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Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.
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Howard Kaylan &
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19 May 2013 |
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Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret
Carefully researched, filled with numerous anecdotes collected from fans and with insights gathered from Etheridge's friends and colleagues, Our Little Secret also features a useful bibliography of some 250 sources and a comprehensive discography. Biographer ...more |
Joyce Luck |
17 May 2013 |
$10.95 |
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First Five
Rollins, a singer for the hardcore punk group Black Flag in the '80s, has emerged as a '90s post-punk renaissance man and a prolific writer. This voluminous collection of Rollins' first five books shows the evolution of a man grinding his way through ...more |
Henry Rollins |
14 May 2013 |
$20.00 |
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Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan Softcover
Stevie Ray Vaughan bluesman guitarist and legend was only 35 at the time of his death but in his lifetime he managed to revitalize the blues influence a generation of guitarists and produce a phenomenal body of work. His story is told in detail here ...more |
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14 May 2013 |
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The Careers of British Musicians, 1750-1850
The study of the social context of music must consider the day-to-day experiences of its practitioners; their economic, social, professional, and artistic goals; and the material and cultural conditions under which these goals were pursued. This book traces ...more |
Deborah Rohr |
14 May 2013 |
$42.00 |
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World Don't Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards
This vivid oral snapshot of an America that planted the blues is full of rhythmic grace. From the son of a sharecropper to an itinerant bluesman, Honeyboy's stories of good friends Charlie Patton, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, and Robert Johnson ...more |
David Honeyboy Edwards |
13 May 2013 |
$11.95 |
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David Bowie - The Man Who Changed the World
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Wim Hendrikse |
13 May 2013 |
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The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
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Harry Browne |
12 May 2013 |
$16.95 |
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Drifter's War
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was one of jazz's greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy-five. Interviewing Duke's friends, fans ...more |
William C. Dietz |
8 May 2013 |
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Read & Burn: A Book About Wire
(Book). Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical accident. Despite the fact that they ...more |
Wilson Neate |
6 May 2013 |
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Hugo Wolf and his Mörike Songs
Viennese composer Hugo Wolf produced one of the most important song collections of the nineteenth century when he set to music fifty-three poems by the great German poet Eduard M ...more |
Susan Youens |
3 May 2013 |
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Love Him Madly: An Intimate Memoir of Jim Morrison
Chronicling a young woman's four-year relationship with the lead singer of the Doors, this intensely intimate memoir provides a direct and unprecedented view of the late-1960s Los Angeles subculture. When Judy Huddleston's parents got divorced, she spent |
Judy Huddleston |
3 May 2013 |
$13.99 |
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Monteverdi and the End of the Renaissance
Combining a close study of Monteverdi's secular works with recent research on late Renaissance history, Gary Tomlinson places the composer's creative career in its broad cultural context and illuminates the state of Italian music, poetry, and ideology ...more |
Gary Tomlinson |
18 Apr 2013 |
$31.95 |
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101 Amazing Justin Timberlake Facts
Are you the world's biggest Justin Timberlake fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the SexyBack superstar, actor and ex *NSYNC singer? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 amazing facts about everything, ...more |
Frankie Taylor &
Jack Goldstein |
17 Apr 2013 |
$2.99 |
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101 Amazing Spice Girls Facts
Are you the world's biggest Spice Girls fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the Girl Power band who took the world by storm in the 90s - and are still popular today? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
17 Apr 2013 |
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101 Amazing Spice Girls Facts
Are you the world's biggest Spice Girls fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the Girl Power band who took the world by storm in the 90s - and are still popular today? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
17 Apr 2013 |
$2.99 |
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101 Amazing Justin Timberlake Facts
