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Feel Free - Essays (Paperback): Zadie Smith Feel Free - Essays (Paperback)
Zadie Smith 1
R341 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R61 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The one and only Zadie Smith, prize-winning, bestselling author of Swing Time and White Teeth, is back with a second unmissable collection of essays.

No subject is too fringe or too mainstream for Zadie Smith's insatiable curiosity. From social media to the environment, from Jay-Z to Karl Ove Knausgaard, she has endless enthusiasmand the boundless wit, insight and wisdom to match. In Feel Free, pop culture, high culture, social change and political debate all get the Zadie Smith treatment, dissected with razor-sharp intellect, set brilliantly against the context of the utterly contemporary, and considered with a deep humanity and compassion.

This electrifying new collection showcases its author as a true literary powerhouse, demonstrating once again her credentials as an essential voice of her generation.

Head, Heart & Hands - A Brave New Approach To Songwriting (Paperback): Clive Ridgway Head, Heart & Hands - A Brave New Approach To Songwriting (Paperback)
Clive Ridgway
R320 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R70 (22%) In Stock

This is a book about the art of songwriting. More specifically, the art of words composed to be sung.

Proposing this concise definition of songwriting, the author opens up a unique and fascinating perspective on the song as catalyst for transformation. He connects the dots between language and music, making visible the discreet basics great songwriters employ to compose songs that stimulate the imagination, capture the heart and create change. The book is a manifesto for a brave, new and radical approach to writing songs. It is aimed at everyone interested in the power of the word and music to make a difference.

Art is needed more than ever in times of crisis. Art allows us to examine what it is it be human. It helps us make sense of what we are going through. It allows us to voice our fears, joys, dissent and gratitude. And song, allows us to voice it in the most compelling way possible. The author illustrates by way of carefully selected extracts from masterfully composed songs, how songwriters are able to access the hidden determinants of human behaviour with words and melody. Songwriting is much more than music. It’s the most powerful way of expressing the human spirit. It has the power to accelerate transformation and bring both the songwriter and listener, into closer harmony with the pulsing and pitching of the universe.

This book will have you thinking new thoughts about songwriting and have you listening to songs with new ears. its timing could not be better.

Songlines Presents...The Music of Latin America (Paperback): Songlines magazine Songlines Presents...The Music of Latin America (Paperback)
Songlines magazine
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Musicals magazine - The World of Musical Theatre from the West End to Broadway and beyond (Paperback, New edition): Sarah Kirkup Musicals magazine - The World of Musical Theatre from the West End to Broadway and beyond (Paperback, New edition)
Sarah Kirkup
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Classical Music Book (Paperback): Dk The Classical Music Book (Paperback)
Dk
R660 R584 Discovery Miles 5 840 Save R76 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Marabi Nights - Jazz, 'Race' and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition):... Marabi Nights - Jazz, 'Race' and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Christopher Ballantine 1
R180 R141 Discovery Miles 1 410 Save R39 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This is the updated and substantially expanded second edition of Christopher Ballantine's classic Marabi Nights, which offers a fascinating view of the triumphs and tragedies of South Africa's marabi-jazz tradition. Based on conversations with legendary figures in the world of music - as well as a perceptive reading of music, the socio-political history, and social meanings - this book is one of sensitive and impassioned curatorship. New chapters extend the book's in-depth account of the birth and development of South African urban-black popular music. They include a powerful story about gender relations and music in the context of forced migrant labor in the 1950s, a critical study of the legendary Manhattan Brothers that uniquely positions their music and words in relation to the apartheid system, and an account of the musical, political, and commercial strategies of the local record industry. A new afterword looks critically at the place of jazz and popular music in South Africa since the end of apartheid, and argues for the continued relevance of the robust, questioning spirit of the marabi tradition. The book includes an illustrative CD of historic sound recordings that the author has unearthed and saved from oblivion.

