The White List of the Society of St. Gregory of America With a selection of Papal Documents and other information pertaining to Catholic Church Music Edited by The Music Committee of The Society — Third and Augmented Edition — 1939 — Society of St. Gregory of America — Papal Documents on Sacred Music From The 14th To The 20th Century and The New Apostolic Constitution

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If you are not a performing songwriter, you will probably want to send most of your demo packages to music publishers. A music publisher’s main job is to get a client’s songs recorded and do everything possible to help the song become a commercial success. And, if you’re new to the business of trying to get your songs published, you may want to seek out independent publishers, known as “Indies”. There are always exceptions to the rule but, in general, you’ll be wasting your time pitching your songs to the major labels. This book, “Songwriting and Music Publishing: Complete Contact Information on 180 Independent U.S. Music Publishers,” can help you get your songs listened to faster than you ever imagined.

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Makes Learning About Music Fun!Product InformationMusic for Kids is packed with all kinds of fund music games pictures moviesand information.  It is broken into two sections for young children andolder children.  Using over 220 musical examples it provides a fun-filledintroduction to the world of music.   Describes the Seven Wonders of the Musical World:  Playing Composing Listening Instruments Knowledge Teaching and World. There are movies in every “Wonder” a sing-along a musical puzzle game a map exploration hyperlinks to other sections and hundreds of photos maps music clips movies graphics interactive charts and more. Two alternative interface Educational FeatureOn the opening screen there are two different sections one labeled “clickhere for younger ages” and the other labeled “click here for olderages.”  These are basically two different graphic interfaces i.e.ways of getting around) for the same product.  The younger interface hasplayful c (more…)

Are you looking for a book that focuses on just the most important and most useful stuff about your iPod (including the iPod touch, the nano, shuffle, and the iTunes Store)? Well, this is it!There are basically two kinds of iPod books: (1) The “tell-me-all-about-it” kind, which include in-depth discussions on compression algorithms and tutorials on how to export your playlist in Unicode format. (2) Then there’s this book—a “show-me-how-to-do-it” book. Scott shows you step by step how to do the things people really want to learn about their iPods, and he uses the same casual, conversational style that has made him the world’s #1 best-selling technology author. This book focuses on just the most important, most requested, most useful things so you can start having fun with your iPod today. Right now! Plus, there’s only one topic per page, so if you want to know how to do something, you turn to that page and it shows you how to do just that one thing. It’s (more…)

From Library Journal

Chamber music is defined here as “classical European instrumental ensemble music for two to approximately twelve performers.” Entries are arranged by subject: Basic Reference, History (subdivided by genre and geographical area), Analytic Studies, Performance Practice, Performers, and Miscellaneous. Where the literature is extensive the author limits himself to the most recent and “best” examples. The entries are generally well chosen, the annotations helpful and well considered. Assessment of such a vast literature is an arduous task that this volume accomplishes admirably. Robert W. Richart, Western Lib. Network, Olympia, Wash.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This excellent addition to the Routledge Music Bibliographies series will be invaluable to anyone researching any aspect of chamber music. It features a complete and comprehensive bibliography of all printed materials on chamber music. It lists works on: basic r (more…)

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The earliest incarnation of this Minnesota band of tech-geeks was essentially a rock band with a deep love for club music, and their first widely distributed record splits the difference. The hit “What’s on Your Mind (Pure Energy),” featuring a Leonard Nimoy sample, is essentially the great lost Duran Duran single, but the rest of the album is pleasingly all over the place. “Walking Away” owes as much to Latin freestyle as it does to mainstream dance-rock, “Lay All Your Love on Me” lights a fire under Abba’s tailbone, and the last few tracks slow the tempo way down to an electro crawl. The album is inconsistent and fillery, but it demonstrates a bunch of routes dance music might have gone in the late ’80s and didn’t quite. –Douglas Wolk

No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: INFORMATION SOCIETYTitle: INFORMATION SOCIETYStreet Release Date: 06/21/1988DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP

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From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Think of a song that resonates deep down in your being. Now imagine sitting down with someone who was there when the song was recorded and can tell you how that series of sounds was committed to tape, and who can also explain why that particular combination of rhythms, timbres and pitches has lodged in your memory, making your pulse race and your heart swell every time you hear it. Remarkably, Levitin does all this and more, interrogating the basic nature of hearing and of music making (this is likely the only book whose jacket sports blurbs from both Oliver Sacks and Stevie Wonder), without losing an affectionate appreciation for the songs he’s reducing to neural impulses. Levitin is the ideal guide to this material: he enjoyed a successful career as a rock musician and studio producer before turning to cognitive neuroscience, earning a Ph.D. and becoming a top researcher into how our brains interpret music. Though the book starts (more…)

This practical, easy-to-use self-study course is perfect for pianists, guitarists, instrumentalists, vocalists, songwriters, arrangers and composers, and includes ear training CDs to help develop your musical ear. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn the essentials of music through 75 concise lessons, practice your music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improve your listening skills with the enclosed ear training CDs, and test your knowledge with a review that completes each of the 18 units. Answers are included in the back of the book for all exercises, ear training and review.

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Pitch. Rhythm. Scales. Intervals. Chords. Harmony. If you’re serious about music, these are fundamental concepts you need to understand and master. Music Theory 101 will set you on your way. After more than 40 years at Berklee, Professor Emeritus Paul Schmeling has helped countless students build a solid base of musical knowledge, learning skills such as how to read and write musical notation, play notes on a piano keyboard, use scales, intervals, and chords and write a melody. Paul is also a master pianist, interpreter, improviser, arranger and co-author of the Berklee Practice Method: Keyboard and Instant Keyboard.

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A music theory book that hits the high note … This updated and expanded edition of The Complete Idiots Guide® to Music Theory breaks down a difficult subject in a simple way even for those who think they have no rhythm or consider themselves tone deaf. With clear, concise language, it explains everything from bass-clef basics to confusing codas. This new edition includes: -A brand-new CD -A comprehensive ear-training section -Musical examples of intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms -Aural exercises so readers can test their ear training and transcription skills

About the Author

Michael Miller is the author of several successful music guides, including The Complete Idiots Guide to Songwriting, Second Edition, The Complete Idiots Guide to Solos and Improvisation, The Complete Idiots Guide to Playing Drums, Second Edition, and The Complete Idiots Guide to Music Composition.

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