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Maestros and Their Music

The Art and Alchemy of Conducting

by John Mauceri ...

An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century.John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside ... Read more

$6.99 USD

An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century.John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside
... Read more
Rehearsing the Jazz Band - Resource Book

Includes Suggested Jazz Charts from Each Author

Edited by Mary Jo Papich, Ryan Adamsons ...

(Meredith Music Resource). This book provides one huge "room" where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. It includes chapters by Caleb Chapman, John Clayton, Jose Antonio Diaz, Curtis Gaesser, Antonio Garcia, Gordon Goodwin, Roosevelt Griffin III, Sherrie Maricle, Ellen Rowe, Roxanne Stevenson, Steve Wiest, and Greg Yasinitsky. ... Read more

$12.95 USD

(Meredith Music Resource). This book provides one huge "room" where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. It includes chapters by Caleb Chapman, John Clayton, Jose Antonio Diaz, Curtis Gaesser, Antonio Garcia, Gordon Goodwin, Roosevelt Griffin III, Sherrie Maricle, Ellen Rowe, Roxanne Stevenson, Steve Wiest, and Greg Yasinitsky.
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Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century

A Study Guide for Conductors

by Leonard Slatkin ...

Based on his decades of experience conducting these works, Leonard Slatkin guides readers through eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the twentieth century:Claude Debussy’s La MerDmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5Béla Bartók’s Concerto for OrchestraIgor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)George Gershwin’s An American in ParisAaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring ... Read more

$25.55 USD

Based on his decades of experience conducting these works, Leonard Slatkin guides readers through eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the twentieth century:Claude Debussy’s La MerDmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5Béla Bartók’s Concerto for OrchestraIgor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)George Gershwin’s An American in ParisAaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring
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The Real Toscanini

Musicians Reveal the Maestro

by Cesare Civetta ...

Series series Amadeus
Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so, he acquired a reputation as something of a tyrant, who unleashed an explosive temper at musicians if rehearsals did not meet his expectations.In The Real Toscanini, Cesare Civetta ... Read more

$23.12 USD

Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so, he acquired a reputation as something of a tyrant, who unleashed an explosive temper at musicians if rehearsals did not meet his expectations.In The Real Toscanini, Cesare Civetta
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Music Production, Songwriting & Audio Engineering, 2022+ Edition: The Professional Guide for Music Producers, Songwriters & Audio Engineers in Music Studios

by Tommy Swindali ...

Techniques, Tricks & Pro Tips to Make Your Sound The Very Best it Can Be!Do you want to make better music? How about achieving a professional sound? Or even being able to work in professional studios?If you're serious about improving your music production, songwriting & audio engineering skills to a professional level then keep on reading…Most musicians dream of making professional sounding music. ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Techniques, Tricks & Pro Tips to Make Your Sound The Very Best it Can Be!Do you want to make better music? How about achieving a professional sound? Or even being able to work in professional studios?If you're serious about improving your music production, songwriting & audio engineering skills to a professional level then keep on reading…Most musicians dream of making professional sounding music.
... Read more
Symphonic Works Analyzed

by Robert Quebbeman ...

Conceived as a sequel to the eminent twentieth-century text The Symphony and the Symphonic Poem, Robert Quebbeman' s Symphonic Works Analyzed offers in-depth analysis of over sixty works from additional standard orchestral genres, including the overture, incidental pieces, and works for orchestra and chorus. With repertoire spanning the Classical period to the twentieth century, each analysis ... Read more

$39.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Conceived as a sequel to the eminent twentieth-century text The Symphony and the Symphonic Poem, Robert Quebbeman' s Symphonic Works Analyzed offers in-depth analysis of over sixty works from additional standard orchestral genres, including the overture, incidental pieces, and works for orchestra and chorus. With repertoire spanning the Classical period to the twentieth century, each analysis
... Read more
Theophano: Oper in drei Aufzügen

by Paul Graener, Otto Anthes ...

