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New Music Books
This booklist is a selection of new books about music, both new publications and reprints, added to the Multnomah County Library, updated frequently with new titles. Request delivery of any of these books to the neighborhood library that is most convenient for you.
More music booklists: Autumn 2007
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Charters, Samuel Barclay -
781.643 486s 1977A new copy of this book, published in 1977, this is the author's last volume in a study of the regional blues styles before World War II. The story and the music of the men who made the blues, including Furry Lewis, Willie McTell, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, and others. Chapters subjects include: The Memphis Jug Band, Peg Leg Howell, Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Atlanta, The Hicks Brothers, and more.
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Chase, Robert -
Central Library Reference Art and Music Section: R-782.3238 C487m 2007"The question might be asked, Why a book on the contemporary requiem and memorial music? A major part of the response must be: to acquaint the present day choirmaster, choral director, orchestra conductor and the musical public with an outstanding repertory that is little known. In the world of choral music, only a handful of memorial compositions get performed, often with mind-numbing regularity, while a perfectly wonderful repertory remains languishing for a public audition. Many of the works listed and described in these pages are truly excellent. Perhaps a handful may be genuine masterpieces." --from the Introduction.
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Carter, Walter
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787.87 C325ge 2007"Handmade Electronic Music introduces the basic of practical circuitry while instructing the student in basic electronic principles, always from the practical point of view of an artist. It teaches a style of intuitive and sensual experimentation that has been lost in this day of prefabricated electronic musical instruments whose inner workings are not open to experimentation. It encourages artists to transcend their fear of electronic technology to launch themselves into the pleasure of working creatively with all kinds of analog circuitry. "--BOOK JACKET.
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Brackett, Donald -
782.42166 F595b 2007"Richard Cook, a veteran writer respected throughout the jazz world, looks at such landmark recordings as Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead, Kind of Blue, The Complete Live at The Plugged Nickel, In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and Live at Montreux. Each of these recordings is considered in detail, illuminating their contribution to Davis's development as instrumentalist, group leader, and composer. But Cook goes well beyond these fourteen albums, evaluating all the trumpeter's recordings (official and bootleg) and relating them to events in Miles's life as well as to wider currents in contemporary music."--BOOK JACKET.
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Crozier, Richard -
788.92092 D263c 2007"This book is designed for parents, carers, teachers and children. It aims to help you choose a musical instrument children will enjoy learning and that suits them as beginners. It is also an invaluable source of information for the growing number of adult learners who wish to take up an instrument, perhaps having missed the opportunity in their childhood or teenage years."-- quoted from the Introduction 10/29/07
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Giovanni, Nikki -
j 782.25 G512o 2007With the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the glorious words of 46 spirituals, which celebrate a people who overcame enslavement and found a way to survive, to worship, and to build. Includes the full lyrics to the songs.
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Jagow, Shelley e
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784.071 J24t 2007"When a band
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Jenkins, Todd S. -
781.65 M664j 2006He could put his hands down on the keyboard in the key of D-flat, particluarly a D-flat major seventh chord, and his hands would begin to shape melodies and harmonies, some borrowed from himself, some from outside himesef, and some new. You can hear ghosts of other melodies, but the totality is pure Mingus." - from the Foreword of I Know What I know
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Kipnis, Igor -
Central Art & Music Room Reference R- 786.3 H295 2007"The Harpsichord and Clavichord, An Encyclopedia includes articles on this family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instruments builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world. It completes the three-volume "Encyclopedia of Keyboard Intsruments." -BOOK JACKET
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Lathrop, Grayson F. -
780.23 L355tg 2007This book is intended as a source of practical information for those who wish to take advantage of today's global opportunities to sell music. It provides guidelines for systematically and profitably engaging in cross-border music commerce. Book introduction.
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Lederer, Victor. -
780.92 D289L 2007Debussy's music, some of the greatest composed in the twentieth century, also ranks among the century's most challenging. His influence on other composers was enormous: Bartok, Stravinsky, Webern, Boulez, and Messiaen all freely acknowledged their debt to their groundbreaking predecessor. Victor Lederer shows how the composer developed his own unmistakable sound from a variety of musical inspirations, including folk and medieval music, the musical languages of Spain and Java, the seventeenth-century French clavecinistes, and his musical ancestor and idol, Chopin. Lederer also illustrates how Debussy's exquisite music, with its shimmering tonalities and bold harmonies, parallels the impressionist movement in painting. An accompanying full-length CD includes selections from the maestro's masterworks. Book jacket.
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Manning, Sean -
780.78 S559 2007Music journalist Manning has collected an amazing array of memorable concert testimonies from a veritable A-list of writers and musicians who offer their take on the question "What was the greatest concert you ever saw?"
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Marchese, John -
787.2 Z99m 2007"This story, which moves from an ageless workshop in Brooklyn to the rehearsal rooms of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and across the globe to Cremona, the birthplace of Stradivari, opens up for the reader the insular and fascinating realm of music, musicians, and the craftsmanship that is essential to that world."--BOOK JACKET.
