Wodrascka Alain (Auteur) / « Parfums de femme noir est un livre qui « sent » vraiment Barbara ! C?est le meilleur qu?il m?ait été donné de lire à propos de « La longue dame brune » : le plus fouillé, le plus sérieux et le plus dense. » William Sheller Après la lecture de ce livre, vous serez définitivement envoûté par les charmes de Barbara. Tant il esquisse, à fleurs de mots, les contours d?un puissant personnage : l?une des plus grandes tragédiennes de la chanson. Alain Wodrascka, l?auteur, qui connut Barbara dès vingt ans - « Le bel âge » -, a tenu à rendre hommage, dix ans après son départ, à l?unique auteur-compositeur féminin de haute envergure. Et cela à travers une fine observation de son ?uvre, autobiographique, où se projettent en ombres chinoises toute son intimité de femme : son enfance douloureuse, ses amours passionnelles, sa vie de chanteuse, sa solitude, ses combats... Cet ouvrage est un passeport pour pénétrer dans l?univers de Barbara qui n?aura bientôt plus aucun secret pour vous. En outre, l?auteur s?est attelé à un travail documentaire sans précédent. Répertoriant avec précision : tous les disques enregistrés par Barbara, ses émissions de télévision, ses films, ses concerts ? de l?Ecluse au Châtelet -, ses différents duos, les artistes qui l?ont enregistrée...

Par MARTET RICHARD. Barytons, basses, ténors, contre-ténors : toutes les voix masculines sont rassemblées dans l'ouvrage de Richard Martet, qui présente cinquante chanteurs lyriques parmi les plus marquants du XXe siècle. Pour chacun, un long portrait retrace les étapes de sa carriêre, analyse les spécificités de son art, et permet de connaître les caractêres de son répertoire et de sa discographie. Remarquablement documenté et accompagné d'une iconographie riche et originale, l'ensemble constitue une précieuse introduction à  l'intelligence de l'art lyrique. D'Enrico Caruso à  José Carreras et de Fiodor Chaliapine à  Samuel Ramey, un CD contenant prês de huit heures de musique donne à  entendre chaque interprête dans un ou plusieurs airs particuliêrement représentatifs de son art. Enrico Caruso ¿ Aureliano Pertile ¿ Tito Schipa ¿ Lauritz Melchior ¿ Beniamino Gigli ¿ Richard Tauber ¿ Giacomo Lauri-Volpi ¿ Georges Thill ¿ José Luccioni ¿ Peter Pears ¿ Anton Dermota ¿ Jussi Björling ¿ Alfred Deller ¿ Wolfgang Windgassen ¿ Mario Del Monaco ¿ Léopold Simoneau ¿ Giuseppe Di Stefano ¿ Franco Corelli ¿ Carlo Bergonzi ¿ Nicolai Gedda ¿ Jon Vickers ¿ Alfredo Kraus ¿ Alain Vanzo ¿ Fritz Wunderlich ¿ Luciano Pavarotti ¿ Placido Domingo ¿ José Carreras ¿ Fiodor Chaliapine ¿ Vanni Marcoux ¿ Alexander Kipnis ¿ Ezio Pinza ¿ André Pernet ¿ Hans Hotter ¿ Leonard Warren ¿ Tito Gobbi ¿ Boris Christoff ¿ George London ¿ Ettore Bastianini ¿ Cesare Siepi ¿ Ernest Blanc ¿ Gabriel Bacquier (né en) ¿ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ¿ Piero Cappuccilli ¿ Nicolaï Ghiaurov ¿ Hermann Prey ¿ Renato Bruson ¿ Sherrill Milnes ¿ José van Dam ¿ Ruggero Raimondi ¿ Samuel Ramey / Broché / Livre / Livres

The Music Of George Harrison-Far from being 'the quiet one ' George Harrison was a writer and arranger of terrific power and beauty and his guitar playing was fundamental to the sound and success of The Beatles.Simon Leng presents the most comprehensive evaluation of the art and music of George Harrison ever published from the star's initial early influences right up to his final collection of songs Brainwashed. Treating each song with unprecedented analysis Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach - from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga psychedelia gospel soul and pure pop - thoroughly defining Harrison's role in The Beatles. First hand accounts of theConcert For Bangla Desh and the making of All Things Must Pass take the reader deep into the most fertile and controversial periods of Harrison's long solo career.Enhanced with insights from key figures who worked closely with Harrison throughout his extraordinary career this biography is a remarkably stirring study and portrait of a great artist whose musical and spiritual quest changed the lives of millions of people around the world while redefining popular music and rock'n'roll.

