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Game sound Game sound Karen Collins A distinguishing feature of video games is their interactivity, and sound plays an important role in this: a player's actions can trigger dialogue, sound effects, ambient sound, and music. And yet ga… OL11869756W
Damage incorporated Damage incorporated Glenn T. Pillsbury Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity offers an interdisciplinary study investigating a range of topics that intersect in the music and cultural influence of Metallica… OL13664821W
The Book of Salsa The Book of Salsa Cesar Miguel Rondon Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, incl… OL15173438W
Gaya Petikan Kacapi Tembang Gaya Petikan Kacapi Tembang Julia Buku yang mengupas ihwal gaya petikan kacapi tembang Sunda Cianjuran yang dikembangkan oleh dua seniman kacapi tembang OL15739797W
Can't stop, won't stop Can't stop, won't stop Jeff Chang,D.J. Kool Herc Forged in the fires of the Bronx and Kingston, Jamaica, hip-hop has been a generation-defining global movement. In a post-civil rights era rapidly transformed by deindustrialization and globalization… OL15835141W
Louisiana music Louisiana music Rick Koster "A journey from R&B to zydeco, jazz to country, blues to gospel, Cajun music to swamp pop to Carnival music and beyond." OL15951062W
Queer voices Queer voices Freya Jarman-Ivens "Queer Voices sets out both to queer the musicological and to make queer audible, arguing that the voice, particularly the singing voice, opens up a richly queer space. Using case studies from differ… OL16001798W
Music in Cuba Music in Cuba Alejo Carpentier From the Publisher: A publishing event: the foundational work on Cuban music by a major figure of the twentieth century, now in English for the first time. In the wake of the Buena Vista Social Club… OL16069311W
Listen to this Listen to this Alex Ross Après le succès de The Rest is Noise, le critique américain Alex Ross revient avec Listen to This, un cocktail revigorant d'essais sur la musique pop, rock, jazz et classique. OL16224080W
How to analyze the music of Michael Jackson How to analyze the music of Michael Jackson Jennifer Joline Anderson This title explores the creative works of famous musician Michael Jackson. Music analyzed includes, Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, and Invincible. Clear, comprehensive text gives ba… OL16450716W
Musics of Latin America Musics of Latin America Walter Aaron Clark,Moore, Robin xxi, 453, A-48 pages : 24 cm OL16510121W
The wheels on the bus The wheels on the bus Sandra D'Antonio Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes music and the words to nine verses. OL16642267W
The German Symphony Between Beethoven and Brahms The German Symphony Between Beethoven and Brahms Christopher Fifield It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase "dead time" to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus … OL17314734W
The encyclopedia of music The encyclopedia of music Max Wade-Matthews,Wendy Thompson A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra; and an authoritative guide to over 100 famous classical composers. OL17607756W
Juanes Juanes Juanes "En Persiguiendo el Sol el i cono humanitario y estrella internacional de la mu sica comparte la increi ble historia de su vida y de co mo la mu sica y la fe lo han guiado en su camino. En sus propia… OL17692354W
Tim Page on music Tim Page on music Tim Page ""From the beginning, it was my intention to infuse some of the passion, allusiveness, and occasional irreverence found in the best writing about jazz and rock into the realm of classical music criti… OL17808659W
Bandstand Bandstand Richard Oberacker It's 1945. American soldiers return home to ticker tape parades and overjoyed families; Private First Class Donny Novitski, singer and songwriter, returns with the hope of rebuilding his life with ju… OL19713024W
Fare thee well Fare thee well Joel Selvin "A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. The Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership o… OL19748074W
Night moves Night moves Jessica Hopper "Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes, Night Moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Drawing on her personal journals from the aughts, Jessica Hopper… OL19763469W
A city called heaven A city called heaven Robert M. Marovich In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago. Maro… OL20005519W
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