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Position Pieces for Cello, Book 1 (Staple bound): Rick Mooney Position Pieces for Cello, Book 1 (Staple bound)
Rick Mooney
R340 R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Save R66 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Position Pieces for Cello is designed to give students a logical and fun way to learn their way around the fingerboard. Each hand position is introduced with exercises called "Target Practice," "Geography Quiz," and "Names and Numbers." Following these exercises are tuneful cello duets which have been specifically composed to require students to play in that hand position. In this way, students gain a thorough knowledge of how to find the hand positions and, once there, which notes are possible to play. Using these pieces (with names like "I Was a Teenage Monster," "The Irish Tenor," and "I've Got the Blues, Baby"), position study on the cello has never been so much fun!

Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America - The African Drum as Symbol in Early America... Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America - The African Drum as Symbol in Early America (Paperback)
Christopher Johnson
R615 Discovery Miles 6 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Musicians' Migratory Patterns: The African Drum as Symbol in Early America questions the ban that was placed on the African drum in early America. It shows the functional use of the drum for celebrations, weddings, funerals, religious ceremonies, and nonviolent communication. The assumption that "drums and horns" were used to communicate in slave revolts is undone in this study. Rather, this volume seeks to consider the "social place" of the drum for both blacks and whites of the time, using the writings of Europeans and colonial-era Americans, the accounts of African American free persons and slaves, the period instruments, and numerous illustrations of paintings and sculpture. The image of the drum was effectively appropriated by Europeans and Americans who wrote about African American culture, particularly in the nineteenth century, and re-appropriated by African American poets and painters in the early twentieth century who recreated a positive nationalist view of their African past. Throughout human history, cultural objects have been banned by one group to be used another, objects that include books, religious artifacts, and ways of dress. This study unlocks a metaphor that is at the root of racial bias-the idea of what is primitive-while offering a fresh approach by promoting the construct of multiple-points-of-view for this social-historical presentation.

The Bagpipe - The History of a Musical Instrument (Hardcover): Francis Collinson The Bagpipe - The History of a Musical Instrument (Hardcover)
Francis Collinson
R3,040 Discovery Miles 30 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1975, and written by an authority on Scottish music, this book traces the evolution of the bagpipe whilst also narrating the fortunes of the 'Great Highland Bagpipe' itself. Exploring history and archaeology of civilizations as far removed from the Scottish Highlands as Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome this book offers a unique full-length history of one of the world's most interesting and ancient musical instruments. Appendices list the bagpipes of other countries and the materials used in the instrument's manufacture as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

Bastien Piano Basics: Piano Level 2 (Staple bound): Bastien Piano Basics: Piano Level 2 (Staple bound)
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Joaquin Rodrigo - Writings on Music (Hardcover): Elizabeth Matthews, Raymond Calcraft Joaquin Rodrigo - Writings on Music (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Matthews, Raymond Calcraft
R4,060 Discovery Miles 40 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume makes available Rodrigo's writings to English-speaking readers throughout the world. The generous selection reveals an outstanding critical mind, equally illuminating on the main developments in the history of classical music and its most important composers, from Bach and Mozart to Verdi and Puccini, as well as Rodrigo's contemporaries. Rodrigo's writings also cover many aspects of the culture and music of Spain and the country's major composers, as well as being an invaluable guide to an understanding and appreciation of Rodrigo's own works. The composer's style of writing is extremely varied: by turns incisive, eloquent, poetic, or delightfully humorous. Given the world-wide fame and popularity of his music, the availability in English of a large number of the composer's many articles and critical reviews will be of the greatest interest to musicians, scholars, music critics, and music-lovers alike.

