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Motor Disorders, Fourth Edition
Edited by David S. Younger
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
February 2022 • 1080 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 4722 1 • $150.00 / £115.00
A new, up-to-date edition of the top-selling concise motor disorders textbook that covers the multidisciplinary nature of today’s research into prevention, diagnosis and treatment to prevent disability, from genetics to neurophysiology to environment, including information on COVID-19.
Surgery / Neurosurgery
Forensic Musicology and the Blurred Lines of Federal Copyright History
By Katherine M. Leo
Lexington Books
May 2022 • 202 pages
Paperback 978 1 7936 1942 6 • $39.99 / £31.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 7936 9402 2 • $100.00 / £77.00 eBook 978 1 7936 1941 9 • $38.00 / £29.00
This book examines the role of forensic musicologists in music copyright infringement claims. It analyzes the contested nature of the legal space in relation to the sometimes contradictory opinions of expert witnesses and non-expert judges and juries.
Business Aspects
Anomaly A Scientific Exploration of the UFO Phenomenon
By Daniel Coumbe
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
December 2022 • 192 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 7213 1 • $75.00 / £58.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 2148 8 • $34.00 / £26.00 eBook 978 1 5381 7215 5 • $32.00 / £25.00
Anomaly: A Scientific Exploration of the UFO Phenomenon reveals new results derived from radar, optical sensors, and scientific instruments, rather than speculating on unreliable eyewitness testimony. This scientific approach provides the reader with clear and reliable answers, something that is desperately needed in the murky field of UFOs.
UFOs & Extraterrestrials
The Best Jobs in the Music Industry Straight Talk from Successful Music Pros, Second Edition
By Michael Redman
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
April 2022 • 366 pages • Part of the Music Pro Guides series
Hardback 978 1 5381 3770 3 • $105.00 / £81.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 1273 3 • $35.00 / £27.00 eBook 978 1 5381 3771 0 • $33.00 / £25.00
Michael Redman takes readers on a tour of different music careers— from performer to label executive to recording engineer and producer, plus more—and boils down the essentials of each job. This second edition includes updates and even more interviews with top pros, giving a look at how these jobs have changed and the long-term impacts of COVID-19.
Business Aspects
The
Working Musician’s
Handbook for Professional Success
How to Establish Your Value in the Real World
By Kris
Hawkins
Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers
May 2022 • 236 pages • Part of the Music Pro Guides series
Hardback 978 1 5381 6198 2 • $95.00 / £73.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 1999 9 • $29.00 / £21.99 eBook 978 1 5381 6200 2 • $27.50 / £20.99
Emmy-winning music producer, studio/session guitarist, and awardwinning educator, Kris Hawkins explains some of the most basic and highly misunderstood concepts about what it takes to be a professional musician. This handbook is your navigator and will help you develop a workable and effective strategy to start your career off on the right foot.
Business Aspects
Ethnomusicology and Cultural Diplomacy
Edited by David G. Hebert and Jonathan McCollum
Lexington Books
May 2022 • 372 pages • Part of the The Lexington
Series in Historical Ethnomusicology: Deep Soundings
Hardback 978 1 7936 4291 2 • $120.00 / £92.00
eBook 978 1 7936 2929 9 • $45.00 / £35.00
Music has long played a prominent role in cultural diplomacy, but until now no resource has comparatively examined policies that shape how non-western countries use music in international relations. Inspired by decolonization, this book describes policies and legal frameworks that impact music’s role in cultural diplomacy worldwide.
EthnoMusicology
Artie Shaw A Musical Biography and Discography
By Vladimir Simosko - Foreword by Artie Shaw
May 2022 • 328 pages • Studies in Jazz
Paperback 978 1 5381 6820 2 • $52.00 / £40.00
eBook 978 0 8108 7270 7 • $49.00 / £38.00
Artie Shaw, the world famous clarinet-playing bandleader who became popular during the Swing Era, was immersed as a performer for 30 years. This musical biography, incorporate reviews and interview quotes, is a detailed account of Shaw’s musical career and recorded output. The discography lists all known recordings and preferred issues of them. Discography & Buyer’s Guides
Choral Treatises and Singing Societies in the Romantic Age
By David Friddle - Foreword by Amanda Quist
Lexington Books
June 2022 • 438 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 1111 4 • $125.00 / £96.00 eBook 978 1 6669 1121 1 • $50.00 / £38.00
David Friddle explores choral methods and community choral ensembles that originated in the nineteenth century. Using more than one hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs, he documents the expansion of choral singing beginning in the early 1800s.