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von "Theophano", einer Oper, die Geschichte und Emotionen in einem meisterhaften Werk vereint!In "Theophano: Oper in drei Aufzügen" entführen Paul Graener und Otto Anthes die Leser in eine dramatische Erzählung voller Intrigen, Machtkämpfe und leidenschaftlicher Liebe. Die Oper erzählt die Geschichte der byzantinischen Prinzessin Theophano, deren Schicksal ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von "Theophano", einer Oper, die Geschichte und Emotionen in einem meisterhaften Werk vereint!In "Theophano: Oper in drei Aufzügen" entführen Paul Graener und Otto Anthes die Leser in eine dramatische Erzählung voller Intrigen, Machtkämpfe und leidenschaftlicher Liebe. Die Oper erzählt die Geschichte der byzantinischen Prinzessin Theophano, deren Schicksal
... Read more
Los Cimientos De La Economía Moderna

by Frank Alva ...

«El hombre que no conoce su historia está condenado a repetirla»PRESENTACIÓN Desgraciadamente la historia se repite en innumerables ocasiones. La sociedad pronto olvidó el desastre de la I Guerra Mundial para que 20 años después, desembocáramos en otra guerra todavía más cruenta como fue la segunda gran guerra; parece como si la historia se borrase de la mente del ser humano . En la economía ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

«El hombre que no conoce su historia está condenado a repetirla»PRESENTACIÓN Desgraciadamente la historia se repite en innumerables ocasiones. La sociedad pronto olvidó el desastre de la I Guerra Mundial para que 20 años después, desembocáramos en otra guerra todavía más cruenta como fue la segunda gran guerra; parece como si la historia se borrase de la mente del ser humano . En la economía
... Read more
Transforming Choral Singing

An Activist's Guide for Choir Directors

by Charles W. Beale ...

Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir's performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, "say something" to someone, and create change in them. In that fundamental sense, they are always activist. In Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist's Guide for ... Read more

$19.70 USD

Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir's performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, "say something" to someone, and create change in them. In that fundamental sense, they are always activist. In Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist's Guide for
... Read more
Beyond the Baton

What Every Conductor Needs to Know

by Diane Wittry ...

Seasoned conductor Diane Wittry draws a comprehensive roadmap to a successful career in Beyond the Baton. With first-hand understanding of how the role of the conductor has changed across the years, she expertly examines the new set of duties--both on and off of the podium--that now fall upon the shoulders of the music director. From getting a job to fundraising and educational outreach, Wittry's ... Read more

$40.49 USD

Seasoned conductor Diane Wittry draws a comprehensive roadmap to a successful career in Beyond the Baton. With first-hand understanding of how the role of the conductor has changed across the years, she expertly examines the new set of duties--both on and off of the podium--that now fall upon the shoulders of the music director. From getting a job to fundraising and educational outreach, Wittry's
... Read more
Die Melodie der Lagune

Historischer Frauenroman in Venedig über Vivaldis Rivalin Anna Maria della Pietà, die beste Violinistin der Welt

by Harriet Constable ...

Translated by Edith Beleites ...

Es ist an der Zeit, die Frau kennenzulernen, über die wir in den letzten 300 Jahren hätten sprechen sollen: Dies ist die Geschichte von Anna Maria della Pietà.Venedig, 18. Jahrhundert: Die junge Anna Maria wächst in einem Waisenhaus auf, und als sie zum ersten Mal eine Geige in der Hand hält, verändert sich ihr Leben – denn für Anna ist die Musik mit allen Sinnen erlebbar, sie übertrifft alle ... Read more

$21.69 USD

Es ist an der Zeit, die Frau kennenzulernen, über die wir in den letzten 300 Jahren hätten sprechen sollen: Dies ist die Geschichte von Anna Maria della Pietà.Venedig, 18. Jahrhundert: Die junge Anna Maria wächst in einem Waisenhaus auf, und als sie zum ersten Mal eine Geige in der Hand hält, verändert sich ihr Leben – denn für Anna ist die Musik mit allen Sinnen erlebbar, sie übertrifft alle
... Read more
The New Modern Conductor

by Mark Gibson ...

Conductors today must come to the podium with a wide-ranging set of skills. A modern symphony conductor is expected not only to reveal the spirituality in a Brahms symphony, but also to perform the latest symphonic arrangement of The Lord of the Rings for movie lovers, put together an evening of light classics, and program the first half of a pops concert before reading the charts of a country ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Conductors today must come to the podium with a wide-ranging set of skills. A modern symphony conductor is expected not only to reveal the spirituality in a Brahms symphony, but also to perform the latest symphonic arrangement of The Lord of the Rings for movie lovers, put together an evening of light classics, and program the first half of a pops concert before reading the charts of a country
... Read more
Basic Conducting Techniques

by Joseph A. Labuta, Wendy K. Matthews ...

