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SA16-517 Networked Music Performance: Theory and Applications
  Miriam Iorwerth/ 9781032215365/ Price:GBP 34.99
 
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SA16-517 The Beatles and Vocal Expression
  Blaithin Duggan/ 9781032346069/ Price:GBP 130.00
 
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SA16-516 World Music CONCISE: A Global Journey
  Terry E. Miller/ 9781032265599/ Price:GBP 59.99
 
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SA16-516 Music Technology in Live Performance: Tools, Techniques, and Interaction
  Tim Canfer/ 9781032440897/ Price:GBP 34.99
 
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SA16-516 Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass: Historical and Modern Pedagogical Practices
  Dijana Ihas/ 9780367724757/ Price:GBP 44.99
 
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SA16-516 20 Seasons: Broadway Musicals of the 21st Century
  Amy S. Osatinski/ 9780367688219/ Price:GBP 35.99
 
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SA16-516 Art of Sound: Creativity in Film Sound and Electroacoustic Music
  Andrew Knight-Hill/ 9780367755881/ Price:GBP 39.99
 
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SA16-516 The Road Crew: Live Music and Touring
  Gabrielle Kielich/ 9781032300153/ Price:GBP 35.99
 
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SA16-516 Pattern in Music
  Darrell Conklin/ 9781032600949/ Price:GBP 130.00
 
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SA16-516 Electronic Visual Music: The Elements of Audiovisual Creativity
  Dave Payling/ 9781032326634/ Price:GBP 31.99
 
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SA16-515 Made in Scotland: Studies in Popular Music
  Simon Frith/ 9781032161976/ Price:GBP 35.99
 
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Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–88
  Matthew Worley/ 9781789148596/ Price:GBP 20.00
 
Zerox Machine is an immersive journey through the vibrant history of British punk and its associated fanzines from 1976 to 1988. Drawing on an extensive range of previously unpublished materials sourced from private collections across the UK, Matthew Worley describes and analyses this transformative era, providing an intimate glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped a generation. Far more than a showcase of covers, this book examines the fanzines themselves, offering a rich tapestry of first-hand accounts, personal stories and subcultural reflections. Through meticulous research and insightful analysis, Matthew Worley captures the spirit and essence of British youth culture, not only shedding new light on a pivotal movement in music history but crafting a unique alternative history of Britain in the 1970s and ’80s.
   
VA18-93 Music and Engagement in the Asian Political Space
  Uche Titus Onyebadi/ 9781799868538/ Price:US$ 165.00
 
Book Cover The Asian continent is comprised of many political systems, populations, religions, and cultures. Yet, the undercurrents of politics and political affairs and how societies function in this vast region are not well known and are often misunderstood. The role of music and its impact on political affairs is just one of the unknown or misunderstood factors about this region. Music and Engagement in the Asian Political Space considers scholarly work specifically on music and political engagement in the Asian political space. Covering key topics such as culture, engagement, national anthems, and political communication, this premier reference source is ideal for government officials, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students. Coverage: The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to: •Asian Politics •Culture •Engagement •Media •Music •National Anthems •Political Communication •Political Music •Politics •Popular Music •Protest Music
   
SA16-518 Marr’s Guitars
  Johnny Marr/ 9780500026328/ Price:GBP 45.00
 
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SA16-516 Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death
  Adam Steiner/ 9781538160350/ Price:US$ 32.00
 
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SA16-515 Eros at the Piano: The Life-Energy of Classical Music
  William Westney/ 9781538167519/ Price:US$ 32.00
 
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SA16-515 The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice, Second Edition Expanded
  Barbara M. Doscher/ 9781538178874/ Price:US$ 38.00
 
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SA16-515 Trauma and the Voice: A Guide for Singers, Teachers, and Other Practitioners
  Emily Jaworski Koriath/ 9781538179468/ Price:US$ 38.00
 
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SA16-515 Dance Music: A Feminist Account of an Ordinary Culture
  Tami Gadir/ 9781501346408/ Price:GBP 22.99
 
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SA16-515 Chain's Toward the Blues
  Peter Beilharz/ 9781501390142/ Price:GBP 16.99
 
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SA16-514 The Rhythm Image: Music Videos and New Audiovisual Forms
  Steven Shaviro/ 9781501388569/ Price:GBP 21.99
 
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The Monkees: Made in Hollywood
  Tom Kemper/ 9781789147070/ Price:GBP 10.99
 
This book explores the system behind the Monkees, the controversial made-for-tv band that scored some of the biggest hit records of the 1960s. The Monkees represent the cumulative result of a complex coordination of talented individuals, from songwriters to studio musicians to producers – the system of the 1960s Hollywood music industry. The new rock criticism bewailed the fake band, while fans and audiences made the Monkees a major commercial success. More than any other band in the 1960s, the Monkees illustrate the genius of the system and its role in popular music.
   
Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and the Music of the Loser
  Nicholas Attfield/ 9781789147063/ Price:GBP 15.99
 
Book Cover This book is a critical history of Sub Pop, the Seattle independent rock label that launched the careers of countless influential ‘grunge’ bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It focuses in particular on the languages and personas of the ‘loser’, a term that encompassed the label’s founders and personnel, its flagship bands (including Mudhoney, TAD and Nirvana) and the avid vinyl-collecting fans it rapidly amassed. The ‘loser’ became (and remains) the key Sub Pop identity, but it also grounded the label in the overt masculinity, sexism and transgression of rock history. Rather than the usual reading of grunge as an alternative to the mainstream, Lamestains reveals a more equivocal and complicated relationship that Sub Pop exploited with great success.
   
