Stephen Graham & Tom Perchard 
Twentieth-Century Music in the West [PDF ebook] 
An Introduction

Focus: Scottish Traditional Music engages methods from ethnomusicology, popular music studies, cultural studies, and media studies to explain how complex Scottish identities and culture are construct …

Most musicians focus on learning technique (learning how to play an instrument), rather than on developing an individual, unique voice. Creative Music Making focuses on the creative development of mu …

A car mechanic turned internationally acclaimed opera star, Alfie Boe has taken Broadway by storm, conquered the West End and has won the hearts of the nation. The first official bad boy of opera, th …

Kendrick Lamar has established himself at the forefront of contemporary hip-hop culture. Artistically adventurous and socially conscious, he has been unapologetic in using his art form, rap music, to …

Whether you»re a pro or an amateur, a musician or into multimedia, you can»t afford to guess about audio wiring. The Audio Wiring Guide is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide that explains exactly w …

In the fall of 1938, following Kristallnacht, the symphonic orchestra in Palestine cancelled the performance of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. No one could foresee that this would be the beginning o …

Sounds of the Borderland is the first book-length study of how popular music became a medium for political communication and contested identification during and after Croatia»s war of independence f …

Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister is an engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth Pointer»s roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters. When overnight success …

Cathy Berberian (1925-1983) was a vocal performance artist, singer and composer who pioneered a way of composing with the voice in the musical worlds of Europe, North America and beyond. As a moderni …

‘Voices of the Country’ presents interviews with innovative musicians, producers, and songwriters who shaped the last fifty years of country music. From Eddy Arnold»s new, smoother approach to song …