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Colossal Youth is brilliant record, a cult favorite, and a continuing influence on musicians today. More importantly, however, it's a hinge on which punk rock as a whole turns.

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Whether on vinyl or MP3, the album has become an integral part of our cultural history. This work tells the stories behind the groundbreaking, influential, and often controversial albums ever recorded, such as: "Pet Sounds" (The Beach Boys), "What's Going On" (Marvin Gay), "London Calling" (The Clash), and "No Fences" (Garth Brooks).

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This is a series of unorthodox peices that analyze some 40 of the author's favorite jazz records. The book is intended to make people listen to records which we believe are worth listening to again.

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This guide provides the teacher and performer with information on approximately 300 works for violin and viola in solo, with piano, and with orchestra. The annotated entries provide practical information with regard to level of difficulty, musical language, and duration and number of movements. The music is placed in its historical context.

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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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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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Examines punk as a movement. This book contains descriptions of the sounds, and places those sounds in the context of history. Drawing on many fanzines, magazines, and newspapers, it provides a portrait of the ways in which punk was an expression of defiance. It covers many of the legendary punk bands, as well as the obscure, forgotten ones.

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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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As a result, hes seen ghosts up close and personal, whether it be while combing through an abandoned house in his native Iowa as a child or recording an album in the fabled Houdini Hollywood Hills mansion. Simply put, hes seen ghosts, but he hasnt seen Jesus.

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Designed as a practical reference guide for professional pianists and piano teachers, A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume I, is an annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century.

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A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk referenceto locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources.

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The Grateful Dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. Not just a brilliant rock biography, it forms a compelling portrait of America's West Coast from the halcyon days of Magic Buses and Merry Pranksters to the corporate dawn of the twenty-first century.

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Tawa considers the musical and social ramifications influencing the American composer between 1950 and 1985. Insightful commentaries and a highly readable text combine to focus on all contemporary musical styles from the most traditional to the most experimental in relation to modern American life.

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From the first run of Guys and Dolls in 1950 to the recent hit Rent, Broadway producer Stuart Ostrow takes us on a behind-the-scenes historical tour of the Broadway musical.

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The six string quartets comprising Joseph Haydn's Opus 20 (composed in 1772) are the first works in the genre to have received consistent critical attention from writers on music.

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This work provides a detailed guide through Chopin's set of 24 interconnected Preludes. It examines the Preludes both individually and as a group, and assesses both technical and expressive means and ends.