Genres & Styles / Choral
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Sing Romantic Music Romantically Nineteenth-Century Choral Performance Practices
By David Friddle - Foreword by Nick Strimple
Lexington Books
June 2022 • 448 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 1117 6 • $125.00 / £96.00
eBook 978 1 6669 1183 3 • $50.00 / £38.00
This book offers a long-overdue examination of choral performance practices in the 1800s, including expressive devices, pronunciation, instruments, and choral/orchestral placement. More than one-hundred musical examples, illustrations, tables, and photographs and contemporaneous sources detail how choral music was sung in this time period.
Genres & Styles / Choral
The Viennese Waltz Decadence and the Decline of Austria’s Unconscious
By Danielle Hood Lexington Books
June 2022 • 212 pages
Hardback 978 1 7936 5392 5 • $95.00 / £73.00
eBook 978 1 7936 3932 2 • $45.00 / £35.00
This book shows how over the hundred years between the Vienna Congress and the dissolution of the Empire, the waltz altered from signifier of upper-class artifice—covering with glitz and glamour the poverty and war central to the time—to the link between the three classes, between man and nature, and between Viennese and “Other.”
Genres & Styles / Classical
The Choral-Orchestral Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Autographs, Context, Discourse
By Stephen Town
Lexington Books
March 2022 • 338 pages
Paperback 978 1 7936 0602 0 • $42.99 / £33.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 7936 6006 6 • $128.00 / £98.00 eBook 978 1 7936 0601 3 • $40.50 / £31.00
The Choral-Orchestral Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Autographs, Context, Discourse combines contextual knowledge, a musical commentary, an inventory of the holograph manuscripts, and a critical assessment of the opus to create substantial and meticulous examinations of Ralph Vaughan Williams’’ choral-orchestral works.
Genres & Styles / Choral
Code Musicology From Hardwired to Software
By Denis Crowdy
Lexington Books
June 2022 • 150 pages • Part of the Critical
Perspectives on Music and Society series
Hardback 978 1 6669 0919 7 • $90.00 / £69.00
eBook 978 1 6669 9203 3 • $45.00 / £35.00
Code Musicology opens a conduit between musicology and software studies. It extends an ethnomusicology of technoculture from the world of hardware and the hardwired to software, code, and algorithms and directs attention to IT industries and software-centered transnational commerce as a result of sectorial transformation.
Genres & Styles / Electronic
Heavy Metal Music in Latin America Perspectives from
the Distorted South
Edited by Nelson Varas-Díaz; Daniel Nevárez Araújo and Eliut Rivera-Segarra Lexington Books
August 2022 • 360 pages
Paperback 978 1 7936 0753 9 • $42.99 / £33.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 7936 7515 5 • $126.00 / £97.00
eBook 978 1 7936 0752 2 • $40.50 / £31.00
This book brings together researchers from twelve countries in Latin America to reflect on the social dimensions of metal music in Latin America. An extreme musical genre for an extreme region, the contributors explore how issues like colonialism, dictatorships, violence, ethnic extermination and political persecution have shaped heavy metal music.
Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal
The Poetry and Music of Joaquín Sabina An Angel with Black Wings
By Daniel J. Nappo
Lexington Books
August 2022 • 204 pages
Paperback 978 1 7936 1579 4 • $39.99 / £31.00
Previously published as hardback
978 1 7936 5770 0 • $105.00 / £81.00
eBook 978 1 7936 1578 7 • $38.00 / £29.00
The Poetry and Music of Joaquín Sabina: An Angel with Black Wings is an exploration of the life, music, and song lyrics of the Spanish singersongwriter Joaquín Sabina. Using lyrics from Sabina’s discography, Daniel J. Nappo analyzes his use of rhetorical and poetic devices, his ability as a narrator, and compares his work to that of Bob Dylan.
Genres & Styles / Latin
The Performance of Authenticity The Makings of Jazz and the Self in Autobiography
By Teófilo Espada-Brignoni
Lexington Books
January 2022 • 170 pages
Hardback 978 1 7936 2438 3 • $90.00 / £69.00
eBook 978 1 7936 4390 0 • $45.00 / £35.00
In this book the author analyzes the autobiographies of Baby Dodds, Sidney Bechet, Pops Foster, and Lee Collins by integrating social, psychological, and literary theories. He argues that the autobiographies of New Orleans jazz musicians construct a sense of self and the collective grounded in ideas about authenticity.
Genres & Styles / Jazz
Opera as Art Philosophical Sketches
By Paul Thom
Lexington Books
October 2022 • 218 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 1423 8 • $100.00 / £77.00
eBook 978 1 6669 4245 5 • $45.00 / £35.00
Paul Thom argues that opera is a set of practices framed by the concepts of work, interpretation, performance, and art. His argument is that operatic works have the potential to be art, but so do operatic productions, independently of their value as interpretations of the works they stage.
Genres & Styles / Opera
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Always Different, Always the Same Critical Essays on The Fall
Edited by Eoin Devereux and Martin J. PowerForeword by Gavin Friday Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
December 2022 • 256 pages • Part of the Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interventions series
Hardback 978 1 5381 6535 5 • $115.00 / £88.00 eBook 978 1 5381 5362 2 • $45.00 / £35.00
The Fall were one of the most influential bands to emerge in the British post-punk scene. Drawing upon a wide range of academic disciplines, including ethnomusicology, sociology, literary theory, linguistics, journalism, cultural studies, and film and media studies, this book investigates The Fall’s significant contribution to music.
Genres & Styles / Punk
Rock Concert Performance from ABBA to ZZ Top
By Peter Smith - With Laura Smith
Lexington Books
January 2022 • 228 pages • Part of the For the
Record: Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music series
Hardback 978 1 7936 1856 6 • $95.00 / £73.00 eBook 978 1 7936 8573 3 • $45.00 / £35.00
This book presents an analysis of 100 rock concert performances and answers the question “What makes a truly great rock performance?” Peter Smith delves into his own recollections of experiencing rock performances and covers themes of icons, persona, energy, fandom, venues, communities, politics, art-rock, authenticity, and maturity.
Genres & Styles / Rock
The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke!
By Matthew Smith-Lahrman Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
April 2022 • 294 pages
Paperback 978 1 5381 7175 2 • $22.00 / £16.99
Previously published as hardback 978 0 8108 4120 0 • $118.00 / £91.00 eBook 978 0 8108 8413 7 • $20.50 / £15.99
Matthew Smith-Lahrman sheds light on the words of Curt Kirkwood, founding member and songwriter of the Meat Puppets, a pioneering rock ’n’ roll band of the last four decades. A lyricist whom Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder once rated alongside Bob Dylan, Kirkwood remains an important, yet overlooked songwriter.
Genres & Styles / Rock
Historical Dictionary of Russian Music, Second Edition
By Daniel Jaffé Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
February 2022 • 562 pages • Part of the Historical
Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts series
Hardback 978 1 5381 3007 0 • $250.00 / £192.00
eBook 978 1 5381 0087 7 • $237.50 / £185.00
Historical Dictionary of Russian Music, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 600 cross-referenced entries for each of Russia’s major performing organizations and performance venues, and on specific genres such as ballet, film music, symphony and church music.
History & Criticism
Hip-Hop en Français
An Exploration of Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World
Edited by Alain-Philippe Durand - Foreword by Marcyliena Morgan
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
August 2022 • 260 pages
Paperback 978 1 5381 7118 9 • $36.00 / £28.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 5381 6326 6 • $120.00 / £92.00
eBook 978 1 5381 1633 3 • $34.00 / £26.00
This edited volume presents an overview of the emergence and development of hip-hop culture in France, French Caribbean, Canada, and Francophone Africa from its origins until today. Contributors discuss the artists’ interactions with media arts, social media, literature, race, political landscapes, as well as hip-hop based education.
Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
Rock Music Icons Musical and Cultural Impacts
Edited by Robert McParland - Foreword by Thomas M. Kitts
Lexington Books
August 2022 • 236 pages • Part of the For the Record: Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music series
Hardback 978 1 6669 1531 0 • $100.00 / £77.00 eBook 978 1 6669 5327 7 • $45.00 / £35.00
The music, image, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons, giving the reader an inside look into the creativity of some of the most prominent rock stars of our time.
Genres & Styles / Rock
The Rock Music Imagination
By Robert McParland
Lexington Books
March 2022 • 218 pages • Part of the For the Record: Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music series
Paperback 978 1 4985 8854 6 • $39.99 / £31.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 4985 8522 2 • $105.00 / £81.00
eBook 978 1 4985 8853 9 • $38.00 / £29.00
The Rock Music Imagination explores creativity in classic rock, its roots in the blues, and its wide cultural impact. The romantic strains of rock imagination are examined in the songs of popular rock bands, the sixties counterculture, science fiction, the rock music novel, and rock’s attention to human rights in the global community.
Genres & Styles / Rock
Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South
Edited by Christopher L. Ballengee
Lexington Books
October 2022 • 200 pages • Part of the Extreme Sounds Studies: Global Socio-Cultural Explorations series
Hardback 978 1 6669 0295 2 • $95.00 / £73.00
eBook 978 1 6669 2969 9 • $45.00 / £30.99
Through close readings of documentary film soundscapes, the essays in Music, Sound, and Documentary Film in the Global South provide new perspectives on the sonic dimension of nonfiction film outside the European-American mainstream.
History & Criticism
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Rock and Roll, Desegregation Movements, and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era An “Integrated Effort”
By Beth Fowler
Lexington Books
April 2022 • 374 pages
Hardback 978 1 7936 1385 1 • $100.00 / £77.00
eBook 978 1 7936 3868 8 • $45.00 / £35.00
This book uses archival research and analyses of musical performances and original oral histories to explore the uncertain legacies of the civil rights movement and early rock and roll music in a supposedly post-civil rights era.
History & Criticism
The Art of Ancient Music
By David Walter Leinweber
Lexington Books
May 2022 • 194 pages
Paperback 978 1 7936 2521 2 • $39.99 / £31.00
Previously published in hardback 978 1 7936 5199 9 • $100.00 / £77.00
eBook 978 1 7936 2520 5 • $38.00 / £29.00
The Art of Ancient Music discusses music’s role in the long story of human creativity. While emphasizing broad human themes, the text has a special focus on the early traditions of Western music.
History & Criticism
Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet Analysis, Aesthetics, and Experience of a 20thCentury Masterpiece
By Ray Fields
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
August 2022 • 136 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 7227 8 • $80.00 / £62.00
eBook 978 1 5381 2285 5 • $45.00 / £35.00
Written in 1985, the year before Feldman’s death, this single movement 80-minute composition is heralded by many to be the composer’s crowning achievement. The book is a complete analysis of the work, including the aural experience, and includes interviews with notable Feldman performers: David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet and Aki Takahashi.
Individual Composer & Musician
Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone Fame and Legacy
By Franco Sciannameo
Lexington Books
May 2022 • 200 pages
Paperback 978 1 4985 6902 6 • $39.99 / £31.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 4985 9002 2 • $95.00 / £73.00
eBook 978 1 4985 6901 9 • $38.00 / £29.00
By analyzing Ennio Morricone’s formative years as a music practitioner and his transition into composing for the screen, Franco Sciannameo studies the best of Morricone’s popular compositions and concert works as he explores Morricone’s legacy, its nature, and its eventual impact on posterity.
Individual Composer & Musician
Sacred
and Secular
Intersections in Music of the Long Nineteenth Century Church, Stage, and Concert Hall
Edited by Eftychia Papanikolaou and Markus Rathey
Lexington Books
June 2022 • 438 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 0604 2 • $135.00 / £104.00 eBook 978 1 6669 6059 9 • $50.00 / £38.00
The book explores interconnections of the sacred and the secular in music of the long nineteenth century. It investigates manifestations of religion in music not primarily intended for liturgical performance and assesses compositions that originated in a liturgical context but then migrated in their performance into a non-liturgical sphere.
