Theory of music & musicology books

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in America’s halls of Congress  Read More >>

A practical and scholarly guide to performing Baroque music with historical insight and artistic confidence.  Read More >>

A revelatory work–grounded in the author’s own pathbreaking research–that explores the capacity for meaning-making...  Read More >>

A critical assessment by leading scholars on the relationship between music and the life’s work of Stanley Cavell....  Read More >>

Drawing on two years of fieldwork in post-Katrina New Orleans, Raising the Bottom is a performance ethnography of...  Read More >>

Drawing on two years of fieldwork in post-Katrina New Orleans, Raising the Bottom is a performance ethnography of...  Read More >>

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Investigates feminist ideologies in metal music and demonstrates techniques of socio-political resistance for usage...  Read More >>

Revised, updated, and beautifully accompanied by music performed by the author, this audiobook is the astounding...  Read More >>

Revised, updated, and beautifully accompanied by music performed by the author, this audiobook is the astounding...  Read More >>

Guitar Scales and Arpeggios is for guitarists at intermediate level and above, who are interested in learning how...  Read More >>

""Studio Focus"" is an in-depth collection of techniques, methods, and tips for your music productions. It ranges...  Read More >>

There was a university of the West Indies professor named Rex Nettleford (1933-2010) who reminded media practitioners...  Read More >>

What happens when performance defies social and political boundaries? Performing Transgression offers a new cultural...  Read More >>

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Toward Equity in School Music offers new ways for collegiate music education programs to help music teachers develop...  Read More >>

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Eine Dissertation, vorgelegt am Institut für Musikwissenschaft der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig im Jahr...  Read More >>

ACE the FRETBOARD teaches how to create guitar chord progressions by connecting basic triads. It uses patterns that...  Read More >>

There is growing recognition that improvisation is a vital artistic and ontological practice that can promote developments...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the conference ""Analyse und Interpretation,"" held in November 2019 at the Staatliche Hochschule...  Read More >>

Music: it’s not only the soundtrack to our lives, but shapes who we are – conjuring memories, emotions, dreams,...  Read More >>

Music: it’s not only the soundtrack to our lives, but shapes who we are – conjuring memories, emotions, dreams,...  Read More >>

Turn your ideas into songs that stick. This clear, practical guide to songwriting explores what truly makes a song...  Read More >>