Appreciation category: 175 books
We Rock! (Music Lab)
A Fun Family Guide for Exploring Rock Music History: From Elvis and the Beatles to Ray Charles and The Ramones, Includes Bios, Historical Context, Extensive Playlists, and Rocking Activities for the Whole Family!
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Finally! A hip, fun and culturally relevant series of music appreciation books, perfect for modern music-loving families who want to take advantage of this era of exploding musical access! Get a personal guided tour through an amazing historical back-catalog of music that was previously unavailable....
The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll
Collected Music Writings 2005-09
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Sometimes I play a game in my head: name the five best American rock bands of the ’60s. My list goes: The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Doors, and then I stall on the fifth. Creedence? The Band – although they’re mostly Canadian. Simon and Garfunkel? Jefferson Airplane?...
Experiencing Jazz
A Listener's Companion
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
In Experiencing Jazz: A Listener’s Companion, writer, teacher, and renowned jazz drummer Michael Stephans offers a much-needed survey in the art of listening to and enjoying this dynamic, ever-changing art form. More than mere entertainment, jazz provides a pleasurable and sometimes dizzying listening...
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well...
by John Bell Young
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the last major age of Italian opera. During his lifetime and in posterity, the composer's popularity surpassed that of his peers, and three of his works — La bohéme, Tosca, and Madama...
by Gail McGaffigan
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
One quiz each on the lives of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Wagner, Chopin, Haydn, Handel, and Grieg. May be used in conjunction with the Classically Gail free, one-year course in Music Appreciation (classicallygail.blogspot.com), to supplement other curriculum, or just...
All You Have to Do is Listen
Music from the Inside Out
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Rob Kapilow has been helping audiences hear more in great music for almost twenty years with his What Makes It Great? series on NPR, at Lincoln Center, and in concert halls throughout the US and Canada. In this book, he gives you a set of tools you can use when listening to any piece of music in order...
The Way of Music
Aural Training for the Internet Generation
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006
Here at last is a listener's guide to the hidden meanings of western classical music, expressed in accessible, jargon-free language and drawing on universal listening experiences and skills. The Way of Music is six booklets in one volume; it is a study guide in attention training, listening skills,...
Saint-Saëns
On Music and Musicians
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
Camille Saint-Saëns is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen observer of the musical culture in which he lived. A composer of vast intelligence and erudition, Saint-Saëns...
by Steven Cornelius, Mary Natvig
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
By taking a thematic approach to the study of music appreciation, Music: A Social Experience, Second Edition demonstrates how music reflects and deepens both individual and cultural understandings. Musical examples are presented within universally experienced social frameworks (ethnicity, gender,...
The Secret Magic of Music
Conversations with Musical Masters
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Great music has the power to transform. Understanding and appreciating classical music can enlighten, uplift, and educate not only the intellect but the soul. In The Secret Magic of Music, classical music devotee and psychiatrist Ida Lichter uncovers a more accessible side of music. By providing the...
by Michael Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2018
It has never been easier to listen to music. We struggle to imagine what life may have been like less than 100 years ago, when there were no radio or TV broadcasts and only a fortunate few had access to a gramophone. Today there are multiple radio and TV channels playing music of all types 24 hours...
by Lewis Lockwood
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2005
An authoritative work offering a fresh look at Beethoven’s life, career, and milieu. “Magisterial” —New York Review of Books.
This brilliant portrayal weaves Beethoven's musical and biographical stories into their historical and artistic contexts. Lewis Lockwood sketches the turbulent...
Puccini Without Excuses
A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini’s art still captivates audiences and the popularity of...