Author: Jonathan D. Kramer
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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Author: Jennifer Bryant
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN: 0802852297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Presents the story of how French composer Olivier Messiaen was able to overcome the desolation of a World War II prison camp through the power of music.

Author: John Burnside
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691218862
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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"First published in a slight different form in Great Britain in 2019 by Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso.

Author: Christopher P. Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780757540967
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: David Epstein
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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Epstein investigates the relationship between the ineffable art of music and the hard science of neurobiology. He integrates philosophic and scientific inquiry to formulate a theory of the fundamental yet elusive quality in music time. Derived from an analytical study of motion, tempo and emotion, Shaping Time offers a theory of the way we percieve, perform and interpret music. Epstein suggests that audience satisfaction with a musical performance results from timing trajectories established by the performer at the beginning of the piece. When the timing of a performance conflicts with audience anticipation, listeners experience physical and affective discomfort. Epstein applies his thesis to a wide range of examples for the repertoire.

Author: Gwendolyn Hooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536405941
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Henry's drum practice at home is too loud so he goes outside and when he sees his friends playing jump rope he figures out a way to play drums and play with his friends.

Author: Simon J. Bronner
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815602163
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Ask an old-timer what life was like in rural upstate New York during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and you will hear about the dances and bees that brought villagers and farmers together. You will hear of favorite fiddlers who held center stage with dance tunes taken from early British and American sources. You will hear of old-time music and its significance to a people making the transition from a rural, agricultural life to an urban, industrial one. Old-Time Music Makers of New York State is the first book published on this rich legacy of traditional Anglo-American music and dance. It traces the development of old-time music beginning with its movement into New York State from New England in the early nineteenth century and to its combination with commercial country music in the twentieth century. Exploring the regional character of the music and its meaning co the people who enjoy it, Bronner introduces memorable figures from the major periods in the development of old-time music, and he places their stories, their lives, and their music in the context of the region's cultural and historical changes. This is much more than a regional study, however. Bronner brings to the fore issues of national scope and interest. He discusses the relationship of old-time music to the commercial country music with which it has been closely aligned, and he challenges the prevailing wisdom that the origins of country music are in the South. Musician, fan, folklorist, and historian alike will benefit from and enjoy this book. The many musical transcriptions, annotations, photographs, and appendixes provide a valuable reference to be used again and again.

Author: Sam Taplin
Publisher: Usborne
ISBN: 9780794544850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10

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Sometimes, after lunchtime, after a family cook-out, or after playing, babies and toddlers need some quiet time to rest, relax and have some quality time with their parents. This book will be the perfect tool to allow children and their parents to have a calmer moment. Listen to the quiet music as you follow a band of little animals going down a river on a raft playing classics like Pachelbel's canon and other famous soothing music.

Author: Daniel Barenboim
Publisher: Verso
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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From Israel's most celebrated musician and outspoken critic comes an examination of the power of music to transform society.

Author: Mariusz Kozak
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190080205
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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A compelling approach among works on temporality, phenomenology, and the ecologies of the new sound worlds, Enacting Musical Time argues that musical time is itself the site of the interaction between musical sounds and a situated, embodied listener, created by the moving bodies of participants engaged in musical activities.