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Allen, Bob George Jones: The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend
Birch Lane Press 1994 1559722533 / 9781559722537 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $19.95. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 306 pages. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
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Andrews, Gladys; Hurley, Beatrice (Foreword) Creative Rhythmic Movement For Children
Prentice-Hall 1954 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-fine copy of this 1954 hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Two-toned, blue boards (clean and bright). ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front on blank page (J. Bradish). Tight spine, bright pages. Over-sized hardback. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. 198 pages. NO tears inside book. Author was with Physical Education and Recreation, School of Education , New York University.
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Baltzell, W.J. A Complete History Of Music: For Schools, Clubs, And Private Reading
Philadelphia Theodore Presser 1905 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Extra-nice, clean copy of this 1905 hardback. Apparent First Edition. Decorative, deep-maroon boards with gilt lettering. Clean and bright. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. NO foxing. Pages show light tanning. 565 pages. Nicely illustrated throughout. NO remainder marks or clippings.
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Bartholomew, E.F. Relation Of Psychology To Music
Rock Island, Illinois The New Era Publishing Company 1902 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good, clean condition. Stated Second Edition. Green boards with gilt lettering and decoration. ONLY writing inside book is previous owner's name and address in book front on blank page (Agnes Mischler - Springfield, Illinois). NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. 286 pages. Author was Professor of English Literature and Philosophy in Augustana College and Conservatory of Music. Illustrated.
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Base, Graeme The Worst Band in the Universe: A Totally Cosmic Musical Adventure
Harry N Abrams Inc 1999 0810939983 / 9780810939981 Hard Cover Fine Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Near-new copy of this over-sized hardback. Includes UNOPENED CD in back of book. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis Graeme Base, creator of the two-million-copy best-seller Animalia, has created an exciting new adventure story filled with outrageously imaginative illustrations and infinitely clever verse. Base's legions of fans will be thrilled by the cosmic tale of Sprocc, a young Splingtwanger-player who leaves his home planet in search of musical freedom. Lured by the promise of fame and fortune, he enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe competition-and is launched on an adventure of truly intergalactic proportions. Complete with a CD of music composed and performed by Base himself, this whimsical science- fiction fantasy will enchant readers of all ages. Annotation Castigated for defying tradition and playing an original tune on his Splingtwanger, thirteen-year-old Sprocc leaves Planet Bipp in search of musical freedom and enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition. Includes a CD of songs supposedly recorded by the bands in the story.
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Baskerville, David; Cornyn, Stan (Foreword) Music Business Handbook and Career Guide
Sherwood Pub Co 1990 0933056060 / 9780933056060 Hard Cover Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. Small remainder mark on bottom. NO clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 541 pages. Illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis New edition of an up-to-date guide to the $100 billion music industry. It covers all aspects of the field including songwriting, publishing, copyright, licensing, artist management, promotion, retailing, media, and other topics such as careers in music and specific advice on getting started in this highly competitive profession. Seven chapters cover music in the marketplace; songwriting, publishing, copyright; business affairs; the recording industry; music in broadcasting and film; and the Canadian music industry and international copyright. The book is illustrated with b&w photographs and tables and also contains an appendix with sample copyright forms, writing and publishing agreements, and directories of professional organizations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews A guide to the music industry for undergraduate and graduate students in music and music management, covering aspects of the music business such as songwriting, publishing, copyright, artist management, media, administration, promotion, recording, and retailing. Includes an overview of the music business system, a chapter on career planning and development, a brief section on the Canadian music industry, and numerous checklists, sample forms, and contracts, plus a glossary and a list of professional organizations. Table of Contents Foreword 1 Overview 3 2 The music business system 15 3 Professional songwriting 25 4 Music publishing 49 5 Music copyright 83 6 Music licensing 117 7 Agents, managers, and attorneys 143 8 Artists' recording contracts 159 9 Unions and guilds 181 10 Artist management 193 11 Record production 219 12 Concert production 243 13 Arts administration 263 14 Music products 285 15 Scope of the recording industry 301 16 Record promotion, distribution, and retailing 315 17 Record markets 335 18 The digital age 345 19 Music in radio 357 20 Music in television 375 21 Dramatic scoring for motion pictures and TV 393 22 Music in advertising 411 23 Music and theater 429 24 Business music and production libraries 443 25 Career options 449 26 Starting your own business 499 27 Career development 515 28 What you need to know : about Canada's music scene 527 29 International copyright : the world market outside the United States