History & Criticism
Bruno Maderna His Life and Music
By Rossana Dalmonte and Mario Baroni
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
July 2022 • 344 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 7229 2 • $95.00 / £73.00 eBook 978 1 5381 2308 8 • $45.00 / £35.00
Bruno Maderna, one of the most influential composers in the 20th century and a formidable conductor, was the oldest of a notable group of Italian composers who began their careers shortly before the Second World War. Many details of this biography are based on his correspondences and reports of his engagements across the world.
Individual Composer & Musician
Rautavaara’s
Journey in Music
By Barbara Blanchard Hong
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
July 2022 • 292 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 7233 9 • $90.00 / £69.00
eBook 978 1 5381 2346 6 • $45.00 / £35.00
Einojuhani Rautavaara, one of the most prolific composers of modern times, has been called Finland’s most notable musical export after Sibelius. This biography discusses his life and works, showing his various style changes throughout his lifetime; it includes detailed information of stylistic analysis, libretto, provenance, and, often, reception.
Individual Composer & Musician
Sergei Rachmaninoff Cross Rhythms of the Soul
By Valeria Z. Nollan
Lexington Books
November 2022 • 426 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 1759 8 • $125.00 / £96.00
eBook 978 1 6669 7604 4 • $50.00 / £38.99
This book presents new information about Rachmaninoff accessed from unique sources previously unavailable in English. From the extraordinary women who inspired him, to his humanitarian work, to his religion, Nollan interweaves Rachmaninoff’s personal struggles and triumphs into his concert career.
Individual Composer & Musician
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Villa-Lobos and Modernism The Apotheosis of Cannibal Music
By Ricardo Averbach
Lexington Books
September 2022 • 440 pages
Paperback 978 1 6669 1137 4
Previously published as hardback 978 1 6669 1350 0 • $110.00 / £85.00 eBook 978 1 6669 1136 7 • $50.00 / £38.00
Ricardo Averbach places Heitor Villa-Lobos as the top exponent of Cultural Cannibalism in music, an aesthetic movement that has been neglected due to traditional Eurocentric views of Modernism. VillaLobos and Modernism shows how much our present aesthetics owes to the Modernist ideas introduced by the Brazilian composer.
Individual Composer & Musician
Experiencing Music Composition in Grades K–2
By Michele Kaschub and Janice P. Smith
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
October 2022 • 146 pages
Hardback 978 1 4758 6789 3 • $80.00 / £62.00
Paperback 978 1 4758 7909 9 • $35.00 / £27.00 eBook 978 1 4758 6791 6 • $33.50 / £26.00
Experiencing Music Composition Grades K–2 features pedagogical strategies and practical advice for teachers coupled with 15 engaging lessons tailored to meet the needs and interests of very young musicians.
Instruction & Study / Composition
More than Music Lessons A Studio Teacher’s Guide to Parents, Practicing, Projects, and Character
By Merlin B. Thompson Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
March 2022 • 228 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 6403 7 • $90.00 / £69.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 4044 4 • $34.00 / £26.00 eBook 978 1 5381 6405 1 • $32.00 / £25.00
More than Music Lessons invites contemporary music studio teachers to link their teaching with notions of humanity and presents a timely vision of bringing student-centered teaching to life in the applied studio. It provides a myriad of practical tips and strategies, exploring the themes of parents, practicing, projects, and character.
Instruction & Study / General
Music Theory for the Self-Taught Musician Level 2
By Will Metz
Backbeat
July 2022 • 336 pages
Paperback 978 1 4930 6136 5 • $34.95 / £27.00
eBook 978 1 4930 1372 2 • $33.00 / £25.00
This book is the logical continuation of Music Theory for Self-Taught Musicians: Level 1: The Basics. While the previous volume focuses on simply introducing and defining all the main tools and notions essential to understand music theory, this book explains how to use these notions to understand harmony, composition, and improvisation.
Instruction & Study / Theory
Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music
By Michele Kaschub and Janice P. Smith
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
September 2022 • 184 pages
Hardback 978 1 4758 6461 8 • $80.00 / £62.00
Paperback 978 1 4758 4625 5 • $35.00 / £27.00 eBook 978 1 4758 6463 2 • $33.50 / £26.00
Experiencing Music Composition in Middle School General Music features pedagogical strategies and practical advice for teachers coupled with 15 engaging lessons tailored to meet the needs and interests of middle school musicians.