Basic Conducting Techniques, Seventh Edition, provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. Over the course of fourteen chapters, the authors explicate the elements of conducting, supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical repertoire. Practical and innovative, clear and approachable, this text illuminates ... Read more

$144.00 USD

Basic Conducting Techniques, Seventh Edition, provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. Over the course of fourteen chapters, the authors explicate the elements of conducting, supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical repertoire. Practical and innovative, clear and approachable, this text illuminates
... Read more
Constant Lambert

Beyond The Rio Grande

by Stephen Lloyd ...

To the economist and ballet enthusiast John Maynard Keynes he was potentially the most brilliant man he'd ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was the greatest ballet conductor and advisor this country has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was the greatest, most lovable, and most entertaining personality of the musical world; whilst to the dance critic Clement Crisp he was quite simply a ... Read more

$21.41 USD

To the economist and ballet enthusiast John Maynard Keynes he was potentially the most brilliant man he'd ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was the greatest ballet conductor and advisor this country has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was the greatest, most lovable, and most entertaining personality of the musical world; whilst to the dance critic Clement Crisp he was quite simply a
... Read more
Conductors in Britain, 1870-1914

Wielding the Baton at the Height of Empire

by Fiona M. Palmer ...

Drawing on many archival findings, this book considers the emerging function and status of orchestral conductors in Britain, and the nature of the opportunities available to them, from the late Victorian era until the outbreak ofWorld War I. It does so by examining and comparing the profiles and impact of eight men whose work supplied the needs of a variety of institutions across the period but ... Read more

$16.19 USD

Drawing on many archival findings, this book considers the emerging function and status of orchestral conductors in Britain, and the nature of the opportunities available to them, from the late Victorian era until the outbreak ofWorld War I. It does so by examining and comparing the profiles and impact of eight men whose work supplied the needs of a variety of institutions across the period but
... Read more
Stickings to go

Warm-up exercises for Drums

by André Oettel ...

Stickings to go is a collection of warm-up and technique exercises which you can practice on the snare drum or a drumpad. 29 pages, with a variety of exercises for the advanced and professional drummer. Short rhythms with accents, flams and doubles are written in several groupings of eighth and sixteenth notes, triplets, quintuplets and sextuples.In the following chapters, individual techniques ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Stickings to go is a collection of warm-up and technique exercises which you can practice on the snare drum or a drumpad. 29 pages, with a variety of exercises for the advanced and professional drummer. Short rhythms with accents, flams and doubles are written in several groupings of eighth and sixteenth notes, triplets, quintuplets and sextuples.In the following chapters, individual techniques
... Read more
Inside Conducting

by Christopher Seaman ...

What does a conductor actually do? How much effect does he or she have? Can the orchestra manage without one? Why don't the players look at the conductor more? Is it necessary for the conductor to play every instrument? What about interpretation? What happens at rehearsals? Why do some conductors "thrash around" more than others? Who's the boss in a concerto: the soloist or the conductor?These are ... Read more

$16.19 USD

What does a conductor actually do? How much effect does he or she have? Can the orchestra manage without one? Why don't the players look at the conductor more? Is it necessary for the conductor to play every instrument? What about interpretation? What happens at rehearsals? Why do some conductors "thrash around" more than others? Who's the boss in a concerto: the soloist or the conductor?These are
... Read more
Técnica De Operação De Áudio

by Eduardo Pinheiro ...

Este livro tem o objetivo de explicar os principais parâmetros dos equalizadores gráficos, semiparamétricos e paramétricos, esclarecendo como são filtradas e modeladas as sonoridades, com uma abordagem um pouco mais aprofundada que a maioria das literaturas, de conhecimento básico no mercado, que valoriza muito mais os exemplos práticos que os teóricos. Com esse perfil, esta obra auxilia na ... Read more

$7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este livro tem o objetivo de explicar os principais parâmetros dos equalizadores gráficos, semiparamétricos e paramétricos, esclarecendo como são filtradas e modeladas as sonoridades, com uma abordagem um pouco mais aprofundada que a maioria das literaturas, de conhecimento básico no mercado, que valoriza muito mais os exemplos práticos que os teóricos. Com esse perfil, esta obra auxilia na
... Read more
Symphony No.7 in D Minor - A Conductor's Score - Op.124

by Charles Villiers Stanford ...

