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Music for the Creative Industries (HE): Books

Here you can find some useful books if you are studying an HE course in Music.

The Key books sections shows some books that will be useful for your course and New books shows some of the recent additions to our collection. Click on them to see them in the catalogue to find out more details about them or see if they are available to borrow.

These aren't all the books in the Library,  if you are interested in something else you can use the catalogue  to search  for what your are interested in. The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number.  See below to see the important numbers for HE Music.

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key books

Music : the business

Music : the business

Shelfmark:

 

338.4778 HAR

Modern recording techniques

Modern recording techniques

Shelfmark:

 

621.3893 HUB

Introduction to Arts management

Introduction to Arts management

Shelfmark:

 

706.8 VOL

Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology

Shelfmark:

 

780.089 RIC

Cambridge History of world music

Cambridge History of world music

Shelfmark:

 

780.9 BOH

The story of Music

The story of Music

Shelfmark:

 

780.9 GOD

The Art of Music production

 

The Art of Music production

Shelfmark:

 

781.49 BUR

Art of songwriting

Art of songwriting

Shelfmark:

 

782.4213 WES

Audio production and critical listening

Audio production and critical listening

Shelfmark:

 

781.424 COR

Sonic technologies

Sonic technologies

Shelfmark:

 

786.6716411 STR

New books

Music : the business

Music : the business

Shelfmark:

 

338.4778/HAR

Mixing audio

Mixing audio

Shelfmark:

 

621.38932 IZH

Marketing : an introduction.

Marketing : an introduction.

Shelfmark:

 

658.8 MAS

Music and mind in everyday life

Music and mind in everyday life

Shelfmark:

 

781.11 CLA

Music in everyday life

Music in everyday life

Shelfmark:

 

781.1 DEN

Handbook of musical identities

Shelfmark:

 

781.11 HAN

Analyzing popular music

Analyzing popular music

Shelfmark:

 

781.64 ANA

The secrets of dance music production

The secrets of dance music production

Shelfmark:

 

781.648 FEL

Jazz & blues encyclopedia

Shelfmark:

  781.6503 DEF

The history of jazz

Shelfmark:

 

781.6509 GIO

Miles

Miles

Shelfmark:

 

781.65092 DAV

Useful e-books

Analyzing Popular Music
The Art of Songwriting
Ethnomusicology
Everything in its right place analyzing Radiohead
German pop music a companion
The history of jazz
Harmony for Computer Musicians
How popular musicians learn
Interpreting popular music.
John Williams's Film Music
Mixing audio : concepts, practices, and tools
Modern Recording Techniques
Music in Everyday Life
Music Technology
Music the business
Popular music : the key concepts
What is Music Production?

These are the main shelf marks numbers for books on Music.  

If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk  or search the Library Catalogue. 

Shelf Mark

Subject

302.23

Media Studies & Communication

306

Culture

338.4778

Music Business

394.2

Event Management

780

Music

780.7

Music Education

780.9

History of Music

781

Musical Forms – inc theory

781.4

Musical Techniques

781.49

Musical Production

781.542

Film Music

782

Vocal Music

786

Keyboard & Percussion

787

Stringed Instrument;

791.43

Film Studies

791.45

Radio

FC

Film Collection