Crooner: Singing from the Heart from Sinatra to Nas
  Alex Coles/ 9781789147667/ Price:GBP 11.99
 
Book Cover Crooners sing close to the mic in a soft, intimate style. In this book Alex Coles explores the crooner in popular music from the 1950s to the present. Each chapter focuses on one song and one singer – Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker, Barry White, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Tom Waits, Grace Jones, Ian McCulloch, Nick Cave and Nas – and examines in detail how each contributes to the crooner image. The book describes how crooners traverse era, gender, geography and genre – where Barry White developed out of disco, Nick Cave sprang from alternative rock; where Grace Jones was born from reggae and funk, Nas originated from hip-hop. Ultimately, Coles shows how the crooner continues to be a figure that enables listeners to reflect on and communicate their emotions.
   
SA16-513 The Beloved Vision: A History of Nineteenth Century Music
  Stephen Walsh/ 9781639362363/ Price:US$ 29.95
 
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SA16-505 Afrosonic Life
  Mark V. Campbell/ 9781501379291/ Price:GBP 75.00
 
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SA16-505 Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Afrobeat, Rebellion, and Philosophy
  Adeshina Afolayan/ 9781501374715/ Price:GBP 90.00
 
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SA16-505 Music, City and the Roma under Communism
  Anna G. Piotrowska/ 9781501380815/ Price:GBP 90.00
 
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SA16-504 Heiner Muller and Heiner Goebbels's Wolokolamsker Chaussee
  Philip V. Bohlman/ 9781501346149/ Price:GBP 18.00
 
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Rock 'n' Roll Plays Itself: A Screen History
  John Scanlan/ 9781789145724/ Price:GBP 16.00
 
Book Cover When rock 'n' roll burst into life in the 1950s the shockwaves echoed around the world, amplified by images of untamed youth projected on cinema screens. But for the performers themselves, showbusiness remained in control, contriving a series of cash-in movies to exploit the new musical fad. In this riveting cultural history, John Scanlan explores rock’s relationship with the moving image over seven decades of cinema, television, music videos, advertising and YouTube. Along the way he shows how rock was exploited, how it inspired film pioneers and, not least, the transformations it caused over more than half a century. From Elvis Presley to David Bowie, and from Scorpio Rising to the films of Scorsese and DIY documentarists like Don Letts, this is a unique retelling of the story of rock 'n' roll – from birth to old age – through its onscreen life.
   
Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock 'n' Roll
  Peter Stanfield/ 9781789145656/ Price:GBP 15.99
 
Book Cover Elvis, Eddie, Chuck, Gene, Buddy and Little Richard were the original rockers. Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones and The Who formed rock’s second coming. As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, the crucial question was: who would lead rock ’n’ roll’s third generation? Pin-Ups 1972 tracks the London music scene during this pivotal year, all Soho sleaze, neon, grease and leather. It begins with the dissolution of the underground and the chart success of Marc Bolan. T. Rextasy formed the backdrop to Lou Reed and Iggy Pop’s British exile and their collaborations with David Bowie. This was the year Bowie became a star and redefined the teenage wasteland. In his wake followed Roxy Music and the New York Dolls, future-tense rock ’n’ roll revivalists. Bowie, Bolan, Iggy, Lou, Roxy and the Dolls – pin-ups for a new generation.
   
Research Anthology on Music Education in the Digital Era
  Information Resources Management Association (USA)/ 9781668453568/ Price:US$ 295.00
 
Book Cover Music is a vital piece of life that not only allows individuals a chance to express themselves, but also an opportunity for people and communities to come together. Music has evolved in recent years as society turns toward a digital era where content can be shared across the world at a rapid pace. Music education and how it is spread has a number of possibilities and opportunities in this new era as it has never been easier for people to access music and learn. Further study on the best practices of utilizing the digital age for music education is required to ensure its success. The Research Anthology on Music Education in the Digital Era discusses best practices and challenges in music education and considers how music has evolved throughout the years as society increasingly turns its attention to online learning. This comprehensive reference source also explores the implementation of music for learning in traditional classrooms. Covering a range of topics such as music integration, personalized education, music teacher training, and music composition, this reference work is ideal for scholars, researchers, practitioners, academicians, administrators, instructors, and students. Coverage: The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to: •Childhood Education •Community •Digital Age •Music Composition •Music Integration •Music Teacher Training •Musical Experience •Online Learning •Personalized Education •Universal Design
   
A Band with Built-In Hate: The Who from Pop Art to Punk
  Peter Stanfield/ 9781789146462/ Price:GBP 9.99
 
Book Cover A Band with Built-In Hate pictures The Who from their inception as the Detours in the mid-sixties to the late seventies, post-Quadrophenia. It is a story of ambition and anger, glamour and grime, viewed through the prism of pop art and the radical levelling of high and low culture that it brought about – a drama that was aggressively performed by the band. Peter Stanfield lays down a path through the British pop revolution, its attitude and style, as it was uniquely embodied by The Who: first, under the mentorship of arch-mod Peter Meaden, as they learnt their trade in the pubs and halls of suburban London; and then with Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, two aspiring filmmakers, at the very centre of things in Soho. Guided by contemporary commentators – among them George Melly, Lawrence Alloway and most conspicuously Nik Cohn – Stanfield describes a band driven by belligerence, and of what happened when Townshend, Daltrey, Moon and Entwistle moved from back-room stages to international arenas, from explosive 45s to expansive concept albums. Above all, he tells of how The Who confronted their lost youth as it was echoed in punk.
   
Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present
  JR Moores/ 9781789146530/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Book Cover The voyage is as varied as it is illuminating: from the lysergic blunt trauma of Blue Cheer to the locked grooves of Funkadelic, the aural frightmares of Faust to the tectonic crush of Sleep, alighting on post-punk, industrial, grunge, stoner rock and numerous other genres along the way. Ranging from household names to obscure cult heroes and heroines, Electric Wizards demonstrates how each successive phase of heavy music was forged by what came before, outlining a rich and eclectic lineage that extends far beyond the usual boundaries of heavy rock or heavy metal. It extols those who did things differently, who introduced something fresh and exciting into this elemental tradition, whether by design, accident or sheer chance. In doing so, Electric Wizards weaves an entirely new tapestry of heavy music.
   
Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles
  Alex Harvey/ 9781789146639/ Price:GBP 10.99
 
Book Cover Song Noir examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits’s career, when he lived, wrote and recorded nine albums in Los Angeles; from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time (1973), to the abrasive, surreal Swordfishtrombones (1983). Starting his song-writing career in the ’70s, Waits absorbed LA's wealth of cultural influences. Combining the spoken idioms of writers like Kerouac and Bukowski with jazz-blues rhythms, he explored the city’s literary and film noir traditions to create hallucinatory dreamscapes. Waits mined a rich seam of the city’s low-life locations and characters, letting the place feed his dark imagination. Mixing the domestic with the mythic, Waits turned quotidian, autobiographical details into something more disturbing and emblematic; a vision of LA as the warped, narcotic heart of his nocturnal explorations.
   
SA16-502 Activism through Music during the Apartheid Era and Beyond: When Voices Meet
  Ambigay Yudkoff/ 9781793630544/ Price:US$ 100.00
 
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SA16-502 FemPoetiks of American Poetry and Americana Music: A Woman's Truth
  Linda Nicole Blair/ 9781793621269/ Price:US$ 110.00
 
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SA16-500 Music of the Baduy People of Western Java: Singing is a Medicine
  Wim van Zanten/ 9789004424401/ Price:EUR 165.00
 
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A Band with Built-In Hate: The Who from Pop Art to Punk
  Peter Stanfield/ 9781789142778/ Price:GBP 15.99
 
Book Cover Peter Stanfield lays down a path through the British pop revolution, its attitude and style, as it was uniquely embodied by The Who: first, under the mentorship of arch-mod Peter Meaden, as they learnt their trade in the pubs and halls of suburban London; and then with Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, two aspiring filmmakers, at the very centre of things in Soho. Guided by contemporary commentators – among them George Melly, Lawrence Alloway and most conspicuously Nik Cohn – Stanfield describes a band driven by belligerence, and of what happened when Townshend, Daltrey, Moon and Entwistle moved from back-room stages to international arenas, from explosive 45s to expansive concept albums. Above all, he tells of how The Who confronted their lost youth as it was echoed in punk.
   
Amplified: A Design History of the Electric Guitar
  Paul Atkinson/ 9781789142747/ Price:GBP 25.00
 
Book Cover The electric guitar is an exceptional object. Its sound is heard every day by hundreds of millions of people. Yet this beloved instrument started as an experimental project, hand-built by lone inventors and warily regarded by audience and players alike. Amplified traces the history of the design and development of the electric guitar as it became a mass-produced object made, sold and played all over the world. Paul Atkinson shows how, over the years, amateur makers, part-time tinkerers, musicians, enthusiasts, designers and corporations have developed its design, its looks and its sound. Featuring new interviews with players and makers, and many illustrations sure to inspire ‘guitar envy’, this book shows how the electric guitar went from an instrument to an icon.
   
Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present
  JR Moores/ 9781789144482/ Price:GBP 20.00
 
Book Cover The voyage is as varied as it is illuminating: from the lysergic blunt trauma of Blue Cheer to the locked grooves of Funkadelic, the aural frightmares of Faust to the tectonic crush of Sleep, alighting on post-punk, industrial, grunge, stoner rock and numerous other genres along the way. Ranging from household names to obscure cult heroes and heroines, Electric Wizards demonstrates how each successive phase of heavy music was forged by what came before, outlining a rich and eclectic lineage that extends far beyond the usual boundaries of heavy rock or heavy metal. It extols those who did things differently, who introduced something fresh and exciting into this elemental tradition, whether by design, accident or sheer chance. In doing so, Electric Wizards weaves an entirely new tapestry of heavy music.
   
Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment
  Stephen Sedley/ 9781789145038/ Price:GBP 14.99
 
Book Cover At the heart of traditional song rest the concerns of ordinary people. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled with the law: abiding by it, breaking it, and being caught and punished by it. Who Killed Cock Robin? is an anthology of just such songs compiled by one of Britain’s senior judges, Stephen Sedley, and most respected and best-loved folk singers, Martin Carthy. The songs collected here are drawn from manuscripts, broadsides, old songbooks and oral tradition. They are grouped according to the various categories of crime and punishment, from Poaching to The Gallows. Each section contains a historical introduction, and every song is presented with a melody, its lyrics and an illuminating commentary that explores its origins and sources. Together, they present a unique, sometimes comic, often tragic, and always colourful insight into the past, while preserving an important body of song for future generations.
   
Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters
  Kevin J. Wetmore Jr/ 9781789144444/ Price:GBP 16.00
 
Book Cover Every culture has monsters that eat us, and every culture repels in horror when we eat ourselves. From Grendel to Sawney Bean, and from the Ghuls of ancient Persia to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, our fear of being consumed is both universal and terrifying. Kevin Wetmore explores monsters that eat the dead: ghouls, cannibals, wendigos, and other beings that feast on human flesh. Moving from myth through history to contemporary popular culture, considering ancient Greek myths of feeding humans to the gods, through sky burial in Tibet and Zoroastrianism, and actual cases of cannibalism in modern societies, this book examines those that consume corpses and what they tell us about ourselves and our fears.
   
The Kinks: Songs of the Semi-Detached
  Mark Doyle/ 9781789142303/ Price:GBP 10.99
 
Of all the great British bands to emerge from the 1960s, none had a stronger sense of place than the Kinks. Often described as the archetypal English band, they were above all a quintessentially working-class band with a deep attachment to London. Mark Doyle examines the relationship between the Kinks and their city, from their early songs of teenage rebellion to their album-length works of social criticism. He finds fascinating and sometimes surprising connections with figures as diverse as Edmund Burke, John Clare and Charles Dickens. More than just a book about the Kinks, this is a book about a social class undergoing a series of profound changes, and about a group of young men who found a way to describe, lament and occasionally even celebrate those changes through song.
   
VA18-87 Cases on Kyosei Practice in Music Education
  Richard Keith Gordon/ 9781522580423/ Price:US$ 175.00
 
Book Cover Music and arts education have a long-standing orientation of seeking a practice where everyone interacts and communicates in, and through artistic activities. However, an overspecialized and professionalized stance in arts education diminishes the spirit of playing music together, and leaves little room for creativity during teaching and learning activities. In order to gain a richer and deeper knowledge of music and the arts, interaction and the meaning of creative and humanely kyosei interactions between and among individuals, groups, and institutions must be emphasized. Cases on Kyosei Practice in Music Education is an essential reference source that discusses the meaning and significance of music making as a human and social practice, as well as reflecting creative inquiry into practical aspects of music and arts teaching. Featuring research on topics such as multicultural music, community music, and sociological perspectives, this book is ideally designed for P-12 educators, pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators, principles, music instructors, administrators, caregivers, and researchers. Topics Covered The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to: •Community Music •Cooperative Groups •Cultural Misunderstanding •Interpersonal Connections •Language Barriers •Multicultural Music •Music Therapy •Professional Development •Sociological Perspectives •Training Methods
   
SA16-506 Rhythm Gradation: for Timpani
  Toshi Ichiyanagi/ 9784890664047/ Price:NT$ 825.00
 
   
SA16-495 Music, Narrative and the Moving Image: Varieties of Plurimedial Interrelations
  Walter Bernhart/ 9789004399044/ Price:EUR 119.00
 
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Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present
  Seth Bovey/ 9781789140651/ Price:GBP 10.99
 
Book Cover Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present tells of an explosive musical phenomenon whose continuing influence on popular culture is dramatic and deep. The tale begins in 1950s America, when classic rock ’n’ roll was reaching middle age and teenage musicians kept its primal rawness going with rough-hewn instrumentals. In the mid-1960s, the Beatles and the British Invasion conquered America, and soon every neighbourhood had its own garage band. Groups like the Sonics and 13th Floor Elevators burned brightly but briefly, only to be rediscovered by a new generation of connoisseurs in the 1970s. Numerous compilation albums followed, spearheaded by Lenny Kaye’s seminal Nuggets, which resulted in garage rock’s rebirth across the world during the 1980s and ’90s. Be it the White Stripes or the Black Keys, bands have consistently found inspiration in the simplicity and energy of garage rock. It is a revitalizing force, looking back to the past to forge the future. And this, for the first time, is its story.
   
SA16-472 Social Media and Internet for DJs and Musicians.
  / 9781680956764/ Price:US$ 75.00
 
   
SA16-467 Gypsy Music: The Balkans and Beyond.
  Ashton-Smith, Alan/ 9781780238234/ Price:GBP 10.99
 
Book Cover The figure of the gypsy is simultaneously vilified and romanticized. Gypsies have for centuries been associated with criminality and dirt, but also with colour, magic and music. Gypsy music is popular around the world, and is performed at occasions that include weddings in Bulgaria, jazz shows in Paris and festivals in the USA. Performers like Taraf de Haidouks and the Boban Markovi? Orkestar remain popular for their more traditional sounds, while groups such as Gogol Bordello have gained new audiences with experimental and hybridized forms. The Balkans is home to the world’s largest Romani populations and a major site of gypsy music production. But just as the traditionally nomadic Roma have travelled globally, so has their music, and gypsy music styles have roots and associations beyond the Balkans, including Russian Romani guitar music, flamenco, gypsy jazz and the more recent forms of gypsy punk and Balkan beats. Covering the thirteenth century to the present day, and with a geographical scope that ranges from rural Romania to New York by way of Budapest, Moscow and Andalusia, Gypsy Music reveals the remarkable diversity of this exuberant art form.
   
Sting: From Northern Skies to Fields of Gold
  Paul Carr/ 9781780238135/ Price:GBP 10.99
 
Book Cover Born in Wallsend, a mainly working-class area of North Tyneside in 1951, Gordon Sumner would become one of the world’s best-selling music artists. Known professionally as Sting, he was the lead singer for the band The Police from 1977 to 1984, before launching a hugely successful solo career. The foundations of Sting’s creativity and drive for success were established in the region of his birth, with vestiges of his ‘Northern Englishness’ continuing to emerge in his music long after he left the area. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the formation of The Police, this is the first book to examine the relationship between Sting’s working-class background in Newcastle and the creativity and inspiration behind his music. Carr investigates the often complex resonance between local boy Gordon Sumner and the star the world knows as Sting. This book will be of great interest to the many fans of Sting and The Police, as well as those interested in the history of popular music.
   