Are you the world's biggest Justin Timberlake fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the SexyBack superstar, actor and ex *NSYNC singer? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 amazing facts about everything, ...more |
Frankie Taylor &
Jack Goldstein |
17 Apr 2013 |
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101 Amazing Miley Cyrus Facts
Are you the world's biggest Miley Cyrus fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the ex Hannah Montana actress who is now a global superstar? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 amazing facts about everything, ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
17 Apr 2013 |
$2.99 |
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One Direction - The Unofficial Book of Everything
Do you want to become the ultimate Directioner? Do you want to know everything about Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn? Want to prove your knowledge with not just one but TWO quizzes? If so, then this is the book for you! It contains all five of Jack ...more |
Jack Goldstein |
17 Apr 2013 |
$6.99 |
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101 Amazing Miley Cyrus Facts
Are you the world's biggest Miley Cyrus fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the ex Hannah Montana actress who is now a global superstar? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 amazing facts about everything, ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
17 Apr 2013 |
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CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage
John Cage was one of America's most renowned composers from the 1940s until his death in 1992. But he was also a much-admired writer and artist, and a uniquely attractive personality able to present his ideas engagingly wherever he went. As an interview ...more |
Peter Dickinson |
14 Apr 2013 |
$24.78 |
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Welcome To Modern Artist Development
Modern Artist Development arms you with all the necessary skills and tools you need to be the very best fully formed ARTIST and get noticed by Labels, Investors, Managers, Agents, Publisher's & Sponsors. ...more |
Roy Hamilton III |
5 Apr 2013 |
$3.99 |
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Polka King: The Life and Times of Polka Music's Living Legend
Arguably the most important polka practitioner of his generation, reedist/vocalist Jimmy Sturr has won an eye-popping 18 Grammy Awards, and when you hear his exuberant brand of the music that is his heart and soul, you'll understand why. Blending the timeless ...more |
Jimmy Sturr |
1 Apr 2013 |
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An Intimate Portrait of Sidney Foster: Pianist... Mentor
The great American pianist Sidney Foster is remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character. This book includes commentary by numerous students, Mr. Foster's own words from a workshop he conducted for teachers, ...more |
Imelda Delgado |
1 Apr 2013 |
$39.99 |
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The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was all ...more |
Greil Marcus |
31 Mar 2013 |
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101 Amazing Mumford & Sons Facts
Are you a fan of world-famous folk rock band Mumford & Sons? Do you want to know everything there is to know about the multi-instrumentalist Grammy-award-winning chart-toppers? If so, then this is the book for you. Contained within are over one hundred ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
16 Mar 2013 |
$2.99 |
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101 Amazing Mumford & Sons Facts
Are you a fan of world-famous folk rock band Mumford & Sons? Do you want to know everything there is to know about the multi-instrumentalist Grammy-award-winning chart-toppers? If so, then this is the book for you. Contained within are over one hundred ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
16 Mar 2013 |
$2.99 |
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Handbook of Texas Music
The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State's landscape. According to Casey Monahan, "To travel Texas with music as your guide is a year-round opportunity to experience first-hand this amazing cultural force….
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Laurie E. Jasinski |
12 Mar 2013 |
$27.95 |
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One Woman in a Hundred: Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Gifted harpist Edna Phillips (1907-2003) joined the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1930, becoming not only that ensemble's first female member but also the first woman to hold a principal position in a major American orchestra. Plucked from the Curtis Institute ...more |
Mary Sue Welsh |
2 Mar 2013 |
$31.50 |
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Alec Wilder
An all-embracing composer of popular and classical music ...more |
Philip Lambert |
2 Mar 2013 |
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Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters
Offering fans an extensive look at the artist's own words throughout the past four decades, Springsteen on Springsteen brings together Q&A–formatted articles, speeches, and features that incorporate significant interview material. No one is better |
