music books

Alexander Publishing music texts are written and priced so that you, the learner, can teach yourself on your own timetable for a very reasonable cost. They're written in one-on-one simple English. So they're easy to understand. Living Music Book titles are downloadable works designed to turn your computer's browser, Mac or PC, into a music learning center. For our international customers, many titles are available as PDF downloads. For PDF ordering, once your credit card is run, you'll be sent a link to download the book you ordered.

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Film Study Guides
Case History of a Film Score: The Thorn Birds
Bernard Herrmann's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: A Film Score Guide
Danny Elfman's BATMAN: A Film Score Guide
Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide
Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide
Gabriel Yared's The English Patient: A Film Score Guide
Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life: A Hollywood Master

Harmony
Applied Professional Harmony 101
Applied Professional Harmony 102

Counterpoint
Counterpoint by Fux

The Percy Goetschius Composition Series
Indepth works where each book can be completed in a 3-6 month period. Books are listed in Dr. Goetschius' suggested order of study.

Elementary 18th Century Counterpoint
The Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition
Applied Counterpoint
The Larger Forms of Musical Composition

Professional Orchestration
Professional Orchestration - Volumes 1 through 8
Professional Orchestration: Writing For Strings Level 1 - 4th Edition
Orchestration: A Practical Handbook
John Williams Signature Edition Study Scores
Case History of a Film Score: The Thorn Birds

Arrangements and Orchestrations
For String Orchestra - Sarabande from Debussy's Pour le piano orchestrated by Peter Lawrence Alexander. Releases in 2006.