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Alvin, Juliette: Music Therapy Ref: B803

ISBN: 978-0-85249-803-3

The first paperback edition of this classic 1966 book by Juliette Alvin was published in 1983 by John Clare Books with a foreword by the then chairman of the British Society of Music Therapy, Auriel Warwick.

This re-issued book now published by Stainer & Bell is still the definitive introduction to music therapy for students of music, medicine, education and the social services and fpr anyone who has become aware of the power in music therapy for all ages.

Price: £12.00

Boyce-Tillman, June: Exploring Sound: Creative Projects for Teachers Ref: B310

(KS1-3/A1-2)
An all-round vision of music at work in the classroom. Exploring Sound is essential reading for anyone involved with pupils in the first three Key Stages of the National Curriculum.

Full of ideas and initiatives from the very first page, June Boyce-Tillman's classic project book for practical classroom activities is written with unique insight and sympathy for the non-specialists who find themselves in any situation involving teaching music to children aged between seven and fourteen. Throughout, technical language is kept to a minimum, with as much emphasis on the way that music is taught as on the actual music itself.

Price: £7.25

Bush, Alan: Strict Counterpoint in the Palestrina Style Ref: 15004

(GCSE/AL)
This is one of the very few tried and tested manuals, by a much admired teacher, for those seeking instruction in the complex yet rewarding art of two-part species counterpoint. There are 55 exercises as well as many worked examples.

Price: £5.75

Campbell, Laura: Sketching at the Keyboard Ref: B605

(KS2-3:A1)
By the prizewinning author of the 1983 Music Teacher Award in Music Education. This 258 page book is dedicated to the memory of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze who insisted that the sound, the feel and the enjoyment of music must be experienced before the use of notational symbols. It is appropriately sub-titled Harmonisation by Ear for Students of All Ages and has established itself as a vital book for all who would teach or learn harmony at the keyboard.

Price: £12.95

Campbell, Laura: Sketches for Improvisation Ref: B652

(KS3:A1)
Sketches for Improvisation provides material for improvisation using the same basic processes as Sketching at the Keyboard. Classroom use of the two companion volumes as part of the National Curriculum will enable teachers of children or adults to keep a mixed ability group working together on the same basic material, through the additional challenge of free improvisation and composition. Sketches for Improvisation is particularly suitable for children in junior departments of conservatoires and music centres, who are expected to produce composition folios from the earliest stages of learning. Sketches for Further Harmony and Improvisation, available from bookshops, or from the author at 25 Thornton Hill, Exeter EX4 4NN (price £8.00 + £1.00 p & p [£2.00 overseas]) provides experience in the use of more complex chords and their application in a wide range of classical styles.

Price: £10.50

Greenish, Arthur: The Student's Dictionary of Musical Terms Ref: B228

Indispensable for all learning to read music at all levels . . . in French, German, Italian and English. Handy, pocket size, paperback. An invaluable 132 pages for every student.

Price: £4.95

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Henly: Musical Crosswords Ref: B906

25 puzzles with a musical theme

Compiled by crossword connoisseur Randal Henly, this latest addition to Stainer & Bell's collection of musical brain-teasers offers hours of amusement to all musically-minded crossword lovers.

Intriguing, educational, and above all fun to do, this plethora of puzzles makes for a great gift for musical friends and family - and a guaranteed way to extend your musical knowledge with a maximum of enjoyment.

Price: £4.95

Holmes, G. Augustus: The Academic Manual of the Rudiments of Music Ref: 15014

'Specially prepared for candidates for the various musical examinations', 50 years ago, this clear little handbook remains a remarkably complete guide to the elements of music and good practice in its notation.

Price: £4.25

Liddell, Claire: So you want to play by ear? Ref: B582

This 96-page book has been prompted by the many people who have come to the author with the common wail: 'I can play the piano - a bit of Mozart and even an easy Chopin waltz - but I can't harmonise anything by ear when my friends ask me, or even when I'm alone'. But anyone can. YOU CAN. This practical guide to improvisation is aimed at all those who have a beginner's knowledge of the keyboard and who want some fun from it.

Price: £7.95

Macpherson, Stewart: Form in Music Ref: B237

Basic descriptions of the main musical form used in music from the simplest phrase construction of folk tunes to the complexities of sonata form in the 19th century, with 150 musical examples from different works. This book is still basic to any analytical study for beginners.

Price: £8.95

Macpherson, Stewart: Melody and Harmony Book 1 Ref: 15023

The three books are published separately, although the author firmly believed that melodic movement and harmonic progression should always be studied side by side. Book 1 concentrates on single-line 'horizontal' writing. The books employ exercises in counterpoint, in figured-bass harmony and in the roman-numeral inversion analysis.

Price: £8.75

Macpherson, Stewart: Melody and Harmony Book 2 Ref: 15024

The three books are published separately, although the author firmly believed that melodic movement and harmonic progression should always be studied side by side. Book 2 teaches elementary harmonic progressions to use with your composed melodies. The books employ exercises in counterpoint, in figured-bass harmony and in the roman-numeral inversion analysis.

