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Art and Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen

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"Preferring Paul to John was like preferring Cliff Richard to Elvis Presley, or Donovan to Dylan. John was the leader; he was his own man."-Martin Amis

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"Huddie Ledbetter (1889--1949), known to millions of fans simply as Leadbelly, was arguably the most famous black singer in American history. His close musical associations included such towering figure"

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The first overview of music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, and a discussion of in what ways music journalists contribute to the people and music they write about.

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Published in 1845 as the first adequate account of Mozart to appear in English, Holmes' biography also was the first to be based upon Mozart's letters and the memoirs written following the composer's death in 1791.

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The London Philharmonic Orchestra has over 1000 recordings to its credit. This study contains 1300 entries relating to the orchestra, including live recordings and videos. Indexes cover soloists, singers (including full casts of operas), producers, engineers and recording companies.

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Australia likes to celebrate its musical heritage, but there are so many stories that haven't been told.

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Songs such as A Room with a View, The Stately Homes of England, Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Mrs Worthington are known and sung the world over. This edition gathers together over 250 of Nol Coward's lyrics, arranged in chronological order and grouped by show.

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"Among the many introductions to opera, this is perhaps the best. J. Merrill Knapp, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, divides his subject into two parts: In the first, he discusses the struct"

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Now fully updated with a new chapter: The classic introduction to the bebop era and the legendary performers who created it

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Matthew Smith-Lahrman sheds light on the words of Curt Kirkwood, founding member and songwriter of the Meat Puppets, a pioneering rock 'n' roll band of the last four decades. A lyricist whom Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder once rated alongside Bob Dylan, Kirkwood remains an important, yet overlooked songwriter.

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The Mendelssohn Companion represents a collection of advanced scholarly research in Mendelssohn studies that examines the composer's life and music.

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The Militant Song Movement in Latin America examines the history of the militant song movement in Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, considering their different political stances and musical deportments.

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This reference guide provides access to almost 1,000 books, book chapters, articles, and dissertations about the three Mozart-Da Ponte operas, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi fan tutte.

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Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective.

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Completely updated for the 21st century, "The Music Business" provides essential career advice and offers information on how to get started and advance in all areas of the music industry--from songwriting and performing to contracts, producing, criticism, commercials, concerts, engineering, and more.

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For three decades, Anthony Braxton has been alternately celebrated, dismissed and attacked for his musical innovations and attempts at reconciling historically divergent and often conflicting worldviews and principles. This is a biography of the man and his music.

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The discography covers Billy May as arranger and composer from 1944-1998, as sideman and arranger for others, his work on radio, television, movies, and international appearances, his road band, recordings, both domestic and foreign, and his transcriptions.

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Award-winning music historian J. Peter Burkholder explores Charles Ivess diverse musical output and unusual career, discussing about thirty of the best and most characteristic pieces framed with biographical sketches. Offering readers of any background a guide to listening, this book is an ideal introduction to the iconic, American composer.

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Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is today widely regarded as one of America's foremost experimental composers. these essays reveal as much about Feldman's own work and attitudes as they do about the work and thought of the many composers and artists about whom he wrote.