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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Since its initial publication in 1980, the Dictionary has been widely acclaimed as an indispensable resource and a classic reference. The word "updated" doesn't begin to describe the thousands of new articles, topics, cross-references, and areas of scholarship incorporated into The New Grove II. 

All You Need to Know about the Music Business

The past two decades have seen file-sharing technology and digital streaming services transform the music business from top to bottom, and the changes keep coming at breakneck speed. 

Art and Music in Venice

Artistic and musical creativity thrived in the Venetian Republic between the early 16th century and the close of the 18th century. 

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music

From the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century, this Companion covers all the key aspects of medieval music. 

The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. The early chapters examine the instrument's history and construction and consider the scientific basis of its sounds, pitch, and tuning. 

Mixing and Mastering in the Box

Mixing and mastering are the final challenges in creating great recordings. 

The Christian West and Its Singers

A renowned scholar and musician present a new and innovative exploration of the beginnings of Western musical art. 

Composers at Work

How did Renaissance composers write their music? In this revolutionary look at a subject that has fascinated scholars for years, musicologist Jessie Ann Owens offers new and striking evidence that contrary to accepted theory, sixteenth-century composers did not use scores to compose--even to write complex vocal polyphony.

Hildegard of Bingen

Drawing on contemporary sources, the text unfolds Hildegard's life from the time of her entrance into an anchoress's cell--where a woman would remain in pious isolation--to her death as a famed visionary and writer, abbess and confidante of popes and kings, more than seventy years later. 

The Indie Band Survival Guide

The Indie Band Survival Guide (2008 edition) is a tremendous resource for musicians looking to record, distribute, market, and sell their music for less than most rock stars spend on green M&M's. Musicians and web gurus Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan cover every step of the process. 

What They'll Never Tell You about the Music Business

This is the one indispensable guide that helps songwriters, musicians, executives, lawyers, and managers understand the music business and travel its shark-infested waters safely and confidently. 

Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio

Discover how to achieve release-quality mixes even in the smallest studios by applying power-user techniques from the world's most successful producers. 

Music Then and Now

Music Then and Now offers a vivid introduction to Western music by focusing on 28 works in-depth. Its "you are there" approach--demonstrated by each chapter's rich historical and cultural context--engages students in the excitement of hearing the music as original audiences did when the music was first performed. 

The Mixing Engineer's Handbook

Thanks to the revolution in affordable recording and mixing technology, more music is being written, produced, and mixed today than ever before. The mixer's art is now a unique blend of time-tested principles and skillful techniques using the latest high-tech tools. If you're ready to learn today's art of mixing, this is the book for you. 

The Music Industry

The music industry is going through a period of immense change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of music in the age of computers and the Internet? How has the music industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future?

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