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Berrett, Joshua Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz
Yale Univ Pr 2004 0300103840 / 9780300103847 Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good + Ex-Library 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+, clean copy of this ex-libris hardback. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Tight spine, bright pages. 242 pages. Illustrated. Dustcover has a clear Mylar cover. Synopsis: In Louis Armstrong and Paul Whiteman the jazz scholar Joshua Berrett offers a provocative revision of the history of early jazz by focusing on two of its most notable practitioners Whiteman, legendary in his day, and Armstrong, a legend ever since. Paul Whiteman’s fame was unmatched throughout the twenties. Bix Beiderbecke, Bing Crosby, and Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey honed their craft on his bandstand. Celebrated as the King of Jazz in 1930 in a Universal Studios feature film, Whiteman’s imperium has declined considerably since. The legend of Louis Armstrong, in contrast, grows ever more lustrous: for decades it has been Armstrong, not Whiteman, who has worn the king’s crown. This dual biography explores these diverging legacies in the context of race, commerce, and the history of early jazz. Early jazz, Berrett argues, was not a story of black innovators and white usurpers. In this book, a much richer, more complicated story emerges a story of cross-influences, sidemen, sundry movers and shakers who were all part of a collective experience that transcended the category of race. In the world of early jazz, Berrett contends, kingdoms had no borders.
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Berry, Chuck Chuck Berry : The Autobiography
New York, NY, U.S.A. Simon & Schuster 1988 0671671596 / 9780671671594 Trade Paperback Very Good + No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice copy! Only writing/mark is previous owner's name in book front - on blank page. No tears - Tight spine. Illustrated with photos - At age 60, with lots of humor and very little inhibition, one of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll has set down the unghostwritten story of his life as a song writer, versifier, singer, family man and lover. Brought up in a religious household in St. Louis, young Charles Edward Anderson Berry got into bad company, stole a car and was given a 10-year prison term. Paroled at 21, he soon began a phenomenal musical career, achieving one triumph after another, except for two other periods in prison, one for violating the Mann Act and the other for nonpayment of income taxes. This is an unbuttoned, refreshing, if rather unedifying, account of a poor black man's rise to fame and glory.
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Briggs, John Requiem for a Yellow Brick Brewery: A History of the Metropolitan Opera
Little, Brown And Company 1969 Hard Cover Very Good + Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-good+ condition. Dustcover shows wear and tear. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $8.95. Illustrated. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. 359 pages. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name stamp in book front (Evelyn Vaughan - Springfield, Illinois). NO tears inside book.
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Campbell, Don The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit
Avon Books 1997 0380974185 / 9780380974184 First Edition Hard Cover Near-Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 332 pages. 8 pages show light (yellow) highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis Anyone who has ever seen a two-year-old start bouncing to a beat knows that music speaks to us on a very deep level. But it took celebrated teacher and music visionary Don Campbell to show us just how deep, with his landmark book The Mozart Effect. Stimulating, authoritative, and often lyrical, The Mozart Effect has a simple but life-changing message: music is medicine for the body, the mind, and the soul. Campbell shows how modern science has begun to confirm this ancient wisdom, finding evidence that listening to certain types of music can improve the quality of life in almost every respect. Here are dramatic accounts of how music is used to deal with everything from anxiety to cancer, high blood pressure, chronic pain, dyslexia, and even mental illness. Always clear and compelling, Campbell recommends more than two dozen specific, easy-to-follow exercises to raise your spatial IQ, "sound away" pain, boost creativity, and make the spirit sing!
