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The Creative Electronic Music Producer (Paperback): Thomas Brett The Creative Electronic Music Producer (Paperback)
Thomas Brett
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Creative Electronic Music Producer examines the creative processes of electronic music production, from idea discovery and perception to the power of improvising, editing, effects processing, and sound design. Featuring case studies from across the globe on musical systems and workflows used in the production process, this book highlights how to pursue creative breakthroughs through exploration, trial and error tinkering, recombination, and transformation. The Creative Electronic Music Producer maps production's enchanting pathways in a way that will fascinate and inspire students of electronic music production, professionals already working in the industry, and hobbyists.

Perspectives on Korean Music - Volume 2: Creating Korean Music: Tradition, Innovation and the Discourse of Identity (Hardcover,... Perspectives on Korean Music - Volume 2: Creating Korean Music: Tradition, Innovation and the Discourse of Identity (Hardcover, New Ed)
Keith Howard
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With the rise of nationalism in the Republic of Korea, music has come to play a central role in the discourse of identity. This volume asks what Koreans consider makes music Korean, and how meaning is ascribed to musical creation. Keith Howard explores specific aspects of creativity that are designed to appeal to a new audience that is increasingly westernized yet proud of its indigenous heritage - updates of tradition, compositions, and collaborative fusions. He charts the development of the Korean music scene over the last 25 years and interprets the debates, claims and statistics by incorporating the voices of musicians, composers, scholars and critics. Koreanness is a brand identity with a discourse founded on heritage, hence Howard focuses on music that is claimed to link to tradition, and on music compositions where indigenous identity is consciously incorporated. The volume opens with SamulNori, a percussion quartet known throughout the world that was formed in 1978 but is rooted in local and itinerant bands stretching back many centuries. Parallel developments in vocal genres, folksongs and p'ansori ('epic storytelling through song') are considered, then three chapters explore compositions written both for western instruments and for Korean instruments, and designed both for Korean and international audiences. Over time, Howard shows how the two musical worlds - kugak, traditional music, and yangak, western music - have collided, and how fusions have emerged. This volume documents how identity has been negotiated by musicians, composers and audiences. Until recently, references to tradition were common and, by critics and musicologists, required. Western music increasingly encroached on the market for Korean music and doubts were raised about the future of any music identifiably Korean. Today, Korean musical production exudes a resurgent confidence as it amalgamates Korean and western elements, as it arranges and incorporates the old in the new, and as it creates a music suitable for the contemporary world.

Finding Democracy in Music (Paperback): Robert Adlington, Esteban Buch Finding Democracy in Music (Paperback)
Robert Adlington, Esteban Buch
R1,216 Discovery Miles 12 160 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

For a century and more, the idea of democracy has fuelled musicians' imaginations. Seeking to go beyond music's proven capacity to contribute to specific political causes, musicians have explored how aspects of their practice embody democratic principles. This may involve adopting particular approaches to compositional material, performance practice, relationships to audiences, or modes of dissemination and distribution. Finding Democracy in Music is the first study to offer a wide-ranging investigation of ways in which democracy may thus be found in music. A guiding theme of the volume is that this takes place in a plurality of ways, depending upon the perspective taken to music's manifold relationships, and the idea of democracy being entertained. Contributing authors explore various genres including orchestral composition, jazz, the post-war avant-garde, online performance, and contemporary popular music, as well as employing a wide array of theoretical, archival, and ethnographic methodologies. Particular attention is given to the contested nature of democracy as a category, and the gaps that frequently arise between utopian aspiration and reality. In so doing, the volume interrogates a key way in which music helps to articulate and shape our social lives and our politics.

The Craft of Modal Counterpoint - A Practical Approach (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Thomas Benjamin The Craft of Modal Counterpoint - A Practical Approach (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Thomas Benjamin
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The Craft of Modal Counterpoint" is the companion book to Benjamin's "The Craft of Tonal Counterpoint," recently republished in a second edition by Routledge. Modal counterpoint is the style of composition that was employed until the "tonal" revolution pioneered by Bach; it is the basis for most Early Music.
Benjamin, a composer and pedagogue, offers a complete analysis of this important musical style. He begins by covering general aspects of the style, then covers in detail two, three, and four-part counterpoint. The Motet, an important form of vocal composition in this period, is studied separately. The book concludes with a brief anthology of key scores, 15 in all, for the student to study further. Also includes 132 musical examples.