Jeff Burger |
28 Feb 2013 |
$22.99 |
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I Was the First Woman Phil Spector Killed: An Autobiogrpahy In Essays of Beverly Ross, Brill Building Songwriter of "Lollipop" a
Tell all memoir of one of Rock 'N' Roll's earliest pioneer songwriters, Beverly Ross ("Lollipop," "Judy's Turn to Cry," "Girl of My Best Friend" recorded by Elvis). Self-sabotage, artistic ambition, and behind the scenes intrigue are the recurring themes ...more |
Beverly Ross |
27 Feb 2013 |
$9.99 |
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101 Amazing Facts About The Saturdays
Are you a fan of world famous girl band The Saturdays? Do you want to know everything there is to know about Frankie, Mollie, Una, Rochelle and Vanessa? If so, then this is the book for you. Contained within are over one hundred amazing facts about everything ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
22 Feb 2013 |
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101 Amazing Facts About The Saturdays
Are you a fan of world famous girl band The Saturdays? Do you want to know everything there is to know about Frankie, Mollie, Una, Rochelle and Vanessa? If so, then this is the book for you. Contained within are over one hundred amazing facts about everything ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
22 Feb 2013 |
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101 Amazing Little Mix Facts
Are you a fan of world famous girl band Little Mix? Do you want to know everything there is to know about Perrie, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Jade? if so, then this is the book for you. Contained within are over one hundred amazing facts about everything from ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
22 Feb 2013 |
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101 Amazing Little Mix Facts
Are you a fan of world famous girl band Little Mix? Do you want to know everything there is to know about Perrie, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Jade? if so, then this is the book for you. Contained within are over one hundred amazing facts about everything from ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
22 Feb 2013 |
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Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of The Kingston Trio
In Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of The Kingston Trio, the first in-depth biography of America's first recording super-group, William J. Bush retraces the band members' personal and professional lives, from their rapid rise to stardom to ...more |
William J. Bush |
14 Feb 2013 |
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Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art
Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art is the biography of an African American icon and a demonstration of historian Lindsey R. Swindall's knack for thorough, detailed research and reflection.
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Lindsey R. Swindall |
13 Feb 2013 |
$37.99 |
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The Great Orchestrator: Arthur Judson and American Arts Management
The powerful music manager behind world-class orchestras and virtuoso artists in the early twentieth century ...more |
James M. Doering |
12 Feb 2013 |
$30.00 |
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Walking Among Giants: From Elvis to Garth: The Bobby Wood Story
If you browse through the greatest recordings in history, you will find one name appearing again and again--Bobby Wood. Bobby has left his mark on this world one lick at a time. His ability to create memorable hooks of soul and simplicity explains his ...more |
Bobby Wood |
12 Feb 2013 |
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Prince: The Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon
This much-needed interdisciplinary analysis is the first of its kind to examine critically Prince's popular music, performances, sounds, lyrics and the plethora of accompanying visual material such as album covers, posters, fashions, promotional videos ...more |
Stan Hawkins &
Sarah Niblock |
4 Feb 2013 |
$99.95 |
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Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967
In this second volume of Rayno's magisterial treatment of the life and music of this remarkable maestro, Whiteman's career during the second half of his life is explored in the fullest detail, as Whiteman conquers the worlds of theater and vaudeville, ...more |
Don Rayno |
2 Feb 2013 |
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Five Lives in Music: Women Performers, Composers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present
Representing a historical cross-section of performance and training in Western music since the seventeenth century, Five Lives in Music brings to light the private and performance lives of five remarkable women musicians and composers. Elegantly guiding ...more |
Cecelia Hopkins Porter |
31 Jan 2013 |
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Chopin
Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) was one of the most influential musicians of the 19th Century. Discovered as a child-prodigy pianist in his native Poland, he later travelled to France, where he remained after the Polish uprising of 1830-31. There he gave |
James Huneker |
28 Jan 2013 |
