Foreign Rights Catalogue 2009 - Non-fiction Books about Music

Non-fiction Books about Music

Constantin Floros

New Ears for New Music Expedition through 20th- and 21st-century music 256 pages – paperback 17,0 x 24,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0547-3 · ED 9966 20th-century music is characterized by a confusing multitude of trends and movements. Several movements often coexist at the same time, reflecting intellectual tendencies, social and political changes and responses thereto. With this book, the renowned musicologist and author Constantin Floros provides a survey of the different styles and tendencies of New Music. He presents the most important composers, from Schoenberg to Rihm, in a series of essays, which are accessible to both the amateur and the professional alike. And since, to him, biography and music are inseparable, this publication takes into account both musical aspects and contemporary, psychological and sociological contexts.

Constantin Floros, born in Saloniki in 1930, studied musicology, art history, philosophy and psychology in Vienna. Ph.D. in 1955, habilitation in 1961, professor of musicology at the University of Hamburg from 1967–95, focussing on music of the Middle Ages and the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Erfurt. President of the Mahler-Vereinigung Hamburg. Lecturer at international music symposions. Numerous publications, particularly on Mozart, Bruckner, Mahler, Brahms, and Alban Berg and Ligeti.

All Rights Available A survey of the different styles and tendencies of New Music Target group: Lovers of New Music, pupils, students, teachers

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Ströer Bros.

Thomas Siedhoff

Das MusikHörBuch

Handbuch des Musicals

From passive to active musical enjoyment

Die wichtigsten Titel von A bis Z

Handbook of the Musical

240 pages – paperbound with gate-folded covers € 14.95 13,5 x 21,5 cm ISBN 978-3-7957-0183-3 · ED 20398

The most important titles from A to Z 656 pages – paperback 50 illustrations 17,0 x 24,0 cm € 29.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0154-3 · ED 20229

Everyone can listen to music, of course, but the enjoyment of it can be greatly enhanced – no matter what music one likes to listen to. Das MusikHörBuch shows you how to do that, explaining in an easily understandable language: • the most refined methods to select the appropriate music for any occasion • the best strategy to develop your own musical preferences • the most important tricks to enhance the pleasure of listening to music • the most frequent mistakes occurring in listening to music and how to avoid them Whether on musical journeys, time travels and music-tasting events, whether listening with the imaginary stethoscope or discovering the ‘anatomy’ of a music piece – the reader is granted new and unexpected insights into the cosmos of music and thus into his or her very own world of listening.

This book answers the question ‘What is musical?’, covering all aspects of the modern genre of music theatre and describing, in an international context and for the first time in this much detail, the development, the heyday, the industry, the flops and the opportunities for the musical. From The Black Crook and the Ziegfeld Follies via George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim to The Producers; from the American Operetta to the Concept Musical, this handbook offers an insight into all the different types and forms.

In addition to the synopses, the entries contain information about the first nights, ensemble, voice categories, orchestration, detailed commentaries in addition to numerous illustrations, references to further readings and multimedia. A must-have for all musical lovers!

The brothers Ernst Ströer (born in 1963) and Hans P. Ströer (born in 1956) have been in the music business for more than 25 years – as composers, arrangers, music producers and musicians.

They became known by their collaborations with Volker Kriegel, Klaus Doldinger, Udo Lindenberg and Heinrich Breloer, among others. Das MusikHörBuch is their first joint book project.

Thomas Siedhoff, born in 1945, completed his studies in Frankfurt, earning a PhD in contemporary and classical German literature, history and art history, and worked as an expert on theatre and media studies at the university’s library. From 1977– 1986 he worked at the Research Institute of Music Theatre of the University of Bayreuth, from 1987 as literary director at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, and from 2000–2006 as literary director and press officer at the Bavarian Theatre Academy ‘August Everding’ where he also taught the theory and history of the musical.

All Rights Available ‘Since I listen to music, I have known that I am immortal.’

