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  • Classical Music

    Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges

    by Michael Beckerman, Paul Boghossian ...
    This kaleidoscopic collection reflects on the multifaceted world of classical music as it advances through the twenty-first century. With insights drawn from leading composers, performers, academics, journalists, and arts administrators, special focus is placed on classical music’s defining traditions, challenges and contemporary scope. Innovative in structure and approach, the volume comprises ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tripod

    by George Beckerman, Michael Beckerman ...
    “Tripod” is a children’s picture book about a three-legged dog who feels inadequate. He goes off on a quest to find his fourth leg and realizes that he can do things on three legs that other dogs can’t do on four. Self-confidence gained, inadequate feeling gone. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Martinu and His World

    Edited by Aleš Brezina, Michael Beckerman ...
    A collection of essays and documents illuminating the work of Bohuslav Martinů, published in collaboration with the Bard Music Festival.Bohuslav Martinů was one of the most extraordinary and prolific composers of the twentieth century. Martinů and His World offers a portrait of the composer in all his complexity. Born in the present-day Czech Republic, Martinů was rendered stateless as a result of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From My Life

    The Autobiography of Eduard Hanslick

    by Tom Moore ...
    From My Life, the autobiography of the famed music critic Eduard Hanslick, appeared toward the end of his life, in 1894, when it went through three printings. It was republished in 1911, and again, more recently, in 1987, by Bärenreiter, and in 2011, by Taschenbuch. Born in Prague, Hanslick studied piano with Tomaschek, and though, like other compatriots and contemporaries, he studied law and ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • The Kaprálová Companion

    by Timothy Cheek, Judith Mabary, Jindriska Bártová, Michael Beckerman ...
    The Kaprálová Companion, edited by Karla Hartl and Erik Entwistle, is a collection of biographical and analytical essays on Czech composer Vítezslava Kaprálová [1915–1940]. Accompanied by an annotated catalog of works, annotated chronology of life events, bibliography, discography, and a list of published works, The Kaprálová Companion is an essential, comprehensive guide to the composer's life ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Music and Displacement

    Diasporas, Mobilities, and Dislocations in Europe and Beyond

    by Sean Campbell, Ruth F. Davis, Björn Heile, Jehoash Hirshberg, Sydney Hutchinson, Max Paddison, Peter Petersen, Jim Samson, Philip V. Bohlman, Michael Beckerman ...
    Series series Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities
    The grand narratives of European music history are informed by the dichotomy of placements and displacements. Yet musicology has thus far largely ignored the phenomenon of displacement and underestimated its significance for musical landscapes and music history. Music and Displacement: Diasporas, Mobilities, and Dislocations in Europe and Beyond constitutes a pioneering volume that aims to fill ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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  • Music

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music - traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop - and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, this Very Short Introduction considers the history of music and thinking about music, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Music as Labour

    Inequalities and Activism in the Past and Present

    Edited by Dagmar Abfalter, Rosa Reitsamer ...
    Series series Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries
    This book brings together research at the intersection of music, cultural industries, management, antiracist politics and gender studies to analyse music as labour, in particular highlighting social inequalities and activism.Providing insights into labour processes and practices, the authors investigate the changing role of manifold actors, institutions and technologies and the corresponding ... Read more

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  • Alternative Approaches in Music Education

    Case Studies from the Field

    by Frank Abrahams, Joseph Abramo, Sarah Bartolome, Nancy Beitler, Ruth Boshkoff, Lily Chen-Hafteck, Don Coffman, Mary L. Cohen, Megan Clay Constantine, Robert Gardner, Brent M. Gault, Beth Gibbs, Elizabeth M. Guerriero, Matthew Hoy, Sheri Jaffurs, Victor Lin, Lisa M. Meyer, Douglas C. Orzolek, Catherine Odom Prowse, Joshua S. Renick, Barbara J. Resch, Christopher Roberts, Janet Robbins, Mark Ross, Cecilia Roudabush, Daniel Sumner, Linda Thornton, Terese Volk Tuohey, Sarah H. Watts, Carlos Abril, Brenda Brenner, Katherine Strand, Jonathan D. Harnum, Alison M. Reynolds, Betty Anne Younker ...
    Explore the creative ways music educators across the country are approaching emerging practices in music teaching and learning. Outlined in twenty-five unique case studies, each program offers a new perspective on music teaching and learning, often falling outside the standard music education curriculum. Find innovative ideas and models of successful practice to incorporate into your teaching, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Music and Capitalism

    A History of the Present

    by Timothy D. Taylor ...
    Timothy D. Taylor "deeply reveals the social organization of capitalism and its profound impact on music" (Jocelyne Guilbault, author of Governing Sound).iTunes. Spotify. Pandora. With these brief words one can map the landscape of music today, but these aren't musicians, songs, or anything else actually musical—they are products and brands. In Music and Capitalism, ethnomusicologist Timothy D. ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Re-enchantment

    Making Early Music in the Modern Age

    by Nick Wilson ...
    In the late 1960s, a new movement emerged championing historically informed 'authentic' approaches to performance. Heard today in concert halls across the world and in a library's worth of recordings, it has completely transformed the way in which we listen to 'old' music, while revolutionizing the classical music profession in the process. Yet the rise of Early Music has been anything but ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Before the Singing

    Structuring Children's Choirs for Success

    by Dr. Barbara Tagg ...
    All children must have an opportunity to share the joy of choral music participation - whether in school, church, or community choirs. What happens before the singing begins, is critical to supporting, sustaining, and nurturing choirs to give every child the opportunity to experience the wonder of choral singing. Based on years of experience conducting and teaching, Barbara Tagg brings a wealth of ... Read more

    $40.49 USD