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Elliott Carter
This compact study provides a fresh perspective on one of the most significant American composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A leading voice of the American classical music tradition and a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, ...more |
James Wierzbicki |
25 Jan 2013 |
$18.00 |
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
This is the first in-depth biography of the troubled genius Kurt Cobain. Based on exclusive access to Cobains unpublished diaries, more than 400 interviews, four years of research, and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobains life ...more |
Charles R. Cross |
18 Jan 2013 |
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A History of Russian Music - Being An Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Russian School Of Composers, With A Survey Of Thei
M. Montagu-Nathan takes an in-depth look and the history of Russian music, and a special look at the rise and progress of the Russian School of Composers. Contents include: Introduction; Part 1- The Pre-nationalists. Volkoff- Berezovsky, Bortniansky and ...more |
M. Montagu-Nathan |
16 Jan 2013 |
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Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues
Detailing the career of Joe Evans, Follow Your Heart chronicles the career of Joe Evans, an alto saxophonist who between 1939 and 1965 performed with some of America's greatest musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, ...more |
Joe Evans &
Christopher Brooks |
11 Jan 2013 |
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Backstage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards
ÊA rock 'n roll classic back in print updated and revised.ÊÞOne of the funniest rock memoirs ever Al Kooper's legendary ÊBackstage PassesÊ is available again] Al's quirkly life from would'be teenage rocker to crashing Bob Dylan's recording sessi ...more |
Al Kooper |
11 Jan 2013 |
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Great Singers: Faustina Bordoni to Henrietta Sontag
A fantastic look at the life of seven historical singers: • Faustino Bordoni • Catarina Gabrielli • Sophie Arnould • Elizabeth Billington and Her Contemporaries • Angelica Catalani • Giuditta Pasta • He ...more |
George Ferris |
10 Jan 2013 |
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Roadshow: Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle
For thirty years, drummer, author, and songwriter Neil Peart had wanted to write a book about “the biggest journey of all in my restless existence: the life of a touring musician." Finally, the right time, and the right tour . . .In the summer of ...more |
Neil Peart |
3 Jan 2013 |
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The Man Who Killed the Hamsters - A Biography of Ian Moss
A Biography of Ian Moss 'I met Moet at Steve's house - he was in a band with Mardy and Robert. He was a sour-faced cherub but as I was to find out, as sharp as a pin.' - Bob Williams.'In 1970/71, he was the only kid in the class who went home for lunch, ...more |
Stephen Dobson |
29 Dec 2012 |
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Kraftwerk
When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream – and yet it is impossible now to imagine the history of popular music without them. Today, Kraftwerk are ...more |
Sean Albiez |
28 Dec 2012 |
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98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music
Maceo Parker's signature style became the lynchpin of James Brown's band when he and his brother Melvin joined the Hardest Working Man in Show Business in 1964. That style helped define Brown's brand of funk, and the phrase "Maceo, I want you to blow!" |
Maceo Parker |
21 Dec 2012 |
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The Deadly Snakes: Real Rock and Roll Tonight
The Deadly Snakes: Real Rock and Roll Tonight charts the rise and gentle fall of Canada's greatest band. Unwilling to bow to industry demands, the Deadly Snakes instead made records they were proud of and played music by their own rules. From their chaotic ...more |
J. B. Staniforth |
18 Dec 2012 |
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Jake Hanna: The Rhythm and Wit of a Swinging Jazz Drummer
(Meredith Music Resource). This colorful memoir of the great jazz drummer and witty storyteller recounts his life story and career through tributes, recollections and anecdotes many of them his own hilarious quips from more than 170 friends, fans, and ...more |
Maria Judge |
16 Dec 2012 |
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Bruce Springsteen FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Boss
(FAQ). Long before he sold 120 million albums globally in a career that has endured artistically and commercially like no other performer's in the rock era, Bruce Springsteen was a working-class New Jersey kid with a dream and a guitar. By the time he ...more |
John D. Luerssen |
16 Dec 2012 |
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I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues
Providing a clear look into the life of one of the greatest Mississippi bluesmen, this is the first biography of the late Skip James, perhaps the most creative and idiosyncratic of all blues musicians. His 1931 performances of "Devil Got My Woman," "I'm ...more |
Stephen Calt |
11 Dec 2012 |
