Posts Tagged ‘Music’

A Guide to Research in Music Education, 5th Edition

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An updated and practical approach to research concepts, techniques, and sources from the 4th edition…. More >>

A Guide to Research in Music Education, 5th Edition

Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education

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There is a mystery about music. On one hand, music making and music listening have occupied a prominent place in every culture since the dawn of recorded history and people everywhere continue to engage in a variety of m… More >>

Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education

A History of Keyboard Literature: Music for the Piano and Its Forerunners

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A History of Keyboard Literature: Music for the Piano and Its Forerunners presents a comprehensive and easily accessible history of literature for all stringed keyboard instruments…. More >>

A History of Keyboard Literature: Music for the Piano and Its Forerunners

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Pop Music as Subject of Visual Art

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Rock, Paper, Scissors brings together artists whose works have kept a close relationship with pop music: Saadane Afif, Cory Arcangel, Art & Language, Kim Gordon & Jutta Koether, Renee Green, Mike Kelley, Lucy McKenzie, D… More >>

Rock, Paper, Scissors: Pop Music as Subject of Visual Art

Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema

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With sound becoming more important in cinema exhibition and DVD release, Sound Design offers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose a story, develop characters and create emotion through ski… More >>

Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema

A Philosophy of Music Education: Advancing the Vision

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For undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Introduction to Music Education, Foundations of Music Education, History and Philosophy of Music Education, and Contemporary Issues in Music Education. This text advances… More >>

A Philosophy of Music Education: Advancing the Vision

Music, in a Foreign Language

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Set in an imaginary police state in contemporary Britain, this novel explores the complex friendship between a physicist and a historian, two men linked by a secret history of political and sexual dimensions. When they come under the scrutiny of a state investigation that pits one man against the other, their lives and their friendship are changed forever.Amazon.com Review
You can’t accuse Andrew Crumey of playing it safe with his first novel. It’s sprawling, intricate, moody, crazed, philosophical, and oddly introspective. Despite a wealth of plot lines–among them the confused lineage of Duncan Waters, the love affairs of physicist Charles King, and a story of beautiful strangers on a train–the book also finds time to develop a discussion of Italian surrealist writer Alfredo Galli, who may or may not have created many of the plot lines attributed to the narrator. Ultimately, Music in a Foreign Language becomes a work of meta… More >>

Music, in a Foreign Language

Music Law: How to Run Your Band’s Business

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The No. 1 bestselling business book for bands!

If you belong to a band and love the art of your job, but sing the blues when it comes to the business side, you need Music Law. Composed by musician and lawyer Richard Stim, the book explains how to:

find the right manager
buy, insure and maintain equipment
get gigs and get paid
tour on a budget
use samples
do covers legally
protect your copyright
trademark your band’s name
choose a recording studio
sell your music
manage your website
understand record contracts
deal with taxes

Music Law provides all the legal information and practical advice musicians need. The 6th edition is thoroughly updated with the latest changes in copyright and trademark law, including guidance on filling out “Form CO.” Plus, find expanded information on musical collaborations between DJs and other musicians. You’ll also get the most u… More >>

Music Law: How to Run Your Band’s Business

Music and Visual Art: Their Correspondences and Value in Education: An innovative perspective in exploring appreciation in education and in our life

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In this book, the arts are perceived from an interdisciplinary dimensions (music, visual art, media and psychology).Interdisciplinary study has been a significant strategy in teaching and learning nowadays.The inclusion of the arts is reflected in the curriculum in both primary and tertiary education. The major research problems in this book are: (1) What are the common elements in music and the visual arts? (2) Do people make correspondences between music and painting? (3) How do we define the role of music and its adaptability in linking with other expressive forms in contemporary education? The entire book serves to redefine the value and uniqueness of the arts in the holistic development of an individual. The significance of this book lies in using a sensory perspective to explore the ¿multi-nature¿ of the arts.Sensory qualities, such as ¿brightness¿, ¿intensity¿ and ¿line¿ are used as vocabularies to interpret art percepti… More >>

Music and Visual Art: Their Correspondences and Value in Education: An innovative perspective in exploring appreciation in education and in our life

Neoplatonic Aesthetics: Music, Literature, & the Visual Arts

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Neoplatonic Aesthetics: Music, Literature, and the Visual Artsexplores the idea of a Neoplatonic aesthetic, a philosophy of the arts based on the writings of Plato and the Neoplatonists—principally Plotinus, Proclus, Pseudo-Dionysius, Nicolas Cusanus, and Marsilio Ficino—and more contemporary philosophers—Stephen MacKenna, Iris Murdoch, Denman Ross, Jacques Derrida, and Hans Georg Gadamer. This book examines the artistic production of figures such as Gioseffe Zarlino, Fra Angelico, Leon Battista Alberti, Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Giorgio Vasari, and it formulates theoretical approaches to contemporary production based in the Neoplatonic philosophies…. More >>

Neoplatonic Aesthetics: Music, Literature, & the Visual Arts