Gibson le premier 'semi-acoustic' l'ES-335, qui n'était ni totalement solide ni entièrement acoustique, est la guitare de choix utilisé par de nombreux guitaristes célèbres tels que Andy Summers, Elvin Bishop, Lee Ritenour, Jay Graydon, Robben Ford, Freddie King, John McLaughlin, Jimmy Page, Chuck Berry, Tony Mottola, Johnny Rivers, Jack Wilkins, Bono, Grant Green, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Alvin Lee, B.B. KingEmily Remler, Otis Rush, Pete Townshend, John Lee Hooker et Larry Carlton. Cet ouvrage comprend l'histoire complète de la 335, les joueurs, une section de belle couleur, chronologie, expédition totaux et plus encore. Un incontournable pour chaque joueur 335 et passionné de guitare ou de collectionneur ! / Guitare

Ringer sheds new perspectives on Schubert's songs focusing on their incomparable dramatic power which often exceeds that of many a full-fledged opera. But Schubert's ?stage? was not to be the public theaters of the repressive Metternich regime in Vienna but the far less censorable ?theater of the mind.? Schubert's theater of song would spring to life in intimate social gatherings of like-minded friends wherever a singer and a fortepiano were available. They rightfully belong to every music lover. This is the first introductory guide for the general reader to appear in many years.

Audio and Video Access Included-Create effective film scores! This book presents a framework for creative decision-making that will lead to producing the best music for a given scene. It supports artists working in film television video games or other media. The framework encourages clarity of concept and facilitates productive communication between the composer and director music supervisor and others involved with the project. Two case studies featuring audio and video illustrate how different creative choices can control the expressive effect of the scene. Practical worksheets are included which will help your team brainstorm articulate organize and communicate your collective ideas anddecisions. Whether you are creating music yourself or working with a composer this book will help you develop the music that is optimized for storytelling.

Find keys quickly and easily with this simple-to-use transposition gizmo. The disc in a clamshell case enables you to find keys quickly and easily. Locate the original key on the inner ring. Slide theinner disc around until the original key lines up with the new key on the outer ring. Now simply read off the various notes in the new key against the relevant notes from the original key. Bingo!

Peter Maxwell Davies’ Swinton Jig was inspired by his youth spent in Salford. These variations on a traditional melody portray the community spirit during wartime and the impromptu concerts and dances held within the airshelters. The instrumentation reflects this with banjos bells bones and horns and even an out of tune upright piano! This work was commissioned by the BBC and first performed in November 1998 by the BBC Philharmonic. Inminiature pocket score format.

Chamber opera in a prologue and one act. A ghost story telling of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in the Hebrides. This is a mystery story in the form of a chamber opera. The prologue is set as a courtof enquiry into the unexplained disappearance of the three keepers from a lighthouse. Questions are posed by a solo horn which may sound from among the audience and three officers give answer. Gradually they move from straighttestimony into fantastical imaginings of evil during a 'flashback' to the lighthouse; but then we snap back to the courtroom. In the main act the three singers become the vanished keepers. They have been together for months long enough to be fully aware of each other's weaknesses; petty bickerings suggest a relationship which is stable but liable to become highly unstable at any moment. They sing songs to reduce the tension Blazes beginning with arough ballad of street violence accompanied by violin and banjo. Sandy's song with cello and out-of-tune upright piano is a thinly disguised description of sexual bliss and Arthur's with brass and clarinet is a tub-thumpinghymn. But the songs serve only to resurrect in their minds ghosts from the past and as the fog descends each of the keepers becomes convinced that he is being claimed by the Beast. They prepare to meet its dazzling eyes whichbecome the lights of the relief vessel and the three men reappear as officers met at the lighthouse only by an infestation of rats. They leave and at the end the last hours of Blazes Sandy and Arthur begin to play overagain.Libretto only. Duration c. 1h 25mins.

Working with In the Box Compression EQ and Other Tools to Create a Professional Sound. In the digital age, the playing field has been leveled regarding the access to recording studio technology and its use by average people. Mastering mixes, an area once reserved for professional engineers, is now a process that can be affordably learned and implemented by anyone who has a decent computer, workstation, and audio gear. In this book, authors Michael Costa and Chad Johnson shed light on how to apply mastering techniques in the following areas: mastering stereo mixes and stems · fixing problematic mixes · equalization, compression, limiting and dither · mid/side processing · and more.

Georges Paczynski se penche, dans ce 2e tome, sur la période cruciale des années 40 et 50, s?arrêtant à l?orée de la période contemporaine qui sera l?objet du troisième volet.

C?est bien, à travers la batterie et les batteurs, une étude de la naissance et du développement du jazz « moderne » qui est ici proposée.

