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  • How Music Works is David Byrne’s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. In it he explores how profoundly music is shaped by its time and place, and he…
    How Music Works

    How Music Works

    By David Byrne rating of short cover   ( 1053 customer ratings) McSweeney's, September 2012 ISBN: 9781938073489 Business & Technical, Business Aspects Language:  English
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  • “A venerated creator. An adored, tragic interpreter. An uncomplicated, memorable melody. Ambiguous, evocative words. Faith and uncertainty. Pain and pleasure.” Today, “Hallelujah” is one of the…
    The Holy or the Broken

    The Holy or the Broken - Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Asce

    By Alan Light rating of short cover   ( 303 customer ratings) Atria Books, December 2012 ISBN: 9781451657869 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • Named One of the Best Books of 2011 by NPR – Spin - USA Today – CNBC - Pitchfork - The Onion - The Atlantic - The Huffington Post – VEVO - The Boston Globe - The San Francisco Chronicle For fans of…
    I Want My MTV

    I Want My MTV - The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution

    By Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum rating of short cover   ( 1228 customer ratings) Penguin Group US, October 2011 ISBN: 9781101526415 Cultural Studies, Popular Culture Language:  English
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  • When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK…
    Elvis: My Best Man

    Elvis: My Best Man - Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship…

    By Chuck Crisafulli, George Klein rating of short cover   ( 73 customer ratings) Crown Publishing Group, January 2010 ISBN: 9780307452764 Pop & Rock, Rock Language:  English
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  • The story of a revolution in music and technology, told through a century of recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian BachIn Reinventing Bach, his remarkable second book, Paul Elie tells the…
    Reinventing Bach

    Reinventing Bach

    By Paul Elie rating of short cover   ( 46 customer ratings) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2012 ISBN: 9781429945950 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • Publisher Thomas Chi returned to Memphis six months each year to interview for the Elvis book. He spent more time in Las Vegas, Nevada interviewing Elvis's girlfriends, lovers, and the dancers with…
    Las Vegas Elvis Presley

    Las Vegas Elvis Presley

    By Thomas Chi Thomas Chi, October 2011 ISBN: 9781466113398 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • For a brief time in a Europe threatened and then occupied by Nazi Germany, jazz was heard as ubiquitously as rock ' n' roll is today. In a personal search for the story of that time, Mike Zwerin spent…
    Swing Under the Nazis

    Swing Under the Nazis - Jazz as a Metaphor for Freedom

    By Mike Zwerin rating of short cover   ( 3 customer ratings) Cooper Square Press, September 2000 ISBN: 9781461731979 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • The scandal over modern music has not died down. While paintings by Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock sell for a hundred million dollars or more, shocking musical works from Stravinsky's Rite of…
    The Rest Is Noise

    The Rest Is Noise - Listening to the Twentieth Century

    By Alex Ross rating of short cover   ( 3820 customer ratings) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2007 ISBN: 9781429932882 Modern, 20th Century Language:  English
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  • From celebrated entertainer Michael Feinstein comes a beautifully illustrated account of the lives and legacies of the Gershwins—told through stories of twelve of their greatest songs.The “Ambassador…
    The Gershwins and Me

    The Gershwins and Me - A Personal History in Twelve Songs

    By Michael Feinstein rating of short cover   ( 35 customer ratings) Simon & Schuster, October 2012 ISBN: 9781451645330 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • *Includes a suggested playlist of the King's greatest songs.*Includes pictures of Elvis and important people, places, and events in his life.*Discusses some of Elvis's most famous encounters with…
    Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Elvis Presley

    Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Elvis Presley

    By Charles River Editors Charles River Editors, October 2012 ISBN: 9781475318333 Pop & Rock, Rock Language:  English
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