The Story of the House of Witmark
Author: Isidore Witmark
Publisher:
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9781258789305
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Classic Rock Drummers
Author: Ken Micallef
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1617133604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring technique, history, musicality and instrumental details, this book covers every aspect of the major drummers of the classic rock era: Keith Moon (The Who), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), among others. Each drummer's standout tracks are here in detail: choice of notes, how the parts strengthened and supported the music, and lasting influences on the drummers of today and music at large. The accompanying audio features sound samples of the styles of the profiled drummers. Includes historically accurate drum equipment setups.
The Clave Matrix
Author: David Peñalosa
Publisher:
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781478299479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCLAVE MATRIX: The entire interwoven structure of clave-based music as it relates to its generative source.CLAVE: A Spanish word meaning 'code,' or 'key,' as in the key to a mystery or puzzle. Also 'keystone,' the wedge-shaped stone in the center of an arch that ties all the stones together. Clave is the key pattern that both binds and decodes the rhythmic structure of Afro-Cuban music.MATRIX: The point of origin from which something takes form and develops; a grid-like array of elements, an interwoven pattern.
The Modern Snare Drummer
Author: Ron Spagnardi
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780634001710
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Book). From the editor of Modern Drummer magazine, this book is a collection of 38 solos designed to challenge both technical and reading skills for the intermediate to advanced snare drummer. Each solo is preceded by an explanation of its structure and highlights, with an emphasis on the more difficult sections of the piece. Also includes some suggested stickings, and a special section of 30 Preparatory Exercises.
Korngold and His World
Author: Daniel Goldmark
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-08-27
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0691198292
DOWNLOAD EBOOKErich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. He was lauded in his youth by everyone from Mahler to Puccini and his auspicious career in the early 1900s spanned chamber music, opera, and musical theater. Today, he is best known for his Hollywood film scores, composed between 1935 and 1947.
Universal Tonality
Author: Cisco Bradley
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2021-01-04
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1478012714
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers of his generation, William Parker has perpetually toured around the world and released over forty albums as a leader. He is one of the most influential jazz artists alive today. In Universal Tonality historian and critic Cisco Bradley tells the story of Parker’s life and music. Drawing on interviews with Parker and his collaborators, Bradley traces Parker’s ancestral roots in West Africa via the Carolinas to his childhood in the South Bronx, and illustrates his rise from the 1970s jazz lofts and extended work with pianist Cecil Taylor to the present day. He outlines how Parker’s early influences—Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and writers of the Black Arts Movement—grounded Parker’s aesthetic and musical practice in a commitment to community and the struggle for justice and freedom. Throughout, Bradley foregrounds Parker’s understanding of music, the role of the artist, and the relationship between art, politics, and social transformation. Intimate and capacious, Universal Tonality is the definitive work on Parker’s life and music.
Understanding Music
Author: N. Alan Clark
Publisher:
Published: 2015-12-21
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781940771335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMusic moves through time; it is not static. In order to appreciate music wemust remember what sounds happened, and anticipate what sounds might comenext. This book takes you on a journey of music from past to present, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque Period to the 20th century and beyond!
Art Worlds
Author: Howard Saul Becker
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780520043862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTonal Harmony, with an Introduction to Twentieth-century Music
Author: Stefan M. Kostka
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780072419962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTonal Harmony with an Introduction to 20th-Century Music is intended for a two-year course in music theory/harmony. It offers a clear and thorough introduction to the resources and practice of Western music from the 17th century to the present day. Its concise, one-volume format and flexible approach make the book usable in a broad range of theory curricula. The text provides students with a comprehensive but accessible and highly practical set of tools for the understanding of music. Actual musical practice is emphasized more than rules or prohibitions. Principles are explained and illustrated, and exceptions are noted. In its presentation of harmonic procedures, the text introduces students to the most common vocal and instrumental textures encountered in tonal music. Traditional four-part chorale settings are used to introduce many concepts, but three-part instrumental and vocal textures are also presented in illustrations and drill work, along with a variety of keyboard styles. To encourage the correlation of writing and performing skills, we have included musical examples in score and reduced-score formats as well as charts on instrumental ranges and transpositions. Some of the assignments ask the student to write for small ensembles suitable for performance in class. Instructors may modify these assignments to make them most appropriate for their particular situations. - Preface.
A Christmas Carol II
Author: Bruno Vincent
Publisher: Blake Publishing
Published: 2011-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781843585091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation Much has changed since the three ghosts came to visitkindly Scrooge and bad-tempered Cratchit are now partners, Tiny Tim is a drunkard jailbird, and the dead are walking the streets, in this affectionate satireOn Christmas Eve, seven years to the day after the unexpected arrival of three grim apparitions, another fellvisitor calls on Ebenezer Scrooge. In one, a pair of hands had risen from the earth and were placed palm-down on the snow as thought to haul the rest of their invisible body up by force. Turning to look for an escape in the opposite direction, Scrooge came face to face with a cadaver blackened by rot not six feet away, arching its back out of the ground from the waist up, its mouth open in a silent scream, whether from the effort to extricate itself or from some deeper spiritual agony, Scrooge did not wish to discover. At every turn in every corner, shapes were pulling themselves up from the earth. The graveyard was rising.
