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Game sound
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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… |
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Debating the past
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Raúl R Romero |
"Debating the Past explores how the people of the Mantaro Valley have addressed concerns over the loss of ancient traditions by restructuring colonial and pre-Hispanic traditions into new contexts an… |
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Damage incorporated
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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… |
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The Book of Salsa
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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… |
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Can't stop, won't stop
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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… |
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Listen to this
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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. |
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The wheels on the bus
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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. |
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How Music Works
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David Byrne |
The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and co-founder of Talking Heads presents a celebration of music that offers insight into the roles of time, place, and recording technology, discussing how evo… |
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The encyclopedia of music
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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. |
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Tim Page on music
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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… |
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Interpreting music
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Lawrence Kramer |
This is a comprehensive essay on musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. The author argues that music, far from being closed to interpreta… |
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No regrets
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Rob Young |
Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music : from 'The sun ain't gonna shine any more' reaching no.1 through to recordings of meat being punched on his last album, The dri… |
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Wounds to bind
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Jerry Burgan |
The birth of folk rock comes to life in Jerry Burgan's memoir of the pre-psychedelic 1960s. Burgan's story bears witness to an eclectic and hopeful convergence in American music history, that missing… |
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The concise guide to hip-hop music
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Paul Edwards |
In this comprehensive, accessible guide, Paul Edwards breaks down the difference between old school and new school, recaps the biggest influencers of the genre, and sets straight the myths and miscon… |
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The Storyteller
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Dave Grohl |
So, I’ve written a book.
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (‘It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to wr… |
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Stolen time
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Hudson, Richard |
"The history of tempo rubato ('stolen time') is as old as music itself. Composers and performers sometimes alter the expected rhythm or tempo in order to enhance the expressive power of the music. Th… |
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On the loose
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Rose Bayner |
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!
That's what Walter soon would be! A would-be sophisticate who couldn't even speak French. A ladies' man who hadn't met his lady. A world traveler who had yet to see the worl… |
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A private passion
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Cathy Gillen Thacker |
She definitely liked his style... The moment Lyon Haggerty opened the door of his sumptuous hotel room, stylist Colleen Chandler knew she was in trouble. Just looking at the sexy Hollywood filmmaker … |
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What to Listen for in Music
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Aaron Copland |
In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a d… |
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The Jacksons
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Steve Manning |
Traces the career of the Jackson Five from their start in Gary, Indiana, to their rise to the top of the recording industry. |
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