Theory of music & musicology books

Soiled Amplitudes is a lively exploration of present-day music composition, traditional and graphical music notation,...  Read More >>

A study of Italian composer Ennio Morricone's creative engagement with the western film genre, surveying his original...  Read More >>

Bowed Strings in 20th-Century Jazz in the United States serves as a historical examination of the roles of bowed...  Read More >>

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking...  Read More >>

Basic Shapes for the Guitar is an all-inclusive tool, specifically curated for guitar beginners. It aims to simplify...  Read More >>

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Edward MacDowell’s European Piano Music is a critical study of the piano music that MacDowell composed during his...  Read More >>

This book offers a music-analytical and historical exploration of the ‘aphoristic style’; small yet strident modernist...  Read More >>

This book presents an examination of the applied music studio as part of higher education. Applied music studios...  Read More >>

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

Charles Frantz provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of Debussy’s music through the lens of Bergson’s...  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 >>

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

This book is a visual guide that helps you better understand how to form and play chords on the guitar. By the end...  Read More >>

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

This book is a visual guide that helps you better understand how to form and play chords on the piano. By the end...  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 >>

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