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The first full-length volume on the life work of one of the most well-known and prolific masters of our time, William Thomas McKinley: A Bio-Bibliography provides both musicologists and performers with a guide toward further exploration of the composer and his music.

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The first biography of the legendary, beloved, long-running band Little Feat, by veteran music journalist Ben Fong-Torres.

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In this work, the music is placed in context: why it was written, where it was played, and how it influenced other genres.

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This book addresses a highly complex and elusive matter: why the Christian Church was able to contribute so generously to music from its earliest days through the 18th century and why it has suffered since that time from a creeping artistic paralysis.

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The stories contained within With our Words, We CREATE reveal what inspired the lyrics to brotha James' songs, the journey each song took to get to its current version, and what he hopes listeners and readers will take away from his music. Each story includes a set of questions to aid readers in self-reflection, with the intent of inspiring readers to live meaningful lives.

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It includes a detailed catalogue of the composer's works and performances, including his film music, incidental music for the theatre, music for radio plays, and songs he composed under a pseudonym, as well as a bibliography, discography, and brief biographical sketch.

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This volume offers an introduction to the field of women, music, and culture, examining the implications of gender upon music performance.

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This discography is successful in its attempt to `present a complete picture of women instrumentalists' recording activity from 1913 to 1968.' Jan Leder also shows the significant contributions made by women in jazz and their involvement playing jazz since its beginnings.

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In the first comprehensive exploration of women's bands in American history, contributors trace women's emerging roles in town, immigrant, family, school, suffrage, military, swing, and rock bands, as well as society at large. Contributors bring together a series of discipline...

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An unforgettable time, documented in this exhaustively researched reference work.

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The preponderance of early Black composers wrote choral music and even the most outstanding among them did not compose works for woodwinds.

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Cohan, the American theatre's first important lyricist, and continuing up into the 1980s, the book presents an overall history of the musical theatre during this century.

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Verbal notation is commonly used in experimental music, as well as related areas of arts practice involving performance or object making. This book focuses on an approach to notation that uses the written word, as opposed to symbols, to convey information to whoever chooses to interpret the notation.

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A guide to the world of contemporary and electronic music.

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The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage. -- .

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The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage. -- .

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Working On a Dream is a powerful and engaging study of this songwriter and performer's art. Springsteen has consistently summoned his creative power and artistic vision to indict political developments and demand the cultivation of a more compassionate and progressive society.

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Now available for a new generation of swing enthusiasts, reissued to coincide with the release of "The World of Swing" CD from Columbia/Legacy, this monumental history of big band jazz, documented through interviews with forty leading musicians, has been updated with a new introduction and discography by Dan Morgenstern.

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Offers the definitive study of the work of Bob Dylan, examining his creative persona and philosophy. In this comprehensive study, the author explores the convergence of biography, artistic philosophy, and musical style in Bob Dylan's oeuvre. It tackles each period of its subject's five-decade career and traces the entire history of Dylan's career.

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In Writing Music for Commercials: Television, Radio, and New Media, professor, composer, arranger, and producer Michael Zager describes the process of composing and arranging music specifically for commercials across the growing variety of media formats.

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In Writing Music for Commercials: Television, Radio, and New Media, professor, composer, arranger, and producer Michael Zager describes the process of composing and arranging music specifically for commercials across the growing variety of media formats.