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A seafaring book filled with songs from Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers, a wild band of Nashville musicians who dress like pirates and play a rollicking mix of piratical sing-alongs, rousing historical rave-ups, afro-cuban tinged ballads, Cajun sea shanties, and bluesy Irish jigs, transforming big festivals, performing arts centers, and urban nightclubs into bustling seaside taverns at the turn of the seventeenth century. Pyrate magazine called...
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Easy guitar arrangements for all 16 tracks on Taylor's blockbuster album: All Too Well * Begin Again * Everything Has Changed * Holy Ground * I Almost Do * I Knew You Were Trouble * The Last Time * The Lucky One * Red * Sad Beautiful Tragic * Starlight * State of Grace * Stay Stay Stay * Treacherous * 22 * We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. Includes standard notation and tablature.
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Alois Schöpf, Schriftsteller, Journalist sowie Gründer und Leiter der Innsbrucker Promenadenkonzerte, blickt auf eine zwanzigjährige Praxis als Dirigent verschiedener Blasorchester und Musikkapellen zurück. 'Das erfolgreiche Konzert' verarbeitet die konkreten Erfahrungen des ausübenden Musikers ebenso wie die Anforderungen, die ein langjähriger Veranstalter an ein Orchester, an ein Konzert und an die Organisation eines erfolgreichen Konzerts...
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Der fünfte Band der Reihe clarino.extra ist die zweite 'Komponistenwerkstatt'. Der Untertitel verdeutlicht, dass der Leser zahlreiche 'Werke internationaler Blasorchesterkomponisten' kennenlernt. Dieser Band ermöglicht dem Leser einen tiefen Einblick in die Welt der Musik. Und zwar zum großen Teil aus der Sicht der ultimativen Quelle ihrer Kreativität ? der des Komponisten. Und auch die anderen Autoren haben sich tiefgehend mit den Werken beschäftigt...
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Over three decades and more than 150 million albums, AC/DC has established itself as much more than just a great rock band. For millions of fans spanning several generations across the world, they are an ear-bleedingly loud, sweat-soaked religion, courtesy of such classic albums as Highway to Hell and Back in Black. Now, in a book of astonishing breadth and scope, comes, for the very first time, the complete story of AC/DC. Everything you ever wanted...
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"Dirigierpraxis - Der Weg zum persönlichen Dirigierstil" ermöglicht dem Leser einen Einblick in die Welt der Musik und des Dirigierens. Erfahrene Dirigenten geben Hinweise, Tipps und Tricks. Diese Hilfestellungen sollen helfen, seinen eigenen Dirigierstil zu entwickeln.
Dieses praktische Buch befasst sich eingehend mit der Welt der Dirigenten - größtenteils mit deren eigenen Worten. Dieses Buch ermöglicht dem Leser ein klares Bild von den kreativen...
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Robert Soubeyran war Professor für Musikwissenschaft am regionalen Nationalkonservatorium für Musik in Montpellier, Organist, Pädagoge und Komponist. Ihm ist die Unterstützung durch große Lehrer wie Olivier Messiaen zugutegekommen.
Allerdings war es die Begegnung mit Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, durch die er die Fragen beantwortet bekam, die sich seiner Musiker-Seele stellten, so dass er den lichtvollen Pfad fand, nach dem er sich sehnte.
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Das Buch "Thema Saxofon - Fachlisches, Praktisches und Unterhaltsames" ist - soviel sei vorweg genommen - kein Saxofon-Lehrbuch. Vielmehr ist es ein Buch für Saxofon-Liebhaber und solche, die es werden wollen.
Dieses Buch befasst sich, wie der Untertitel verdeutlicht, mit "Fachlichem, Praktischem und Unterhaltsamem" zu diesem Thema. Welches Image hat dieses Instrument? ist die Frage gleich zweiter Artikel dieses Buchs. Der Leser erfährt einiges...