Wrong Sex, Wrong Instrument.
  Cotton, Maggie/ 9781785384844/ Price:GBP 9.99
 
   
The Ultimate Elvis Quiz and Fact Book: Questions and Facts on the King of Rock 'N' Roll.
  Stevenson, Scott/ 9781785384837/ Price:GBP 5.99
 
   
Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine
  John Scanlan/ 9781780237541/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Book Cover The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented has been lost in a fog of nostalgia and rock’n’roll cliche. In 1976 the rise of the Sex Pistols was regarded in apocalyptic terms, and the punks as visitors from an unwanted future bringing chaos and confusion. John Scanlan considers the Sex Pistols as the first successful art project of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, a vision born out of radical politics, boredom and his deep and unrelenting talent for perverse opportunism. McLaren deliberately set a collision course with establishments, both conservative and counter-cultural, and succeeded beyond his highest expectations. Scanlan tells the story of how McLaren’s project – designed, in any case to fail – foundered on the development of the Pistols into a great rock band and the inconvenient artistic emergence of John Lydon. Moving between London and New York, and with a fascinating cast of delinquents, petty criminals and misfits, Sex Pistols: Poison in the Machine is not just a book about a band. It is about the times, the ideas, the coincidences and the characters that made punk, that ended with the Sex Pistols – beaten, bloody and overdosed – sensationally self-destructing on stage in San Francisco in January 1978, and that transformed popular culture throughout the world.
   
Jimi Hendrix: Soundscapes.
  Macdonald, Marie-Paule/ 9781780235301/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Book Cover Jimi Hendrix: Soundscapes shows how Hendrix created music in particular places – from the California coast to New York City; from his beginnings in Seattle to his end in London. Marie-Paule Macdonald shows Hendrix to be a city-dweller, nighthawk and wanderer who favoured the modest surroundings of ordinary buildings and public places and who loved to stumble upon seedy basement bars and intimate clubs – to both visit and perform in. She explores how the rumble, uproar, babble and discord of the city inspired and became part of Hendrix’s powerful repertoire, and how he commissioned an architect and a sound engineer to create an urban recording studio that enhanced reverberation, bounce, sustain and echo.
   
SA16-448 Sonic Virtuality: Sound as Emergent Perception.
  Grimshaw, Mark/ 9780199392834/ Price:US$ 77.00
 
   
Neil Young: American Traveller.
  Halliwell, Martin/ 9781780235318/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Book Cover Neil Young: American Traveller shows how place looms large in Young’s songs: Los Angeles is seen as the home of uptight business and lost innocence, while San Francisco is seen as the retreat Young needed from the excesses of the music industry. These locations helped craft the singer-songwriter’s distinct style, which led to his popularity as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
   
Easy Riders, Rolling Stones: On the Road in America, from Delta Blues to 70s Rock.
  Scanlan, John/ 9781780235295/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Book Cover Easy Riders, Rolling Stones delves into the history of twentieth-century American popular music to explore the emergence of ‘road music’. This music – blues, RnB and rock – took shape at pivotal moments in this history, made by artists and performers who were, in various ways, seekers of freedom. Whether journeying across the country, breaking free from real or imaginary confines or in the throes of self-invention, they incorporated their experiences into scores of songs about travel and movement, and created a new kind of road culture.
   
SA16-482 Ballet Music: A Handbook
  Matthew Naughtin/ 9781538114582/ Price:US$ 50.00
 
   
Heroes: David Bowie and Berlin
  Ruther, Tobias/ 9781780233772/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Tobias Ruther describes Bowie’s friendships and collaborations with Iggy Pop, Brian Eno and Tony Visconti, and paints a vivid picture of his life in the city’s Schoneberg area. Here Bowie started to paint again, and would cycle to the Die Brucke museum as well as explore the nightlife of the city – its wild side and gay scene. He also became close friends with Romy Haag. At Hansa Studios, a stone’s throw from the Berlin Wall, Bowie recorded his groundbreaking song ‘Heroes’. He even landed the part of a Prussian aristocrat in Just a Gigolo, starring alongside Marlene Dietrich. Berlin was then a divided city at a turning-point: at that time West Berlin began to redefine itself as a cultural metropolis, establishing its new role in Germany and the world. Neutralized politically due to the Cold War, Berlin turned to the arts to start its history anew. This book is the story of an artist and a city – the story of the music of the future arising from the spirit of the past.
   
The Ultimate Boy Band Quiz Book: Covering One Direction, Take That, The Wanted, Union J and JLS.
  Cowlin, Chris/ 9781910295656/ Price:GBP 5.99
 
   
The Pop Diva Quiz Book: Covering Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Adele, Kylie Minogue and Christina Aguilera.
  Cowlin, Chris/ 9781910295687/ Price:GBP 5.49
 
   
SA16-464 Sonic Modernities in the Malay World.
  Barendregt, Bart/ 9789004259867/ Price:EUR 125.00
 
   
Richard Wagner.
  Furness, Raymond/ 9781780231822/ Price:GBP 11.99
 
Book Cover With their complex textures, rich harmonies and elaborate use of leitmotifs, the operas of Richard Wagner (1813–83) remain some of the most influential – and contentious – in the history of the genre. But while Wagner won enormous renown for what he achieved on the stage, his life was marked by political exile, turbulent love affairs, and intermittent poverty. And because Wagner and his music are exceedingly intertwined with the great upheavals of his time, it is difficult to produce an impartial assessment of his work.
   