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Campbell, Don; Pearce, Joseph Chilton (Foreword) The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity With Music
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. William Morrow & Co 2000 0380977826 / 9780380977826 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Very-nice, clean copy. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.00. Dustcover is clean, slwos light wear & 1 small, closed tear. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 273 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. Synopsis In his groundbreaking book, The Mozart Effect®, Don Campbell revealed the enormous healing powers of classical music. Now he shows you how to help the children in your life experience the same benefits. You don't have to be an expert on classical music to use this wise and compassionate book. Focusing each chapter on a particular age from prenatal through age ten. Don Campbell explains how music is the perfect tool to improve children's language, movement, and social skills at home, school, and play. He presents dynamic, inventive ways to invigorate a child's imagination, and supplies simple exercises, musical menus, and entertaining games that will improve your child's memory. At once practical and profound, The Mozart Effect® for Children is an invaluable resource for all parents and educators who want to help their children imagine, achieve, and grow in every aspect of their lives. Parent Council Reviews If you want your child to benefit from music, then this book is for you. Campbell talks about child development using metaphors from music as well as offering suggestions for tunes to encourage brain growth. He cites several research studies, but he emphasizes that it is more important to relax, enjoy the tunes, and make use of the classical music selections that will appeal to children of various ages. 2000, William Morrow, $25.00. Ages Adult. Reviewer: S. Palmer SOURCE: Parent Council Volume 8 Biography Listen to Don Campbell's credentials. A Texas native, Don Campbell studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau Conservatory of Music in France and has worked with Jean Houston, Leonard Bernstein and other musicians, healers and mind/body researchers. Over the years, his quest to harness the healing and creative powers of sound and music has taken him to 40 countries, including Haiti, Russia, Israel, Greece, Tibet, Indonesia and Thailand, where he has studied indigenous culture, taught and worked with children and young adults, and given his own performances. He has taught and performed in most of the capitals of Europe and lived in Japan for several years, serving as music critic for a Tokyo newspaper. He founded the Institute of Music, Health and Education in 1988, and is known to the public through frequent television and radio appearances and international lecture tours. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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Chotzinoff, Samuel Toscanini: An Intimate Portrait
Alfred A. Knopf 1956 Hard Cover Very Good + Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. 150 pages. Illustrated with photos. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. NO writing, marks or tears inside book.
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Cobain, Kurt Journals
New York, New York, U.S.A. Riverhead Books 2002 1573222321 / 9781573222327 Hard Cover Fine Very Good + 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy of this over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Illustrated throughout. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 280 pages. Synopsis: Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. Over twenty of these notebooks survived his many moves and travels and have been locked in a safe since his death. His journals reveal an artist who loved records, who knew the history of rock, and who was determined to define his place in that history. Publishers Weekly: These journal entries by Nirvana front man Cobain record his thoughts from the late 1980s until his suicide in 1994. There are no real answers to his death to be found in this collection of scrawled notes, first drafts of letters, shopping lists, and ballpoint pen drawings, although the nature of Cobain's fame will make it hard for readers not to look for them. At best, a series of intimate portraits emerge: a kid from high school; a cousin and neighbor; a bright, sensitive, fun-loving and morbid punk rocker who became spokesman for a generation he largely detested. Cobain's journals remind fans of how unlikely was his rise to fame: here was a kid from Aberdeen, dreaming of being in the next Meat Puppets, not the next Doors, who signed on with an independent label named SupPop, and ended up changing the course of commercial radio. Cobain's early letters to fellow rockers in the grunge scene also remind readers of how small and close that community was, and of the fairly incendiary politics it had developed through the Reagan years. For a true punk believer like Cobain, the loss of that community was also the loss of himself.
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Collester, Jeanne Colette Rudolph Ganz: A Musical Pioneer
Scarecrow Pr 1995 0810828839 / 9780810828834 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 179 pages. Synopsis Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972) was an eminent musician and a champion of modern music. Throughout his long and prolific career as a pianist, conductor, composer, and educator, this Swiss/American musician represented an incomparable link between the old and new. Personal recollections included Liszt and Brahms and friendships with Busoni, Paderewski, Schweitzer, Toscanini, Theodore Thomas, Rachmaninoff, and Bartok. Ravel, Griffes, and Tcherepnin, among others, dedicated important compositions to him. His programs frequently offered first performances of contemporary music. As late as 1962, at age 85, Ganz continued to pioneer new music at the First International Webern Festival. This first biography of Rudolf Ganz not only fills an important and missing gap in the history of the "golden age" of pianism, but provides the first balanced appraisal of Ganz's tenure as conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (1921-27). The author also traces Ganz's role as one of America's most imaginative and influential music educators. As conductor of the children and young people's concerts in St. Louis (1922-27), New York (1939-48), San Francisco (1939-48),and Chicago (1944-46), Ganz was responsible for introducing American youth to classical music during the early decades of this century. He extended his influence in education as president of the Chicago Musical College (1934-54) and a member of its faculty (1900-05 and 1928-69). The biography is illustrated and includes extensive endnotes and appendixes. Author Biography: Jeanne Colette Collester (M.Ed., Miami University of Ohio; MA, Washington University, St. Louis) is the step-daughter of Rudolph Ganz. She is Associate Professor and Chairof Art History, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois. In 1988 she published "Frederick Oakes Sylvester: The Principia Collection", a monograph on the turn-of-the-century St. Louis artist. In addition to teaching, she co-directs a number of art history programs in Europe, including an art history/music program which travels to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Munich, and Vienna.
