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A critical annotated guide to the existing literature on Elvis Presley.

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In a distinguished 43-year recording career that began with the recording of two duets by Blangini and Leguerney in 1944, this remarkably versatile artist recorded more than 750 titles in at least 15 languages.

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Smoley's book fills this need, providing critical analysis and specific recording information for all known recordings of Mahler's symphonies as well as indexes by conductor, orchestra, and label.

The result of extensive research, this volume includes many recordings that have not appeared in previous listings.

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This is a closely-documented history of the musical career of Waylon Jennings - from his early days as a member of Buddy Holly's group, The Crickets, through his sometimes combative relationship with the Nashville music establishment to his emergence as a force in the country music scene.

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For a quarter century, Melissa Etheridge has been one of the most iconic and prolific female rock musicians. This book critically examines this songwriter's portrayal of universal human emotions and experiences against the context of her life.

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Smith's 1975 album, Horses, was the first album released from the scene and established Smith as a major artist. Smith's impact on rock musicher rebellion against gender roles, her charismatic performances, her merging of poetry and music, and the way she's aged as a rock starhas been vast.

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This insightful biography looks at the turbulent lives, groundbreaking music and lyrics, and powerful brand of hip hop's infamous Wu-Tang Clan.

The Wu-Tang Clan and RZA: A Trip through Hip Hop's 36 Chambers chronicles the rise of the Wu-Tang Clan from an underground supergroup to a globally recognized musical conglomerate.

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An in-depth look at the rise of enigmatic Australian rock band TISM, the unexpected success of their 1995 album, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons, and the continued trajectory of their storied career.

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Musical performance on brass instruments has blossomed in the 20th century because of technical improvements in horn making, a vastly increased literature, and an astonishing number of outstanding players.

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"Uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a central document of Afro-diasporic music in 21st-century Lisbon and as a case study of postcolonial encounters in global popular music"--

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"Uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a central document of Afro-diasporic music in 21st-century Lisbon and as a case study of postcolonial encounters in global popular music"--

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Memorializes the singular talent of David McComb through a hauntological examination of contemporary recordings of his lost songs by various singers from Australias independent musical scene.

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Violet Balestreri Archer is a leading force in contemporary music of North America. Her own music has been performed throughout the world and at international festivals and music congresses.

This bio-bibliography is the first book-length study of Archer.

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Regarded by many as the finest American female composer of the 20th century, Vivian Fine's accomplishments ranged from the first performances of her work to the composition of a ballet choreographed by Martha Graham. This work provides a bibliography of her compositions.

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"Tells the story of how an underground cassette tape recorded in mere hours by the Ukrainian punk rock group known as "Ve-Ve" introduced a new aesthetics of irony and challenged the boundaries of official and unofficial culture in the late Soviet period of the 1980s"--

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"Eddie Condon (1905--1973) pioneered a kind of jazz popularly known as Chicago-Dixieland, though musicians refer to it simply as Condon style. Played by small ensembles with driving beat, it was and is"

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Gathers selections from letters, essays, criticism, and autobiographies by Telemann, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schuman, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, and Mahler.

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Thirteen musicians from diverse cultures, time periods, and stations in life are presented here as examples of what gifted and determined young people have achieved in their artistic careers before they turned 25 years old.