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Music, according to Aaron Copland, can thrive only if there are "gifted listeners." But today's listeners must choose between classical and rock, opera and rap, and the choices can seem overwhelming at times. In The Essential Canon of Classical Music, David Dubal comes to the aid of the struggling listener and provides a cultural-literacy handbook for classical music. Dubal identifies the 240 composers whose works are most important to an understanding...
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"Richard and Fred Fairbrass, better known as Right Said Fred, scored a global Number 1 hit in 1991 with their debut single ‘I'm Too Sexy', selling 30 million albums, being showered with industry awards, and earning plaudits from admirers such as Madonna and Prince. Before that breakthrough, though, the brothers spent over a decade in London and New York, trying to make it in the music industry. Fred played guitar with Bob Dylan and Richard played...
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"For almost three decades, the Grateful Dead was America's most popular touring band. [This is] the first book to ask the simple question of why--and attempt to answer it. Drawing on new research, interviews, and a fresh supply of material from the Grateful Dead archives, author Peter Richardson ... recounts the Dead's colorful history, adding new insight into everything from the acid tests to the band's formation of their own record label to their...
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A seafaring book filled with songs from Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers, a wild band of Nashville musicians who dress like pirates and play a rollicking mix of piratical sing-alongs, rousing historical rave-ups, afro-cuban tinged ballads, Cajun sea shanties, and bluesy Irish jigs, transforming big festivals, performing arts centers, and urban nightclubs into bustling seaside taverns at the turn of the seventeenth century. Pyrate magazine called...
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"Few things frightened conservative white Protestant parents of the 1950s and the 1960s more than thought of their children falling prey to the "menace to Christendom" known as rock and roll. The raucous sounds seemed tailor-made to destroy the faith of their young and, in the process, undermine the moral foundations of the United States. Parents and pastors launched a crusade against rock music, but they were fighting an uphill battle. Salvation...
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2024.
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Depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a debilitating case of stage fright, is invited to compete in...
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"Dirigierpraxis - Der Weg zum persönlichen Dirigierstil" ermöglicht dem Leser einen Einblick in die Welt der Musik und des Dirigierens. Erfahrene Dirigenten geben Hinweise, Tipps und Tricks. Diese Hilfestellungen sollen helfen, seinen eigenen Dirigierstil zu entwickeln.
Dieses praktische Buch befasst sich eingehend mit der Welt der Dirigenten - größtenteils mit deren eigenen Worten. Dieses Buch ermöglicht dem Leser ein klares Bild von den kreativen...
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Robert Soubeyran war Professor für Musikwissenschaft am regionalen Nationalkonservatorium für Musik in Montpellier, Organist, Pädagoge und Komponist. Ihm ist die Unterstützung durch große Lehrer wie Olivier Messiaen zugutegekommen.
Allerdings war es die Begegnung mit Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, durch die er die Fragen beantwortet bekam, die sich seiner Musiker-Seele stellten, so dass er den lichtvollen Pfad fand, nach dem er sich sehnte.
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Get the Summary of Burt Bacharach & Robert Greenfield's Anyone Who Had a Heart in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is the memoir of Burt Bacharach, detailing his life from his early years to his rise as a legendary composer and songwriter. The book delves into Bacharach's formative experiences, including his family's background, his struggles with fitting in due to his Jewish heritage, and...
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Das Buch "Thema Saxofon - Fachlisches, Praktisches und Unterhaltsames" ist - soviel sei vorweg genommen - kein Saxofon-Lehrbuch. Vielmehr ist es ein Buch für Saxofon-Liebhaber und solche, die es werden wollen.
Dieses Buch befasst sich, wie der Untertitel verdeutlicht, mit "Fachlichem, Praktischem und Unterhaltsamem" zu diesem Thema. Welches Image hat dieses Instrument? ist die Frage gleich zweiter Artikel dieses Buchs. Der Leser erfährt einiges...
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Dive into the festive spirit with the Second Edition of '11 Christmas Songs for SSAA A Cappella.' This collection presents a harmonious blend of classic and timeless holiday melodies arranged for mixed voices. Featuring beloved tunes such as 'Angels We Have Heard On High,' 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,' and a tongue-in-cheek 'The Twelve-ish Days of Christmas,' this compilation invites both singers and audiences to experience the joy of the season....
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They are the voices behind the greatest Rock, Pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Claudia Lennear, Judith Hill and more. These are the triumphs and heartbreaks of music’s greatest unsung talents, featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage,...
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White Knuckles chronicles the personal and professional journey of one of rock's most influential musicians: Gary Moore. Born in Belfast and rising to conquer some of the world's biggest stages, the guitarist-singer-songwriter enjoyed spells with the likes of rock giants Thin Lizzy before becoming a successful solo artist in his own right.
Moore's solo career spanned three decades and millions of album sales until his untimely passing in 2011. Balancing...
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The image of Jordan in her white shards of beehive and Mondrian make-up is one of the most iconic in pop history. But nobody knows what was really going on behind those watchful eyes when Anarchy hit the UK.
How did a ballet-mad girl from sleepy Sussex make her way, via the clandestine gay clubs of Brighton and London, to 430 King's Road and the eye of punk's storm? Help shape a revolution and deal with the consequences of being in the spotlight...
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In the fifties and sixties, in the period leading up to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality and the founding of the Gay Liberation movement, a group of gay men behind the scenes of rock'n'roll was changing pop, politics and society for good.
Through a mix of new interviews and contemporary reports, Darryl W. Bullock shines a light on the lives of the so-called 'Velvet Mafia', including impresario Larry Parnes, Beatles manager Brian Epstein,...
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