Martin Iddon 
John Cage and Peter Yates [PDF ebook] 
Correspondence on Music Criticism and Aesthetics

Aesthetics of Music: Musicological Approaches is an anthology of fourteen essays, each addressing a single key concept or pair of terms in the aesthetics of music, collectively serving as an authorit …

Whose Music? combines historical, musicological, and sociological materials and styles of analysis in ways that connect to the field of sociology. The analyses of social class systems presented here …

This practical reference remains the most comprehensive guide to the fundamental theories, techniques, and strategies used for battery operation and design. It includes new and revised chapters focus …

Jazz Guitar Styles is an instruction book designed for the guitarist who already knows the fundamentals but wishes to explore the ‘classic’ style of swing-era guitar. It offers a clear, concise intro …

Increasingly, it is becoming evident that those involved in socio-musical studies must focus their investigative lens on musical practice and articulation of the self, on music and community involvem …

Hearing Maskanda outlines how people make sense of their world through practicing and hearing maskanda music in South Africa. Having emerged in response to the experience of forced labour migration i …

Armed with cheap digital technologies and a fiercely independent spirit, millions of young people from around the world have taken cultural production into their own hands, crafting their own clothin …

First Published in 1998. This book is a comprehensive annotated bibliography of writings about the life, times, and music of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Over 1, 000 sources in 11 different languages a …

This unique and comprehensive study examines how music affects Shakespeare”s plays and addresses the ways in which contemporary audiences responded to it. David Lindley sets the musical scene of Ear …

Written by an active composer, performer and educator, Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition provides a clear and informative introduction to the compositional techniques be …