All Music Guide
Title | All Music Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Vladimir Bogdanov |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 1508 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780879306274 |
Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.
The Green Book of Songs by Subject
Title | The Green Book of Songs by Subject PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Green |
Publisher | Professional Desk References Incorporated |
Pages | 1569 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780939735204 |
Indexes songs by subject, covering popular hits, country music, soul, jazz, big band, Broadway musicals, and motion picture soundtracks.
A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books
Title | A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Haggerty |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 1995-09-30 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0313387710 |
A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk reference—to locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources. More than 400 comprehensive titles are carefully annotated, describing content, scope, and special features. The focus is on the musical styles that have developed measurable commercial success through recordings and live performance. Along with academic titles, many important titles from the popular press are included, as well as selected electronic resources. A necessary reference tool for any library, scholar, student, and popular music buff. The work covers bibliographies, indexes, discographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, biographical resources, directories, almanacs, yearbooks, and guidebooks on styles that include jazz, swing, Tin Pan Alley, country, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, soul, rockabilly, rock, heavy metal, musical theater, and film music. Its extensive appendices feature discographies and bibliographies of individual artists and ensembles. A detailed index combining authors, titles, and subjects makes cross-referencing easy. The entries are modeled after the immensely useful The Guide to Reference Books.
Popular Music
Title | Popular Music PDF eBook |
Author | Roman Iwaschkin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 675 |
Release | 2016-04-14 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1317223454 |
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
All Music Guide to the Blues
Title | All Music Guide to the Blues PDF eBook |
Author | Vladimir Bogdanov |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 772 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780879307363 |
Reviews and rates the best recordings of 8,900 blues artists in all styles.
Songwriting Without Boundaries
Title | Songwriting Without Boundaries PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Pattison |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2012-01-10 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1599632977 |
Infuse your lyrics with sensory detail! Writing great song lyrics requires practice and discipline. Songwriting Without Boundaries will help you commit to routine practice through fun writing exercises. This unique collection of more than150 sense-bound prompts helps you develop the skills you need to: • tap into your senses and inject your writing with vivid details • effectively use metaphor and comparative language • add rhythm to your writing and manage phrasing Songwriters, as well as writers of other genres, will benefit from this collection of sensory writing challenges. Divided into four sections, Songwriting Without Boundaries features four different fourteen-day challenges with timed writing exercises, along with examples from other songwriters, poets, and prose writers.
The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards
Title | The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards PDF eBook |
Author | Max Morath |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2002-02-05 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1101203110 |
Every major singer from Frank Sinatra to Christina Aguilera. Every major composer from Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim. Every major song from a century of favorites. Every major musician and lyricist. Every major styling from blues, jazz, and country to folk, big band, and rock and roll The most recorded songs of all time. A guide to understanding the "standard" lingo. The evolution of popular music from Tin Pan Alley to contemporary musical theater, and more.