Peter Hille The ‘travel guide’ for an extraordinary journey through the huge cosmos of music A living cell therapy for the ears The perfect gift for all music lovers

All Rights Available With detailed information on more than 250 musicals

Target group: Music lovers of all ages and all musical tastes, amateurs without special musical knowledge, advanced listeners

Target group: Fans, practitioners of the musical and literary directors, training facilities

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Peter Wicke, Kai-Erik Ziegenrücker, Wieland Ziegenrücker

Handbuch populäre Musik Geschichte – Stile – Praxis – Industrie 822 pages – paperback 323 illustrations 16,9 x 26,3 cm € 29.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0571-8 · ED 20017 ‘Handbuch der populären Musik’ is a standard work which is aimed at music lovers and experts alike. In addition, it tries to both satisfy the listeners’ and fans’ need for information and provide performing musicians, music editors or music teachers and not least students of corresponding fields of study with a compendium for consultation purposes. Containing more than 1,000 entries, this book examines the forms as well as the historical, cultural and economic background of popular music, including the whole range from pop, hip-hop and electronic dance music via rock, jazz, blues, folk and world music to chanson, musical, wind music and folk song. The book deals with current and historical developments, techniques, instruments, the various aspects of practical music-making and the basics of music production. The fully revised new version of this handbook takes into account not only the effects of the digital revolution on the production and circulation of music, from on-line services to mobile music, but, by including company and label portraits, the defining role of music history in past and present times as well.

Peter Wicke, born in Zwickau, studied in Berlin where he graduated in 1980. He is director of the Research Centre in Popular Music at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1993 he was appointed professor.

Kai-Erik Ziegenrücker was born in Leipzig where he studied and took a degree in musicology in 1988 and in composition in 1991. Works as a freelance music journalist.

Wieland Ziegenrücker was born in Leipzig where he studied and graduated in 1968. Works as an editor at the Musikverlag Friedrich Hofmeister in Leipzig.

All Rights Available Target group: Pop music, bands, listeners of popular music, teaching facilities, musicians

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Roberto Braccini

Praktisches Wörterbuch der Musik Practical Vocabulary of Music English – German – Italian –French 436 pages – paperback 12,5 x 19,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-254-08279-4 · SEM 8279 This four-language dictionary of music contains more than 4000 terms and is intended for musicians, teachers, students and amateurs who wish to understand and use specialist foreign terms.

The book is not academic in scope; it is based on practical experience, derived from the examination of directions given on a large number of orchestral scores, piano pieces and transcriptions, and instrumental parts. In order to complement and clarify this vocabulary, specialist dictionaries and reference books have been consulted. Contemporary musical terms taken, for example, from the fields of jazz, pop and electronic music, have also been included.

Roberto Braccini studied music in Florence, Italy, obtaining his diploma in piano playing at the local Luigi Cherubini Conservatoire. Apart from various activities as a professional musician, he taught courses in musical terminology in various European countries. At present, he is professor of piano methodology and piano didactics at the Lugano Music Academy (Switzerland).

Sold to Spain, Greece, Italy, China and Korea A four-language dictionary of music containing more than 4000 terms Target group: Music teachers, students, music lovers, libraries

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Martin Carbow, Christoph Schönherr

Hans Günther Bastian, Wilfried Fischer

Chorleitung Pop, Jazz und Gospel.

Der sichere Weg zum richtigen Groove

Handbuch der Chorleitung 442 pages – paperback 16,9 x 26,3 cm € 39.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-5785-4 · ED 9940

384 pages – paperback 16,9 x 26,3 cm € 24.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0566-4 · ED 20006

‘Handbuch der Chorleitung’ contains profound and scientifically supported arguments for all choir conductors as to why people should sing in a choir and how self-enriching singing in a choir can be. It is a guide to sensible concert planning and organization as well as successful choir management. It deals with all central artistic issues in great detail, from proper conducting via effective rehearsing methods to intense musical interpretation, productive, yet pleasant voice training, the dramatic composition of a successful choir rehearsal and the preparation of choral pieces with instrumental accompaniment.

Do you also have the feeling that your choir could be a lot more spirited? That your singers cling to the notes and do not listen to each other enough? And that the audience actually should no longer bear to remain seated?

If so, this comprehensive book on choral conducting for pop, jazz and gospel music contains the answers to these questions: Based on his wealth of experience in choral conducting, Martin Carbow discusses central issues such as rehearsing methods, choir work without notes, ear training and, above all, the groove in the choir. In addition to explaining technical terms, dealing with rhythmical problems and presenting exercises, he eventually also reveals his groove secrets. Christoph Schönherr explores the issue of vocal improvisation in choirs, the relationship of word and sound as well as the importance of conducting and the role of the choir director in the jazz and pop choir, among others. This book also provides information on further training courses for choir directors (and choirs), auditions, concerts, voice and voice training in popular music, accompaniment, arrangements, and many other aspects.

