The Music of Central Africa - Rose Brandel

The Music of Central Africa:An Ethnomusicological Study. Former French Equatorial Africa, The Former Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Uganda, Tanganyika by Rose Brandel is a very comprehensive study of the the music of the areas listed. The book is divided into two parts: Part one considers the singing styles, an analysis of the music and the ethnology of the music.

Beethoven's Quartets - Joseph de Markiave

Beethoven's Quartets by Joseph de Marliave A highly readable and accessible bar-by-bar, theme-by-theme guide to the monumental quartets of Beethoven. All 16 quartets and the Grosse Fuge are dissected and examined.

Violin Making - Ed. Heron-Allen

Violin Making: As It was and Is by Ed. Heron-Allen describes the craft of violin making as it was done in the past and how it is done now, and presents a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional. Includes more than 200 illustrations by the author.

Studies in African Music Vols 1 & 2 - A.M Jones

Studies in African Music Vols 1 & 2 by A.M Jones consists of Text in Volume 1 and Sheet Music in Vol 2. This book is addressed firstly to musicians and secondly to to those who, whether specialists in other fields of African life or as general readers, would wish to know what African music is like, and the social contexts in which it thrives.

The Indonesian Origin of Certain African Musical Instruments - Percival R Kirby

The Indonesian Origin of Certain African Musical Instruments by Percival R Kirby is a reprint taken from African Studies a quarterly journal devoted to the study of African Cultures, government and languages, Vol 25, Number 1 , 1966. Professor Kirby's interest in the similarities of the instruments began in the 1920's. 4 pages of b&w plates

Ethiopian Music: An Introduction - Michael Powne

Ethiopian Music - An Introduction: A Survey of Ecclestical and Secular Ethiopian Music by Michael Powne presents a conspectus of information about traditional Ethiopian music. Its discussion is primarily of the music of the Hamo-Semitic plateaux people and is divided into three sections:

Beethoven - John Suchet

Beethoven: The Man Revealed by John Suchet illuminates the composer's difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive efforts to control his nephew's life, and the excruciating decline of his hearing.

Chopi Musicians - Hugh Tracey

Signed and inscribed copy of Chopi Musicians: Their Music, Poetry and Instruments by Hugh Tracey.

Chopi Musicians presents a written account of the Chopi of Portuguese East Africa, whose xylophone orchestras have long been famous throughout the southern portion of the continent.

Map included.

Harmony - Annie O Warburton

Harmony: A textbook for class use on aural foundations by Annie O Warburton is a further attempt to cover examinations requirements. The contents are as follows: Rudiments essential to harmony, the primary triads, the secondary triads, unessential notes and discords and less usual chords.