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This book compiles entries on 100 consumer productsten per decadethat figured prominently in the rise of consumer culture in the United States, telling the story behind the century's most popular products, slogans, and symbols.

A unique format provides glimpses into American popular culture from each decade in the century.

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This comprehensive reference book provides succinct information on almost thirteen hundred musical stage works written and produced from the 1870s to the 1990s involving contributions by black librettists, lyricists, composers, musicians, producers, or performers or containing thematic materials relevant to the black experience.

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An analysis of the ideologies and artistic conventions of American movies includes examinations of films such as Casablanca, Taxi Driver, and The Godfather.

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This volume provides a valuable resource for instrumental conductors, conducting teachers, and students. A Conductor's Repertory of Chamber Music lists over one thousand original works for chamber ensembles ranging in size from nine to fifteen solo instruments.

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This comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of Steven Spielberg is written by some of the top scholars working in fields ranging from philosophy and art to history and film studies. The chapters illuminate for scholars and fans the entire artistic career of Steven Spielberg.

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A Critical Companion to Tim Burton is a comprehensive examination of Tim Burton's entire artistic career and film oeuvre. Each chapter in this book is scholarly yet accessible and the perspectives come from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

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In A Dictionary for the Modern Clarinet, scholar and musician Jane Ellsworth offers lovers of the clarinet the premiere reference book for information about this remarkable instrument.

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In this book, author and conductor Emily Freeman Brown offers easy-to-read definitions of key musical terms, translated foreign terms, examples of usage from orchestral music, and practical vocabulary in multiple languages.

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An indispensable guide for students of singing, vocal pedagogues, and lovers of the art of singing, this dictionary will help students to more fully understand the concepts articulated by their teachers. Topics include vocal pedagogy, voice science, vocal health, styles, genres, performers, diction, and other relevant topics.

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Filled with concise and detailed definitions, A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player includes biographies of prominent performers, teachers, instrument makers, and composers of trumpet solo and ensemble literature often omitted from other musical references.

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This unique discography of 78 RPM recordings extensively profiles solo and group horn performers, including chamber ensemble and orchestra recordings.

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This exhaustive and complete discography of Indian music issued on microgroove discs and cassettes provides information on over 2,700 recordings of classical and semiclassical music of the Indian subcontinent.

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An extensive investigation of the working relationship between two revered artists which bridges the gap between academic analysis and investigative journalism.

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Neil Young is arguably the only rock performer and songwriter whose work has retained the respect of a large following while gaining the allegiance of new generations. He has demonstrated a unique abi

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"Offers a fresh take on the controversial binational film project The Samurai's Daughter and New Earth, where the two directors Arnold Fanck and Itami Mansaku produced one version each in 1937 - a key wartime axis collaboration for German-Japanese relations"--

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Provides a detailed roadmap to Gould's career as performer, conductor, composer,writer and producer. Primarily a discography, the volume documents Gould's recordings and includes relevant archive sections and a bibliography of his published writings.

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The only comprehensive guide to the crime films of the forties and fifties, this volume focuses on the major events that shaped and molded the genre: war, alienation, drugs, and organized crime.

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Recent crime films such as Scarface, the Dirty Harry series, and The Godfather have captured the American imagination, but they owe a large debt to the early crime talkies such as The Public Enemy, Paul Muni's Scarface, and Little Caesar.

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The immense popularity of movies has its roots in the silent films of the early 1900s, this being especially true of the crime genre.

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This examination and comprehensive assessment of apocalyptic film studies fifty films that illustrate the variety, range and different categories of the genre.