Theory of music & musicology books

Pierre Boulez: The Formative Years mixes a biographical journey with the musical development of the central twentieth-century...  Read More >>

"Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals...  Read More >>

This book provides an interdisciplinary focus on music, memory, and ageing by examining how they intersect outside...  Read More >>

"""A theoretical framework for studying how music is made as opposed to what is produced""--"  Read More >>

"An inspiring and engaging self-help guide by an Afro-Cuban immigrant and motivational speaker who uses music and...  Read More >>

Leben und Werk einer eigenwilligen Komponistin  Read More >>

New perspectives on the early European history of what was later coined as “ethnomusicology”.  Read More >>

An insightful look at how avant-garde musicians of the postwar period in New York explored the philosophical dimensions...  Read More >>

This volume explores music education locally and globally, and critically investigates where music education has...  Read More >>

Code Musicology opens a conduit between musicology and software studies. It extends an ethnomusicology of technoculture...  Read More >>

An insightful look at how avant-garde musicians of the postwar period in New York explored the philosophical dimensions...  Read More >>

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This volume explores the possibilities of cognate music theory, a concept introduced by the musicologist John Walter...  Read More >>

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"""Dive into the captivating world of the 'Sweat' tour with our immersive book experience, enhanced by an exclusive...  Read More >>

The purpose of this book is to provide a concise introduction to the mathematical theory of music, opening each...  Read More >>

"""The Hip-Hop Edition"" from the WOMEN BEHIND THE MIC series contains the stories of 21 veteran executives who...  Read More >>

What did historical evolutionists such as Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer have to say about music? What role...  Read More >>

"Firstly, don't be fooled by the book series title ""Exotic Guitar Licks"" and think this is just another book of...  Read More >>

A new concept for understanding the history of the American popular music industry. Blacksound explores the sonic...  Read More >>

For centuries of European history, singing for a person at the moment of death was considered to be the ideal accompaniment...  Read More >>

This volume, the first to tackle Heidegger and music, features contributions from philosophers, musicians, educators,...  Read More >>