Bad Music - The Music We Love to Hate (Paperback): Christopher J Washburne, Maiken Derno Bad Music - The Music We Love to Hate (Paperback)
Christopher J Washburne, Maiken Derno
R1,289 Discovery Miles 12 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Why are some popular musical forms and performers universally reviled by critics and ignored by scholars-despite enjoying large-scale popularity? How has the notion of what makes "good" or "bad" music changed over the years-and what does this tell us about the writers who have assigned these tags to different musical genres? Many composers that are today part of the classical "canon" were greeted initially by bad reviews. Similarly, jazz, country, and pop musics were all once rejected as "bad" by the academy that now has courses on these and many other types of music. This book addresses why this is so through a series of essays on different musical forms and performers. It looks at alternate ways of judging musical performance beyond the critical/academic nexus, and suggests new paths to follow in understanding what makes some music "popular" even if it is judged to be "bad." For anyone who has ever secretly enjoyed ABBA, Kenny G, or disco, "Bad Music" will be a guilty pleasure!

Philosophy of Music - An Introduction (Hardcover): R.A Sharpe Philosophy of Music - An Introduction (Hardcover)
R.A Sharpe
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical listening and practice. It examines the conceptual debates relevant to the understanding and performing of music and grounds the philosophy to practical matters throughout. Ideal for a beginning readership with little philosophical background, the author provides an overview of the central debates enlivened by a real sense of enthusiasm for the subject and why it matters. The book begins by filling in the historical background and offers readers a succinct summary of philosophical thinking on music from the Ancient Greeks to Eduard Hanslick and Edmund Gurney. Chapter 2 explores two central questions: what is it that makes music, or, to be precise, some pieces of music, works of art? And, what is the work of music per se? Is it just what we hear, the performance, or is it something over and above that, something we invent or discover? Chapter 3 discusses a problem pecullar to music and one at the heart of philosophical discussion of it, can music have a meaning? And if so, what can it be? Chapter 4 considers whether music can have value. Are there features about music that make it good, features which can be specified in criteria? Is a work good if and only if it meets with the approval of an ideally qualified listener? How do we explain differences of opinion? Indeed, why do we need to make judgements of the relative value of pieces of music at all? This engaging and stimulating book will be of interest to students of aesthetics, musical practitioners and the general reader looking for a non-technical treatment of the subject.

Philosophy of Music - An Introduction (Paperback): R.A Sharpe Philosophy of Music - An Introduction (Paperback)
R.A Sharpe
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Philosophy of Music is for anyone who has ever wondered whether or not music means anything or why some music is thought to be more significant than other music. It is a lively and lucid introduction to the aesthetics of music and to the issues that illuminate musical listening, understanding and practice. The book assumes no philosophical training on the part of its readers, only an interest in music and our reactions to it. It provides an authoritative analysis of the central issues, enlivened with a real sense of enthusiasm for the subject and its importance. At the heart of the book lie three key questions: What is the work of music? Can it have meaning? Can music have value? R. A. Sharpe guides the reader through the philosophical arguments and conceptual debates surrounding these questions while anchoring the discussion throughout to instances and examples from Western classical music and jazz. Unlike some other accounts of the philosophy of music, which view music as a branch of metaphysics, raising questions about sounds, tones and musical movement, Sharpe's approach is problem-orientated and the questions he raises are predominantly questions about the value of music, about the individuality of our assessments and about the way in which we prize music for its power to move us. He argues persuasively, and controversially for a philosopher, that when it comes to music philosophical analysis has its limitations and that one should not be surprised that the aesthetics of music can harbour contradictions and that our judgement of the value of music may be impossible to make internally consistent. This engaging and stimulating book will be of wide interest to music-lovers, critics, practitioners alike as well as students of aesthetics looking for a non-technical treatment of the subject.

Early Musical Borrowing (Hardcover): Honey Meconi Early Musical Borrowing (Hardcover)
Honey Meconi
R3,907 Discovery Miles 39 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A timely addition to Routledge's "Criticism and Analysis of Early Music" series, this collection of essays examines the common compositional practice of borrowing or imitation in fifteenth-and sixteenth-century music, addressing how and why borrowing was used, the significance of borrowing, the techniques of borrowing, and its recognizable features. The book provides a broad overview of this common practice and sheds light on previously unexplored aspects of early musical borrowing. It functions as both an introduction to the subject as well as a guide for further research. The contributors, all highly regarded in their field, offer new insights that will change the way we view borrowing.

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles - Analytical Pathways Toward Performance (Paperback): Gordon Sly, Michael R... Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles - Analytical Pathways Toward Performance (Paperback)
Gordon Sly, Michael R Callahan
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance presents analyses of fourteen song cycles composed after the turn of the twentieth century, with a focus on offering ways into the musical and poetic structure of each cycle to performers, scholars, and students alike. Ranging from familiar works of twentieth-century music by composers such as Schoenberg, Britten, Poulenc, and Shostakovich to lesser-known works by Van Wyk, Sviridov, Wheeler, and Sanchez, this collection of essays captures the diversity of the song cycle repertoire in contemporary classical music. The contributors bring their own analytical perspectives and methods, considering musical structures, the composers' selection of texts, how poetic narratives are expressed, and historical context. Informed by music history, music theory, and performance, Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles offers an essential guide into the contemporary art-music song cycle for performers, scholars, students, and anyone seeking to understand this unique genre.

Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 3 Workbook (Paperback): Abrsm Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 3 Workbook (Paperback)
Abrsm 1
R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Ships in 12 - 17 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 3 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 Theory Practice Papers Model Answers 2022, ABRSM Grade 5 (Sheet music): Abrsm Music Theory Practice Papers Model Answers 2022, ABRSM Grade 5 (Sheet music)
Abrsm
R174 Discovery Miles 1 740 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Model answers for practice papers for ABRSM's Grade 5 Theory exams

Counterpoint, Composition and Musica Ficta (Hardcover): Margaret Bent Counterpoint, Composition and Musica Ficta (Hardcover)
Margaret Bent
R4,374 Discovery Miles 43 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Musica ficta is the practice of sharpening or flattening certain notes to avoid awkard intervals in medieval and Renaissance music. This collection gathers Margaret Bent's influential writings on this controversial subject from the past thirty years. Bent analyses what scholarship has produced in the last thirty years, and corrects and clarifies her own positions.

Designing Interactions for Music and Sound (Paperback): Michael Filimowicz Designing Interactions for Music and Sound (Paperback)
Michael Filimowicz
R1,386 Discovery Miles 13 860 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- Comprehensive overview offering a careful balance of the practical and theoretical - No competing titles - Diverse set of contributors from a range of geographical regions and professional/academic backgrounds

'Composing with Tones' - A Musical Analysis of Schoenberg's Op.23 Pieces for Piano (Hardcover, New Ed): Kathryn... 'Composing with Tones' - A Musical Analysis of Schoenberg's Op.23 Pieces for Piano (Hardcover, New Ed)
Kathryn Bailey
R2,582 Discovery Miles 25 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Schoenberg's Op.23 for solo piano, written between 1920 and 1923, represented a move from his atonal music of the preceding twelve years to 12-note music. In this analysis of the five pieces which make up Op.23, Kathryn Bailey discusses the ways in which Schoenberg clearly explores new ideas in these pieces in the context of his old style. Op.23 marked the development of a new way of organizing pitches and establishing centres of gravity in the absence of tonality; but it was also an extension of what had gone before. While moving on from Op.23 was not a big step for Schoenberg, it represented a climacteric in the history of musical composition. It was a long time before anyone outside of Schoenberg's circle would be able to see past the revolutionary idea of composing from a single pre-determined arrangement of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale to notice that in most ways this New Music answered the same conditions and fulfilled the same expectations that music had for generations.

Theory of Music Workbook Grade 4 (Sheet music): Naomi Yandell Theory of Music Workbook Grade 4 (Sheet music)
Naomi Yandell
R290 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
ISE Music in Theory and Practice Volume 1 (Paperback, 10th edition): Bruce Benward, Marilyn Saker ISE Music in Theory and Practice Volume 1 (Paperback, 10th edition)
Bruce Benward, Marilyn Saker
R1,753 Discovery Miles 17 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This best-selling text gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music. It strengthens their musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps them gain interpretive insights. The goal of the text is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire. The two-volume format ensures exhaustive coverage and maximum support for students and faculty alike. Volume I serves as a general introduction to music theory while Volume II offers a survey of the theoretical underpinnings of musical styles and forms from Gregorian Chant through the present day. The supplemental instructor's materials provide clear-cut solutions to assignment materials. Music in Theory and Practice is a well-rounded textbook that integrates the various components of musical structure and makes them accessible to students at the undergraduate level.

The Philosophy of Music (Hardcover): William Pole The Philosophy of Music (Hardcover)
William Pole; Introduction by Edward J. Dent
R5,381 Discovery Miles 53 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music - The Road Less Traveled (Hardcover): Peter Alexander Thoegersen Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music - The Road Less Traveled (Hardcover)
Peter Alexander Thoegersen
R1,449 Discovery Miles 14 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book introduces polytempic polymicrotonality as a new musical aesthetic. It proposes music with more than one microtonal tuning system and discusses examples from the literature to give an historic framework showing that this tendency has been present throughout human musical history. Polytempo is a tool for which polymicrotonal structures can function in relief from its background, and it acts as a frame, or ground structure, that is multidimensional, akin to the advancement of perspective in Renaissance art. The book has historic significance as it is the only book of its category, or genre, in music that features polymicrotonality in music composition or production. It displays examples of music literature for musical precedence in this area, focusing on Charles Ives's Universe Symphony, unfinished since 1925.