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Conn, Charles Paul The Barbara Mandrell Story
Putnam Pub Group 1988 0399133178 / 9780399133176 Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Price inside dustcover: $19.95. Number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Tight spine, clean pages. 221 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Publishers Weekly The merchandising of a country-music star who has prevailed over the market whims of nearly 30 years and whose private life is a model of probity exceptional in the entertainment world is followed in this respectful biography. Barbara Mandrell is pictured as a hard worker, always on the move, devoted to family, energized by religious commitmenta picture drawn with broad strokes. Yet, ``beneath the somewhat Pollyanna exterior is a core of smooth steel,'' notes her biographer, who suggests that this may account for her triumph over a near-fatal auto accident in 1984 that maimed her, injured her children and killed the driver of the other car. The arduous work of physical and emotional recovery ended in success, which Mandrell attributes to religious faith and family. The author emphasizes the singer's unique relationship with her multitudes of fans, nurtured by her own museum, a popular stop on the Nashville music tour. Conn, author of The New Johnny Cash and The Possible Dream , is president of Lee College, Tennessee.
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Copland, Aaron; Perlis, Vivian Copland: 1900-1942
St Martins Pr 1984 0312011490 / 9780312011499 Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine, clean pages. 402 pages. Illustrated throughout. Synopsis Hailed as important, entertaining, and revealing, Copland: 1900 Through 1942 is the memoir of one of America's most respected and loved musical pioneers. This is the story of a self-described "brash young man from Brooklyn" who went on to become a founding father of "serious" American music with works that include "Appalachian Spring, " "Lincoln Portrait, " the movie scores for "Of Mice and Men" and "Our Town, " and numerous orchestral and chamber works. The book charts his early years. The celebrations marking Aaron Copland's centenary will include numerous musical festivals such as the Tanglewood Festival, The New York City Opera, the American Musical Festival, The Library of Congress, and more. Annotation One of America's greatest composers, Aaron Copland (Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid) is famous for movie scores and numerous orchestral and chamber works. Copland: 1900-1942 takes the reader from his childhood through his early championship of American music to his arrival at Tanglewood. 30 black-and-white photographs.
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Coupland, Douglas Polaroids from the Dead
HarperCollins 1996 0060391499 / 9780060391492 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $18.00. NO writing, marks or tears. 199 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine. Synopsis Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America -- from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class. For years, Coupland's razor-sharp insights into what it means to be human in an age of technology have garnered the highest praise from fans and critics alike. At last, Coupland has assembled a wide variety of stories and personal "postcards" about pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives. Polaroids from the Dead is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction -- keen outtakes on life in the late 20th century, exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity, crime and death. Princess Diana, Nicole Brown Simpson and Madonna are but some of the people scrutinized.
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Coward, Henry Choral Technique And Interpretation
New York & England Novello And Company 1915 Hard Cover Near-Fine No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
NO copyright indicated - Circa 1915 - Near-Fine copy of this vintage book - No tears - Tight spine - Only writing / mark is previous owner's signature in book front - 333 pages - includes music notation - From the Preface: This book has been written to assist Choral Conductors and Choirmasters, though its scope is not limited to these, as many of the principles embodied in the text are applicable to Soloists as well as to Orchestral and Military Conductors. There is no padding or mere theorizing in the book. Everything written is the outcome of living experience, and has stood the test of many years' trial. Other methods may be equally good, or better; but because I have found what is herein stated to be, in my judgment, the most effective, I have, without reserve, placed my plans and experience at the disposal of all who are seeking to develop Choral music and Choral singing, either in the small Choir or in the large Festival Chorus.
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