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Jazz and Blues: Crossroads & Evolution

Author(s): Jeremy Brown

Jazz and Blues: Crossroads and Evolution is meant to address the American musical traditions from a couple of different perspectives.  It examines culture--how jazz and blues mirrored the changes and movements of the American people throughout the 20th century.  And it takes the purely musical view—...

Introduction to Art Music

Author(s): Mary Dave Blackman

Develop Educated Listeners for the Next Generation of Audience MembersAn Introduction to Art Music gives students the opportunity to see as well as hear music – an enchanting experience! It also helps them learn that an art music performance is not like a rock concert!Supported by YouTube videos and...

Introduction to Western Concert Music

Author(s): Armand Ambrosini, Michael Lee

New Third Edition Coming Soon!Introduction to Western Concert Music connects the music of a particular time and place within the scope of the ideas and beliefs circulating in that time and place. By illustrating such connections, readers come to an understanding of music as a social as well as sonic...

Art for the Elementary Educator: A Teacher's Workbook for Writing Integrated Lessons

Author(s): Jeanette Wachtman

The workbook, Art for the Elementary Educator, is an excellent resource for education and art majors at the college level, current art and classroom teachers, and home-schooled students. It encompasses art education concepts and ideas with strategies for writing integrated lessons for grades kinderg...

Why Plot Never Matters: Telling the Screen Stories in Your Heart

Author(s): W Reed Moran

Why Plot Never Matters: Telling the Screen Stories in Your Heart is designed to fill a significant and widely ignored gap between the theory and the practice of screenwriting. The approach of this text is equally applicable to all modes of writing popular fiction, including movies, television, no...

The History of Music Expounded in Verse (or The Musical High Points, but Metered, and Terse)

Author(s): Allen Webber

The History of Music begins with a coverage of the elements of music, including musical instruments and the singing voice. It then continues with a chronological coverage of musical style, important genres, composers, performers, and forms. This chronological survey begins with selected Biblical ref...