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Die Erfolgsstories der Rock-, Pop- und Jazzlegenden. 800 Künstler und Bands werden mit Hintergrundinfos zu ihren Hits vorgestellt. Von AC/DC und Janis Joplin bis The Who und Frank Zappa, von Louis Armstrong bis Norah Jones und Till Brönner, von Buena Vista Social Club...
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J.B. Metzler
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2006-08-10
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A freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century. From West Virginia coal camps and east Texas farms to the...
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Oxford University Press
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2006-08-10
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It has been decades since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are very much alive in this vivid portrait by a prominent music journalist. Charles R. Cross recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his...
Editeur :
Da Capo
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2006-08-08
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George Melly is 79 nudging 80. You'll probably think, 'That's not old these days'. And it's true,George is still swinging and singing, fly-fishing, flirting, and for now just playing at senility. But it's not as if he were the Queen Mother. He walks very slowly...
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Penguin
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2006-07-27
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This single volume includes three famous memoirs - Scouse Mouse, Rum, Bum & Concertina and Owning Up, with a new introduction by the author. Scouse Mouse is a funny and frequently touching story of the author's 1930s childhood in a middle-class Liverpudlian household....
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Penguin
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2006-07-27
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This is the only English translation of this important book by the world's most distinguished Bach scholar.This work is widely regarded as the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the Bach cantatas. It begins with a historical survey of the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2006-07-06
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Shortly before his death, Percy Grainger (1882-1961) lodged over twenty unpublished sketches in his Australian Museum. Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger draws exclusively from these sketches, revealing for the first time an illuminating portrait of the composer's life....
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Oxford University Press
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2006-06-29
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Combining the approaches of ethnomusicology and music theory, Analytical Studies in World Music offers fresh perspectives for thinking about how musical sounds are shaped, arranged, and composed by their diverse makers worldwide. Eleven inspired, insightful, and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-05-25
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The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery. Now two noted writers on classical music, Michael Steinberg and Larry Rothe, explore the allure of this melodious art--not in the clinical terms of social scientists--but through...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-05-01
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The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery. Now two noted writers on classical music, Michael Steinberg and Larry Rothe, explore the allure of this melodious art--not in the clinical terms of social scientists--but through...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-05-01
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Since its beginnings, opera has depended on recognition as a central aspect of both plot and theme. Though a standard feature of opera, recognition--a moment of new awareness that brings about a crucial reversal in the action--has been largely neglected in opera...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-04-13
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In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music. The author shows that this quadrumvirate...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-04-06
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Greil Marcus saw Bob Dylan for the first time in a New Jersey field in 1963. He didn't know the name of the scruffy singer who had a bit part in a Joan Baez concert, but he knew his performance was unique. So began a dedicated and enduring relationship between America's...
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PublicAffairs
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2006-04-04
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Want to go beyond "Chopsticks?" This visual guide to tickling the ivories will show you the way. By Chapter 2, you'll be playing simple pieces and practicing scales. You'll progress from getting familiar with notes, symbols, and keys to playing basic chords and reading...
Editeur :
Visual
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2006-03-31
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Combining key selections from the classic MENC Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (Schirmer, 1992) and the widely acclaimed New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning (Oxford, 2002), the MENC Handbook of Research Methodologies presents...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-02-23
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Answering fundamental questions about musical preference, ability, and communication, the field of Musical Cognition and Development is critical to the understanding of how music is processed, grasped, and learned. Drawn from the widely acclaimed New Handbook of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-02-23
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In shaping choral tone, directors often wish to improve the sound of their choir, but are challenged to pinpoint underlying problems or to guide singers toward solutions. Now, in Prescriptions for Choral Excellence, skilled vocal pedagogue Shirlee Emmons and leading...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-02-02
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his precocious skills--he wrote as an adult some of the finest music in the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2006-02-01
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