The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia

The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia
Roberta Montemorra Marvin (Editor)

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Verdi's enduring presence on the opera stages of the world and as a subject for scholarly study by researchers in various disciplines has placed him as a central figure within modern culture. The composer's undisputed popularity from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, among enthusiasts and scholars alike, lies at the heart of The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia. This comprehensive resource covers all aspects of Verdi's music and his world, including the people he knew and worked with, his compositions, and their reception. Extensive appendices list all of Verdi's known works, both published and unpublished, and the characters in his operas. As a starting point for information on specific works, people, places, and concepts, the Encyclopedia reflects the very latest scholarship, presented by an international array of experts in a manner that will have a broad appeal for opera lovers, students, and scholars.

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• Published on: 2013-12-31
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 700 pages

Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music

Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music
Ali Welky (Editor), Mike Keckhaver (Editor)

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What do a rockabilly musician turned cinematic swamp monster, a composer of player-piano music, an avant-garde cellist, a musical instrument that lent its name to a weapon, a rock musician turned Catholic monk, some of the best audio speakers in the world, and the creator of Schoolhouse Rock! have in common? That's right--they all come from Arkansas.



Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music is a special project of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture (EOA), an online encyclopedia launched in 2006 by the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System.



This colorful, photo-filled reference work spanning all aspects of Arkansas's musical past and present includes more than 150 entries on musicians, ensembles, musical works, and events.

• Rank: #337253 in Books
• Published on: 2013-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Barry Kernfeld (Editor)
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Available for the first time in one volume, the more than 4,500 articles in this comprehensive dictionary include items on performers, styles, instruments, terminology, and famous festivals, clubs, and record labels.

• Rank: #740797 in Books
• Published on: 1994-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1358 pages

Encyclopedia of the Blues, 2nd Edition

Encyclopedia of the Blues, 2nd Edition
Gerard Herzhaft (Author)
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he popular Encyclopedia of the Blues, first published by the University of Arkansas Press in 1992 and reprinted six times, has become an indispensable reference source for all involved with or intrigued by the music. The work alphabetizes hundreds of biographical entries, presenting detailed examinations of the performers and of the instruments, trends, recordings, and producers who have created and popularized this truly American art form.

• Rank: #562760 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.88" h x 6.97" w x .91" l, 1.50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Workbook to accompany Music in Theory and Practice, Volume 2

Workbook to accompany Music in Theory and Practice, Volume 2
Bruce Benward (Author), Marilyn Saker (Author)
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The workbooks to accompany Music in Theory and Practice, Volumes 1 and 2, provide assignments to augment those printed in the text; anthologies of music for study; strategies for learning and reviewing material; and self-testing sections to help students prepare for exams.

Three different types of assignments help students master the course material: Drill assignments provide practice of the basic material in the corresponding chapter in the text; Analysis assignments acquaint students with music literature, allowing them to view chapter material in its actual setting;and Composition exercises encourage students to try their own hands at employing musical ideas, chord progressions, phrase relationships, and so on, in the context of a musical composition.

Selected Workbook exercises are available in Finale templates though the Online Learning Center, and each new copy of the Volume 1 workbook comes with a discount code for purchase of Finale notation software at a special low price.

• Rank: #52748 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.15 pounds
• Binding: Plastic Comb
• 256 pages

Progressive Independence:Jazz (Book/Mp3 Disc)

Progressive Independence:Jazz (Book/Mp3 Disc)
Ron Spagnardi (Author)

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• Rank: #528487 in Books
• Published on: 2011-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.50" h x 8.74" w x .0" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

The Beatles Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: Everything Fab Four

The Beatles Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: Everything Fab Four
Kenneth Womack (Author)

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The Beatles have sold at least 2.3 billion albums; achieved 6 Diamond, 24 Multi-Platinum, 39 Platinum, and 45 Gold albums in the United States alone; and continue to experience impressive commercial success—now more than at any other time. What is it about this iconic group which continues to draw attention from each successive generation, even more than 40 years after their disbandment? The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four provides casual fans and aficionados alike with a comprehensive study of the historical, cultural, and musical influence of the Beatles, providing hundreds of insightful entries that address the people, places, events, and other details that have contributed to the band's status as a global phenomena.

• Rank: #347804 in Books
• Published on: 2014-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Hardcover
• 888 pages

The Van Halen Encyclopedia

The Van Halen Encyclopedia
CJ Chilvers (Author)
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The first detailed history of the most influential rock band of the past two decades, Van Halen.