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Michael Floredo (geb. 1967 in Hohenems), freischaffender Komponist, Organist, Musikpädagoge, Träger nationaler und internationaler Auszeichnungen und durch Aufführungen seiner Werke u. a. in Wien, Paris, London, Rom, Zürich geehrt, zeichnet in diesem Buch ein farbenreiches Gesamtbild über Musik, ihre Geschichte und ihre Tiefenwirkung in die mannigfaltigen Bereiche des Lebens.
Faszinierend in diesem Werk ist, wie Floredo dieses Gesamtbild aus...
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Get the Summary of Burt Bacharach & Robert Greenfield's Anyone Who Had a Heart in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is the memoir of Burt Bacharach, detailing his life from his early years to his rise as a legendary composer and songwriter. The book delves into Bacharach's formative experiences, including his family's background, his struggles with fitting in due to his Jewish heritage, and...
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Step into the dynamic world of contemporary jazz-funk with Andrew D. Gordon's music instructional book "100 Ultimate Jazz-Funk Grooves for Flute." Renowned for his expertise in jazz and funk music, Gordon brings forth a comprehensive collection, offering a wealth of inspiration and exploration for flautists.As a distinguished composer, educator, and performer, Andrew D. Gordon is celebrated for his ability to seamlessly weave intricate jazz harmonies...
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Dive into the festive spirit with the Second Edition of '11 Christmas Songs for SSAA A Cappella.' This collection presents a harmonious blend of classic and timeless holiday melodies arranged for mixed voices. Featuring beloved tunes such as 'Angels We Have Heard On High,' 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,' and a tongue-in-cheek 'The Twelve-ish Days of Christmas,' this compilation invites both singers and audiences to experience the joy of the season....
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White Knuckles chronicles the personal and professional journey of one of rock's most influential musicians: Gary Moore. Born in Belfast and rising to conquer some of the world's biggest stages, the guitarist-singer-songwriter enjoyed spells with the likes of rock giants Thin Lizzy before becoming a successful solo artist in his own right.
Moore's solo career spanned three decades and millions of album sales until his untimely passing in 2011. Balancing...
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In Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars, the enigmatic Barry Adamson shines a probing light into his own heart of darkness.
Born in the black and white world of post-industrial Manchester, Adamson saw music as a chance to turn his world technicolour. Propelled into punk via Magazine, he was the founding bass player in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, before stumbling too far down a dark, drug-induced path.
Adamson steers the reader through a mix...
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The image of Jordan in her white shards of beehive and Mondrian make-up is one of the most iconic in pop history. But nobody knows what was really going on behind those watchful eyes when Anarchy hit the UK.
How did a ballet-mad girl from sleepy Sussex make her way, via the clandestine gay clubs of Brighton and London, to 430 King's Road and the eye of punk's storm? Help shape a revolution and deal with the consequences of being in the spotlight...
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A no-holds barred account of working with Beefheart featuring interviews with all key players inside and around The Magic Band and the Mothers Of Invention.
As drummer and musical director for the iconoclastic Captain Beefheart, John "Drumbo" French was a key contributor to the band's many groundbreaking albums including Trout Mask Replica.
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From the very beginning, the blues has had a close connection with the LGBTQ community. There is a long and decorated history of so-called 'dirty blues' songs, stretching back beyond the earliest attempts to capture the blues on record. The 1920s and 30s saw the release of dozens of raunchy, bawdy blues recordings aimed at a knowing LGBTQ audience.
Queer Blues tells the story of the pioneering LGBTQ composers and entertainers that wrote, performed...
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In the fifties and sixties, in the period leading up to the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality and the founding of the Gay Liberation movement, a group of gay men behind the scenes of rock'n'roll was changing pop, politics and society for good.
Through a mix of new interviews and contemporary reports, Darryl W. Bullock shines a light on the lives of the so-called 'Velvet Mafia', including impresario Larry Parnes, Beatles manager Brian Epstein,...
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Ian Hunter's fifty-year-long career and extensive repertoire of percipient, creative songs have earned him a reputation as a true rock phenomenon.
This second part of a two-volume authorised biography offers inside stories from Ian's solo career following his departure from Mott the Hoople, including his collaborations with Mick Ronson, Queen and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and reflects on resonant recordings such as 'You're Never Alone with...
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