My Music

This 8.5" X 11" music book is for writing music interspersed with a dot grid page for lyrics or notes. Budding musicians and those wishing to compose will find the layout useful. Students of music will find this book a useful accompaniment for their music lessons.

My Music is a first-hand exploration of the diverse roles music plays in people's lives. "What is music about for you?" asked members of the Music in Daily Life Project of some 150 people, and the responses they received — from the profound to the mundane, from the deeply-felt to the flippant — reflect highly individualistic relationships to and with music. Susan Crafts, Daniel Cavicchi, and Project Director Charles Keil have collected and edited nearly forty of those interviews to document the diverse ways in which people enjoy, experience, and use music. CONTRIBUTORS: Charles Keil, George Lipsitz.

Puerto Rican music in New York is given center stage in Ruth Glasser's original and lucid study. Exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans, she focuses on the years between the two world wars. Her material integrates the experiences of the mostly working-class Puerto Rican musicians who struggled to make a living during this period with those of their compatriots and the other ethnic groups with whom they shared the cultural landscape. Through recorded songs and live performances, Puerto Rican musicians were important representatives for the national consciousness of their compatriots on both sides of the ocean. Yet they also played with African-American and white jazz bands, Filipino or Italian-American orchestras, and with other Latinos. Glasser provides an understanding of the way musical subcultures could exist side by side or even as a part of the mainstream, and she demonstrates the complexities of cultural nationalism and cultural authenticity within the very practical realm of commercial music. Illuminating a neglected epoch of Puerto Rican life in America, Glasser shows how ethnic groups settling in the United States had choices that extended beyond either maintenance of their homeland traditions or assimilation into the dominant culture. Her knowledge of musical styles and performance enriches her analysis, and a discography offers a helpful addition to the text.

My First Classical Music Book is a delightfully colorful introduction to classical music, designed to fire the imagination of children aged 5-7 years. Readers are asked to think about the different places in which we might hear music. Then, each of the major composers and musical instrument families are introduced and brought to life in a vivid and enchanting way. Throughout the book, children are referred to the accompanying audio CD so that they can hear examples as they read. This is the most exceptional book of its kind, providing an absorbing experience for both eyes and ears.

Music theory is very important for children who want to read and play music. In addition to providing an understanding of what is written on the page, music theory can provide students with confidence in their abilities, and give them the skills they need to progress in their musical studies for years to come. Let’s have fun in learning music theory from My Music Theory Beginner!

Music theory is very important for children who want to read and play music. In addition to providing an understanding of what is written on the page, music theory can provide students with confidence in their abilities, and give them the skills they need to progress in their musical studies for years to come. Let’s have fun learning music theory from My Music Theory Beginner!

Music theory is very important for children who want to read and play music. In addition to providing an understanding of what is written on the page, music theory can provide students with confidence in their abilities, and give them the skills they need to progress in their musical studies for years to come. Let’s have fun learning music theory from My Music Theory Beginner!