MacLellan, John-
788.9 M16pNew copies of this book have been added to the Multnomah County Library. This book is one of the best for learning about the Highland bagpipe.
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Melograni, Piero. -
780.92 M939me 2007"Piero Melograni here offers a wholly readable account of Mozart's remarkable life and times. This biography proceeds from the young Mozart's earliest years as a Wunderkind - the child prodigy who traveled with his father and sister to perform concerts throughout Europe - to his formative years in Vienna, where he absorbed the artistic and intellectual spirit of the Enlightenment, to his deathbed, his unfinished Requiem, and the mystery that still surrounds his burial. Melograni's use of Mozart's letters throughout confers authority and vitality to his recounting, and his expertise brings Mozart's eighteenth-century milieu evocatively to life."--BOOK JACKET.
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Melton, Joan
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782.14 M528s 2007"Joan Melton's interviews with some of the top teachers of singing for musical theatre today are a delight: full of insights and information from around the globe, which will be of value to any voice teacher working with actors or singers." - review from the book jacket.
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Nilsson, Birgit -
782.1092 N712n 2007"First published to wide acclaim in Sweden (1995) and in Germany (1997), the autobiography of opera legend Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005) is finally available in an English translation. From her humble roots in rural Sweden to her artistic triumphs in Stockholm, Bayreuth, Milan, and the Metropolitan Opera House, this candid memoir reveals the personality behind one of the great voices of the past century."--BOOK JACKET.
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Perrey, Beate -
780.92 S392c 2007An international team of scholars explores the cultural context, musical and poetic fabric, sources of inspiration and interpretative reach of key works from the Schumann repertoire ranging from his famous lieder and piano pieces to chamber, orchestral and dramatic works. Additional chapters address Schumann's presence in nineteenth- and twentieth-century composition and the fascinating reception history of his late works. -BOOK JACKET
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Reynolds, Charles -
780.23 R462t 2008The Tour Book: How to Get Your Music on the Road provides practical advice, hints, and tips on every aspect of putting on a live show, including rehearsal, equipment, travel, accommodations, show booking and promotion, sound checks, contracts, taxation, working abroad, and marketing. Featuring interviews and quotes from key industry figures and contemporary artists and musicians.
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Sandberg, Larry -
Complete Banjo Repair
787.88 S213c 1979A new copy of this excellent book on the mechanics of the banjo, not just for repair but for how to choose a banjo, day-to-day care, and "all the lore of setup and tinkering" for banjo musicians. -
Starr, Larry -
American Popular Music : From Minstrelsy to MTV
781.64 S796a 2007In American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Second Edition, Larry Starr and Cristopher Waterman examine popular music in the United States from its beginnings into the 21st century, offering a comprehensive look at the music, the cultural history of the times, and the connections between them. The charts are complemented by two in-text audio CDs and-new to this edition-an iMix published at iTunes, which makes most of the songs immediately available. - Book jacket. -
Stoher, Sharon -
The Singer's Companion
783.043 S873s 2006A book about singing techniques and musical skills, for soloists and choral singers in groups. Good suggestions for memorizing music and performance, working with voice teachers, and career development. Intended for high school and college students, but singers and other musicians of all ages can find good ideas in about musicianship this book. -
Tanner, Chris -
The Steel Band Game Plan: Strategies for Starting, Building, and Maintaining Your Pan Program
784.68 T166s 2007"Steel band is suitable for a wide range of ages. I've seen third graders as well as adult beginners play well and happily. Everyone in the room, whether a listener or player, shares in the music together. If you are interested in starting a steel band, this book will be of great assistance to you." - from the Foreword to The Steel Band Game Plan -
Taylor, Philip S. -
786.2092 R894t 2007"The first modern biography in English of the Russian composer-pianist Anton Rubinstein, this book places Rubinstein within the context of Russian and Western European musical culture during the second half of the nineteenth century, exploring his rise from humble origins in Bessarabia to staggering international fame, as well as his subsequent rapid decline and marginalization in later musical culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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Vincent, Fran. -
780.23 V771m 2007With more than 85 million users, MySpace is the most-visited site on the Internet. This book teaches musicians how to build MySpace pages that will most effectively promote their band.
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Williams, Peter F. -
780.92 B118wi 2007"Peter Williams approaches afresh the life and music of arguably the most studied of all composers, interpreting both Bach's life by deconstructing his original Obituary in the light of more recent information, and his music by evaluating his priorities and irrepressible creative energy. How, even though belonging to musical families on both his parents' sides, did he come to possess so bewitching a sense of rhythm and melody, and a mastery of harmony that established nothing less than a norm in western culture? In considering that the works of a composer are his biography, the book's title A Life in Music means both a life spent making music and one revealed in the music as we know it."--BOOK JACKET.