Brazilian Jive: From Samba to Bossa and Rap.
  Treece, David/ 9781780230856/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
More and more people are discovering Brazil’s fascinating culture, especially the striking exuberance and inventiveness of its popular music. In Brazilian Jive, David Treece uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate art form crafted out of the dialogue between music and language and as a powerfully eloquent expression of the country’s social and political history.
   
Tango: Sex and Rhythm of the City.
  Gonzalez, Mike/ 9781780231075/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Born on the unlit streets of Buenos Aires, tango was inspired by the music of European immigrants who crossed the ocean to Argentina, lured by the promise of a better life. In the capital’s marginal districts, it was embraced and shaped by young men who told tales of prostitutes, petty thieves and disappointed lovers through its music and movements. Chronicling the stories told through tango’s lyrics, this book shows how the dance went from slumming it in the brothels and cabarets of lower-class Buenos Aires to the ballrooms of Paris, London, Berlin and beyond.
   
Remixology: Tracing the Dub Diaspora.
  Sullivan, Paul/ 9781780231990/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
Book Cover This book explores the origins of dub in 1970s Kingston, Jamaica, and traces its evolution as a genre, approach and attitude to music to the present day. Stopping off in the cities where it has made most impact – London, Berlin, Toronto, Bristol and New York -- Remixology spans a range of genres, from post-punk to dub-techno, jungle to the now ubiquitous dubstep. Along the way Sullivan speaks with a host of international musicians, DJs and luminaries of the dub world including Scientist, Adrian Sherwood, Channel, U-Roy, Clive Chin, Dennis Bovell, Shut Up And Dance, DJ Spooky, Francois Kevorkian, Mala and Roots Manuva. This wide-ranging and lucid book follows several parallel threads, including the evolution of the MC, the birth of sound-system culture and the broader story of the post-war Jamaican diaspora itself. One of the few books to be written specifically on dub and its global influence, Remixology is also one of the first to look at the specific relationship between dub and the concept that cuts across all postmodern creative disciplines today: the remix.
   
Nick Drake: Dreaming England
  Wiseman-Trowse, Nathan/ 9781780231761/ Price:GBP 14.956
 
Book Cover Nick Drake's music itself hints at a specific English landscape of the kind that he would have wandered through during his lifetime. Yet his interest in blues, jazz and Eastern mysticism imply a broader conception of English national identity in the late 1960s, one far removed from mere parochial nostalgia. Similarly, the framing of Drake’s music after his death has done much to situate him as a particular kind of English artist, integrating American counterculture, the English class system and a nostalgic re-imagining of the hippy era for contemporary audiences. Nick Drake: Dreaming England explores how ideas of Englishness have come to be so intimately associated with the cult singer songwriter. Essential reading for any fan of Nick Drake, the book will also appeal to those interested in folk music or English national identity.
   
The Beatles in Hamburg.
  Inglis, Ian/ 9781861899156/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
“The Beatles are coming! The Beatles are coming!” While the chant will be familiar to any Beatles fan, there was a time before the band took the world by storm, when they were little more than an inexperienced, though talented, semi-professional group of musicians in dire need of practice. Their agent Allen Williams sent them to Germany in August 1960 and through their experiences and difficulties in Hamburg, The Beatles not only became proficient musicians, but more importantly, began to build the reputation that would eventually make them the most popular band in the world.
   
Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock'n'roll.
  Scanlan, John/ 9781861899163/ Price:GBP 14.95
 
I hate the word maturing,’ singer David Lee Roth once said. ‘I don't like the word evolving - or any of that bullshit. The point is to keep it as simplistic, as unassuming, and as stupid as possible.’ Examining Roth’s sentiment, Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock‘n’roll follows the band’s pursuit of the art of artlessness, and describes how they characterize what historian Kevin Starr terms 'Zen California' - a state of mind and way of being that above all celebrates ‘the now’. In rock‘n’roll terms it stands for the unregulated expenditure of energy; for a youthful exuberance that seems destined to extinguish itself.
   
SA16-476 School Music Education and Social Change in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
  Wai-chung Ho/ 9789004189171/ Price:EUR 104.00
 
   
SA16-396 Live Audio: The Art of Mixing a Show.
  Swallow, Dave/ 9780240816043/ Price:US$ 39.95
 
   
SA16-513 Theory of African Music, Volume II.
  Gerhard Kubik/ 9780226456942/ Price:US$ 37.00
 
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SA16-414 Decoded.
  Jay-Z/ 9781400068920/ Price:US$ 50.00
 
   
SA16-405 The New Crystal Silence. (2CDs)
  Corea, Chick/ B0011U8O1A/ Price:US$ 15.12
 
   
SA16-382 What is a Wommett: The Autobiography of Mick Abrahams.
  Abrahams, Mick/ 9781906358488/ Price:GBP 12.99
 
Mick Abrahams first rose to fame as a guitarist during the 1960s and was a founder member of Jethro Tull, although his time with the band was to prove short lived owing to the vividly contrasting musical styles of himself and Ian Anderson. In his autobiography What is a Wommett Mick finally puts the record straight about this parting of the ways and the events that have shaped the man and his music since that time up to the present day. Perhaps best known for his time with Blodwyn Pig, the band he formed after leaving Tull, Abrahams has continued to delight fans with his own brand of blues, jazz and rock on highly acclaimed albums spanning several decades. With a fitting foreword by radio presenter and champion of great music, Bob Harris, this autobiography provides a fascinating insight into the character of an upbeat man who hasn't allowed anything to keep him down for long. Packed with anecdotes and stories about Mick's life in and out of the spotlight, this book is a must have for his fans and anyone who remembers the excitement of the emerging new musical talent of the sixties.
   