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Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South
As one of the first African American vocalists to be recorded, Bessie Smith is a prominent figure in American popular culture and African American history. Michelle R. Scott uses Smith's life as a lens to investigate broad issues in history, including ...more |
Michelle R. Scott |
10 Dec 2012 |
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Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers
This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines ...more |
John Broven |
10 Dec 2012 |
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Kaija Saariaho
This book is the first comprehensive study of the music and career of contemporary composer Kaija Saariaho. Born in Finland in 1952, Saariaho received her early musical training at the Sibelius Academy, where her close circle included composer and conductor ...more |
Pirkko Moisala |
10 Dec 2012 |
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George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait
A dynamic, fast-paced biography of George Gershwin that has the verve and staccato drive of a book the composer himself might have written. Rimler gives us a fuller, more complex, more humorous, and more vulnerable picture of Gershwin than has yet appeared ...more |
Walter Rimler |
10 Dec 2012 |
$26.96 |
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George Szell: A Life of Music
This book is the first full biography of George Szell, one of the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth century. From child prodigy pianist and composer to world-renowned conductor, Szell's career spanned seven decades, and he led most ...more |
Michael Charry |
9 Dec 2012 |
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Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J. D. Crowe
In this first biography of legendary banjoist J. D. Crowe, Marty Godbey charts the life and career of one of bluegrass's most important innovators. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Crowe picked up the banjo when he was thirteen years old, inspired ...more |
Marty Godbey |
9 Dec 2012 |
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Carla Bley
This is the first comprehensive treatment of the remarkable music and influence of Carla Bley, a highly innovative American jazz composer, pianist, organist, band leader, and activist. Amy C. Beal gives fastidious attention to Bley's diverse compositions ...more |
Amy C. Beal |
8 Dec 2012 |
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Christian Wolff
In this first interpretive narrative of the life and work of Christian Wolff, Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund trace the influences and sensibilities of a contemporary composer's atypical career path and restless imagination. Written in full cooperation ...more |
Michael Hicks &
Christian Asplund |
8 Dec 2012 |
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Robert Ashley
_x000B_This book explores the life and works of the pioneering opera composer Robert Ashley, one of the leading American composers of the post-Cage generation. Ashley's innovations began in the 1960s when he, along with Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, and ...more |
Kyle Gann |
8 Dec 2012 |
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Marga Richter
This is the first full-length introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more than one hundred works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance, opera, voice, chorus, piano, organ, and harpsichord. ...more |
Sharon Mirchandani |
8 Dec 2012 |
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Beatles for Sale: How Everything They Touched Turned to Gold
(Book). Beatles for Sale is a brand new way of looking at a story you may think you know inside out. Author John Blaney shows for the first time how the group and their inner circle invented so much of what we now recognize as the modern business of making ...more |
John Blaney |
2 Dec 2012 |
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Memories of Dr Shinichi Suzuki: Son of His Environment
Suzuki may be a name renowned for automobiles, but this book introduces us to a very different Suzuki - the Suzuki who was a world leader in the teaching of music. Dr Shinichi Suzuki, creator of "The Suzuki Method", is well remembered for his extraordinary ...more |
Lois Shepheard |
1 Dec 2012 |
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Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline
This definitive biography, based on exclusive and extensive interviews with Patsy Cline's mother, husband, and the country stars who knew and loved her, is now updated to feature a host of never-before-published photographs and letters and an afterword |
Ellis Nassour |
29 Nov 2012 |
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Elmer Iseler: Choral Visionary
In a career that spanned five decades, Elmer Iseler, who became the country's most decorated musician, was pivotal to the development of choral music in Canada. ...more |
Walter Pitman |
28 Nov 2012 |
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Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
Dameronia is the first authoritative biography of Tadd Dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history as one of the most significant composers and arrangers of jazz, swing, bebop, and big band. He arranged for names like Count Basie, ...more |