• Rank: #1029256 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 328 pages

The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68 (Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz)

The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68 (Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz)
Keith Waters (Author)
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The "Second Quintet" -- the Miles Davis Quintet of the mid-1960s -- was one of the most innovative and influential groups in the history of the genre. Each of the musicians who performed with Davis--saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams--went on to a successful career as a top player. The studio recordings released by this group made profound contributions to improvisational strategies, jazz composition, and mediation between mainstream and avant-garde jazz, yet most critical attention has focused instead on live performances or the socio-cultural context of the work. Keith Waters' The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68 concentrates instead on the music itself, as written, performed, and recorded.

Treating six different studio recordings in depth--ESP, Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro--Waters has tracked down a host of references to and explications of Davis' work. His analysis takes into account contemporary reviews of the recordings, interviews with the five musicians, and relevant larger-scale cultural studies of the era, as well as two previously unexplored sources: the studio outtakes and Wayne Shorter's Library of Congress composition deposits. Only recently made available, the outtakes throw the master takes into relief, revealing how the musicians and producer organized and edited the material to craft a unified artistic statement for each of these albums. The author's research into the Shorter archives proves to be of even broader significance and interest, as Waters is able now to demonstrate the composer's original conception of a given piece. Waters also points out errors in the notated versions of the canonical songs as they often appear in the main sources available to musicians and scholars. An indispensible resource, The Miles Davis Quintet Studio Recordings: 1965-1968 is suited for the jazz scholar as well as for jazz musicians and aficionados of all levels.

• Rank: #271619 in Books
• Published on: 2011-03-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.99" h x 5.31" w x .91" l, .75 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Understanding the Music Industries

Understanding the Music Industries
Chris Anderton (Author), Andrew Dubber (Author), Martin James (Author)

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This textbook presents a full overview of the many elements of the music industries, and offers a sustained focus on 'understanding' the processes that have driven and continue to drive the development of those industries. More than just an expose or ‘how to’ guide, this book gives students the tools to make sense of technological change, socio-cultural processes, and the constantly shifting music business environment. The crucial focus on research and analysis means readers can understand and track the ongoing development of the music industries and place themselves in the front line of innovation and entrepreneurship in the future.

 

• Rank: #6505622 in Books
• Published on: 2013-06-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Paperback
• 248 pages

Groove Essentials - The Play-Along 1.0 : A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer

Groove Essentials - The Play-Along 1.0 : A Complete Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st Century Drummer
Tommy Igoe (Author)
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Represents a new-generation play-along package and a quantum leap over anything else previously available in this vein with over 6 hours of music, including 47 grooves and feels from all over the world-most in two tempos-88 tracks in all, truly professional sketch charts and incisive text by Tommy. An interactive groove experience for all level drummers with rhythm tracks that feature some of New York City's top musicians. Works in conjunction with the best-selling Grove Essentials DVD. For beginning drummers: simple rock beats with a real band feel; for intermediate drummers: syncopated, 16th-note grooves as well as jazz/swing feels; for advanced drummers: challenging world grooves, as well as jazz shuffles, jazz waltzes and R&B feels. Additionally, you'll find 3 "Global Tour" tracks that are 15-minute journeys through all the grooves and feels you've learned. The CD features all of the rhythm tracks in MP3 format, so that they can be downloaded into your computer (MAC or PC) and moved to your iPod , or any portable MP3 player. The disc is also playable in all MP3-capable CD and DVD players.

• Rank: #32892 in Books
• Brand: Hudson Music
• Model: 6620095
• Published on: 2005-11-us.html
• Released on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.61" h x 8.78" w x .31" l, 1.01 pounds
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 120 pages

• Size: 9.00" x 12.00"Artist: Tommy IgoeISBN: 1423406788

The Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft

The Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft
Chris Bishop (Editor)
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Lissauer's encyclopedia of popular music in America: 1888 to the present

Lissauer's encyclopedia of popular music in America: 1888 to the present
Robert Lissauer (Author)
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• Rank: #742554 in Books
• Published on: 1991
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1687 pages

Drum Backbeats Encyclopedia

Drum Backbeats Encyclopedia
Thomakos (Author), John (Author)
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This book provides hundreds of useful backbeats for the drumset. You will learn to play backbeat grooves with solid time and good feel. Beats are shown with essential variations and embellishment. Rock, blues, pop, funk, soul and many other styles are included. There are lessons on muscle memory, practice, ghost notes, open hi-hat, hi-hat with foot. This book is uniquely organized to develop coordination and confidence. The CD demonstrates the examples found in the book.