Instruction & Study / Appreciation
The Reel World Scoring for
and Video Games, Third Edition
Pictures, Television,
By Jeff Rona - Foreword by Peter Golub Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
October 2022 • 426 pages • Part of the Music Pro Guides series
Hardback 978 1 5381 3775 8 • $135.00 / £104.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 0498 8 • $40.00 / £31.00
eBook 978 1 5381 3776 5 • $38.00 / £29.00
This fully updated and complete guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film, television, and—unique to this edition—video games. It addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects. Also included are interviews with leading industry professionals.
Instruction & Study / Composition
Music Theory for the Self-Taught Musician Level 1
By Will Metz Backbeat
July 2022 • 224 pages
Paperback 978 1 4930 5611 8 • $27.95 / £21.99
eBook 978 1 4930 6125 5 • $26.50 / £19.99
This book describes and explains music theory to musicians and aspiring musicians who did not receive much or any formal music education and don’t necessarily know how to read music. It presents a clear, step-by-step exploration of all the tools needed to understand modern music, without the hassle of learning how to read music.
Instruction & Study / Theory
Revolutions in Music Education Historical and Social Explorations
Edited by Andrew Sutherland; Jane Southcott and Leon de Bruin - Foreword by Howard Goodall
Lexington Books
June 2022 • 346 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 0705 6 • $105.00 / £81.00
eBook 978 1 6669 7063 3 • $45.00 / £35.00
This volume explores music education locally and globally, and critically investigates where music education has come from, where it is, and where it may be going in the future, as well as what this means to us in the twenty-first century.
Instruction & Study / Theory
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Jazz Singing A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance
By Tish Oney
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
February 2022 • 318 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 2844 2 • $99.00 / £76.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 8459 9 • $40.00 / £31.00
eBook 978 1 5381 2846 6 • $38.00 / £29.00
Tish Oney merges the worlds of jazz and classical singing in a comprehensive guide for those teaching and singing jazz. Legendary jazz singers’ approaches are discussed providing unique insights. The book presents strategies to enhance improvisation and artistry and emphasizes mindful coordination of all aspects for authentic, healthy jazz singing.
Instruction & Study / Voice
Practical Vocal Acoustics
Pedagogic Applications for Teachers and Singers
By Kenneth Bozeman
Rowman
& Littlefield Publishers
August 2022 • 156 pages • Part of the National
Association of Teachers of Singing Books series
Paperback 978 1 5381 7464 7 • $40.00 / £31.00 eBook 978 1 5381 4654 4 • $28.00 / £18.99
Kenneth Bozeman distills the most important vocal acoustics principles and insights for contemporary teachers and singers. With concise and easy-to-understand language, the book takes these complex concepts and imparts practical tips and strategies that anyone can use in their teaching and singing.
Instruction & Study / Voice
So You Want to Sing (Bundle Revised)
Edited by Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
May 2022
Multiple-item product 978 1 5381 7353 4 • $420.00 / £323.00
Instruction & Study / Voice
The Essentials of CoreSinging
A Joyful Approach to Singing and Voice
Pedagogy
By Meribeth Dayme - Edited by Cynthia Vaughn and Matthew Hoch
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
June 2022 • 300 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 6399 3 • $95.00 / £73.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 4006 6 • $40.00 / £31.00
eBook 978 1 5381 6401 3 • $38.00 / £29.00
This book presents a unique and innovative outlook on singing and voice pedagogy by one of the most important voice pedagogues in modern times, focusing on the five essential areas of energy, awareness, imagination, practice, and performance. Also included are case studies by CoreSinging teachers as well as other select writings by Meribeth Dayme.
Instruction & Study / Voice
Perfect Italian Diction for Singers An Authoritative Guide
By Timothy Cheek and Anna Toccafondi - Foreword by Lawrence Brownlee and Thomas Hampson
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
October 2022 • 232 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 6340 5 • $95.00 / £73.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 3412 2 • $45.00 / £35.00 eBook 978 1 5381 6342 9 • $42.50 / £33.00
Perfect Italian Diction for Singers is an authoritative resource for the aspiring and professional singer, vocal coach, and conductor. Cheek and Toccafondi build on traditional approaches while introducing successful innovative techniques, providing many musical examples and exercises. Also included are audio and video samples from native speakers.
Instruction & Study / Voice
Queering Vocal Pedagogy A Handbook for Teaching Trans and Genderqueer Singers and Fostering Gender-Affirming Spaces
By William Sauerland
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
May 2022 • 306 pages
Hardback 978 1 5381 6666 6 • $95.00 / £73.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 6673 3 • $38.00 / £29.00 eBook 978 1 5381 6668 0 • $36.00 / £28.00
This book presents a new vision of gender-affirming vocal music education by exploring the experiences and training of trans and genderqueer singers. It presents practical and theoretical knowledge for teachers, choral directors, and educators, addressing topics such as teaching strategies, inclusive language, impacts of gender identity, and more.
Instruction & Study / Voice
So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre A Guide for Performers, Updated and Expanded Edition
By Amanda Flynn
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
June 2022 • 446 pages • Part of the So You Want to Sing series
Hardback 978 1 5381 5631 5 • $95.00 / £73.00
Paperback 978 1 5381 6322 2 • $40.00 / £31.00 eBook 978 1 5381 5633 9 • $38.00 / £29.00
Broadway vocal coach, voice teacher, and researcher Amanda Flynn provides the skills singers need to successfully sing musical theatre repertoire. The book is updated and expanded for musical theatre performance in the current era, covering a broader array of topics and including more in-depth discussion than the original edition.
Instruction & Study / Voice
Duruflé’s Music Considered
By Ronald Ebrecht
Lexington Books
August 2022 • 510 pages
Paperback 978 1 4985 2789 7 • $49.99 / £38.00
Previously published as hardback 978 1 4985 7873 3 • $147.00 / £113.00 eBook 978 1 4985 2788 0 • $47.50 / £37.00
With encouragement from Duruflé’s editor and the foundation established in his name, Ronald Ebrecht has meticulously studied each of Duruflé’s works and put together the first book to analyze in detail all of Duruflé’s music.
Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
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The Cello, How it Works A Practical Guide to Cello Ownership
By Michael J. Pagliaro
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
December 2022
Paperback 978 1 4758 6912 5 eBook 978 1 4758 9132 2
Musical Instruments / Strings
Authenticity in the Music of Video Games
By Stephanie Lind
Lexington Books
November 2022 • 224 pages
Hardback 978 1 7936 2712 4 • $100.00 / £77.00 eBook 978 1 7936 7131 1 • $45.00 / £35.00
L
ind explores gamers’ relationship to the concept of authenticity, from historical realism to the structuring of expectations and its resulting impact on emotional engagement. The result is a complex web of interactions between sound and the visuals, story, and mechanics of the game.
Philosophy & Social Aspects
The Music of the Spheres in the Western
Imagination
By David J. Kendall
Lexington Books
November 2022 • 282 pages
Hardback 978 1 7936 5035 1 • $105.00 / £81.00 eBook 978 1 7936 0368 8 • $45.00 / £35.00
This book describes various Western musical ecologies of the cosmos developed from the ancient world to the present, ecologies that seek to define the creation and preservation of the universe through musical principles. The author explores centuries of musical treatises, hymns, and Western fiction.
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Logic Pro 101 Music Production Fundamentals
By Ryan Rey and Harry Gold - With Frank D. Cook and Eric Kuehnl
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
January 2022 • 372 pages • Part of the 101 Series
Paperback 978 1 5381 5816 6 • $40.00 / £31.00
eBook 978 1 5381 8173 3 • $38.00 / £29.00
Logic Pro 101 is a comprehensive guide to using a Logic Pro system for musicians and music creators. This book covers everything you need to know to complete a project in Apple’s professional-level digital audio workstation; takes you through the fundamentals of music production; and includes exercises, projects, and downloadable media examples.