Leading Musically (Paperback): Dag Jansson Leading Musically (Paperback)
Dag Jansson
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession-the conductor-as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best. This book examines what musical leadership is, by delving into the choral conductor role, what goes on in the music-making moment and what it takes to do it well. One of the unique features of the musical ensemble is the simultaneity of collective discipline and individual expression. Music is therefore a potent laboratory for understanding the leadership act in the space between leader and team. The musical experience is used to shed light on leading and following more broadly, by linking it to themes such as authority, control, empowerment, intersubjectivity, sensemaking and charisma. Jansson develops the argument that musical leadership involves the combination of strong power and deep sensitivity, a blend that might be equally valid in other leadership domains. Aesthetic knowledge and musical perception therefore offer untapped potential for leadership and organisational development outside the art domain.

OCR GCSE Music Revision Guide (Paperback): Margie Marshall, Barbara Ashby OCR GCSE Music Revision Guide (Paperback)
Margie Marshall, Barbara Ashby
R416 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Save R41 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Modes of Communication in Stravinsky's Works - Sign and Expression (Hardcover): Per Dahl Modes of Communication in Stravinsky's Works - Sign and Expression (Hardcover)
Per Dahl
R3,845 Discovery Miles 38 450 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Igor Stravinsky left behind a complex heritage of music and ideas. There are many examples of discrepancies between his literate statements about music and musicians and his musical compositions and activity. Per Dahl presents a model of communication that unveils a clear and logical understanding of Stravinsky's heritage, based on the extant material available. From this, Dahl argues the case for Stravinsky's music and his ideas as separate entities, representing different modes of communication. As well as describing a triangular model of communication, based on a tilted and extended version of Ogden's triangle, Dahl presents an empirical investigation of Stravinsky's vocabulary of signs and expressions in his published scores - his communicative mode towards musicians. In addition to simple statistics, Dahl compares the notation practice in the composer's different stylistic epochs as well as his writing for different sizes of ensembles. Dahl also considers Stravinsky's performances and recordings as modes of communication to investigate whether the multi-layered model can soften the discrepancies between Stravinsky the literary and Stravinsky the musician.

Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music - The Reynolds Desert House (Paperback): Roger Reynolds, Karen Reynolds Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music - The Reynolds Desert House (Paperback)
Roger Reynolds, Karen Reynolds
R1,250 Discovery Miles 12 500 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Describes the creative energy of two highly respected 20th century artists, Iannis Xenakis both as engineer and composer, and Roger Reynolds, Pulitzer prize winning musician in 1989 * Will appeal to the professional sector of musicians and architects, and students in both of these disciplines * Connects the creative path of architecture and music, i.e., Xenakis' treatment of "light" in an architectural context parallels his use of varying textural density in his music. * Analyzes chamber works Achorripsis, Thallein, and his string quartet, Tetras, which pertain to the interactive house design

Ritigaula - A Study of Improvisation and Discourse in Indian Music (Hardcover): Somangshu Mukherji Ritigaula - A Study of Improvisation and Discourse in Indian Music (Hardcover)
Somangshu Mukherji
R3,852 Discovery Miles 38 520 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

As a monograph dealing with an individual raga, this book is a novel addition to the literature on Indian music, and therefore one without much precedent.

Mirror in the Sky - The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks (Hardcover): Simon Morrison Mirror in the Sky - The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks (Hardcover)
Simon Morrison
R701 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R141 (20%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century. This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from the Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of 1000 Stevies celebrations. The book uniquely: Analyzes Nicks's craft-the grain of her voice, the poetry of her lyrics, the melodic and harmonic syntax of her songs. Identifies the American folk and country influences on her musical imagination that place her within a distinctly American tradition of women songwriters. Draws from oral histories and surprising archival discoveries to connect Nicks's story to those of California's above- and underground music industries, innovations in recording technology, and gendered restrictions.

Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music (Hardcover): Alex de Lacey Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music (Hardcover)
Alex de Lacey
R3,757 Discovery Miles 37 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music offers the first long-form ethnographic study of grime practice; it questions how and why artists do what they do; and it asks what this can tell us about creative process and improvisation more widely. Based on research conducted from 2015 to 2020 in London's grime scene-facilitated by the author's long-standing role as a DJ and broadcaster-this book explores the form's emergence before taking a magnifying glass to the contemporary scene and its performance protocol, exploring the practice of key artists and their crews living and working in the city. The resultant model of creative interaction provides a comprehensive mapping of collective social learning in London's informal cityscape, offering new ways to conceptualise improvisatory practice within ensembles.

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