• Rank: #384276 in Books
• Brand: Alfred
• Model: 00-us.html401
• Published on: 2001-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .30" h x 9.00" w x 11.60" l, .1 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

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• With True Enhanced Performance.
• Latest Technical Development.

Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music

Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music
William Phillips (Author), Brian Arthur Cogan (Author)
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It has been reviled, dismissed, attacked, and occasionally been the subject of Congressional hearings, but still, the genre of music known as heavy metal maintains not only its market share in the recording and downloading industry, but also as a cultural force that has united millions of young and old fans across the globe. Characterized by blaring distorted guitars, drum solos, and dramatic vibrato, the heavy metal movement headbanged its way to the popular culture landscape with bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath the 1970s. Motley Crue and Metallica made metal a music phenomenon in the 1980s. Heavy metal continues to evolve today with bands like Mastodon and Lamb of God.

Providing an extensive overview of the music, fashion, films, and philosophies behind the movement, this inclusive encyclopedia chronicles the history and development of heavy metal, including sub-movements such as death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and hair metal.

Essential and highly entertaining reading for high school and undergraduate courses in popular music studies, communications, media studies, and cultural studies, the Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music and Culture offers a guide to the ultimate underground music, exploring its rich cultural diversity, resilience, and adaptability. Entries for musicians include a discography for those wanting to start or develop their music collections.

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• Published on: 2009-03-us.html
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.90" h x 7.13" w x .96" l, 1.77 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 285 pages

Music and the Arts in Christian Worship: Volume 1 (Complete Library of Christian Worship)

Music and the Arts in Christian Worship: Volume 1 (Complete Library of Christian Worship)
Robert E. Webber (Editor)

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"The opening section of "Music and the Arts in Christian Worship" offers an overview of the current worship practices of most of the major denominations in this country, each prepared by a person active in that particular church. Read individually, they furnish a wealth of fresh ideas; collectively, they give evidence that, while each denomination remains theologically focused on its tradition and centers its worship on the familiar, there is hardly one which is not actively re-examining its worship philosophy and experimenting with new forms, music, and visual art. Style is becoming more and more eclectic, and there is a healthy regard for the special contribution that every individual may make. Worship, once almost the property of the officiating clergyman rigorously hewing to a prescribed pattern, has rightly become the responsibility of every person."
" Philip Beggrov Peters, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan

• Rank: #183809 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 528 pages

Mel Bay presents Deluxe Guitar Chord Encyclopedia, Case-size

Mel Bay presents Deluxe Guitar Chord Encyclopedia, Case-size
William Bay (Author)
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A case size edition of Mel Bay s best-selling Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords. Chord forms uniquely broken into melody forms, inside forms, rhythm guitar forms, and bottom four-string chord forms. Thousands of great-sounding guitar chords presented. Each diagram shows notes in the chord, fingering, and essential chord tones on the bottom and top note of the chord form. Chords are shown in every key. Chord forms include major, minor, diminished, augmented, seventh, minor seventh, seventh augmented fifth, seventh flat fifth, major seventh, major seventh flat third, major seventh flat fifth, suspended fourth, seventh suspended fourth, sixth, minor sixth, ninth, minor ninth, major ninth, ninth sharp fifth, ninth flat fifth, seventh flat nine, seventh sharp nine, sixth add nine, eleventh, augmented eleventh, thirteenth, thirteenth flat nine, thirteenth flat nine flat five.

• Rank: #780361 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.40" h x 5.43" w x .51" l, .30 pounds
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 144 pages

Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments: A Communications-centered Handbook

Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments: A Communications-centered Handbook
Richard Bauman (Editor)

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This collection of thirty-seven entries selected from the more than 550 that make up the International Encyclopedia of Communications focuses on expressive forms and practices that are popular and participatory in nature: folklore forms such as folktale and riddle; cultural performances such as ritual and festival; and popular entertainments such as puppetry and mime. Cross-references within each individual entry facilitate exploration within the volume, while bibliographies appended to each entry direct the reader to related literature. Covering basic concepts, analytical perspectives, communicative media, expressive genres, and complex performance events, this concise yet comprehensive book is a handy reference for those interested in folklore and its growing role in drama, anthropology, and cultural studies.

• Rank: #117664 in Books
• Published on: 1992-05-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.11" h x 5.43" w x 1.00" l, .90 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages