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In this book, Kenneth LaFave guides readers past Bernsteins famously tortured personal problems and into the clarity and balance of his Serenade after Platos Symposium for Violin and Orchestra, the intense drama of his music for On the Waterfront, the existential cosmography of his three symphonies, and his vibrant works for the musical stage.

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Experiencing Music Composition Grades K2 features pedagogical strategies and practical advice for teachers coupled with 15 engaging lessons tailored to meet the needs and interests of very young musicians.

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Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music features pedagogical strategies and practical advice for teachers coupled with 15 engaging lessons tailored to meet the needs and interests of middle school musicians.

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Bowman discusses the sounds and stories of the versatile English singer-songwriter and musician Peter Gabriels songs. From his albums as a solo artist with the band Genesis to his film and media scores and movie songs, Gabriels music ranges from mainstream celebrations of pop styles to experimental arrangements filled with personal emotions.

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In Experiencing Rush: A Listeners Companion, music scholar Durrell Bowman guides readers through Rushs long career, explaining through the artful combination of biography, history, and musical exegesis how to listen to this unique act.

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Sanders chronicles Schumann's life and work, analyzing the most significant and widely performed compositions from each of the genres in which Schumann composed. This volume gives readers an enhanced experience of key works by exploring the environments in which they were writ...

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In Experiencing Tchaikovsky: A Listeners Companion, historian and scholar David Schroeder looks beyond traditional views of Tchaikovsky to explore the dramatic impact of his music by walking readers through the remarkable range of works by this great Russian composer.

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Brooke Halpin takes the reader on a magical adventure through the Beatles entire catalog of remarkable, timeless songs to discover the circumstances that inspired the songs and brought four Liverpudlian musicians eternal fame. The volume includes personal vignettes to take the reader back in time to experience Beatlemania for themselves.

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Experiencing the Rolling Stones draws together a broad swath of postwar history as it covers the bands origins in Swinging London through to their recording sessions outside of England. Malvinni takes an especially close look at Keith Richards guitar work and its effect on the bands music, as well as the multiple changes in the bands members.

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The first detailed exploration of avant-garde composer John Cage's interactions with art and architecture as a means of understanding the aesthetic and political stakes of his career.

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The first detailed exploration of avant-garde composer John Cage's interactions with art and architecture as a means of understanding the aesthetic and political stakes of his career.

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This ecumenical essay collection explores the rich Christian song tradition across its two-thousand-year history and around the globe. Employing a variety of methodologies and approaches, contributors engage the topic of spirituality in music in order to reveal both the diversity and the unifying power of Christian sacred music.

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Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll features new writing in the growing field of U2 studies. In keeping with U2's own efforts to remove barriers that have long prevented dialogue for understanding and improving the human experience, this collection of essays covers such disciplines as literature, music, philosophy, and theology.

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Extreme metal - one step beyond heavy metal - can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. This book explores the global extreme metal scene.

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Extreme metal - one step beyond heavy metal - can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. This book explores the global extreme metal scene.

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Talking Heads have achieved the status of rock legends. With hits including "Take Me to the River", and "Psycho Killer", and a Hollywood film of their live performances, the band, formed in New York, 1970, have always been musical pioneers. This work charts their early years, the worldwide success and eventual acrimonious break-up of the band.

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Thirty-seven profiles of major figures in the culture of our century.

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An exploration of the role of Lebanese singer Fairouz in shaping Arab diasporic experience amidst a dynamic backdrop of revolutions, forced migrations and changing political landscapes

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The luminous biography of the jazz singer Jimmy Scott-"a moving, startling tale."Kirkus Reviews (starred)

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"W. C. Handy's blues--"Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," "St. Louis Blues"--changed America's music forever. In Father of the Blues, Handy presents his own story: a vivid picture of American life now"