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Critical Issues in Music Education: Contemporary Theory and Practice provides a current introduction to key issues facing music educators. Designed as the m...

All the information since the earliest Billboard charts were originally compiled in 1942 is gathered into this one essential reference on country music that...

This is the first hands-on how-to manual devoted to all electric guitars. This guidebook shows owners and dreamers the basics of selecting and buying electr...

the Fender Telecaster Is Regarded As The First Commercially Successful Solid Body Electric 'spanish' Guitar. Designed By Leo Fender At A Time When The Wor...

A Biography Of One Of The Most Famous Drummers Of The Swing Era, Who After World War Ii Successfully Led Several Bands Of His Own. Buddy And Drummers -- Bud...

On their 30th anniversary, the surviving Pythons—John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin—reminisce about their collaboration,...

a Useful Collection Of Definitions, Composers And Theory. This Pocket-sized Reference Book Includes A Broad Range Of Important Information, From Basic Princ...

This is the only book that does justice to Gould's virtuosity as both a performer and an intellectual, both someone who could play, from memory, from the wh...

The only complete guide to country music, performers and first-rate recordings, this easy-to-use book leads country lovers to the cream of the crop in all s...

Completely updated with new entries and extensive revisions of the previous 1,800, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll is the authoritative...

This contemporary-looking series introduces all musical concepts through concise lessons, followed by short exercises for immediate reinforcement. A page o...

The Keyboard Player's Chord Bible is designed for beginner and intermediate musicians looking to understand, improve, and experiment with chords. In this bo...

Uncle John loves rock... but he also loves classical, rap, jazz, country, blues, world music-even opera. So the dedicated staff at the BRI plunged into musi...

Berlioz. Vaughan Williams. Schubert and Schumann. Mozart after the Jupiter Symphony, Bach beyond the Brandenburg Concertos, opera after The Magic Flute. In...

An updated and expanded edition of this perennial favorite, tracing the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s. In this new editio...

Iron Maiden Book of Souls is the celebration of the band, providing their story in beautiful illustrations including posters, and rare photos of the band’...

"Scales & Modes" is a fantastic guide for musicians of all genres and players of all instruments. Along with chords, scales and modes are the building b...

This book spans four decades chronicling the public and private journeys of a man voted as one of the 50 greatest artists of all time. With over 30 albums a...

Edited By Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Includes Index.Categories: Reference Writing, Research & Publishing Guides Publish...

Jazz is forever associated with labels like Blue Note, Prestige, Atlantic, Contemporary, Pacific, and Riverside. Each of these companies strove to communica...

Covers More Than Eighteen Thousand Recordings And More Than 1,700 Musicians From Across The Jazz Spectrum And Includes A History Of The Different Types Of J...