Exploring many aspects of Felix Mendelssohn's multi-faceted career as musician and how it intersects with his work as composer, contributors discuss practical issues of music making such as performance space, instruments, tempo markings, ...
Journey of a Thousand Miles tells the remarkable story of a boy who sacrificed almost everything – family, financial security, childhood and his reputation in China’s insular classical music world – to fulfil his promise as a ...
“The most authoritative tome out there on Heart, the biggest female-led hard rock band of all time” from the award-winning music biographer (Vintage Rock).
"This study develops an analytical method, drawn from various theoretical perspectives, for conceiving superposed diatonic spaces within a hybrid pitch-space comprised of diatonic and chromatic features." --abstract.
A Romance on Three Legs is the story of Gould's love for this piano, from the first moment of discovery, in a Toronto dept. store, to the tragic moment when the piano was dropped and seriously damaged while being transported from a concert ...
Taken altogether, this book sheds light on the functioning of popular music culture and the ways in which musical authorship is (re)defined"--Back cover.
Barry Shears is a native of Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and an acknowledged expert on the history of traditional piping in Nova Scotia and its intrinsic connection to the Gaelic language, music and culture.
This updated edition picks up on the legendary guitarist's recent accomplishments, drawing on Randy's personal reflections as well as insights from those closest to the master.