Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction
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"Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction" presents new insights into the study of musical rhythm through investigations of the micro-rhythmic design of groove-based music. The main purpose of the book is to investigate how technological mediation - in the age of digital music production tools - has influenced the design of rhythm at the micro level. Through close readings of technology-driven popular music genres, such as contemporary R&B, hip-hop, trip-ho... More >>
Contemporary Cabaret: 31 Songs in Today’s Repertoire Sung by Major Artists
- 160 Pages
- Published by
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This unprecedented collection includes 31 songs heard in today's New York cabarets, and in Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. These songs, many of which have never before appeared in print, have been performed and recorded by Tony Bennett, Barbara Cook, Amanda McBroom, Michael Feinstein, Andrea Marcovicci, Patti LuPone, Karen Akers and many others. Includes: Butter * Calling You * Flight * Home Is Where the Heart Is * A Horse with Wings * Living in the Shadows * Old M... More >>
Contemporary Cabaret: 31 Songs in Today's Repertoire Sung by Major Artists
Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction
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"Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction" presents new insights into the study of musical rhythm through investigations of the micro-rhythmic design of groove-based music. The main purpose of the book is to investigate how technological mediation - in the age of digital music production tools - has influenced the design of rhythm at the micro level. Through close readings of technology-driven popular music genres, such as contemporary R&B, hip-hop, trip-ho... More >>
Sonata for Jukebox: An Autobiography of My Ears
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Dazzling and original, Sonata for Jukebox is a brilliant foray into how pop music has woven itself into our lives since the dawn of the recording age. Geoffrey O'Brien delves into twentieth-century pop music as we experience it: a phenomenon that is at once public and private, personal yet popular. O'Brien's book is more than a history of pop music, although fragments of that history find their way into its pages. And it reaches far beyond a memoir, although it is a... More >>
Nature of Music: Beauty, Sound and Healing
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Nature of Music is both a primer on how, when, and why to listen to music, and an exploration of how music mirrors the natural impulses of our minds, psyches, bodies, and souls-our physical and emotional rhythms. Maureen McCarthy Draper, a classical pianist, writes about the ways in which the great works of the classical canon can help us cope with grief, give dimension to the mysteries of beauty and faith, aid us in recovery from illness, inspire us to create, h... More >>
Coldplay Complete Chord Songbook
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Where Music Helps: Community Music Therapy in Action and Reflection
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This book explores how people may use music in ways that are helpful for them, especially in relation to a sense of wellbeing, belonging and participation. The central premise for the study is that help is not a decontextualized effect that music produces. The book contributes to the current discourse on music, culture and society and it is developed in dialogue with related areas of study, such as music sociology, ethnomusicology, community psychology and health pr... More >>
Where Music Helps: Community Music Therapy in Action and Reflection
Cirone’s Pocket Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms
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This handy guide features: more than 4,000 foreign musical terms; terms in Italian, French and German; more than 160 musical examples; and comprehensive sections for percussion and strings.... More >>
Michael McDonald – Motown Two
- 96 Pages
- Published by
- Softcover
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14 more Motown hits from this smooth-voiced former Doobie, including: After the Dance * Baby I Need Your Lovin' * I Second That Emotion * Mercy, Mercy Me * Nowhere to Run * Reach Out, I'll Be There * Stop, Look, Listen * The Tracks of My Tears * What's Going On * and more.... More >>