Horse Country: A Celebration of Country Music and the Love of Horses.
  Wysocky, Lisa/ 9781599212456/ Price:US$ 24.95
 
   
Say It Loud!: My Memories of James Brown, Soul Brother No. 1.
  Rhodes, Don/ 9781599213620/ Price:US$ 24.95
 
   
WA201 音樂•美學•從傳統到現代
  方銘健著 / 9789574143252/ Price:NT$ 500.00
 
筆者希望在西方音樂美學領域中,能夠整理一套依循年代演變的音樂美學觀。本書所謂傳統是指西方固有的美學遺產而言,探討的範圍從古希臘一直到今。
   
WA200 西洋音樂史-理念與建構(第三版)
  方銘健著/ 9789574129287/ Price:NT$ 400.00
 
西洋音樂史"理念與建構"一書是從理念上來論述音樂,因此本書不以單一作品來作分析,亦無具體而特定之音樂作品作為介紹賞析部分。作曲家的生平,除了少數幾位外也只輕描淡寫的就重點式帶過,而重要的歷史背景參考則至於附錄當中,如此比較不會打斷了讀者閱讀上之流暢,畢竟每一位偉大的作曲家、或是經典之作,之後都應輔以同時期的重要歷史文化,以及人文背景為參考,這也是所謂時勢造英雄之意,而英雄則在時代洪流當中領導一種品味風格的改變,或一種風格的傳承。 本書的編排由古希臘開始,接著中世紀、文藝復興、巴洛克、古典時期。在古典之後貝多芬自成一章,但他不僅點燃了浪漫主義的燎原火,亦能給予古典時期最成熟與完美的呈現,貝多芬之後浪漫時期,接著現代音樂。最後在附錄中有參考文獻、索引及主要樂種綱要方便讀者搜尋單一樂種演進資料。筆者希望當面對西方各種文化變遷之時,能有更深遠而廣泛的胸襟與眼光來欣賞西方音樂。
   
SA16-480 Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions
  Guy L. Beck/ 9780889204218/ Price:US$ 44.99
 
   
VA03-103-18 Performing Arts in Contemporary China.
  Mackerras, Colin/ 9780415361620/ Price:GBP 74.99
 
The overthrow of the 'gang of four' in October 1976 had profound effects in all areas of Chinese society, and probably nowhere can this be more clearly seen than in the performing arts. Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's widow, was strongly interested in the performing arts and exercised great influence over them. This book describes her influence and the effects its removal had on the arts. Although the period covered is mainly that since the death of Mao, there is also considerable reference to the years following the Cultural Revolution.
   
VA01-48-e8 Music in Shakespearean Tragedy.
  Sternfeld, W./ 9780415353274/ Price:GBP 290.00
 
   
SA16-403 OEuvre Pour Clavecin. (CD-ROM)
  PASQUINI Bernardo/ 5904/ Price:EUR 23.50
 
   
VA18-47 Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, 2-Vols/Set.
  Murray, Christopher John/ 9781579583613/ Price:GBP 375.00
 
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era takes a broad view of this cultural period, focusing on the developments that can be seen as characterizing the profound changes in thought and sensibility that occurred during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. This illustrated, two-volume set of approximately 850 entries, including some that examine individuals and concepts not usually viewed as 'Romantic' (such as Kant and French artist Jacques-Louis David), will consist of analytical essays with annotated bibliographies, suggestions for further reading, and, in the case of individual-entries, a separate paragraph of biographical information. The principle aims of Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era are to provide readers with a clear, detailed, and accurate account of the literature, thought, music, and art of the period; to indicate the rich interplay of international influences and cross-currents at work; and to explore the many issues raised by the very concepts of Romantic and Romanticism.
   
VA18-43 Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set.
  Frith, Simon/ 9780415299053/ Price:GBP 1200.00
 
Popular music studies is a rapidly expanding field with changing emphases and agendas. The music industry has changed in recent years, as has governmental involvement in popular music schemes as part of the culture industry. The distinction between the major record labels and the outsider independents has become blurred over time. Popular music, as part of this umbrella of the culture industry, has been progressively globalized and globalizing. The tensions within popular music are now no longer between national cultural identity and popular music, but between the local and the global. This four volume collection examines the changing status of popular music against this background. Simon Frith examines the heritage of popular music, and how technology has changed not only the production but the reception of this brand of sound. The collection examines how the traditional genres of rock, pop and soul have broken down and what has replaced them, as well as showing how this proliferation of musical styles has also splintered the audience of popular music.
   
VA18-41 Performance: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies, 4-Vols/Set.
  Auslander, Philip/ 9780415255110/ Price:GBP 975.00
 
Over the past twenty years, 'performance' has emerged as a central analytical and critical concept. Now the focus of a burgeoning academic discipline, performance studies, it is also crucial to many other fields, including anthropology, sociology, communications, art history, cultural studies, linguistics and rhetoric. This collection brings together major texts articulating perspectives on performance and performativity. The multi-disciplinary approach of this collection reflects the growing importance of the concept of performance across a variety of disciplines. With a new introduction contextualising the concept's rise, and a full index to guide the reader through the work, this will be an invaluable reference tool for students and researchers alike.
   