À partir des batteurs-charnières accompagnant, comme Gus Johnson ou Shadow Wilson, la transition du Swing au bebop, l?on voit se profiler les pionniers d?un nouveau type de jeu. Pour soutenir l?improvisation soliste qui se développe désormais dans les petites formations, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach puis Art Blakey, parmi les premiers, développent une pulsation appuyée sur la « cymbale ride » et contribuent à élargir le rôle de la batterie qui désormais fréquemment « chante » et improvise elle aussi. De Roy Haynes à Dannie Richmond, de Jimmy Cobb à Ed Blackwell ou Shelly Manne, les illustres représentants de l?art de la batterie sont l?objet d?une étude séparée, à partir des enregistrements réalisés par chacun d?eux.

Toutefois, l?apport des batteurs est toujours apprécié en relation étroite avec le contexte et l?esthétique qui les entourent et, avec eux, se transforment. De la même façon, l?art du batteur n?est jamais isolé de la relation intime que ce dernier entretient avec le contrebassiste (tel Ed Thigpen avec Ray Brown) ou le leader du groupe (?Philly? Joe Jones avec Miles Davis, par exemple).

Le propos est moins de transmettre une érudition biographique et musicale ? pourtant réelle ? que d?amener à une compréhension profonde des mécanismes par lesquels se transmet une tradition vivante et évolutive.

L?auteur est particulièrement attentif aux années d?apprentissage et aux influences reçues par les batteurs, d?où un recours abondant à la parole et aux écrits de musiciens. L?attention se porte également sur l?évolution du matériel utilisé, sous l?impulsion le plus souvent des innovations apportées par les batteurs eux-mêmes. / Livre / Agrafé /

A concise yet comprehensive survey of 20th Century music for both students and the general public. Written by Graham Hearn who states 'my aim has been to highlight where composers have pushed boundaries stretched ourcredibility and shown such leaps of imagination as to make us remember that the 20th Century is possibly the most extraordinary of them all.'

The Martin is considered the finest acoustic guitar in the world a distinction it has held for more that 160 years. Martin guitars have been played by performers Eric Clapton Stephen Stills Judy Collins and Johnny Cash as well as hundreds of thousands of other professional and amateur musicians. In C.F. Martin and His Guitars 1796-1873 Philip Gura chronicles the career of Christian Frederick Martin from his humble start as an importer and repairman of musical instruments in New York City in the 1830s through his move to Nazareth Pennsylvania and the founding of C.F. Martin & Company. Gura is the first historian to thoroughly studythe Martin company records dating back to the 1830s: Letters account books inventories and other documents. Using this rich archive Gura establishes how a German immigrant from Saxony's guild tradition became the finest American guitar maker of his time and created a uniquely American business that successfully eclipsed its competition. As Gura shows Martin's success was based on his successful navigation of the rapid economic expansion and industrialization of his time. The many sketches and hundreds of photographs illustrate how Martin adapted his artisanal craft to modern industrial methods maintaining quality while meeting increased demand for instruments. Gura traces the network of suppliers who provided Martin with his raw materials and explores the advertising and other methods Martin employed to build a market for his goods. After Martin's death in 1873 the company continued to grow. It thrives today under the leadership of a sixth-generation Martin producing instruments that are still the most sought after and collectable in the world. Includes an 80-page color section!

Essential Grooves For Writing, Performing and Producing Contemporary Music packs everything you need to know about contemporary styles into a must-have reference of audio, scores, and text. Written by three great artists, who also happen to be teachers, the book presents 41 different grooves covering all the important styles that have influenced contemporary music, each performed by live players. The book/DVD set contains scores, text, and stereo mixes of the musical examples, as well as multi-track audio files of each example. The unique, license-free audio examples can be used to create custom play-alongs and original music. Includes sections on Soul & Motown, Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock, Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazillian Music, and Afro-Caribbean. 95 page text, plus audio CD and multi-track DVD. / Instrumental Music / Recueil / Tout Instrument

All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors-Offering a fresh perspective on one of the most prolific and well-loved catalogs of songs in the rock 'n' roll canon Fleetwood Mac FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors digs deeper than your average music compendium and sidesteps the tediousness of most generalized band histories. Professional yet playful the book's most unique feature is its structure: a hybrid of historical breakdowns QandAs music criticism and best of lists chronicling the band's influence and legacy.No Fleetwood Mac book would be complete without addressing the sensationalism of Rumours or the mythic psychological breakdown of Peter Green. But Fleetwood Mac FAQcasts a wide net - avoiding monotony for longtime fans by presenting new criticism and reporting and engaging with newcomers by addressing the most essential chapters in the band's story. Included are interviews with former Fleetwood Mac members (guitarists Rick Vito and Billy Burnette) producers (Ken Caillat Richard Dashut John Shanks and Mike Vernon) studio crew members (Rich Feldman Ray Lindsey and Ken Perry) rock critics who've covered the group (Anthony DeCurtis) and others who've been privileged to join the band's inner circle. Sure the book touches on the band's notorious drug use romantic affairs and brutal in-fighting - more importantly it also sheds fascinating new light on the band's innovative ever-evolving music.