Paul Combs |
28 Nov 2012 |
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Strings Attached: The Life and Music of John Williams
Strings Attached is the much anticipated authorised biography of John Williams, one of the most accomplished and celebrated musicians of his generation. From his childhood in Australia to his stellar career in London and around the world, John Williams ...more |
William Starling |
21 Nov 2012 |
$32.08 |
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Passion vs. Duty
The prodigiously gifted Felix Mendelssohn astounded audiences everywhere with his prowess as pianist and conductor, and he caused them to marvel at his phenomenal memory and the power and sensitivity of his public performances. But already in his early ...more |
Helen Martens |
31 Oct 2012 |
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Far from Over: The Music and Life of Drake, The Unofficial Story
Spotlighting one of today's most talked about and successful musicians, this unauthorized biography showcases the Grammy-nominated talent of hip-hop artist Aubrey Graham, aka Drake. The account reveals the entertainer as a triple threat: a rapper, a singer, |
Dalton Higgins |
26 Oct 2012 |
$12.95 |
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The Music and Life of Theodore "Fats" Navarro: Infatuation
This is the first comprehensive study of the music and life of Theodore 'Fats' Navarro. It provides biographical, discographical, and analytical information on the trumpeter and his recorded legacy, offering new perspectives on Navarro's role in the history ...more |
Leif Bo Petersen &
Theo Rehak |
11 Oct 2012 |
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The Impossible Dream: The Story of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers
(Book). Not actually brothers, John (Maus), Gary (Leeds) and Scott (Engel) succeeded against the odds, becoming one of world's biggest bands of 1966/67. With that came hit records including two British chart-toppers, "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The ...more |
Anthony Reynolds |
11 Oct 2012 |
$19.95 |
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Rockin' in the Desert
In the early days of recording in Arizona. Phoenix was isolated from National record distribution. Local musicians that wanted to record, had to drive out to the West Coast. In the mid-1950's this all changed when Floyd Ramsey set up Audio-Recorders of ...more |
Bob Morritt |
7 Oct 2012 |
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Luigi Russolo, Futurist: Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult
Luigi Russolo (1885-1947)-painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement-was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. As creator of the first systematic poetics of noise ...more |
Luciano Chessa |
7 Oct 2012 |
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Pepper Adams' Joy Road: An Annotated Discography
Pepper Adams' Joy Road not only compiles the sessions and gigs of the greatest baritone saxophone soloist in history, but it's a fascinating overview of Adams' life and times through colorful interviews with Adams and other musicians. ...more |
Gary Carner |
3 Oct 2012 |
$74.99 |
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Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar
Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells. Based in part on four hours of previously unreleased and unpublicized deathbed |
Peter Benjaminson |
28 Sep 2012 |
$21.99 |
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Earl Hooker, Blues Master
The life and early death of a South Side guitar genius, the greatest unheralded Chicago blues-maker Jimi Hendrix called Earl Hooker "the master of the wah-wah pedal." Buddy Guy slept with one of Hooker's slides beneath his pillow hoping to tap some of |
Sebastian Danchin |
28 Sep 2012 |
$125.00 |
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Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man Revised and Updated
(Book). Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man is a look at the superstar's entire career, including his troubled youth as a gang member; the controversy surrounding his first hit, "Captain Jack"; his legal problems; his storied marriage ...more |
Hank Bordowitz |
22 Sep 2012 |
$19.99 |
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Prince: Chaos, Disorder, and Revolution
(Book). Prince has cut a singular path through the heart of popular music for more than 30 years. After making some of the most inventive albums of the '80s including 1999 , Purple Rain and Sign of the Times he turned his attention to redefining his role ...more |
Jason Draper |
21 Sep 2012 |
$19.99 |
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Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet: His Life and Times
For his centennial, an indispensable biography of Artie Shaw, the legendary big-band leader, virtuoso clarinetist, and renegade in music and romance. ...more |
Tom Nolan |
21 Sep 2012 |
$29.95 |
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Opening Windows: Confessions of a Canadian Vocal Coach
Stuart Hamilton, a well-known Canadian musician, has been in the forefront of music in Canada for more than 60 years. Along the way, he has encountered, as a vocal coach and accompanist, most of the great Canadian singers of the last half of the 20th century ...more |
