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History and Tradition of Jazz
Author(s): Thomas E Larson
History and Tradition of Jazz is not just a story of jazz music and musicians, but the struggle to achieve, create, and invent for the sake of this musical art form. The publication features stories and legends of important events and people who shaped jazz history, while addressing how the music h...
The Musical Experience
Author(s): John Chiego, Joel S. Schnackel
The Musical Experience is a seamlessly integrated enhanced learning package that features a thematic approach to music appreciation— each theme is described along a historical timeline.Whether it is music to Celebrate, Music from the Stage, or Music for Mourning, the reader will associate the music ...
History of Rock and Roll
Author(s): Thomas E Larson
Here’s your backstage pass to the history of rock and roll.Thomas Larson’s History of Rock & Roll connects music and the culture in which it interacted. Designed for the college non-music major, History of Rock & Roll fuses a text, website, and online music library to cover the music’s story of cont...
The Excellent Instructor and the Teaching of Dance Technique
Author(s): Nora Ambrosio
Dance educators have the responsibility to provide students with excellent and positive dance experiences.The Excellent Instructor & the Teaching of Dance Technique provides practical, detailed information that covers multiple facets of dance pedagogy. Author Nora Ambrosio uses her experience as dan...
Survey of African American Dance and Its Contribution to the African Diaspora
Author(s): Vikki Baltimore-Dale
Survey of African American Dance is an informative panorama of the role of the African American in the development of dance in America. It identifies the influences and contributions of the African American movement aesthetic seen throughout the history of American Dance. Special focus is placed on ...
African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance
Author(s): Stan L Breckenridge
African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance begins with an exploration of specific music and dance activities among Africans, in Africa, which is followed by a comparative analysis of their musical activities during the African Diaspora. Following this is a study of Colon...
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—...
Surround Sound: A New Approach to Music Appreciation
Author(s): Cynthia T Carrell
SurroundSound: A New Approach to Music Appreciation is designed to engage college and high school students in meaningful listening and discussion to help students get an "out of the box" perspective on the world of music. In SurroundSound, Carrell approaches music appreciation from the point of view...
Great Comedy Films Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Funny Movies
Author(s): Christopher LaMont
New Third Edition Coming Soon!The scandalous world of Great Comedy Films is torn wide-open, with sordid tales of sex, money, drugs, power, prostitution, hedonism, and shenanigans that make this book a “must-buy”. Now that we have your attention...This weighty tome in your hands details everything yo...