Hans-Günther Bastian has been professor of music education and systematic musicology at the universities of Bonn, Paderborn and Frankfurt/Main since 1980. He gave lectures at choir directors’ conferences of the Deutscher Sängerbund and was a jury member at several national choir competitions.

Wilfried Fischer has been professor of music education with primary focus on the artistic practice of music lessons including choral conducting at the Flensburg Pädagogische Hochschule as well as at the universities of Cologne and Paderborn since 1972.

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Martin Carbow received the Special Award for the best groove at the German Choir Competition in 2002. He also won prizes for choral arrangements and compositions, conducts numerous choral workshops and teaches at various academies and music schools.

Christoph Schönherr has been director of the jazz choir of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg since 1987 where he has also taught ensemble conducting since 1990. At present, he holds a chair of ‘Practical music-making at schools and its didactics’.

Target group: Choir directors of all kinds of choirs (mixed, male, female), students of church and school music, conductors being trained at choral associations, music teachers

All Rights Available Target group: Choir directors, conductors, choir singers, music teachers

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Gerhard Mantel

Michael Barry Wolf

Cello Üben. Eine Methodik des Übens nicht nur für Streicher

Grundlagen der Kontrabass-Technik 242 pages – paperback 16,9 x 26,3 cm € 24.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-8732-5 · ED 8732

222 pages, 126 illustrations – paperback 16,9 x 26,3 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-8714-1 · ED 8714

‘What do I do when I can’t produce the sound I would like?’

The book ‘Grundlagen der Kontrabass-Technik’ by Michael B. Wolf provides detailed answers to such questions.

With the help of a detailed programme, the pupil will quickly learn the technical elements which are indispensable for artistic expression. Topics such as bowing technique, change of position, vibrato, right-left coordination, intonation or performance preparation are covered, taking into account the technical and intellectual aspects of generating the perfect sound. Although many techniques of this method represent a radical breach of tradition, they can be easily used for all double-bass methods and playing techniques.

Practising – or practise practising? Gerhard Mantel finds new, sometimes even unorthodox answers to the old question of how to practise. In this book the author describes the varied mental, psychological and physical aspects of the adventure of ‘practising’, while trying at the same time, in a widely diversified manner, to make individual instrumental problems accessible and thus available to the spontaneous artistic need of expression. In a new chapter of the revised and expanded edition, the author deals with the topic of ‘linking’: muscular or mental linking of two notes, spatial linking on the fingerboard, and linking inside the body.

Michael Barry Wolf, born in 1954 in the USA, is professor of double bass at the Berlin Universität der Künste. He studied music at the California State University and was member of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. His radio and disc recordings as well as numerous concert activities and master classes at home and abroad have always received great critical acclaim.

Gerhard Mantel was born in Karlsruhe in 1930. He began his musical training as a cellist in Heidelberg with Professor August Eichhorn and later continued his studies in Paris with Pierre Fournier, Paul Tortelier and André Navarra as well as with Pablo Casals and Maurice Gendron.

At the age of 21, Gerhard Mantel was solo cellist in Bergen (Norway) and two years later became solo cellist at the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne. Apart from numerous concerts all over the world, he performed in more than 100 radio and television productions as well as in numerous disc recordings.

Professor Gerhard Mantel teaches at the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and holds master classes at home and abroad. In addition, he is honorary president of the German section of the European String Teachers’ Association (ESTA) and founded and is head of the ‘Forschungsinstitut für Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik e.V.’.

All Rights Available Target group: Contrabass players, music teachers

All Rights Available Target group: Cello pupils and students

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Hans Günther Bastian

Kinder optimal fördern – mit Musik Intelligenz, Sozialverhalten und gute Schulleistungen durch Musikerziehung 108 pages – paperback 12,0 x 19,0 cm € 6.95 ISBN 978-3-254-08381-4 · SEM 8381 What do they all have in common – the universal scholar Hildegard von Bingen, the pianist Clara Schumann, the Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein, the violinist of the century Yehudi Menuhin, the German ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and the actress Katja Riemann? They all have experienced how active music-making can enhance the quality of life – Isolated examples? No! A six-year long-term study with children aged between six and twelve years scientifically substantiates: Music-making children and young people - improve their social behaviour - enhance their IQ - get good grades at school - compensate for their lack of concentration, etc.

