The Buskers Book History Of Rock
One hundred classic hits made famous by the world's greatest artists. Includes 'Rock Around The Clock', 'Long Tall Sally', 'Livin' On A Prayer', 'Layla' and 'It's Over'.
Price:£14.90
Product Code: AM91523
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Bubblegum: The History Of Plastic Pop
The rise and rise of the 'manufactured' pop group has been a reliable and consistent trend over the last 50 years of the pop music charts, and this entertaining account by Nick Brownlee features them all!
Price:£14.90
Product Code: BOB10626
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Tighten Up! The History Of Reggae In The UK
With the influx of young Jamaicans into post-war Britain, the sounds that were so much a part of the West Indian culture they left behind found new, fertile soil in the UK music scene. Over the following decades, home-grown names like Delroy Washington, Matumbi and Lloyd Coxson took the baton from their Jamaican brothers, not to create a picture of Jamaica away from Jamaica but to forge a brave new reggae world in their adopted heartland.
Price:£12.90
Product Code: BOB11088
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The History Of Orchestration
Adam Carse. A survey of concepts of the nature and function of the orchestra from the beginnings of modern music to the end of the nineteenth century.
Price:£11.90
Product Code: DP11925
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A History Of Musical Style
Richard L. Crocker. A clear and systematic presentation to easily follow the evolution of Western musical style from Gregorian Chant to the atonal music of the mid-twentieth century.
Price:£14.90
Product Code: DP12923
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Men, Women And Pianos: A Social History
As the "social anchor" in middle-class homes of the 19th century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a means of introducing the young to music and entertaining their elders. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument, the late, internationally known concert pianist Arthur Loesser takes a "piano's-eye view" of the recent social history of Western Europe and the United States.
Price:£16.90
Product Code: DP17415
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The Early Music Revival: A History
American music critic and writer Harry Haskell, offers the first comprehensive historical study of the early music revival, tracing its origins back beyond nineteenth-century antiquarianism to the eighteenth century.
Based on extensive original research, and on interviews with leading artists and scholars in Europe and the United States, this rich account of personalities and events will delight and inform any musician interested in early music and its revival.
Price:£9.95
Product Code: DP17594
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The Violin And Viola (History, Structure, Techniques)
This comprehensive view of the Violin and Viola by a professional violinist, teacher and author details the historical development and changing structure of these two instruments. The text covers the contributions of Stradivarius and the legendary Cremona school of makers, techniques and improvements advocated by such celebrated teachers and Geminiani, Tartini and Leopold Mozart; the great schools of players - from Corelli to Paganini; and the demands imposed by the growth of the nineteenth-century Orchestra.
Price:£13.90
Product Code: DP19745
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William Lovelock: Questions On The History Of Music
An excellent resource for questions on music history, either to be set as essays, projects, or revision practice. Written by William Lovelock, these questions are a fantastic resource for teachers, covering a wide range of historical concepts, composers, musical forms and styles.
Price:£4.50
Product Code: HAM009
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