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  • This Bible of the Beatles” captures the iconic band’s magical and mysterious journey from adorable teenagers to revered cultural emissaries. In this fully updated version, each of their 241 tracks is…
    Revolution in the Head

    Revolution in the Head - The Beatles' Records and the Sixties

    By Ian MacDonald rating of short cover   ( 1222 customer ratings) Chicago Review Press, September 2007 ISBN: 9781883052843 Pop & Rock, Rock Language:  English
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  • Music was everywhere during the Civil War. Tunes could be heard ringing out from parlor pianos, thundering at political rallies, and setting the rhythms of military and domestic life. With literacy…
    Battle Hymns

    Battle Hymns - The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War

    By Christian McWhirter rating of short cover   ( 6 customer ratings) The University of North Carolina Press, March 2012 ISBN: 9780807882627 United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877) Language:  English
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  • Ted Gioia's History of Jazz has been universally hailed as a classic--acclaimed by jazz critics and fans around the world. Now Gioia brings his magnificent work completely up-to-date, drawing on the…
    The History of Jazz

    The History of Jazz

    By Ted Gioia rating of short cover   ( 652 customer ratings) Oxford University Press, USA, April 2011 ISBN: 9780199831876 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin. Now in hardcover, the set has been…
    Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set: 5-vol. set

    Oxford History of Western Music: 5-vol. set: 5-vol. set

    By Richard Taruskin Oxford University Press, USA, July 2009 ISBN: 9780199813698 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it…
    All Shook Up:How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America

    All Shook Up:How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America

    By Glenn C. Altschuler Oxford University Press, USA, August 2003 ISBN: 9780199839575 Pop & Rock, Rock Language:  English
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  • One evening, journalist Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites and began an epic quest that would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion. Winner of…
    The Cello Suites

    The Cello Suites - J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece

    By Eric Siblin rating of short cover   ( 587 customer ratings) Grove/Atlantic, Inc., January 2011 ISBN: 9780802197979 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • Louisville native John Jacob Niles (1892–1980) is considered to be one of our nation’s most influential musicians. As a composer and balladeer, Niles drew inspiration from the deep well of traditional…
    I Wonder as I Wander: The Life of John Jacob Niles

    I Wonder as I Wander: The Life of John Jacob Niles

    By Ron Pen The University Press of Kentucky, September 2010 ISBN: 9780813125985 Music Styles, Folk & Traditional Language:  English
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  • “Lauterbach’s tribute . . . is welcome and overdue.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post“A well-researched valentine to a lost world of seedy con men, promoters and club owners, the power brokers and…
    The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll

    The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll

    By Preston Lauterbach rating of short cover   ( 129 customer ratings) W. W. Norton & Company, July 2011 ISBN: 9780393082258 Theory & Criticism, History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • The evolution of the record producer from organizer to auteur, from Phil Spector and George Martin to the rise of hip-hop and remixing.
    The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music

    The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music

    By Virgil Moorefield rating of short cover   ( 5 customer ratings) MIT Press, December 2005 ISBN: 9780262261012 Physics, Acoustics & Sound Language:  English
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  • Paul Weller wrote some of the best songs during his sabbatical with The Style Council - from savvy socially-conscious pop to effortless love songs. Between 1983 and 1985, its as if Paul was happiest…
    Mr Cool's Dream - Paul Weller with The Style Council

    Mr Cool's Dream - Paul Weller with The Style Council

    By Iain Munn rating of short cover   ( 4 customer ratings) Wholepoint Publications, October 2011 ISBN: 9780955144332 Reference, Discography & Buyer's Guides Language:  English
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