Books

18 results found

Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Ravel studies	Deborah Mawer	xii, 220 p. : 26 cm	OL15587953W
Other entertainment	Ned Rorem	As a musician who is also a writer, Ned Rorem claims that some years ago the IRS, at a loss as to how to pigeonhole him for their purposes, settled on the designation of "Other Entertainment" when no…	OL15838904W
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
Masterworks of George Enescu	Pascal Bentoiu	A detalied analysis of the most important works by Romanian composer George Enescu. Enesco, Georges, 1881-1955--Criticism and interpretation	OL16524766W
Summary of the history and development of medi©Œval and modern European music	C. Hubert H. Parry	An overview of European music from the middle ages to the work of Schubert and Brahms.	OL16930294W
The rest is noise	Alex Ross	The scandal over modern music has not died--while paintings by Picasso and Pollock sell for millions of dollars, works from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring onward still send ripples of unease through aud…	OL16937839W
How Music Works	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…	OL17068219W
Essays on Cuban music	Peter Lamarche Manuel	xvi, 327 p. ; 23 cm	OL18315349W
Funk	Dave Thompson	"Get down with the music that mixes R&B and soul with a little rock'n'roll. Packed with anecdotal bios, reviews, ratings, photos and much more, this guide tracks the artists and recordings that throw…	OL1920391W
Arcana	John Zorn	Delving into recent developments in avant-garde music, this anthology looks at the current generation of experimental players and composers.	OL19698776W
Book reports	Robert Christgau	"A collection of book reviews and literary essays by Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau which showcases the passion that made him a critic--his love for the written word. Many selections addr…	OL21241002W
The jazz age	Arnold Shaw	F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in his marvelously engrossing book, a…	OL2740640W
Romantic music	Arnold Whittall	Romanticism, the dominant mode of nineteenth-century musical expression, is associated most readily with the full-blooded passion and emotion to be found in such masterpieces as Chopin's "Revolutiona…	OL3741391W
Pyramids at the Louvre	Glenn Watkins	ix, 571 p. : 25 cm	OL3829116W
What to Listen for in Music	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…	OL4468656W
Masterworks of 20th-Century Music	Douglas Lee	"Masterworks of 20th-Century Music introduces over 100 of the greatest compositions by world composers that have entered the standard orchestral repertory. The author surveyed dozens of major America…	OL6902408W
Choral Music in the Twentieth Century	Nick Strimple	"Musical Works For Chorus are among the great masterpieces of twentieth-century art. This guide covers the extraordinary range of music for vocal ensembles, including secular, sacred, and folk- and j…	OL8923292W
Visible Deeds of Music	Simon Shaw-Miller	"This book explores the relationship between music and the visual arts in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on the modernist period. Reassessing the work of such composers and art…	OL9381188W