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    Music

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Nicholas Cook ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 59 min

    What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Com amor, Janis

    by Laura Joplin ...
    Narrated by Bárbara Aravolo ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 18 min

    O livro que inspirou o aclamado documentário da Netflix "O livro que todo fã de rock precisa ler." Melissa Etheridge "Um mergulho em uma das mais trágicas e fascinantes vidas do rock and roll." Los Angeles Times Janis Joplin brilhou na cena musical dos anos 1960. Com uma voz rouca inconfundível e performances inesquecíveis no palco, a rainha do rock teve a vida interrompida tragicamente aos 27 ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    Rust in Peace

    The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece

    by Dave Mustaine ...
    Narrated by Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Chuck Behler, Tony Lettieri, Randall Kertz, Pam Mustaine, Bob Nalbandian, Mike Clink0, Nate Ryan1, Max Norman2, Fred Berman3, Vikas Adam4 ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 39 min

    Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Megadeth’s iconic record, Rust in Peace, from the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist.When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the record-breaking Monsters of Rock festival, and with knockout new albums from Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica dominating the charts, the pressure to produce ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    The Inner Game of Music

    by Barry Green ...
    Narrated by Roxanne Abbott ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 33 min

    The Inner Game of music is that which takes place in the mind, played against such elusive opponents as nervousness, self doubt, and fear of failure. Using the same principles of "natural learning" W. Timothy Gallwey developed so successfully for tennis, golf, and skiing and applying them to his own field, noted musician Barry Green shows how to acknowledge and overcome these internal obstacles in ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Century of Song

    101 Songs that Shaped American Music

    by Noah Lefevre ...
    Narrated by Brian Telestai ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 24 min

    Discover the Music that Changed EverythingEmbark on a complex and inspiring journey through the last 101 years as told through some of the most memorable hits and the artists behind them.Noah Lefevre, creator of Polyphonic, explores how our favorite music does more than entertain. From Aretha Franklin carving out her own space in what had been considered a man's world by reworking the chauvinistic ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    A través del vaso

    En vivo con 26 músicas y músicos de México

    by Mariana H ...
    Narrated by Mariana H, Arlette Ceja, Pepe Campa ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 12 min

    26 entrevistas con algunos de los protagonistas del rock y la música popular en nuestro país.Este libro contiene rock, hip hop, pop, son huasteco, metal, música experimental, un par de boleros y una polca. Contiene 26 voces en vivo de los y las protagonistas de la escena musical mexicana, de las autoras y autores de algunos de los himnos de nuestras patrias emocionales.Amandititita, Abulón, Lino ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Hold It in Your Hands: The Enduring Magic of CDs and Vinyl

    by Ian Joseph ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Archie G ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 21 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Remember the thrill of peeling the plastic off a brand-new album? The joy of flipping through liner notes, admiring the cover art, and feeling the weight of music in your hands? In Hold It in Your Hands, we celebrate the lasting magic of physical media—CDs, vinyl, and the tangible experience of owning music.In an era of endless streams and disposable ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Pitch and Intonation Basics

    Simple Ear Training for Musicians

    by Anthony Brown ...
    Narrated by Jacob Acre ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Introductory Music Theory

    Unabridged

    25 min

    Get ready to enhance your musical ear with this accessible course for beginners. Throughout the piano is used to give clear, musical examples. This course will help you refine your pitch and intonation skills. Narrated by Jacob Acre and created by Anthony Brown the course offers a comprehensive guide to: understanding pitch; mastering intonation; and recognizing intervals. This will help complete ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Why the Beach Boys Matter

    by Tom Smucker ...
    Narrated by Joe Hempel ...
    Series series Music Matters

    Unabridged

    4 hours 21 min

    Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names

    How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names

    by Adam Dolgins ...
    Narrated by Gabriel Vaughan ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world's most popular and influential rock and pop acts got their names.By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, this book offers insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of hundreds of top musicians from the 1960s to the present. Originally published more than two decades ago to great success, ... Read more

    Was $24.99 USD Now $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    For the Love of Music

    A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening

    by John Mauceri ...
    Narrated by John Mauceri ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 8 min

    With a lifetime of experience, profound knowledge and understanding, and heartwarming appreciation, an internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience?A protégé of Leonard Bernstein--his colleague for eighteen years--and an eminent conductor who has toured and recorded all over the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Magnificat

    Der Lobgesang der Maria - Musik und Meditationen

    by Anselm Grün, Johann Sebastian Bach ...
    Narrated by Anselm Grün ...

    Unabridged

    57 min

    "Meine Seele preist die Größe des Herrn" - so beginnt der Lobgesang der Maria. Johann Sebastian Bach hat mit seinem Magnificat die berühmteste Vertonung dieser Bibelstelle geschrieben. Diese Produktion verbindet die Musik Bachs mit Meditationen und Auslegungen von Anselm Grün. Mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig und dem Neuen Bachischen Collegium Musicum Leipzig. Es spricht Pater Anselm Grün. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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    Learning To Read Guitar Music How and Why

    by Ged Brockie ...
    Narrated by Ged Brockie ...

