John Potter & Neil Sorrell 
History of Singing [PDF ebook] 

A History of Twentieth-Century Music in a Theoretic-Analytical Context is an integrated account of the genres and concepts of twentieth-century art music, organized topically according to aesthetic, …

In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ‘street literature’. Not only are some traditional singers known …

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 …

At a time when fundamentalism is on the rise, traditional religions are in decline and postmodernity has challenged any system that claims to be all-defining, young people have left their traditional …

The Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music is the most comprehensive index of music written for orchestra with chorus in print today.Offering performance information about choral works by more than 900 …

The Principles and Practice of Tonal Counterpoint is a comprehensive textbook that combines practical, ‘how-to’ guidance in 18th-century techniques with extensive historical examination of contrapunt …

Popular Christmas Carol for Elementary Piano A Silver Tonalities Arrangement!Easy Note Style Sheet Music Letter Names of Notes embedded in each Notehead! …

In The World of William Byrd John Harley builds on his previous work, William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal (Ashgate, 1997), in order to place the composer more clearly in his social context. H …

The double bass – the preferred bass instrument in popular music during the 1960s – was challenged and subsequently superseded by the advent of a new electric bass instrument. From the mid-1960s and …

Eric Coates (1886-1957) is perhaps the most familiar name associated with British light music. Sir Charles Groves said that ”his music crackled with enthusiasm and vitality. He could write tunes and …