Resistance - A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage (Paperback): Tori Amos Resistance - A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage (Paperback)
Tori Amos
R443 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Theory of Music Workbook Grade 1 (2007) (Staple bound): Trinity College London Theory of Music Workbook Grade 1 (2007) (Staple bound)
Trinity College London
R229 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Save R21 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 1 Workbook (Sheet music): Abrsm Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 1 Workbook (Sheet music)
Abrsm 1
R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Discovering Music Theory is a suite of workbooks and corresponding answer books that offers all-round preparation for the updated ABRSM Music Theory exams from 2020, including the new online papers. This full-colour workbook will equip students of all ages with the skills, knowledge and understanding required for the ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory exam. Written to make theory engaging and relevant to developing musicians of all ages, it offers: - straightforward explanations of all new concepts - progressive exercises to build skills and understanding, step by step - challenge questions to extend learning and develop music-writing skills - helpful tips for how to approach specific exercises - ideas for linking theory to music listening, performing and instrumental/singing lessons - clear signposting and progress reviews throughout - a sample practice exam paper showing you what to expect in the new style of exams from 2020 As well as fully supporting the ABRSM theory syllabus, Discovering Music Theory provides an excellent resource for anyone wishing to develop their music literacy skills, including GCSE and A-Level candidates, and adult learners.

Opera - The Definitive Illustrated Story (Hardcover): Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer Opera - The Definitive Illustrated Story (Hardcover)
Alan Riding, Leslie Dunton-Downer
R1,538 R1,276 Discovery Miles 12 760 Save R262 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 2 Workbook (Sheet music): Abrsm Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 2 Workbook (Sheet music)
Abrsm
R284 Discovery Miles 2 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Discovering Music Theory is a suite of workbooks and corresponding answer books that offers all-round preparation for the updated ABRSM Music Theory exams from 2020, including the new online papers. This full-colour workbook will equip students of all ages with the skills, knowledge and understanding required for the ABRSM Grade 2 Music Theory exam. Written to make theory engaging and relevant to developing musicians of all ages, it offers: - straightforward explanations of all new concepts - progressive exercises to build skills and understanding, step by step - challenge questions to extend learning and develop music-writing skills - helpful tips for how to approach specific exercises - ideas for linking theory to music listening, performing and instrumental/singing lessons - clear signposting and progress reviews throughout - a sample practice exam paper showing you what to expect in the new style of exams from 2020 As well as fully supporting the ABRSM theory syllabus, Discovering Music Theory provides an excellent resource for anyone wishing to develop their music literacy skills, including GCSE and A-Level candidates, and adult learners.

Music in a Word Volume 3 - Whippings and Apologies (Paperback): Ira A Robbins Music in a Word Volume 3 - Whippings and Apologies (Paperback)
Ira A Robbins
R608 R551 Discovery Miles 5 510 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
33 Revolutions Per Minute - A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day (Paperback): Dorian Lynskey 33 Revolutions Per Minute - A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day (Paperback)
Dorian Lynskey
R742 R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Save R103 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From one of the United Kingdom's most prominent music critics, a page-turning and wonderfully researched history of 33 songs that have transformed the world through the twentieth century and beyond.

When pop music meets politics, the results are often thrilling, sometimes life-changing, and never simple. The protest songs of such great artists as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, U2, Public Enemy, Fela Kuti, R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, and the Clash represent pop music at its most charged and relevant, providing the soundtrack and informing social change since the 1930s. They capture the attention and passions of listeners, force their way into the news, and make their presence felt from the streets to the corridors of power.

33 Revolutions Per Minute is a history of protest music embodied in 33 songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday crooning "Strange Fruit" before a shocked audience to Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young paying tribute to the Vietnam protesters killed at Kent State in "Ohio," to Green Day railing against President Bush and twenty-first-century media in "American Idiot." With the aid of exclusive new interviews, Dorian Lynskey explores the individuals, ideas, and events behind each song. This expansive survey examines how music has engaged with racial unrest, nuclear paranoia, apartheid, war, poverty, and oppression, offering hope, stirring anger, inciting action, and producing songs that continue to resonate years down the line, sometimes at great cost to the musicians involved.

For the audience who embraced Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise, Bob Dylan's Chronicles, or Simon Reynolds's Rip It Up and Start Again, 33 Revolutions Per Minute is an absorbing and moving account of 33 songs that made history.