Suzuki Violin School 4 - Revised Edition (Sheet music, International ed.): Shinichi Suzuki Suzuki Violin School 4 - Revised Edition (Sheet music, International ed.)
Shinichi Suzuki
R371 R325 Discovery Miles 3 250 Save R46 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contents include: Lullaby (Tonalization) (F. Schubert); Lullaby (Tonalization) (J. Brahms); Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz); Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 1st Movement (F.Seitz); Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz); Concerto in A Minor, 1st Movement, Op. 3, No. 6 (A. Vivaldi/T. Nachez); Concerto in A Minor, 3rd Movement, Op. 3, No. 6 (A. Vivaldi/T. Nachez); Perpetual Motion, "Little Suite No. 6" (K. Bohm); Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043, 1st Movement, Violin II (J. S. Bach)

West Side Story, Gypsy, and the Art of Broadway Orchestration (Hardcover): Paul Laird West Side Story, Gypsy, and the Art of Broadway Orchestration (Hardcover)
Paul Laird
R4,056 Discovery Miles 40 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this ground-breaking study, Paul Laird examines the process and effect of orchestration in West Side Story and Gypsy, two musicals that were among the most significant Broadway shows of the 1950s, and remain important in the modern repertory. Drawing on extensive archival research with original manuscripts, Laird provides a detailed account of the process of orchestration for these musicals, and their context in the history of Broadway orchestration. He argues that the orchestration plays a vital role in the characterization and plot development in each major musical number, opening a new avenue for analysis that deepens our understanding of the musical as an art form. The orchestration of the score in Broadway musicals deeply shapes their final soundscapes, but only recently has it begun to receive real attention. Linked by a shared orchestrator, in other ways West Side Story and Gypsy offer a study in contrasts. Breaking down how the two composers, Leonard Bernstein and Jules Styne, collaborated with orchestrators Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal, and Robert Ginzler, Laird's study enables us to better understand both of these two iconic shows, and the importance of orchestration within musical theatre in general.

The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit (Paperback): Matt Brennan, Joseph Michael Pignato, Daniel Akira Stadnicki The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit (Paperback)
Matt Brennan, Joseph Michael Pignato, Daniel Akira Stadnicki
R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The drum kit is ubiquitous in global popular music and culture, and modern kit drumming profoundly defined the sound of twentieth-century popular music. The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit highlights emerging scholarship on the drum kit, drummers and key debates related to the instrument and its players. Interdisciplinary in scope, this volume draws on research from across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences to showcase the drum kit, a relatively recent historical phenomenon, as a site worthy of analysis, critique, and reflection. Providing readers with an array of perspectives on the social, material, and performative dimensions of the instrument, this book will be a valuable resource for students, drum kit studies scholars, and all those who want a deeper understanding of the drum kit, drummers, and drumming.

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I - [paper cover] (Sheet music): Johann Sebastian Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I - [paper cover] (Sheet music)
Johann Sebastian Bach; Edited by Richard Jones
R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Well-Tempered Clavier is published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes. Winner of the Music Retailers Association's Standard Publication Award for 1994.

Flutist'S Companion, the (Book): Mizzy McCaskill Flutist'S Companion, the (Book)
Mizzy McCaskill
R567 R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Save R106 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive method for the beginner to advanced is especially designed for use in private lessons. It introduces each new concept with fingering exercises, scale exercises, and etudes. Advanced techniques and concepts such as harmonics, vibrato, trills, interpretation, and phrasing are outlined succinctly through descriptive text and musical examples. A segment called "Representative Literature" contains exemplary flute music and photographs of flutes from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods giving students a broad historical perspective of both flute literature and the development and use of various types of flutes.

Violins and Hope - From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall (Hardcover): Daniel Levin, Franz Welser-Moest Violins and Hope - From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall (Hardcover)
Daniel Levin, Franz Welser-Moest
R987 Discovery Miles 9 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Amnon Weinstein, an Israeli master luthier (violin maker), began a project more than years ago that may be one of the most creative, effective, and magnificent approaches to education on the topic of the Holocaust. Trained by three of the most revered Cremona, Italian luthiers of the twentieth century, Weinstein's vision was to restore violins that survived the concentration camps and the ghettos, even when their owners often did not. To date, more than seventy violins have been restored to their highest playable condition. Following restoration, these hauntingly beautiful instruments have been used in performances by symphonies in Berlin, Cleveland, Istanbul, London, Quebec, Paris, San Francisco, and many other cities across the world. Purposefully, Weinstein makes certain that young musicians as well as members of some of the world's most famed orchestras perform on them to packed concert halls. In doing so, it's as if the past owners of the instruments return to fill the listener-observer's mind and body. In Violins and Hope, Daniel Levin has made the most compelling and beautiful series of photographs documenting Weinstein's collection of violins, his workshop in Tel Aviv, and his processes for restoration. This book is not a document of place, as much as it is a document of the ethereal. For what Weinstein has done with these lost violins has been to transform tragic loss into triumph in the most inciteful and powerful way imaginable. The care that Levin has taken to hone in on the idiosyncrasies of Amnon's workshop, and his uncanny ability to celebrate the beauty of light, is nothing short of remarkable. The book's foreword is written by arguably the most well-suited individual anywhere. Born in Austria, Franz Welser-Moest is one of the most acclaimed conductors of the twenty-first century. He has been Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra since 2002, and, under his direction, The Cleveland, as it has been fondly named by The New York Times, has had twenty international tours, with shimmering reviews. All too aware of his ancestry, Welser-Moest takes on our mutual history as no one else could. And the book concludes with Levin's interview with Assi Weinstein, Amnon's wife, who talks about the Violins of Hope project and its enduring legacy.

