Playing by Ear - Reflections on Sound and Music (Brook Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Playing by Ear - Reflections on Sound and Music (Brook Peter)(Paperback / softback)

In this collection of new essays, the world-renowned director Peter Brook offers unique and personal insights into sound and music - from the surprising impact of Broadway musicals on his famous Midsummer Night's Dream, to the allure of applause, and on to the ultimate empty space:

Tip of the Tongue: Reflections on Language and Meaning (Brook Peter)(Paperback)

In Tip of the Tongue, Peter Brook takes a charming, playful and wise look at topics such as the subtle, telling differences between French and English, and the many levels on which we can appreciate the works of Shakespeare. Brook also revisits his seminal concept of the empty space, considering

Quality of Mercy - Reflections on Shakespeare (Brook Peter)(Paperback / softback)

One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean

Rough Ideas - Reflections on Music and More (Hough Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Illuminating insights into the life and mind of a top concert

Colloquium: Sound Art and Music (Gardner Thomas)(Paperback)

In 2012, Thomas Gardner and Salome Voegelin hosted a colloquium, entitled 'Music - Sound Art: Historical Continuum and Mimetic Fissures,' at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. This colloquium dealt with the current fervent debate concerning the relationship between

Evoking (and forgetting!) Shakespeare (Brook Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A revised edition of Peter Brook's take on Shakespeare, with a new chapter. The book addresses a number of questions about performing Shakespeare today: Why is Shakespeare not out of date? What do we mean by Shakespeare's 'genius' or

Playing the Dark Game (Lancett Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (Rodgers Tara)(Paperback)

Pink Noises brings together twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures, including club and radio DJs, remixers, composers, improvisers, instrument builders, and installation and performance artists. The collection is an extension of Pinknoises.com, the

Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture (Doxiadis Apostolos)(Paperback / softback)

Uncle Petros is a family joke - an ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's

Makerspace Sound and Music Projects for All Ages (Glendening Isaac)(Paperback)

Dream up and build your own sound and music projects--no experience necessary This easy-to-follow guide shows, step-by-step, how to work with sound generation, recording, editing, and distribution tools. Co-written by a professional audio engineer and a dedicated maker-librarian, Makerspace Sound

Dark Music (Lancett Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Gear Acquisition Syndrome - Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music (Herbst Jan-Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam (Frishkopf Michael)(Paperback)

Tracing the connections between music making and built space in both historical and contemporary times, Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam brings together domains of intellectual reflection that have rarely been in dialogue to promote a greater understanding of the centrality of sound

Learning To Read Music 3rd Edition - How to Make Sense of Those Mysterious Symbols and Bring Music to Life (Nickol Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A practical guide to learning to read

In My Life - A Music Memoir (Johnson Alan)(Paperback / softback)

From being transported by the sound of 'True Love' by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly on the radio, as a small child living in condemned housing in ungentrified West London in the late 1950s, to going out to work as a postman humming 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello in 1977, Alan Johnson's

Keywords in Sound (Novak David)(Paperback)

In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, Keywords in Sound presents a definitive resource for sound studies, and a compelling argument for why studying sound matters. Each contributor details their keyword's intellectual history, outlines its role in cultural,

Safe and Sound (East Philippa)(Paperback / softback)

Animal Music: Sound and Song in the Natural World (Fischer Tobias)(Paperback)

The first anthology on animal music and communication, with contributions from leading scientists, researchers and musicians.Ever since the accidental discovery of whale song in 1967, the idea of complex animal sentience has been gaining strength within the scientific community. A growing number of

Shifting Point - Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration, 1946-87 (Brook Peter (Independent practitioner UK))(Paperback / softback)

Music and Malice in Hurricane Town (Bell Alex)(Paperback / softback)

Jude Lomax is playing in a jazz band at the funeral of murdered cajou queen Ivory Monette when she finds herself possessed by Ivory's vengeful spirit. The only way Jude can free herself is to take a journey deep into the dangerous underbelly of Hurricane

Home Work - A Memoir of My Hollywood Years (Andrews Julie)(Paperback / softback)

The second volume of beloved actress Julie Andrews' memoirs: Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and her enduring career in

Little Darling's Book of Love (Craig-Hall Algy)(Paperback / softback)

Join Little Darling as he learns the scent (red roses), taste (yummy chocolates), and sound (sweet music) of

Empty Space (Brook Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the issues facing theatrical performances. This work describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting. It also shows how theatre defies rules, builds and shatters illusions and

The Music of Life (Revised) (Khan Inayat)(Paperback)

A transcendent exploration of the nature and effects of sound by the Sufi master. The Music of Life is the definitive collection of Hazrat Inayat Khan's teachings on sound, presenting the Sufi master's vision of the harmony that underlies and infuses every aspect of our lives. Inayat Khan explores