Theory of Music Workbook Grade 2 (2007) (Paperback): Trinity College London Theory of Music Workbook Grade 2 (2007) (Paperback)
Trinity College London
R259 R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Save R24 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 5 Workbook (Sheet music): Abrsm Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 5 Workbook (Sheet music)
Abrsm 1
R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Discovering Music Theory is a suite of workbooks and corresponding answer books that offers all-round preparation for the updated ABRSM Music Theory exams from 2020, including the new online papers. This full-colour workbook will equip students of all ages with the skills, knowledge and understanding required for the ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory exam. Written to make theory engaging and relevant to developing musicians of all ages, it offers: - straightforward explanations of all new concepts - progressive exercises to build skills and understanding, step by step - challenge questions to extend learning and develop music-writing skills - helpful tips for how to approach specific exercises - ideas for linking theory to music listening, performing and instrumental/singing lessons - clear signposting and progress reviews throughout - a sample practice exam paper showing you what to expect in the new style of exams from 2020 As well as fully supporting the ABRSM theory syllabus, Discovering Music Theory provides an excellent resource for anyone wishing to develop their music literacy skills, including GCSE and A-Level candidates, and adult learners.

Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 4 Workbook (Sheet music): Abrsm Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 4 Workbook (Sheet music)
Abrsm 1
R317 Discovery Miles 3 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Discovering Music Theory is a suite of workbooks and corresponding answer books that offers all-round preparation for the updated ABRSM Music Theory exams from 2020, including the new online papers. This full-colour workbook will equip students of all ages with the skills, knowledge and understanding required for the ABRSM Grade 4 Music Theory exam. Written to make theory engaging and relevant to developing musicians of all ages, it offers: - straightforward explanations of all new concepts - progressive exercises to build skills and understanding, step by step - challenge questions to extend learning and develop music-writing skills - helpful tips for how to approach specific exercises - ideas for linking theory to music listening, performing and instrumental/singing lessons - clear signposting and progress reviews throughout - a sample practice exam paper showing you what to expect in the new style of exams from 2020 As well as fully supporting the ABRSM theory syllabus, Discovering Music Theory provides an excellent resource for anyone wishing to develop their music literacy skills, including GCSE and A-Level candidates, and adult learners.

Beethoven Symphonies Revisited - Performance, Expression and Impact (Paperback): David Young Beethoven Symphonies Revisited - Performance, Expression and Impact (Paperback)
David Young
R1,264 Discovery Miles 12 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Beethoven Symphonies Revisited guides the reader -- music student, concert goer, or general music lover -- through the movements in a way that renews the novelty and excitement that listeners must have felt at the first performances. Stylistic discussion concentrates on the unusual features of each symphony, placing each individual work in the context of Beethovens musical advancement and circumstances. His musical innovations are explored, and his contribution to the genre assessed. Thirty author-annotated musical pages elaborate and exemplify. The essential building blocks of key, tonality, metre, rhythm and instrumentation are discussed in detail. The authors purpose is twofold: to bring together major research findings and at the same time offer detailed descriptive analyses of all nine symphonies. The approach is singular in its emphasis on the symphonies in the context of performance practice of the time, especially musical direction; the importance of the wind instruments (especially horns) and kettle drums; how counterpoint features in various passages in all the symphonies except the Sixth and Eighth, and how this was influenced by Beethovens strict training in species counterpoint. New evaluations are offered, especially for the Second, Eighth and Ninth symphonies. The books multi-faceted approach will be invaluable not only for conductors and music students at all levels, but for all concert goers and music lovers who wish to gain insight into the musical intricacies developed and enhanced by Beethovens symphonic journey. Illustrations: 30 annotated musical score pages comprising 99 examples linked to text explanations; autographed manuscripts; performance venues; and instruments of the period. Illustrations: 30 annotated musical score pages comprising 99 examples linked to text explanations; autographed manuscripts; performance venues; and instruments of the period.

A Dancer's Dream (Paperback): Katherine Woodfine A Dancer's Dream (Paperback)
Katherine Woodfine; Illustrated by Lizzy Stewart
R188 Discovery Miles 1 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This gorgeously designed retelling of The Nutcracker will make the perfect Christmas present for ballet fans everywhere! In snow white covered St. Petersburg, young dancer Stana's dreams have finally come true - she has been chosen to play the lead role in Tchaikovsky's new ballet, The Nutcracker. But with all eyes looking at her, can Stana overcome her nerves and dance like she's never danced before? From the author of the bestselling The Sinclair Mysteries, Katherine Woodfine, and Waterstone's Book Prize winner, Lizzy Stewart, this sumptuous and magical retelling of The Nutcracker will transport you on a journey fay beyond the page. Praise for Katherine Woodfine's The Sinclair's Mysteries series: 'A wonderful book, with a glorious heroine and a true spirit of adventure' Katherine Rundell, award-winning author of Rooftoppers 'Dastardliness on a big scale is uncovered in this well-plotted, evocative novel' The Sunday Times 'It's a dashing plot, an atmospheric setting and an extensive and imaginative cast. Katherine Woodfine handles it all with aplomb' The Guardian Praise for Lizzy Stewart's There's a Tiger in the Garden (Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, Illustrated Books Category): 'A journey of discovery' The Guardian 'A stunning testament to the power of imagination' Metro

Transpositions - Migration, Translation, Music (Paperback): Alison Rice Transpositions - Migration, Translation, Music (Paperback)
Alison Rice
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This publication benefited from the support of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame. This collective volume concentrates on the concept of transposition, exploring its potential as a lens through which to examine recent Francophone literary, cinematic, theatrical, musical, and artistic creations that reveal multilingual and multicultural realities. The chapters are composed by leading scholars in French and Francophone Studies who engage in interdisciplinary reflections on the ways transcontinental movement has influenced diverse genres. It begins with the premise that an attentiveness to migration has inspired writers, artists, filmmakers, playwrights and musicians to engage in new forms of translation in their work. Their own diverse backgrounds combine with their awareness of the itineraries of others to have an impact on the innovative languages that emerge in their creative production. These contemporary figures realize that migratory actualities must be transposed into different linguistic and cultural contexts in order to be legible and audible, in order to be perceptible-either for the reader, the listener, or the viewer. The novels, films, plays, works of art and musical pieces that exemplify such transpositions adopt inventive elements that push the limits of formal composition in French. This work is therefore often inspiring as it points in evocative ways toward fluid influences and a plurality of interactions that render impossible any static conception of being or belonging.

Lightning Striking - Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll (Paperback): Lenny Kaye Lightning Striking - Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll (Paperback)
Lenny Kaye
R623 R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Save R100 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Acoustics - The Art of Sound (Paperback): Steve Marshall Acoustics - The Art of Sound (Paperback)
Steve Marshall
R185 Discovery Miles 1 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What is the difference between an echo and a reverberation? How do you calculate the best note to whistle in a toilet?Where do you best place microphones for that perfect recording? In this fascinating little book, musician Steve Marshall explores the subject of acoustics. From decibels to dolphins, stereo to surround, this book will appeal to singers, musicians, architects, biologists, and anyone who ever wanted to know more about the wonderful world of sound.

Transpositions - Migration, Translation, Music (Hardcover): Alison Rice Transpositions - Migration, Translation, Music (Hardcover)
Alison Rice
R3,770 Discovery Miles 37 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This publication benefited from the support of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame. This collective volume concentrates on the concept of transposition, exploring its potential as a lens through which to examine recent Francophone literary, cinematic, theatrical, musical, and artistic creations that reveal multilingual and multicultural realities. The chapters are composed by leading scholars in French and Francophone Studies who engage in interdisciplinary reflections on the ways transcontinental movement has influenced diverse genres. It begins with the premise that an attentiveness to migration has inspired writers, artists, filmmakers, playwrights and musicians to engage in new forms of translation in their work. Their own diverse backgrounds combine with their awareness of the itineraries of others to have an impact on the innovative languages that emerge in their creative production. These contemporary figures realize that migratory actualities must be transposed into different linguistic and cultural contexts in order to be legible and audible, in order to be perceptible-either for the reader, the listener, or the viewer. The novels, films, plays, works of art and musical pieces that exemplify such transpositions adopt inventive elements that push the limits of formal composition in French. This work is therefore often inspiring as it points in evocative ways toward fluid influences and a plurality of interactions that render impossible any static conception of being or belonging.

Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? - Forty Years of Music Writing from the Frontline (Paperback): John Robb Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? - Forty Years of Music Writing from the Frontline (Paperback)
John Robb
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? is a history of alternative rock from John Robb, with the music still ringing in his ears. This collection follows John's journey from the late 1970s, when he was first caught up in punk's high-octane thrill, to the present day, via the early days of the rave scene, the birth of electronic and techno, and myriad bands that spun off on their own idiosyncratic paths. John was the first person to write about Nirvana, he coined the term Britpop, and he documented the Stone Roses' rise out of Manchester before anyone else was interested. He was at every pivotal gig, and has interviewed every key player in the business, including Jordan, the queen of punk, founding father of new American rock Steve Albini, goth-rock guitarist Daniel Ash, infamous Oasis co-founder Noel Gallagher, and music greats like Lemmy and Poly Styrene. Few others have witnessed first-hand so many important moments of the last forty years of rock history. Here, they come together to form the essential history of a personal quest to document the ever-changing soundtrack of the modern world.

Reinventing Bach (Paperback): Paul Elie Reinventing Bach (Paperback)
Paul Elie
R485 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R72 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The story of a revolution in music and technology, told through a century of recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach

In "Reinventing Bach," his remarkable second book, Paul Elie tells the electrifying story of how musicians of genius have made Bach's music new in our time, at once restoring Bach as a universally revered composer and revolutionizing the ways that music figures into our lives.

As a musician in eighteenth-century Germany, Bach was on the technological frontier--restoring organs, inventing instruments, and perfecting the tuning system still in use today. Two centuries later, pioneering musicians began to take advantage of breakthroughs in audio recording to make Bach's music the sound of modern transcendence. The sainted organist Albert Schweitzer played to a mobile recording unit set up at London's Church of All Hallows in order to spread Bach's organ works to the world beyond the churches. Pablo Casals, recording at Abbey Road Studios, made Bach's cello suites existentialism for the living room; Leopold Stokowski and Walt Disney, with "Fantasia," made Bach the sound of children's playtime and Hollywood grandeur alike. Glenn Gould's "Goldberg Variations" opened and closed the LP era and made Bach the byword for postwar cool; and Yo-Yo Ma has brought Bach into the digital present, where computers and smartphones put the sound of Bach all around us. In this book we see these musicians and dozens of others searching, experimenting, and collaborating with one another in the service of Bach, who emerges as the very image of the spiritualized, technically savvy artist.

"Reinventing Bach" is a gorgeously written story of music, invention, and human passion--and a story with special relevance in our time, for it shows that great things can happen when high art meets new technology.

Heavy Rotation - Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (Paperback): Peter Terzian Heavy Rotation - Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives (Paperback)
Peter Terzian
R432 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Colm TOibIn on Joni Mitchell - James Wood on The Who - Stacey D'Erasmo on Kate Bush - Daniel Handler on Eurythmics - Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders - Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other writers on the soundtracks of their lives

In "Heavy Rotation," twenty of our most acclaimed contemporary writers pay homage to the record albums that inspired them. Benjamin Kunkel remembers how the Smiths' "Queen Is Dead" transformed him into an adolescent Anglophile. Pankaj Mishra describes how a bootleg cassette of ABBA's "Super Trouper" evoked a world far from his small Indian village. Kate Christensen relives her years as an aspiring novelist in Brooklyn listening to Rickie Lee Jones's "Flying Cowboys." And Joshua Ferris recalls his head-banging passion for Pearl Jam's "Ten."

Exploring music from the Talking Heads to the "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" soundtrack, this extraordinary anthology is a moving, funny, uplifting, and unforgettable celebration of the unique and essential relationship between life and music.

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