Stick Control - Snaredrummer (Staple bound): George L Stone Stick Control - Snaredrummer (Staple bound)
George L Stone
R300 R237 Discovery Miles 2 370 Save R63 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the original classic, often called the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named it one of the top 25 drumming books of all-time. In the words of the author, this is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand. This indispensable book for drummers of all types includes hundreds of basic to advanced rhythms and moves through categories of single-beat combinations, triplets, short roll combinations, flam beats, flam triplets and dotted notes, and short roll progressions.

Music Flash Cards - Set A - Hal Leonard Student Piano Library (Cards): Music Flash Cards - Set A - Hal Leonard Student Piano Library (Cards)
R263 R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Save R54 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

(Educational Piano Library). 120 color-coded cards to learn basic musical symbols, all notes from low ledger C to high ledger C, and rhythm patterns in 4/4 and 3/4. Also includes cards that focus on recognition of steps and skips on the staff.

Opera in Performance - Analyzing the Performative Dimension of Opera Productions (Hardcover): Clemens Risi Opera in Performance - Analyzing the Performative Dimension of Opera Productions (Hardcover)
Clemens Risi
R4,060 Discovery Miles 40 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Opera in Performance elucidates the performative dimension of contemporary opera productions. What are the most striking and decisive moments in a performance? Why do we respond so strongly to stagings that transform familiar scenes, to performers' bodily presence, and to virtuosic voices as well as ill-disposed ones? Drawing on phenomenology and performance theory, Clemens Risi explains how these moments arise out of a dialogue between performers and the audience, representation and presence, the familiar and the new. He then applies these insights in critical descriptions of his own experiences of various singers, stagings, and performances at opera houses and festivals from across the German-speaking world over the last twenty years. As the first book to focus on what happens in performance as such, this study shifts our attention to moments that have eluded articulation and provides tools for describing our own experiences when we go to the opera. This book will particularly interest scholars and students in theater and performance studies, musicology, and the humanities, and may also appeal to operagoers and theater professionals.

The Origin of Musical Instruments - An Ethnological Introduction to the History of Instrumental Music (Paperback): Andre... The Origin of Musical Instruments - An Ethnological Introduction to the History of Instrumental Music (Paperback)
Andre Schaeffner; Edited by Rachelle Taylor; Translated by Ariadne Lih, Emelyn Lih
R1,284 Discovery Miles 12 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The work of French musicologist, ethnologist, curator, and critic Andre Schaeffner (1895 - 1980) grew naturally out of his first organological studies of the history of Western classical instruments in the late 1920s and came to be encapsulated in his monumental and wide-ranging Origine des instruments de musique, the fruit of labour in Paris and in the field between 1931 and 1936. Almost 80 years after its first publication, the scientific relevance and influence of Schaeffner's primary hypothesis - that the origins of music can be traced to the human body through gesture, dance, and the movements involved in the use of musical instruments and their ancestor tools - remains pertinent in fields which have returned to informed speculative and empirical research on the origins of music. This first English edition is accompanied by editorial footnotes and introductory texts, and the influence of Schaeffner's thought on several generations of musicologists makes his work an essential piece of reading for ethnomusicologists, music psychologists, organologists and musicologists interested in the history of their field. Schaeffner's text is an intellectual link between the studies of Hornbostel and Sachs and the contrasting research of later generations, notably figures with which he had direct contact, such as John Blacking and Simha Arom. More than a simple field guide and system of classification, the Origin of Musical Instruments is also a profound reflection on the nature and origins of music and musical activity, as well as the place of that activity in human society.

