Music History and Appreciation Resources

Many of the most enduring works carry an aura of mystery and remain little understood by modern listeners. But fear not! It's not as mystifying as it seems. Anyone can understand and appreciate Western art

In print with the original text for the first time in decades, here is the intriguing autobiography Sousa wrote in the final years of his life. Contained within are amusing and insightful reflections of the

This universally acclaimed and award-winning book is an authoritative survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. The main five volumes

This book investigates the southern rap phenomenon and visits the gritty neighborhoods where T.I. and Lil Wayne grew up, kicks it with Big Boi in Atlanta, and speaks with artists like DJ Smurf and Ms.

Now more than ever we must face the challenge of the relevancy of choral music in our culture - for artistic directors and their role within choral organizations, for members of choral organizations, and

This comprehensive volume is a splendid history of the ACDA and the people that founded it and built it into the vehicle for the advancement of choral music that it is today. Beyond the history is also the

Drawn from the well-known musicologist's celebrated Essays in Musical Analysis, this volume contains nearly all of the concertos in the standard repertoire, from Bach's concerto for two violins to

Everything we do is music contains more than 50 fun, hands-on and thought-provoking activities, each taking a work by John Cage as a starting point and exploring the links between music, dance,

A global approach to music across cultures – this book helps students listen to all music and understand its place in an interconnected world. Using a cross-cultural framework that balances coverage

Intended as a celebration of hip-hop music and culture, this collection of interviews ranges from Akrobatik and Rob Kelly to the legendary Chuck D and Big Daddy Kane. Also interviewed are Eric B., Black

With his hallmark wit and eloquence, Colonel John R. Bourgeois gives an autobiographical account of his life and career as a musician from humble roots who rose through the ranks to became the twenty-fifth

Here is a book that, at the same time, includes the best compositions of the ground-breaking Cuban fusion group, Irakere; is a thorough guide to the roots of Afro-Cuban jazz; and provides an overview of

In this remarkable book, a companion to Performance Practices in the Classical Era, noted scholar and choral conductor Dennis Shrock brings together in one place treatises, primers, tutorials, letters,

This remarkable book draws from primary sources to document and explain authentic performance practices of Renaissance-era music - in many cases eye opening, and rarely employed today. Insightful chapters

Eleven articles examine the relationship between space and music from the points of view of psychology, analysis, music therapy, dance, classical music, jazz music, and pop music. With a preface, notes, and

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) has to be the most rewarding, expressive, and entertaining of all the composers whose work fell into obscurity in the years following his death. He was overshadowed

Hip-hop is a global phenomenon and a massively successful corporate enterprise predominantly controlled and consumed by whites, while the most prominent performers are black. How does this affect our

Selected by the ACDA Publications Committee and recommended as a required text at many American choral institutions, this stunning anthology reveals the often-overlooked American composers of choral music

Women's Bands in America is the first comprehensive exploration of women's bands across the three centuries in American history. Contributors trace women's emerging roles in society as seen through

Comprehensive history of western choral music from Romanticism through the avant-garde of the late twentieth century. Unique in its detailed analysis and breadth of Western choral music and key composers.