Stuart Hamilton |
20 Sep 2012 |
$29.99 |
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True Tales from the Mad, Mad, Mad World of Opera
Everything about opera is larger than life, but the bigger the art form, the bigger the potential for disaster. When things go wrong at the opera house, they really go wrong. No one has a greater or more intimate knowledge of such moments than Lotfi Mansouri. ...more |
Lotfi Mansouri &
Mark Hernandez |
20 Sep 2012 |
$19.99 |
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Here and Now! The Autobiography of Pat Martino
(Book). By age 16, Pat Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's touring musical revue. By age 18, Martino moved to Harlem, where he quickly earned a reputation as a hard-bopping six-stringer with formidable chops through a series ...more |
Pat Martino |
16 Sep 2012 |
$24.99 |
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Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man
(Book). Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, and others brought in bags full of discs from a trip to Brazil in 1961. Stan Getz listened to them and recorded "Desafinado," which stayed for 70 weeks on the Billboard charts. Since then, no one can deny bossa nova's ...more |
Helena Jobim |
16 Sep 2012 |
$27.99 |
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Don Andres and Paquita: The Life of Segovia in Montevideo
(Amadeus). This heartbreaking tale uncovers a mystery in the life of one of the most important personalities of the twentieth century, guitarist Andres Segovia (1893-1987). He married the widowed Paquita Madriguera (1900-1965), famous child prodigy pianist ...more |
Alfredo Escande |
16 Sep 2012 |
$34.99 |
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KISS FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Hottest Band in the Land
(FAQ). Since 1973, KISS has recorded over 20 studio albums; been recognized as an innovator in rock presentations; witnessed a firestorm of rumors and controversies; remained a thorn in critics' sides; and continues to surprise its massive fan-following, ...more |
Dale Sherman |
16 Sep 2012 |
$22.99 |
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Conducting Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro
(Amadeus). Conducting an orchestra is something that is seen as well as heard, but it is quite misunderstood when it comes to knowing what this person actually does for a living. This most mysterious of jobs is brought to life for the music lover as well ...more |
Leonard Slatkin |
16 Sep 2012 |
$27.99 |
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Adventures of a Waterboy
(Book). "I was six or seven when I noticed the music in my head. It was there in the classroom, on the football pitch, at the dinner table, when I went to sleep and when I woke up. And it's continued ever since." As a teenager in Scotland, Mike Scott played ...more |
Mike Scott |
16 Sep 2012 |
$19.95 |
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Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788-1791
A fresh look at the life of Mozart during his imperial years by one of the world's leading Mozart scholars. "I now stand at the gateway to my fortune," Mozart wrote in a letter of 1790. He had entered into the service of Emperor Joseph II of Austria two |
Christoph Wolff |
6 Sep 2012 |
$27.95 |
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Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll
# 4 on the Christian Science Monitor's List of "Smart Nonfiction Titles We Think You'll Enjoy This Summer"
Featured in Summer Reading Specials from the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and CMT
A vibrant biography of one of the |
Marc Dolan |
6 Sep 2012 |
$29.95 |
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Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie
The groundbreaking biography, available for the centennial of Woody Guthrie's birth in July 2012. A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. Ed Cray, the first biographer to be granted access |
Ed Cray |
6 Sep 2012 |
$17.95 |
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Hendrix on Hendrix: Interviews and Encounters with Jimi Hendrix
Though many books have chronicled Jimi Hendrix's brilliant but tragically brief musical career, this is the first to use his own words to paint a detailed portrait of the man behind the guitar. With selections carefully chosen by one of the world's leading |
Steven Roby |
27 Aug 2012 |
$19.99 |
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101 Amazing JLS Facts
Are you the world's biggest JLS fan? Do you know everything there is to know about one of the world's best-loved boy bands? Then this is the book for you! In this easy-to-digest eBook are 101 facts about your favourite group - do you know all of them? ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
27 Aug 2012 |
$2.99 |
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101 Amazing JLS Facts
Are you the world's biggest JLS fan? Do you know everything there is to know about one of the world's best-loved boy bands? Then this is the book for you! In this easy-to-digest eBook are 101 facts about your favourite group - do you know all of them? ...more |
Jack Goldstein &
Frankie Taylor |
27 Aug 2012 |
$2.99 |
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