Curiosities of Music

Curiosities of Music
Author: Louis Charles Elson
Publisher: Boston : Oliver Ditson & Company
Total Pages: 382
Release: 1880
Genre: Folk music
ISBN:

The Rest Is Noise

The Rest Is Noise
Author: Alex Ross
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2007-10-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1429932880

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

Before Music

Before Music
Author: Annette Bay Pimentel
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2022-05-24
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1647006961

From award-winning author Annette Bay Pimentel comes an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made—across time and around the world Music doesn’t come out of nothing. It always starts somewhere . . . with something . . . with someone. Discover how music is made in this survey of musical instruments from around the world. Organized by material—from wood to gourds to found objects and more—Before Music marries a lyrical core text with tons of informational material for curious readers. In the narrative text, readers will encounter makers as they source their materials and craft instruments by hand, drawing the line from the natural world to the finished product and its sound. The sidebars offer much more to discover, including extensive instrument lists, short bios of musical innovators, and more.

Music on the Move

Music on the Move
Author: Danielle Fosler-Lussier
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2020-06-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0472126784

A dynamic multimedia introduction to the global connections among peoples and their music

Musical Myths and Facts (Vol. 1&2)

Musical Myths and Facts (Vol. 1&2)
Author: Carl Engel
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2020-07-03
Genre: Music
ISBN:

"Musical Myths and Facts" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by a German author Carl Engel. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents._x000D_ Volume 1:_x000D_ A Musical Library_x000D_ Elsass-Lothringen_x000D_ Music and Ethnology_x000D_ Collections of Musical Instruments_x000D_ Musical Myths and Folk-lore _x000D_ The Studies of our Great Composers_x000D_ Superstitions concerning Bells _x000D_ Curiosities in Musical Literature_x000D_ The English Instrumentalists_x000D_ Musical Fairies and their Kinsfolk _x000D_ Sacred Songs of Christian Sects…_x000D_ Volume 2:_x000D_ Mattheson on Handel_x000D_ Diabolic Music _x000D_ Royal Musicians_x000D_ Composers and Practical Men_x000D_ Music and Medicine_x000D_ Popular Stories with Musical Traditions _x000D_ Dramatic Music of Uncivilized Races_x000D_ A Short Survey of the History of Music_x000D_ Chronology of the History of Music_x000D_ The Musical Scales in Use at the Present Day...

Music and How it Works

Music and How it Works
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0744038294

Take a visual journey through the world of music and learn the science behind it, too. Budding music fans will love discovering musical geniuses of every era, from Mozart and classical music to Bowie and pop, as well as finding out how music is created and what links it all together. The book looks at music throughout history, beginning with the first known melody from the Fertile Crescent and covering modern music phenomena, from K Pop to hip-hop. Instruments and genres from across the world are featured, with "playlists" of key pieces encouraging kids to look up pieces to hear for themselves. STEAM spreads delve into the psychology and math behind music, from how it affects our mood to how it can improve our minds. Covering India's Ragas, Indonesia's Gamelan, Japan's city pop, and more, this book will help children discover a love of music.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Music

The Facts on File Dictionary of Music
Author: Christine Ammer
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2004
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1438130090

"The Facts On File Dictionary of Music provides in-depth explanations and examples of more than 3