    Unabridged

    31 min

    Do you play the guitar and wish you could read music? Perhaps you have thought or heard that reading music and playing the guitar is difficult. If so, this audio book is for you.This audio book contains a discussion by professional guitarist of international reputation Ged Brockie on why as a guitarist you should consider learning to read music and the reasons why it will change your musical life. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Why Patti Smith Matters

    by Caryn Rose ...
    Narrated by Lori Prince ...
    Series series Music Matters

    Unabridged

    5 hours 43 min

    Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found—what she fostered—was a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door that countless others walked through. No other musician has better embodied the “nothing-to-hide” ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Along the Cherry Lane

    Tales from the Life of Music Industry Legend Milton Okun

    by Richard Sparks, Milton Okun, Milton Okun ...
    Narrated by Richard Sparks, Jason Culp, Amanda Carlin, Lee Holdridge, Fred Sanders ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 31 min

    John Denver said, “I have a producer who looks like an accountant, and an accountant who looks like a producer.” Soberly dressed, unflashy, and a trained classical musician, in the golden age of the music business Milt Okun stood out by not standing out. His legacy does that for him. He discovered and launched John Denver, and mentored him throughout his career. He created arrangements for Peter, ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Protishodher Chora

    by Debarati Mukhopadhyay ...
    Narrated by Sanjay Dutta ...

    Unabridged

    48 min

    পঞ্চাশ বছর আগে বাঙালি যুবতী শেফালী চৌধুরী দিল্লীর ভরা রাস্তায় বুকে ছোরা বসিয়ে দিয়েছিল রেডিওর উঠতি গায়িকা সুরিন্দরের বুকে। তৎক্ষণাৎ মৃত্যুর কোলে ঢলে পড়েছিল সদ্যবিবাহিত সুরিন্দর। তার স্বামী বিজয়ের স্তম্ভিত মুখের সামনে দিয়ে পালিয়ে ছিল স্কুলশিক্ষিকা খেলাধুলোয় পটু শেফালী। শিক্ষিত বাঙ্গালিনী শেফালী চৌধুরী ধরা পড়ার পর কোর্টে তাকে দেখার জন্য উপচে পড়া ভিড় সামলাতে দিতে হত অতিরিক্ত পুলিশ। কিসের প্রতিশোধ নিয় ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    The Vintage Guide to Classical Music

    An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

    by Jan Swafford ...
    Narrated by Peter Coates ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 37 min

    The most readable and comprehensive guide to enjoying over five hundred years of classical music -- from Gregorian chants, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Johannes Brahms, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, and beyond.The Vintage Guide to Classical Music is a lively—and opinionated—musical history and an insider's key to the personalities, epochs, and genres of the Western classical ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Bayerische Messe

    by Helmut Zöpfl, Paul Schmotz, Thomas Capella Mediaevalis ...
    Narrated by div. Darsteller ...

    Unabridged

    32 min

    Nach der Musik von Paul Schmotz schrieb Helmut Zöpfl die Texte zu dieser Mundartmesse. Ein Schatz in der Sammlung bayerischer Messen und religiöser Lieder. Ausführende: Capella Mediaevalis München unter der Leitung von Thomas Schmid. Einleitungsmusik, Zum Eingang, Zum Gloria, Zwischengesang, Fürbitten, Zum Sanctus, Nach der Wandlung, Zum Agnus Die, Zur Kommunion I, Zur Kommunion II, Danklied nach ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Grime Kids

    The Inside Story of the Global Grime Takeover

    by DJ Target ...
    Narrated by DJ Target ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON BBC THREE NOW'An essential read for anyone with the slightest interest in the birth of Grime' The Wire'Sharp and nostalgic' The ObserverA group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture.DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming... ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    The Four Lads Book

    by Hans Jeff Borger ...
    Narrated by Hans Jeff Borger ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 3 min

    The Four Lads were pop superstars of the 1950s. Connie Codarini. Bernie Toorish. Jimmie Arnold. Frank Busseri. They sold over 50 million records with hits such as "Moments to Remember,” "Standing on the Corner," "No, Not Much,” "Who Needs You?" and "Istanbul". The Fifties had them riding high with their own TV show and personal appearances all over the country. Their harmonies became one of the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Wired for Music

    A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound

    by Adriana Barton ...
    Narrated by Adriana Barton ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 22 min

    “Beautifully written… a riveting account of how melodies and rhythms connect us, and help us deal with alienation and anxiety.”—Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the ScoreIn this captivating blend of science and memoir, a health journalist and former cellist explores music as a source of health, resilience, connection, and joy.Music isn’t just background noise or a series of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Guitar: Learn To Play Guitar for Beginners

    by John G. Phillips ...
    Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

    Unabridged

    52 min

    All-in-one Guitar Course With a Proven Step-by-step Learning System.Today only, get this audio bestseller for a special price.Would You Like to Eliminate Every Struggle That You Are Faced With When Starting to Play Guitar?This audiobook is your "Free Pass" to playing guitar. It is the most direct and to the point complete audio program guitar course.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn.. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Declassified

    A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music

    by Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch ...
    Narrated by Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    The best masterclass in classical music you never knew you needed.Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch’s life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. She’s loved classical music her whole life. But she’s also hated classical music her whole life. After all, if you can like Beyoncé without liking Bieber, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Sie Düffeldoffel da! Herbert Wehner - Ein komischer Heiliger

    by Jürgen Roth ...
    Narrated by Gert Heidenreich ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 39 min

    Herbert Wehner war ein Jahrhundertpolitiker, ein Mensch, an dem sich die Weltgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bricht. Er war Sozialist, Anarchist, Kommunist, Widerstandskämpfer in Deutschland und in der Emigration. 1946 trat er in die SPD ein und gehörte von 1949 bis 1983 dem Deutschen Bundestag an. Wehner liebte das Parlament. Er hielt atemberaubende Reden und machte den politischen Gegner nach ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus