| |
What do ABBA, Conchita Wurst, Lordi, Lena, Jamala, Udo Jürgens, and Nemo have in common?
Not only did they all win the Eurovision Song Contest - they changed it.
The Eurovision Song Contest is much more than an annual music competition. It is a stage, a seismograph, and...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2026-04-24
epub sans DRM
|
"Yes - Joyful Life Anthems from the Heart" is a contemplative songbook created as a companion to Jay Joyful's inspirational pop album: cinematic, orchestral, warm, and quietly powerful. Rather than offering lyrics alone, this book invites you into the inner landscape...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2026-04-13
epub sans DRM
|
Berlin Techno Narrative is both a cultural book and a self-guided urban route through the city's historic techno locations.
Built from an original walking circuit, the book allows readers to explore former clubs, industrial buildings, underground spaces and parade...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2026-03-31
epub sans DRM
|
Music as a medium for the expansion of consciousness and for meditation - today many people regard this as self-evident. Yet what is usually meant is a kind of sound-consumption fed by non-European, predominantly Asian- or African-sounding New-Age music. In Sound and...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2026-03-23
epub sans DRM
|
Cruelly alone, Markos is without shadow. Tactless, loveless, in short: all that matters to him is himself. Forced to join his father in order to renew blood ties, his life is summed up in the relentlessness against his father. Music has become his only drug.That is,...
Editeur :
JL
Parution :
2025-12-13
epub sans DRM
|
The Middle Matter is a reader which brings together thoughts on the nature of sound; its substance, specific qualities, and potential—with a specific curiosity to its propensity to occupy the spaces in-between, the instertitial gaps between different spaces, times,...
Editeur :
Les presses du réel
Parution :
2025-08-18
PDF sans DRM
|
Historically, as bearer and mixer of ancient African and European musical traditions, the banjo is an important musical instrument. A Five-String Banjo Sourcebook will stand beside Banjo Attitudes (Paris, L’Harmattan, 2015), its companion book. Since its importation to...
Editeur :
Editions L'Harmattan
Parution :
2024-07-11
PDF
|
Even before Elvis Presley recorded his first album, rock had been pronounced dead and gone. For seven decades, the stream of contradictory statements has never run dry. For some rock must be discussed in the past tense, while for others its future remains bright. What...
Editeur :
Académie royale de Belgique
Parution :
2021-03-10
Collection :
L'Académie en poche
epub sans DRM
|
This book provides new practical tools that bridge the gap between familiar, easy-to-use technology and musical practice to enhance musicianship and motivate students. Authors Jennifer Mishra and Barbara Fast provide ideas for use with students of all levels, from...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-01
PDF, ePub
|
The first issue of the experimental music annual review. Dossier John Cage (headed by Matthieu Saladin): in depth studies and articles (Philip Gentry, Sarah Troche, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Xabier Erkizia, Seth Kim-Cohen, Michael Pisaro, Sophie Stévance, Mattin) and free...
Editeur :
Les presses du réel
Parution :
2018-03-02
PDF sans DRM
|
Noted music education and arts activist Charles Fowler has inspired music educators for more than 60 years. In this book, editor Craig Resta brings together the most important of Fowler's writings from the journal Musical America for new generations of readers.
Here,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-09-05
PDF, ePub
|
When Hank Williams died on New Year's Day 1953 at the age of twenty-nine, his passing appeared to bring an abrupt end to a saga of rags-to-riches success and anguished self-destruction. As it turned out, however, an equally gripping story was only just beginning, as...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2014-01-31
PDF, ePub
|
A practical guide to starting a successful career in a music department in higher education, this book thoroughly details the application, interview, and negotiation processes. It offers a wealth of practical information on getting a post, your first days in the post,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-24
PDF, ePub
|
Beyond Sound is a must-read for anyone who loves music technology and wants to build a career in this competitive, fast-paced world. Author Scott L. Phillips draws on his seventeen-year career as a technology trainer and educator, and his extensive network of music...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-05-15
PDF, ePub
|
Perhaps the most widely recognized figure in folk music and one of the most well-known figures in American political activism, Pete Seeger now belongs among the icons of 20th-century American culture. The road to his current status as activist and respected voice of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-02-01
PDF, ePub
|
The Jazz Standards, a comprehensive guide to the most important jazz compositions, is a unique resource, a browser's companion, and an invaluable introduction to the art form. This essential book for music lovers tells the story of more than 250 key jazz songs, and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-06-07
PDF, ePub
|
INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARThis completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates....
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-09-29
ePub
|
Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works is the first publication to list the entire musical output ofSamuel Barber, one of the most beloved and frequently performed American composers. In this exhaustive study, renowned Barber biographer Barbara Heyman...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-02-09
PDF
|
Tune in and tone down piano-shopping stress.Unfamiliar with manufacturers, manufacturing methods, materials, or price ranges, the piano buyer can still educate himself before making the big investment, saving time, money, and frustration. This is the first book written...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2008-09-02
ePub
|
You can hear it in the hottest clubs in New York, the hippest rooms in New Orleans, Chicago, and San Francisco, and in top concert halls around the world. It's a joyous sound that echoes the past. It's Old World meets New World. It's secular and sacred. It's traditional...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2000-05-12
ePub
|