1911 opera Duke...	Unfinished Music Best Price: $38.00 Unfinished Music draws its inspiration from the riddling aphorism by Walter Benjamin that...	Time in Indian Music: Rhythm, Metre, and Form in North Indian Rag Performance (Oxf Monographs Music Ncs) Best Price: $26.54 Time in Indian Music is the first major study of rhythm, metre, and form in North Indian rag ,...	Tuning In: American Narrative Television Music (The Oxford Music/Media Series) Best Price: $5.99 Music has always been at the heart of American television. Amongst the many roles it plays in...	Film Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Best Price: $6.40 With rare and notable exceptions, film music is an essential and indispensable part of the movie...



Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations I have studied this book, and continue to study it. This text has been a wealth of information...	A Ned Rorem Reader Best Price: $2.48 Was pleasantly surprised at the wonderful condition the READER was. I have never been...	The Ragas of North India (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series)	The Haunting Melody: Psychoanalytic Experiences in Life and Music (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series)	Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest From the twenties through the forties, Kansas City was the jazz city, home of Lester Young,...

The Complete Lyrics Of Ira Gershwin Best Price: $352.50 "Often overlooked in (favor) of his brother George, this brilliant, erudite poet also...	Method Songwriting Best Price: $32.99	How to Play Saxophone: Everything You Need to Know to Play the Saxophone Best Price: $19.95 My only comment is the fact that this book is not for beginners. The title is very misleading. ...	Concert and Opera Conductors: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Music Reference Collection) Best Price: $28.49 Filling an important gap in scholarship, Professor Cowden's new bibliography provides...	From Sibelius to Sallinen: Finnish Nationalism and the Music of Finland (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance) Best Price: $126.95 This comprehensive study of the evolution of Finnish art music from continental predecessors and...

Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music Best Price: $63.40 A detailed, authoritative portrait of a commanding figure in twentieth-century music. Nadia...	Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman Best Price: $26.99 A biography of the band leader discusses his six-decade-long career, his racially integrated...	Music Kit Best Price: $25.00 Introduced in 1976, The Music Kit was the first to offer students an integrated learning...	Synthesizer and Electronic Keyboard Handbook Best Price: $12.99	Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching Best Price: $44.87 Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching promotes inquiry and reflection to...

Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology Best Price: $39.85 I love this book. The style is approachable and dynamic, and the ideas are still exciting ten...	What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture Best Price: $112.50 Mark Anthony Neal reads the story of black communities through the black tradition in popular...	Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate Best Price: $32.00 Truth in advertising demands that I start this review by stating that I'm hardly an...	Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound Best Price: $24.92 William Duckworth's Virtual Music could have been featured in our Computer Corner area but...	Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music: Early Writings Best Price: $44.95 Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was an influential and celebrated writer on music. Born in St....

Fundamentals of Music Theory: A Program This book is an introduction to the mechanics of Western music theory. Topics covered include:...	Handel's Messiah: A Celebration Best Price: $5.67 I knew, of course, The Messiah to be magnificent but knew nothing about the background of the...	A Guide to the Concerto Best Price: $14.95 I ordered both Layton's "A Companion to the Concerto" and his "A Guide to the...	Conducting a Choir: A Guide for Amateurs Best Price: $14.94 I bought this book to compare it to other "how to" conducting sources such as...	UNPREMEDITATED ART: THE CADENZA IN THE CLASSICAL KEYBOARD CONCERTO.

Music in Practice Best Price: $76.30	Making Electronic Music: A Course for Schools Teacher's Book	Music in the School (Oxford Music Education) Best Price: $3.38 How do some schools get music so right while others get it so wrong? Janet Mills, a former HMI...	Polyphonic Composition: An Introduction to the Art of Composing Vocal Counterpoint in the Sixteenth-century Style	Elementary Harmony: 3 volumes in one

Musical Imaginations: Multidisciplinary perspectives on creativity, performance and perception Best Price: $65.87 Musical imagination and creativity are amongst the most abstract and complex aspects of musical...	Skills and Musicianship Workbook to Accompany The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening Workbook 2 Best Price: $48.95 Designed specifically for greater flexibility of use, the two workbooks that accompany The...	Elements of Sonata Theory: Norms, Types, and Deformations in the Late-Eighteenth-Century Sonata Best Price: $43.21 Elements of Sonata Theory is a comprehensive, richly detailed rethinking of the basic...	The Musical Classroom: Backgrounds, Models, and Skills for Elementary Teaching with CD (8th Edition) Best Price: $96.05 With this Eighth Edition, The Musical Classroom celebrates thirty years as a leading...	Folk music of Hungary; This book has hardback covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In good all round...

The Analysis and Cognition of Basic Melodic Structures Best Price: $104.97 I was fortunate to be at the University of Pennsylvania from 1986-89, when Dr. Narmour was...	Digital Sound Processing for Music and Multimedia (Music Technology) Best Price: $49.99 Provides an introduction to the nature, synthesis and transformation of sound which forms the...	The Land Where Two Streams Flow: Music in the German-Jewish Community of Israel Best Price: $7.99	The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance Best Price: $43.40 This book is for the fairly serious scholar of music interested in an in-depth examination of...	Charles Ives Remembered: AN ORAL HISTORY (Music in American Life) Best Price: $4.90 I have my days when I feel as if I've known Charlie Ives all my life. Of course, this is...

Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing Best Price: $62.99 "A fascinating thesis and a timely synthesis.... Becker urges the reader to view certain...	Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda Best Price: $55.00 Despite the long history of music in film, its serious academic study is still a relatively...	Expressive Intersections in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) Best Price: $38.03 Contributors to this exciting new volume examine the intersection of structure and meaning in...	Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure Best Price: $154.98 Beyond Orpheus is a study of the elements of musical structure and the ways they provide unity,...	Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style Best Price: $28.60 Virtual Music is about artificial creativity. Focusing on the author's ...

Harmony Best Price: $129.98 Now available through the University of Chicago Press	The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen (The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection) Best Price: $31.93 The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen is a very detailed look into Bruce's body of work. ...	The Words and Music of Patti Smith (The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection) Best Price: $16.75 Any library strong in rock music or songwriting needs Words and Music of Patti Smith: it...	Music for Love: An Anthology of Amateur Music-Making Best Price: $13.40 This book is a collection of pieces that describe the joys of making music not for a living but...	Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music Best Price: $63.40 A detailed, authoritative portrait of a commanding figure in twentieth-century music. Nadia...

Swing, Swing, Swing: The Life and Times of Benny Goodman Best Price: $26.99 A biography of the band leader discusses his six-decade-long career, his racially integrated...	Music Kit Best Price: $25.00 Introduced in 1976, The Music Kit was the first to offer students an integrated learning...	Synthesizer and Electronic Keyboard Handbook Best Price: $12.99	Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching Best Price: $44.87 Constructing a Personal Orientation to Music Teaching promotes inquiry and reflection to...	Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology Best Price: $39.85 I love this book. The style is approachable and dynamic, and the ideas are still exciting ten...

What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture Best Price: $112.50 Mark Anthony Neal reads the story of black communities through the black tradition in popular...	Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate Best Price: $32.00 Truth in advertising demands that I start this review by stating that I'm hardly an...	Virtual Music: How the Web Got Wired for Sound Best Price: $24.92 William Duckworth's Virtual Music could have been featured in our Computer Corner area but...	Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music: Early Writings Best Price: $44.95 Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) was an influential and celebrated writer on music. Born in St....	Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: Understanding Bartok's World (Monuments of Western Music) Best Price: $500.00 Bela Bartok's compositions feature among the major artistic achievements of the 20th...

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples Best Price: $5.25 This book is wonder and a treasure trove of musical ideas from around the planet. For example,...	J.S. Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue: Critical Edition With Commentary (Longman Music Series) Composed in the 1720s, the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue is an example of virtuosity and carefully...	Art of Rock and Roll, The (3rd Edition) Best Price: $49.32 I received my book in a timely manner and the book was in very good condition.	Jazz: A Listener's Guide Best Price: $4.79 The first edition covered the beginning of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion; this edition, which...	The Musical Classroom: Backgrounds, Models, and Skills for Elementary Teaching, Sixth Edition Best Price: $26.10 Fast delivery and the item was in good condition. It's exactly what i was looking for....

Form in Music (2nd Edition) Best Price: $93.41 This text explained Musical Form more clearly and thoroughly than any other musical form books I...	The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature Best Price: $2.37 Author Daniel Levitin describes the functions that music plays in our culture, citing a...	Handel's Messiah: A Celebration Best Price: $16.00 An acknowledged expert on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music explores the background...	Concept and Design in Music: A Comprehensive Approach to Theory Best Price: $49.95 I have been playing music for the last 14 years in one form or another. I started out as a rock...	Facing the Music: Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective Best Price: $20.01 Facing the Music investigates the practices and ideas that have grown from some five decades of...

Seeing Through Music: Gender and Modernism in Classic Hollywood Film Scores (Oxford Music/Media Series) Best Price: $31.37 Hollywood film music is often mocked as a disreputably 'applied' branch of the art of...	Recording on a Budget: How to Make Great Audio Recordings Without Breaking the Bank Best Price: $98.64 Audio recordings are the calling card with which musicians share and promote their work so a...	Handbook of Conducting Best Price: $28.80 When I studied conducting I thought only contemporary works will give one a technique,but no...	Computers and Musical Style The author demonstrates, through the use of computer, how he is able to replicate the musical...	Keyboard Duets from the 16th to the 20th Century for One and Two Pianos: An Introduction Best Price: $124.95 Piano duets, whether on one piano or two, are great fun to play. Their technical demands range...

A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle (Soho Bibliographies)	Biology, Ethics, and Animals This book utilizes both philosophical and biological approaches to address the various attitudes...	Musical Beginnings: Origins and Development of Musical Competence Best Price: $62.67 From where, and by what mechanisms, does an individual's musical ability originate? The...	The Social Psychology of Music Best Price: $59.54 I really enjoyed reading it. I am writing a master thesis about music supervision, and this...	Compendium of Modern Instrumental Techniques Best Price: $84.99 Gardner Read has compiled an exhaustive account of modern instrumental techniques, putting aside...

Thesaurus of Abstract Musical Properties: A Theoretical and Compositional Resource (Music Reference Collection) Best Price: $112.95 This is a wonderful reference tool for a music theorists, or composer. Dedicated to the...	Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) Best Price: $50.00 Dr. Schlegel has done a wonderful job of collecting a vast amount of material and presenting it...	Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance) Best Price: $79.95 This is the first full-scale analytical book (other than a bio-bibliography) to be published on...	The Words and Music of Tom Waits (The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection) Best Price: $44.95 I've read many books about Tom Waits both in italian and english language (I'm writing...	GarageBand for Mac OS X Best Price: $31.99 When GarageBand was first introduced, I was totally jazzed about the notion that I, a...

Aural Awareness: Principles and Practice Best Price: $113.00 Traditional aural training is heavily biased towards the perception and identification of pitch...	Supporting Musical Development in the Early Years Best Price: $26.16 This important book provides practical guidance for parents, teachers and other early years...	Insidetracks: A First-Hand History of Popular Music from the World's Greatest Record Producers and Engineers Best Price: $122.04 Yes, very few music fans are actually aware of the role of music producers in the making of...	Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville Best Price: $0.50 O.k. here goes. I thought this book was tremendously captivating and informative. It shows a...

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