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Philip Ball
[Paperback 2011]
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From Bach fugues to Indonesian gamelan, from nursery rhymes to rock, music has cast its light onto every corner of human culture. But why music excites such deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all have, until recently, remained mysterious. Now in The Music Instinct, award-winning... more
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Oliver W Sacks
[Paperback 2011]
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'A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us.' "Daily Telegraph" Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we understand our own minds.... more
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Robert Greenberg
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Description: From one of the most trusted names in continuing education-the knowledge you need to unlock the most abstract and sublime of all the arts." Whether you're listening in a concert hall or on your iPod, concert music has the power to move you. The right knowledge can deepen the... more
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Laurence D Berman
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A musical phrase, or, for that matter, a musical unit of any size or shape, becomes an image whenever we imagine it to be invested with a content whose origins lie outside music. Such a content, according to the theory developed here, constitutes the image's conventional significance; it accounts for... more
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Daniel K L Chua ,
Ruth Solie ,
Jeffrey Kallberg
[Hardcover 1999]
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Phil G Goulding ,
Phil G Gooding
[Paperback 1995]
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MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from... more
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Ian Buchanan ,
Marcel Swiboda
[Paperback 2004]
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What would a Deleuzian music philosophy be like? For Deleuze, music informed his work on several levels. "Deleuze and Music" is the first volume to explore Deleuze's ideas from the perspective of music and sound. Music is central to Deleuze's work from "Difference and Repetition" to the "Logic of Sense... more
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William Andrews ,
Molly Sclater
[Paperback 1997]
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This series was created to afford serious students of Western music the opportunity of relating the component parts of the music they have played, that is, melody, harmony, rhythm, phrasing and structure. The harmonic vocabulary has been introduced in a logical order using melodic lines and examples from a wide... more
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Lydia Goehr
[Paperback 2002]
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Concentrating on the music, politics, and philosophy of Richard Wagner, Lydia Goehr addresses some fundamental questions of German Romanticism: Is all music musical? Is music made less musical by the presence of words? What is musical autonomy? How do composers avoid censorship? How are composers affected by exile? Can music... more
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Miguel Roig Francoli ,
Roig Francoli Miguel
[Paperback 2002]
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Jeremy Yudkin
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For one-quarter/two-semester, undergraduate-level courses in Music Appreciation/Introduction to Music, and Music History in Departments of Music, Arts, Fine Arts, or Humanities. Designed to help instructors teach the way they want to teach, Prentice Hall has assembled a music appreciation program with a maximum amount of flexibility and choice which supports... more
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David Nichols
[Paperback 2000]
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Roger Kamien
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This book is the leading text for the nonmajors' introduction to music courses. Some of the books distinctive features include the listening outlines (created by Kamien), the clear concise writing style, the well chosen examples, and the strong elements section. The fifth edition includes new selections throughout, additional listening outlines,... more
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Stanley Sadie ,
Alison Latham
[Paperback 1990]
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Ronald Pen ,
Pen Ronald
[Paperback 1991]
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Carl Dahlhaus ,
Roger Lustig
[Paperback 1991]
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With a characteristically broad and provocative treatment, Dahlhaus examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical viewpoints. "Essential reading for anyone interested in the larger intellectual framework in which Romantic music found its place, a framework that to a remarkable degree has continued to shape our image of... more
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John S Rigden
[Paperback 1977]
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A clearly written and organized text on the production, propagation, and perception of the sound we call music. Organized into six major parts (each with three chapters) treating the sources of sound and production of musical sound; the propagation of sound and those environmental features that have an immediate influence... more
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Harry F Olson
[Paperback 1967]
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This extraordinarily comprehensive text, requiring no special background in physics, math or music, discusses the nature of sound waves, musical instruments, musical notation, acoustic materials, elements of sound reproduction systems — from the telephone to stereo sound systems — and electronic music. "Very thorough, and full of well-presented facts." —... more
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Kristine Forney ,
Joseph Machlis
[Hardcover 1990]
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The Tenth Edition reaffirms this status in a thoughtful revision offering a more diverse repertory and a stronger emphasis on the cultural significance of musical styles and periods. Responding directly to the needs of today s students, Professor Forney has completely rewritten the chapters on musical elements for accessibility and... more
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Charles R Hoffer
[Paperback, 3rd Edition]
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Charles Hoffer's best-selling MUSIC LISTENING TODAY is a complete course solution that develops students' listening skills while teaching them to appreciate the different styles, forms, and genres of music. This affordable, brief, chronological survey text features two CDs-automatically included with new copies of the book at no additional cost-that contain... more
