Music Books

New and Published Books

1. The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning Music

   Edited by Jonathan Savage

   The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning Music draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting Music teachers. The book brings together key extracts from classic and contemporary...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. The Music Documentary

   Acid Rock to Electropop

   Edited by Benjamin Halligan, Robert Edgar, Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs

   Series: Routledge Music and Screen Media Series

   The Music Documentary offers a wide-range of approaches, across key moments in the history of popular music, in order to define and interrogate this prominent genre of film-making. The writers in this volume argue persuasively that the music documentary must be considered as an essential cultural...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
3. International Who's Who in Classical Music 2013

   29th Edition

   Edited by Europa Publications

   Series: Biographical Reference Series

   The International Who’s Who in Classical Music 2013 is a vast source of biographical and contact information for singers, instrumentalists, composers, conductors, managers and more. Each entrant has been given the opportunity to update his or her information for the new improved...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
4. International Who's Who in Popular Music 2013

   15th Edition

   Edited by Europa Publications

   Series: Biographical Reference Series

   International Who's Who in Popular Music 2013 gives biographical information and contact details for some of the most talented and influential artists and individuals from the world of popular music. Now in its fifteenth edition, there are over 7,000 biographies charting...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
5. The International Who's Who in Classical/Popular Music Set 2013

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Europa Publications

   Series: Biographical Reference Series

   Combining the International Who's Who in Classical Music and the International Who's Who in Popular Music, this two-volume set provides a complete view of the whole of the music world. Within the International Who's Who in Classical Music, each biographical entry comprises personal information...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Baltic Musics/Baltic Musicologies

   The Landscape Since 1991

   Edited by Kevin C Karnes, Joachim Braun

   This volume is the first to bring together music scholars working on Baltic topics from throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East for the purpose of exploring the impact of Nazi and Soviet occupation (1940-91) and the restoration of republican independence upon the production of...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. Musical Performance and the Changing City

   Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States

   Edited by Fabian Holt, Carsten Wergin

   Series: Routledge Research in Music

   A contribution to the field of urban music studies, this book presents new interdisciplinary approaches to the study of music in urban social life. It takes musical performance as its key focus, exploring how and why different kinds of performance are evolving in contemporary cities in the...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
8. Experiencing Jazz

   Book and Online Access to Music, 2nd Edition

   By Richard Lawn

   Experiencing Jazz, Second Edition, is an integrated textbook with online resources for jazz appreciation and history courses. Through readings, illustrations, timelines, listening guides, and a streaming audio library, it immerses the reader in a journey through the history of jazz, while placing...

   Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
9. Justice as Improvisation

   The Law of the Extempore

   By Sara Ramshaw

   Justice as Improvisation: The Law of the Extempore theorises the relationship between justice and improvisation through the case of the New York City cabaret laws. Discourses around improvisation often imprison it in a quasi-ethical relationship with the authentic, singular ‘other’. The same can be...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. The John Coltrane Reference

    By Lewis Porter, Chris DeVito, David Wild, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler

    The BBC's Jazz Book of the Year for 2008. Few jazz musicians have had the lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. Yet, despite dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and his own recorded legacy, the "facts" about Coltrane's life and work have never been definitely...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge