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This work is a revealing chronicle of Hip Hop culture from its beginnings three decades ago to the present, with an analysis of its influence on people and popular culture in the United States and around the world.

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A reference to hip-hop terms translates dozens of phrases and also features related lists of fashion labels, books, and mixed drinks, as well as biographical notes on famous rappers.

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As a platform for communicating the issues of marginalized peoples, hip-hop remains a universal, relevant art form. Moreover, hip-hop cultures affirmation of liberation pedagogy has great potential not only to address many current issues in educational contexts, but also to create more egalitarian ambitions in western public schools.

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Hip-hop's historical nature as a mouthpiece for marginalized peoples provides a platform for its universal-appeal and contemporary relevancy. Moreover, hip-hop culture's affirmation of a pedagogy of liberation has great potential not only to address many current issues in educational contexts, but also to create more egalitarian ambitions in western public schools.

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The fourth volume in the Greenwood series providing a near-definitive survey on the output of sound recordings made in Europe by The Gramophone Company (1900-1929), this work covers the Dutch area and includes a good deal of Belgian material as well.

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A companion volume to "La Voce del Padrone", this book provides a catalogue of French gramophone recordings made by the Gramophone Company Ltd between 1898 and 1929. Entries offer information on the name of the recording artist, the title, the date of the recording and the matrix number.

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This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, and specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, and instruments.

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This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on Broadway shows, composers, playwrights, directors, producer...

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An autobiographical and historical account of the evolution of Rock and Roll and Rhythm n Blues rhythms and its impact on our consciousness from an experienced drummer, teacher, producer, author, and artist.

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A popular music scholarship, analyzing the creative processes behind some very familiar hit singles from the 1960s. It examines a selection of songs and recordings through the lens of textual criticism and delineates the creative process as it unfolds from the initial conception of a song to the final mix presented on disc.

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Opera has fascinated and attracted audiences for more than four centuries. It has lasted for a simple reason: it's a great source of enjoyment.

Written by John Snelson, Commissioning Editor at The Royal Opera House, this book is a demonstration of how to listen to opera at its best, and understand how it works.

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Greenberg gives novice listeners and longtime classical music buffs alike the knowledge that will transform their listening experiences. Readers will become fluent in the language of music and versed in its enthralling history.

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Presents the tale of an artist who made it from the suburbs to the top of the pop music charts, graced the cover of every music magazine and lived the rock 'n' roll dream. Freud did the whole sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll thing, and is proof that there is life after rock.

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This is the personal insight into the life of the notorious mogul and Pop Idol judge, Simon Cowell. From his early days and his increasing fascination to the world of music to the backstage gossip on the latest series of Pop Idol, it's all here.

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From the mid-1940s until his death in 1979, Charles Mingus created an unparalleled body of recorded work. This work deals with the matter of his music. It is useful for jazz fans, musicians and music students. It aims to clear away old misconceptions about certain of Mingus' records, providing an overview of Mingus's work.

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A smart, witty, voraciously opinionated guide to rock 'n' roll.

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Highlights the diversity of the audience that is touched by and attracted to music that embraces and acknowledges death, at the same time subverting the cliches. This book explores how popular music deals with death, and how it documents the changing reality of what death means as one grows older.

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to be the first ever Western pop group to play in communist China - a masterstroke of PR which, in one swift stroke, would make them one of the biggest groups in the world.