Price: £8.25

Macpherson, Stewart: Melody and Harmony Book 3 Ref: 15025

The three books are published separately, although the author firmly believed that melodic movement and harmonic progression should always be studied side by side. Book 3 describes more advanced harmony. The books employ exercises in counterpoint, in figured-bass harmony and in the roman-numeral inversion analysis.

Price: £8.25

Macpherson, Stewart: Practical Harmony Ref: 15027

For those who still prefer to teach 'chordal' harmony alongside written harmony, this famous book is still available.

Price: £9.25

Macpherson, Stewart: The Rudiments of Music Ref: B010

Revised by Anthony Payne
Another classic book in English for all beginning to learn to read music. The 'rudiments' of music-reading do not change, but the book has been thoroughly revised to reflect new attitudes to teaching them.

Price: £4.50

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Musidoku: The Musical Sudoku. Opus 1 Ref: B897

Composed by Antony Kearns

44 puzzles to tickle and tackle your musical brain cells.

Musidoku® is a musical variation on the hugely popular Sudoku number-place puzzle. So, if you're a musician who loves Sudoku, then Musidoku will definitely be your forte.

This book makes a great gift for all your musical friends and the puzzles are also a really fun way for pupils to practise drawing musical symbols.

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Price: £4.00

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Musidoku: The Musical Sudoku. Opus 2 Ref: B904

Composed by Antony Kearns

44 more puzzles to tickle and tackle your musical brain cells.

Musidoku® is a musical variation on the hugely popular Sudoku number-place puzzle. So, if you're a musician who loves Sudoku, then Musidoku will definitely be your forte.

Still using standard 9 x 9 grids, this second collection adds five further musical symbols to the mix, so the combinations change from puzzle to puzzle.

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Price: £4.00

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Skeaping, Lucie and Roddy: Let's Make Tudor Music: Teacher's Book Ref: B847

Book and CD
ISBN 0 85249 847 0

This publication contains 88 pages packed with ideas, including drama and dance as well as music making. The beautifully produced CD has 35 tracks for listening and for teaching.

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Price: £15.50

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Skeaping, Lucie and Roddy: Let's Make Tudor Music: Pupil's Book Ref: B848

Pack of 10 Pupil's Books
ISBN 0 85249 848 9

28 pages fully illustrated with photographs of the instruments featured on the CD, authentic woodcuts of the period and words and music that will enable full participation of the entire class.

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Price: £15.50

Smith, Angus and Williams, John D: Let's Make Medieval Music: Teacher's Book/CD Ref: B872

ISBN 0 85249 872 1
(KS2-3)
Classroom projects and performance materials for National Curriculum Key Stage 3 Music. Teacher's Book with photocopiable class worksheets and an Enhanced CD containing backing tracks, musical examples and MIDI files.

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Price: £24.95

Standford, Patric: Projects Ref: B805

(KS3/GCSE:A1/AL)
Listening, composing and performing are the foundation of Projects, Patric Standford’s exciting new composition manual that meets the varied demands of ‘A-level’ and undergraduate courses. Former head of Composition at Bretton College of Higher Education, respected composer and tireless advocate of new music, Standford begins unashamedly with melody. Through a study of historical examples, students quickly learn to write their own, then master rhythm, harmony and the construction of canons before creating original pieces for melody instruments, keyboard, and percussion ensemble. With a wealth of illustrations and full of good sense, Standford’s practical text ensures a constant helping hand for the young composer, showing how music of the past and present, carefully observed, can unlock the novice’s imagination. Beautifully produced, Projects combines a sound respect for the fundamentals of music-making with the one element essential for its success - enjoyment.

Price: £9.75

Swinburne, W H: The New Curwen Method. Book 1 Ref: B607

(KS1-2:A1)
Tonic Sol-fa in Class

The New Curwen Method uses the principles of John Curwen in preparing to sing at sight but is in no way intended to revive Tonic-Sol-fa as a complete musical language. The essential preparation for reading notation is to develop the 'inner ear' and memory so that the note can be heard mentally before it is sung or played. The hand signs and ingeniously rhyming syllables of sol-fa have no substitute in any other method.

Price: £6.90

Swinburne, W H: The New Curwen Method. Book 2 Ref: B608

(KS2-3:A1)
Sight-Reading

Price: £6.90

Swinburne, W H: The New Curwen Method. Book 3 Ref: B626

(KS3:A1)
Notation: Reading the stave

Price: £6.30

Tosi, Pier Francesco: Observations on the Florid Song. Paperback Ref: B675

This 18th-century bel canto manual includes ornamentation, cadences, divisions and recitatives. Edited with additional notes by Michael Pilkington, it is an invaluable reference work for all performers concerned with period authenticity.

Price: £8.25

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