Suzuki Violin School 3 (Paperback, Revised ed.): Shinichi Suzuki Suzuki Violin School 3 (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Shinichi Suzuki
R369 R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Save R24 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Teach violin with the popular Suzuki Violin School. Revised edition features:
New engravings in a 9" x 12" format
New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings
16 additional pages
Additional exercises, some from Dr. Suzuki, plus additional insight and suggestions for teachers
Glossary of terms in English, French, German and Spanish
Musical notation guide
Fingerboard position.
Titles: Study Points * Tonalization * Vibrato Exercises * Gavotte (P. Martini) * Minuet (J. S. Bach) * Gavotte in G Minor (J. S. Bach) * Humoresque (A. Dvor?k) * Gavotte (J. Becker) * Gavotte in D Major (J. S. Bach) * Bourr?e (J. S. Bach).
This title is available in SmartMusic.

And on Guitar... - The Autobiography of Jim Cregan (Paperback, 2nd edition): Jim Cregan, Andy Merriman And on Guitar... - The Autobiography of Jim Cregan (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Jim Cregan, Andy Merriman; Foreword by Rod Stewart
R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jim Cregan's career as a rock guitarist, songwriter and producer has spanned over fifty years, touring and recording albums with stars such as Elton John, Cat Stevens, Family, Willie Nelson, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Joe Cocker, The Gypsy Kings, and Katie Melua. However, he is perhaps best known for his forty-year association with Rod Stewart, not only as his guitarist but also being best friends and godfathers to each other's children. In his autobiography Jim Cregan lifts the lid on his extraordinary life, recounting his experiences with music's biggest stars, from his first band at the age of 14 playing in youth clubs in Poole to performing in front of 350,000 people in Rio de Janeiro. In And on Guitar . . . Cregan holds nothing back: from his early life and anecdotes about his family to shenanigans on the road and extraordinary tales of hedonism, love and loss, his stories feature a Who's Who of music's biggest stars.

More Piano Sight-Reading - Grade 6 (Book): More Piano Sight-Reading - Grade 6 (Book)
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book contains valuable material to help players strengthen their sight-reading skills in preparation for the ABRSM Grade 6 exam. Featuring preparatory exercises that gradually introduce key new elements encountered at Grade 6, along with a comprehensive selection of sample sight-reading pieces, More Piano Sight-Reading supports students with the transition between grades, and encourages them to integrate sight-reading into their daily practice. More Piano Sight-Reading is available for ABRSM Grades 1 to 8, offering additional support for the sight-reading requirements of the current syllabus.

The Classical Piano Method: (Sheet music): Hans-Gunter Heumann The Classical Piano Method: (Sheet music)
Hans-Gunter Heumann
R463 R420 Discovery Miles 4 200 Save R43 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Sound in the Ecstatic-Materialist Perspective on Experimental Music (Hardcover): Riccardo D. Wanke Sound in the Ecstatic-Materialist Perspective on Experimental Music (Hardcover)
Riccardo D. Wanke
R4,048 Discovery Miles 40 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The cross-genre approach of this volume attempts to build a dialogue and synergies between communities of artists. The proposed monograph would appeal to academic readerships and postgraduate students in music and/or sound studies in a broad sense, with particular appeal to specialists in contemporary art music and or as music technology.

Perspectives on the Performance of French Piano Music (Paperback): Scott Mccarrey Perspectives on the Performance of French Piano Music (Paperback)
Scott Mccarrey; Lesley A. Wright
R1,387 Discovery Miles 13 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Perspectives on the Performance of French Piano Music offers a range of approaches central to the performance of French piano music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors include scholars and active performers who see performance not as an independent activity but as a practice enriched by a wealth of historical and analytical approaches. To underline the usefulness of contextual understanding for performance, each author highlights the choices performers must confront with examples drawn from particular repertoires and composers. Topics explored include editorial practice, the use of early recordings, emergent disciplines such as analysis-and-performance, and traditions passed down from teacher to student. Themes that emerge demonstrate the importance of editions as a form of communication, the challenges of notation, the significance of detail and of deeper continuity, the importance of performing and teaching traditions, and the influence of cross disciplinary frameworks. A link to a set of performed examples on the frenchpianomusic.com website allows readers to hear and compare performances and interpretations of the music discussed. The volume will appeal to musicologists and analysts interested in performance, performers, students, and piano teachers.