Recording & Reproduction
The Violin, How it Works A Practical Guide to Violin Ownership
By Michael J. Pagliaro
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
July 2022 • 104 pages
Paperback 978 1 4758 6812 8 • $25.00 / £18.99 eBook 978 1 4758 8135 5 • $23.50 / £17.99
This book provides violin students with a comprehensive overview of the instrument from its origin to its use and all other facts not covered in traditional violin method books.
Musical Instruments / Strings
Rock and Roll, Social Protest, and Authenticity Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Explorations
By Kurt Torell
Lexington Books
March 2022 • 190 pages • Part of the For the Record: Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music series
Hardback 978 1 7936 5563 9 • $95.00 / £73.00 eBook 978 1 7936 5646 6 • $45.00 / £35.00
This book investigates the relation of rock and roll to social protest music and authenticity. It examines the nature and commercial origins of rock and roll, why rock and roll was frequently considered subversive, and the nature and significance of authenticity to rock and roll as social protest music.
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Getting Great Sounds
The Microphone Book, Third Edition
By Tom Lubin
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
September 2022 • 334 pages
Paperback 978 1 5381 7301 5 • $42.00 / £32.00 eBook 978 1 5381 3022 2 • $39.50 / £30.00
Getting Great Sounds imparts microphone tips and tricks of the pros to any sound engineer or home studio enthusiast. It explains all aspects of all kinds of microphones: how they work and how to use them. Today, there are over 150 companies making microphones—this third edition introduces some of these companies and helps users navigate them.
Recording & Reproduction
Daniels’ Orchestral Music, Sixth Edition
By David Daniels; David W. Oertel and David A. Rahbee
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
June 2022 • 1464 pages • Part of the Music Finders series
Hardback 978 1 4422 7520 1 • $155.00 / £119.00
eBook 978 1 4422 5218 8 • $95.00 / £73.00
Daniels’ Orchestral Music is the gold standard reference for conductors, music programmers, librarians, and any other music professional researching an orchestral program. This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original work, includes over 14,000 entries with a vast number of new listings and updates.
Reference
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The Malay Nobat
A History of Power, Acculturation, and Sovereignty
By Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid
Lexington Books
June 2022 • 262 pages • Part of the The Lexington Series in Historical Ethnomusicology: Deep Soundings
Hardback 978 1 6669 0088 0 • $105.00 / £81.00 eBook 978 1 6669 0897 7 • $45.00 / £35.00
The Malay Nobat: A History of Power, Acculturation, and Sovereignty explores the history and meaning of the nobat, its spread throughout the Muslim empire, and its emergence as a symbol of power and sovereignty, ultimately showing how existing nobat ensembles in Malaysia and Brunei are the last living musical legacy of the Muslim world.
Religious / Muslim
Voice for Performance Training the Actor’s Voice, Third Edition
By Linda Gates
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
May 2022 • 240 pages
Paperback 978 1 5381 6378 8 • $30.00 / £22.99
eBook 978 1 5381 3795 5 • $28.50 / £21.99
This book is a valuable resource for the student and professional actor alike, teaching the reader how to train their most essential feature—their voice. This new edition contains many updates based on advances in science, media, and technology. It also features a brand new companion website with video and audio demonstrations of the exercises.
Acting & Auditioning
Authorship and Aesthetics in the Cinematography of Gregg Toland
By Philip Cowan
Lexington Books
October 2022 • 356 pages
Hardback 978 1 7936 3895 3 • $120.00 / £92.00
eBook 978 1 7936 8960 0 • $45.00 / £35.00
Philip Cowan introduces new approaches to analyzing the art of cinematography and new methodologi`es for attributing authorship to moving images. Cowan’s revisionist examination of the work of Gregg Toland emphasizes the expressive potential of contemporary cinematographers’ contribution to visual storytelling.
Film / Direction & Production
Diaspora and Cultural Negotiations
The Films of Gurinder Chadha
Edited by Shilpa Daithota Bhat
Lexington Books
March 2022 • 246 pages
Hardback 978 1 6669 1285 2 • $105.00 / £81.00
eBook 978 1 6669 2869 9 • $45.00 / £35.00
This edited volume is a collection of scholarly research on filmmaker Gurinder Chadha’s work representing Indian culture in foreign lands. Contributors discuss the implications of such admixtures on acculturation processes, diasporic formations, and specific cultural experiences.
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