First published in 1912, this book contains the original musical notation for Charles V. Stanford's “Symphony No.7, Op.12”, a classical musical composition for orchestra. A wonderful example of Romantic music from the early 19th century, this piece will appeal to musicians and others with an interest in playing Stanford's marvellous compositions. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) was an ... Read more

$6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

First published in 1912, this book contains the original musical notation for Charles V. Stanford's “Symphony No.7, Op.12”, a classical musical composition for orchestra. A wonderful example of Romantic music from the early 19th century, this piece will appeal to musicians and others with an interest in playing Stanford's marvellous compositions. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 – 1924) was an
... Read more
A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works

Part I

by Jonathan D. Green ...

Now in paperback. This innovative survey of large choral-orchestral works written between 1900 and 1972 and containing some English text examines eighty-nine works, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius to Bernstein's Mass. For each work, the author provides a biography of the composer, complete instrumentation, text sources, editions, availability of performing materials, performance issues, ... Read more

$58.31 USD

Now in paperback. This innovative survey of large choral-orchestral works written between 1900 and 1972 and containing some English text examines eighty-nine works, from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius to Bernstein's Mass. For each work, the author provides a biography of the composer, complete instrumentation, text sources, editions, availability of performing materials, performance issues,
... Read more
Quick Reference Guide for Band Directors Who Teach Jazz

by Ronald E. Kearns ...

Series series National Association for Music Education
This book helps band directors teach and develop successful jazz programs in middle schools and high schools. Ronald E. Kearns provides a step-by-step approach to starting a jazz program, teaching jazz performance, and maintaining the program once it has been established. He addresses a variety of topics, including:the first steps that need to be takenintroductory jazz pedagogical skillssample ... Read more

$25.55 USD

This book helps band directors teach and develop successful jazz programs in middle schools and high schools. Ronald E. Kearns provides a step-by-step approach to starting a jazz program, teaching jazz performance, and maintaining the program once it has been established. He addresses a variety of topics, including:the first steps that need to be takenintroductory jazz pedagogical skillssample
... Read more
The Making of a Music Academy

by Jerome Stanley ...

This is a story of a music-training program at one among many American institutions of higher learning. These institutions accepted the challenge to evolve and develop training programs for music as part of a liberal arts education. Covering a period of more than one hundred years, the book discusses aspects of politics and the arts in America during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. ... Read more

$32.84 USD

This is a story of a music-training program at one among many American institutions of higher learning. These institutions accepted the challenge to evolve and develop training programs for music as part of a liberal arts education. Covering a period of more than one hundred years, the book discusses aspects of politics and the arts in America during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
... Read more
Oscar's A+ Band Director Guide: A Veteran Band Teacher's Guide to Teaching Music

by Oscar Dames ...

Leading a successful band or music program isn't as simple as teaching middle schoolers musical notes and getting them to play well together. It's a fun, yet sometimes challenging adventure that goes way beyond what you learned in college or university.In Oscar's A+ Band Director Guide, Oscar Dames gives you all the tools you need to teach kids music, lead a band, and create a successful music ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leading a successful band or music program isn't as simple as teaching middle schoolers musical notes and getting them to play well together. It's a fun, yet sometimes challenging adventure that goes way beyond what you learned in college or university.In Oscar's A+ Band Director Guide, Oscar Dames gives you all the tools you need to teach kids music, lead a band, and create a successful music
... Read more
Échauffements choraux à quatre voix

by Tijs Krammer ...

Est-ce que cela vous dit quelque chose ? « Je m'ennuie avec les échauffements. Nous chantons toujours les mêmes exercices. » Oui, de nombreux chanteurs considèrent les échauffements comme une exigence monotone, un exercice banal, ou un contretemps inutile avant que la vraie répétition ne commence. Mais cela ne doit pas nécessairement être ainsi ! Réinventez votre routine avec cette approche ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Est-ce que cela vous dit quelque chose ? « Je m'ennuie avec les échauffements. Nous chantons toujours les mêmes exercices. » Oui, de nombreux chanteurs considèrent les échauffements comme une exigence monotone, un exercice banal, ou un contretemps inutile avant que la vraie répétition ne commence. Mais cela ne doit pas nécessairement être ainsi ! Réinventez votre routine avec cette approche
... Read more

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