SA16-374 Stiffelio: Libretto (in three acts) by Francesco Maria Piave, 2-Vols/Set.
  Hansell, Kathleen K./ 9780226853192/ Price:US$ 346.00
 
   
SA16-418 Les Plus Belles Chansons Vol. 1.(Audio CD)
  / B00000INJ2/ Price:US$ 22.78
 
   
SA16-332 Globe Trot: A Musical Journey Around the World. (CD)
  / MCM3000/ Price:NT$ 780.00
 
   
The Place of Music.
  Leyshon, Andrew/ 9781572303140/ Price:US$ 42.00
 
Music is omnipresent in human society, but its language can no longer be regarded as transcendent or universal. Like other art forms, music is produced and consumed within complex economic, cultural, and political frameworks in different places and at different historical moments. Taking an explicitly spatial approach, this unique interdisciplinary text explores the role played by music in the formation and articulation of geographical imaginations--local, regional, national, and global. Contributors show how music's facility to be recorded, stored, and broadcast; to be performed and received in private and public; and to rouse intense emotional responses for individuals and groups make it a key force in the definition of a place. Covering rich and varied terrain--from Victorian England, to 1960s Los Angeles, to the offices of Sony and Time-Warner and the landscapes of the American Depression--the volume addresses such topics as the evolution of musical genres, the globalization of music production and marketing, alternative and hybridized music scenes as sites of localized resistance, the nature of soundscapes, and issues of migration and national identity.
   
SA16-203 The Spice Girls.
  Golden, Anna, L./ 9780345419651/ Price:GBP 5.99
 
   
SA16-405 Inside.(CD-ROM)
  / CSR-CD9601/ Price:US$ 16.00
 
   
SA16-419 The Gig Bag Book of Picture Chords for All Guitarists.
  Vogler, Len/ 9780711951242/ Price:GBP 9.95
 
   
SA16-387 Neues Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft, Band 13: Register.
  / 9783890070445/ Price:EUR 128.00
 
   
SA16-417 A History of Bel Canto.
  Celletti, Rodolfo/ 9780198166412/ Price:GBP 38.49
 
   
SA16-417 The World of Music 3/1989.
  / 00438774-31989/ Price:US$ 29.00
 
   
SA16-417 The World of Music 1/1989.
  / 00438774-11989/ Price:US$ 29.00
 
   
SA16-371 Complete Keyboard Works, Series One: Ordres I-XIII.
  Couperin, Francois/ 9780486257952/ Price:US$ 19.95
 
   
SA16-371 Complete Keyboard Works, Series Two: Ordres XIV-XXVII.
  Couperin, Francois/ 9780486257969/ Price:US$ 19.95
 
   
SA16-419 Les grands succes de Francoise Hardy.(Audio CD)
  Hardy, Francoise/ B0000070QD/ Price:GBP 13.95
 
   
SA16-374 Klaviertrios 3. Folge.
  Becker-Glauch, Irmgard/ HN5462/ Price:EUR 189.00
 
   
SA16-379 Thematisch-Systematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke (TWV) - Instrumentalwerke, Band 1.
  Telemann, Georg P./ 9783761806555/ Price:GBP 79.00
 
   
SA16-417 The World of Music 2/1980.
  / 00438774-21980/ Price:US$ 29.00
 
   
SA16-417 The World of Music 3/1980.
  / 00438774-31980/ Price:US$ 29.00
 
   
SA16-474 Joseph Haydn: Sinfonie Nr.94
  Marie Louis Martinez-Gollner/ 9783770516094/ Price:EUR 12.80
 
   
SA16-372 17 Divertimenti for Various Instruments.
  Mozart, Wolfgang A./ 9780486238623/ Price:US$ 19.95
 
   
SA16-431 The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. (CD-ROM)
  / B0007KU8OQ/ Price:US$ 8.99
 
   
SA16-405 Elsa Justel - Mats.(CD-ROM)
  / IMED0785/ Price:US$ 17.00
 
   
SA16-405 Adrian Moore: Reve de l'aube.(CD-ROM)
  / IMED0684/ Price:US$ 17.00
 
   
SA16-405 Adrian Moore: Traces.(CD-ROM)
  / IMED0053/ Price:US$ 17.00
 
   
SA16-405 Robert Normandeau: Tangram.(CD-ROM)
  / IMED9920/ Price:US$ 17.00
 
   
SA16-405 Digital Soundscapes.(CD-ROM)
  / CSR-CD8701/ Price:US$ 16.00
 
   
SA16-405 Pacific Rim.(CD-ROM)
  / CSR-CD9101/ Price:US$ 16.00
 
   
SA16-405 Song of Songs.(CD-ROM)
  / CSR-CD9401/ Price:US$ 16.00
 
   
SA16-391 New England Dances: Squares, Quadrilles, Step Dances.(DVD)
  / MCM-1002/ Price:NT$ 1500.00
 
   
SA16-391 New England Fiddles: Playing Down the Devil.(DVD)
  / MCM-1003/ Price:NT$ 1500.00
 
   
SA16-391 Khmer Court Dance: Cambodian Royal Court Dances.(DVD)
  / MCM-1004/ Price:NT$ 1500.00
 
   
 

 

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