In the present paperback, Professor Hans Günther Bastian, head of the research project, summarizes major results of the 700page scientific study Musik(erziehung) und ihre Wirkung and provides convincing arguments in favour of the demand for music education to take up a central position at general-education schools.

This book helps parents, teachers, music teachers, the young people themselves and politicians on a federal and länder level to see the potential that exists in music and music education.

Hans-Günther Bastian has been professor of music education and systematic musicology at the universities of Bonn, Paderborn and Frankfurt/Main since 1980. He gave lectures at choir directors’ conferences of the Deutscher Sängerbund and was a jury member at several national choir competitions.

Sold to Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, China, Brazil (Portuguese) Let us see to it that there will be singing and music-making in our homes and at our schools, in order that those growing up learn to enjoy it. The time has come for this language which goes straight to our soul.

(German ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt) Target group: Parents, Teachers, Students, Young People

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Non-fiction Books about Music

Andreas Mohr

Rudolf Nykrin

Handbuch der Kinderstimmbildung

Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus.

Musiklehre für Kinder Vol. 1

246 pages – paperback 16,9 x 26,3 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-8704-2 · ED 8704

Illustrated by Michael Boland 72 pages – paperback 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 12.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0499-5 · ED 9690

‘Handbuch der Kinderstimmbildung’ is aimed at everyone who sings with children. The melodic part first and foremost targets voice trainers, choir directors and students, as well as school musicians, church musicians and teachers of elementary music education.

The detailed practice part with numerous music examples provides suggestions and aids for practical voice training with children. Each chapter contains not only technical exercises but also suggestions as to how to incorporate voice training in games and plays. The author treads a new path by using songs and song excerpts for the vocal work, even ‘voice training songs’ specially composed for this book. Even part-time choir directors or teachers who have not been trained accordingly get valuable advice for the correct treatment of children’s voices.

Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus.

Harmonielehre – ganz leicht Vol. 2 Illustrated by Michael Boland 104 pages – paperback with CD 21,0 x 29,7 € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0580-0 · ED 20055 ‘Mit Musik kenne ich mich aus’ is a handbook of musical theory for children which is a lot of fun. Major basics of music are presented in a clear and easily understandable manner: Note values and rests, times, rhythms, scales, intervals, dynamics, articulation, etc. The contents are consolidated through active experience: by singing and playing, reading and writing.

Numerous exercises and music riddles (incl. solutions) help to deepen what has just been learnt. Songs with piano accompaniment that correspond to the respective topic liven up the matter.

The exercise book is the ideal companion for instrumental lessons as well as for basic music education and the children’s choir. – Suitable for all instruments!

Andreas Mohr has been dealing professionally with the vocal training of children for more than three decades. After studying German studies and musicology in Tübingen and Freiburg as well as singing in Freiburg, he was voice trainer at the Domsingschule in Freiburg/Breisgau and Rottenburg/Neckar as well as lecturer of singing, choral voice training and speech training at the Rottenburg Hochschule für Kirchenmusik and part-time lecturer of singing and methodology of voice training for children at the Trossingen Musikhochschule. Andreas Mohr has been lecturer of voice training for children and didactics of voice teaching at the Institute of Music of the Osnabrück Fachhochschule since 2006 and professor of voice training for children since 2007.

Rudof Nykrin, born in 1947 in Augsburg, is professor at the Orff Institute of the Salzburg University ‘Mozarteum’. For the Schott publishing house, he coordinated the teaching editions ‘Musik und Tanz für Kinder’ (Early music education/basic education) which have proven a million times over. These and many others of his publications on the theory and practice of music lessons, they all want to make music alive through the learners’ experience and action. In this book, it was particularly important to him to present ‘musical theory’, which is often regarded as dull, in such a way that children may find it interesting.

All Rights Available Target group: Kindergartners, teachers, choir directors, students, church musicians, school musicians, voice trainers

Sold to China Target group: Teachers, Children

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