Mandolin Exercises For Dummies (Paperback): DDJ Julin Mandolin Exercises For Dummies (Paperback)
DDJ Julin 1
R539 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R115 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Practice makes perfect with this hands-on resource for mandolin players of all skill levels If you're looking for an accessible practice-based book to improve your playing, you've come to the right place. Mandolin Exercises For Dummies focuses on the skills that players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you picking with the best of them or at least much better than before! Mandolin Exercises For Dummies is packed with instruction from hundreds of exercises to drills and practice pieces. And it gets better. You'll also have online access to downloadable audio files for each exercise, making this practice-based package a complete mandolin companion. * Puts an overview of the fundamentals in perspective, helps you to use exercises to limber up, and much more * Dives into the major and minor arpeggios with triad patterns, then moves on to major 7th and minor 7th patterns * Details the major scales, then moves on to mastering the minor scales with practice exercises * Contains tips to help you practice better, including using a metronome, playing with recordings, and more Master the basics and sharpen your mandolin-playing skills with this reliable resource.

Ralph Vaughan Williams and Adrian Boult (Hardcover): Nigel Simeone Ralph Vaughan Williams and Adrian Boult (Hardcover)
Nigel Simeone
R1,473 Discovery Miles 14 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The first detailed study of the working relationship and productive friendship between Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Adrian Boult (1889-1983). From 1918 onwards, Boult became one of Vaughan Williams's most important interpreters, giving the world premieres of the Pastoral, Fourth and Sixth Symphonies, performing almost all his major works (not only at home but with some of the world's greatest orchestras), and working in close collaboration with the composer on major projects including the first complete recording of Vaughan Williams's symphonies. Boult continued to be the most devoted advocate of Vaughan Williams's music to the end of his long career. As this book shows, Boult's scores include numerous annotations derived from conversations and correspondence with Vaughan Williams and these provide important evidence of the composer's wishes including adjustments to orchestration, comments on interpretation, dynamics, phrasing and revisions to Vaughan Williams's notoriously unreliable metronome marks. The evidence of these scores is considered alongside the extensive correspondence between Vaughan Williams and Boult, Boult's private diaries and other relevant documents including contemporary press reports. The book includes three substantial supplements: a detailed description of Boult's marked scores, a comprehensive list of Boult's Vaughan Williams performances and a discography including surviving recordings of unpublished broadcasts. It will be indispensable reading for scholars and students of Vaughan Williams and historical conducting, Vaughan Williams enthusiasts and those interested in the history of recorded music.

Piano Exercises For Dummies, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition): D. Pearl Piano Exercises For Dummies, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
D. Pearl
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Practice, practice, practice to play like Chopin or the Piano Man The piano will help you add a touch of fun to your life, impress your friends at parties, and even reduce stress. It even makes you better at math (really!). Piano Exercises For Dummies is at your service as you learn to make those 88 black and white keys sing. You'll get a quick overview of the basics before diving into practice routines and sample songs that you can use to improve your skill, whatever your level. This book gives you online access to audio files of the exercises along with digital access to the sheet music shared in the book. Learn from an experienced pianist, composer, and arranger, and start making beautiful music, the Dummies way! Refresh your knowledge of the piano basics so you're poised and prepared to play the right way Play enjoyable practice exercises and songs designed to teach specific skills and techniques in all genres Go online to access all the audio files, anytime, anywhere Bring a little more joy into your life by stepping up your piano know-how Piano Exercises For Dummies is for new and experienced pianists alike, and useful for improving your skill in any musical style.

Piano Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Initial Grade - from 2021 (Sheet music): Abrsm Piano Scales & Arpeggios, ABRSM Initial Grade - from 2021 (Sheet music)
Abrsm
R137 Discovery Miles 1 370 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Initial Grade Piano exam. It covers all the new requirements from 2021.

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