Music Books

New and Published Books

1. Radio's New Wave

   Global Sound in the Digital Era

   Edited by Jason Loviglio, Michele Hilmes

   Radio’s New Wave explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age. Extending and updating the focus of their widely acclaimed 2001 book The Radio Reader, Hilmes and Loviglio gather together innovative work by both established and rising scholars to explore the ways...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. On Music

   By Theodore Gracyk

   Series: Thinking in Action

   Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Studio SOS Book

   Solutions and Techniques for the Project Recording Studio

   By Paul White, Hugh Robjohns, Dave Lockwood

   Series: Sound On Sound Presents...

   Professional studio design is a specialized science, with more than a touch of "black magic" thrown in. Over the past few years, Sound on Sound magazine has made one trip each month to a reader’s studio. These visits have demonstrated that it is fairly simple to make a huge improvement to an...

   Published April 25th 2013 by Focal Press
4. Music Production: Recording

   A Guide for Producers, Engineers, and Musicians

   By Carlos Lellis

   The sound recorder is the ‘mirror with a memory’ for those who listen. With it we can capture glimpses of our reality, producing ‘pictures’ as we express ourselves. These may ultimately serve as reminders of who we were and of our dreams… Your recordings are the vehicle for your compositions....

   Published April 18th 2013 by Focal Press
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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