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"Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians, both prominent and obscure-figures such as The Shaggs, Syd Barrett, Tiny Tim, Jandek, Captain Beefheart, Daniel Johnston, Harry Partch, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy-and presents their strange life stories along with photographs, interviews, cartoons, and discographies....
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Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 online resource
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English
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Shocking Blue was joined by Tee Set and George Baker Selection as successful acts that producer Jerry Ross brought to the U. S. Ross, a lyricist traveled to Hamburg and Zurich in 1969. He discovered that tracks by the Dutch bands were available. Shocking Blue's Venus became a mega hit in the United States. Released in December 1969 it peaked at #1 in February 1970. Tee Set's "Ma Belle Amie" was a big hit in America as well, along with "Little Green...
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With style, wit, and expertise, Leonard Bernstein shares his love and appreciation for music in all its varied forms in The Infinite Variety of Music, illuminating the deep pleasure and sometimes subtle beauty it offers. He begins with an "imaginary conversation" with George Washington entitled "The Muzak Muse" in which he argues the values of actively listening to music by learning how to read notes, as opposed to simply hearing music in a concert...
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• Enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2014, Linda Ronstadt has earned three number 1 pop albums, 10 top ten pop albums, and 38 charting pop albums on the Billboard Pop Album Charts
• Linda's Ronstadt's first Latin release, the all-Spanish 1987 album Canciones De Mi Padre is the best-selling non-English -language album in American music history, with over 2.5 million copies sold in the US
• Trio, the 1987 album with Dolly Parton...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2007.
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1 online resource (592 pages)
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English
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"From packing the right equipment to keeping enough gas in the tank to get home, every aspect of making a successful tour with a band is addressed in this comprehensive guide. More than 100 luminaries and leading organizations from the world of touring-among them Chris Connelly, Henry Rollins, the House of Blues, and the Vans Warped Tour, as well as club owners, tour managers, and even sex advisors-provide handy insider know-how along with insight...
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Awa Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (160 pages)
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English
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Ever wondered why most classical music concerts are such stuffy affairs? Had to bluff your way through classical music conversations? Trying to get a handle on music by modern composers? Failed to convince teenagers of the merits of Beethoven or Bach? Or just want an absorbing read about music? This book is an illuminating guide that will be a hit with classical music lovers and those keen to discover more about the subject, written by an accomplished...
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Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2013
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1 online resource (256 p.)
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"For Stacy Horn, regardless of what is going on in the world or her life, singing in an amateur choir-the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York-never fails to take her to a place where hope reigns and everything good is possible. She's not particularly religious, and her voice is not exceptional (so she says), but like the 32.5 million other chorus members throughout this country, singing makes her happy. Horn brings us along as she sings some...
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Scarecrow Press
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2012.
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1 online resource (474 pages)
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English
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"An essential work for rock fans and scholars, Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, Before Elvis offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing...
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Why does music affect us so profoundly? The songs we love do far more than bring back happy memories. They impact the way we think, talk, feel, behave, and even spend money. With his conversational style, humor, and endless knowledge, scientist and musician John Powell explores the fascinating science of music, showing that shoppers spend more money in stores that play classical music and that music can even change the flavor of wine! With chapters...
11) Mazurkas
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Features 51 best-loved compositions, reproduced directly from the authoritative Kistner edition edited by Carl Mikuli, a pupil of Chopin. Editor's Foreword, 1879.
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GIA Publications
Pub. Date
2013.
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2013 Edition.
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1 online resource (166 pages)
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With 10 years of additional research on early childhood music, neurology, and language, this updated edition of Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children focuses on the most critical learning period in every individual's musical life: birth to age five. The book explains how young children audiate and develop an understanding of music--and why they should experience music as early as possible. Edwin Gordon, a leading educator and researcher...
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GIA Publications
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2013.
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1 online resource (173 pages)
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English
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Examining the mentor-prot�eg�e dynamic and its critical impact on the lives of ensembles and their conductors, author Tim Sharp draws from research, his own experience as a choir conductor, mentor, and prot�eg�e, and his travels as the executive director of the American Choral Directors Association in this study. The result is a profound portrait of this important, but rarely discussed, aspect of a conductor's life. The book reinforces a conductor's...
14) Pig City
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University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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10th Anniversary Edition.
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1 online resource (392 pages)
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English
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From cult heroes the Saints and the Go-Betweens to national icons Powderfinger and international stars Savage Garden, Brisbane has produced more than its share of great bands. But behind the music lay a ghost city of malice and corruption. Pressed under the thumb of the Bjelke-Petersen government and its toughest enforcers--the police--Brisbane's musicians, radio announcers, and political activists braved ignorance, harassment, and often violence...
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Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2000
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1 online resource (320 p.)
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English
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"You can hear it in the hottest clubs in New York, the hippest rooms in New Orleans, Chicago, and San Francisco, and in top concert halls around the world. It's a joyous sound that echoes the past. It's Old World meets New World. It's secular and sacred. It's traditional and experimental. It's played by classical violinist Itzhak Perlman (his all-klezmer album in his all-time best-seller!), the hypno-pop band Yo La Tengo, and avant-gardist John Zorn....
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Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2008
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1 online resource (992 p.)
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English
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"The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz-author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die-does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer fun of great music. This is a book both broad...
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University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2010.
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1 online resource (388 pages)
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English
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"The ultimate music fan's bible packed with insight into the world of rock 'n' roll. Off the Record brings together the best interviews and articles from Australia's music street press, about bands on the cusp of greatness to megastars at the height of their powers-all imbued with a cool street-press indie sensibility. Many pieces come from Time Off, a magazine established in 1979 and the first free music/entertainment weekly in Australia. Far from...
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Photographs from around the world celebrate the universal joy that kids get from making music, whether they're playing instruments, clapping their hands, stomping their feet, or singing. Music can help express one child's feelings--or it can bring a whole community together.
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What do your musical choices say about you? Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Hyden focuses on pop music rivalries, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing. Along the way he explores burning out and fading away, gives readers a glimpse into the perennial battle between old and young-- and just may prompt you to give your least favorite band another chance.
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Auckland University Press
Pub. Date
2001.
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1 online resource (288 pages)
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English
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Sixty traditional Maori songs of Tuhoe sung by Kino Hughes are presented in this book and CD collection. The text of each song is given in both English and Maori along with a musical transcription. Kino Hughes was an outstanding singer, orator, and respected Kaumatua who, determined to preserve for future generations all the songs he knew, asked these authors to compile this magnificent record. The introduction includes information on Kino Hughes,...
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