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Brand: Arcadia Publishing
When the Peerless Quartet wrote "Way Down On Tampa Bay" in 1914, Tampa Bay's musical roots started growing. Tampa Bay is where Ray Charles created his first song, Hank Ballard wrote and recorded "The Twist," and the Rolling Stones cranked out their..
23.26£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
Carole King's Tapestry is both an anthemic embodiment of second-wave feminism and an apotheosis of the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter sound and scene. And these two elements of the album's historic significance are closely related insofar as the pr..
14.67£
Brand: University of Chicago Press
From the earliest days of rock and roll, white artists regularly achieved fame, wealth, and success that eluded the Black artists whose work had preceded and inspired them. This dynamic continued into the 1960s, even as the music and its fans grew t..
30.34£
Brand: Liveright
In this magisterial volume, Harvey Sachs, author of the highly acclaimed biography Toscanini, takes readers into the heart of ten great works of classical music-works that have endured because they were created by composers who had a genius for draw..
33.21£
Brand: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9781737480808Publisher: University of Virginia PressImprint: Virginia Glee ClubPublished date: 30 Apr 2022Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 298Weight: 544gHeight: 229mmWidth: 152mmSpine width: 21mm..
33.96£
Brand: McFarland Publishers
In the whole body of Christmas carols sung in English, among the most famous and beloved is a song universally called "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Although its association with the holiday remains unquestioned, the tune was originally a raucous d..
34.06£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
In Janelle Monáe's full-length debut, the science fiction concept album The ArchAndroid, the android Cindi Mayweather is on the run from the authorities for the crime of loving a human. Living in 28th century Metropolis, Cindi fights for survival, s..
14.78£
Brand: Faber & Faber
Michael Jackson died on June 25 2009 in Los Angeles, from of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication (according to Wikipedia). The one-time King of Pop was preparing for one last assault on the mainstream with a proposed 50 night run of shows..
13.98£
Brand: University of Chicago Press
The remarkable story of how modern Irish music was shaped and spread through the brash efforts of a Chicago police chief.Irish music as we know it today was invented not just in the cobbled lanes of Dublin or the green fields of County Kerry, but al..
29.36£
June 1, 1967, is a landmark moment not just for the Beatles but also for the world of rock and roll as it marks the release date for one of the most famous albums in the history of modern music. The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper: A Fans' Perspective is ab..
13.93£ 19.32£
The Beatles Finally Let It Be includes the January 1969 rehearsals and recording sessions; the unreleased "Get Back" albums; "Let It Be" and "Let It Be...Naked;" along with American; British and Canadian perspectives. This volume also includes a det..
23.85£
The Beatles "Get Back"/"Let It Be" sessions and the resulting unreleased and released albums and bootlegged recordings are among the most interesting and confusing aspects of the Beatles recorded legacy. Bruce Spizer's fourth installment in his Beat..
36.26£
In July of 1969 the Beatles returned to Abbey Road studios; where they had first begun their incredible partnership with producer George Martin; seven years earlier. The band recaptured the magic and camaraderie from the earliest sessions and Abbey ..
23.03£
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine is the latest installment in the Beatles Album Series by Beatles historian Bruce Spizer. The book covers the songs and projects undertaken by the Beatles shortly after completion of their album S..
39.09£
For many Beatles fans, the group's two-disc set from November 1968 is their favorite Beatles album. It was titled "The Beatles," but became known as "The White Album" for its pure white cover. At over 90 minutes long, it is filled with 30 incredible..
23.03£
Brand: Pegasus Books
A rich and luminous biography of nineteenth century music from the acclaimed author of Debussy: A Painter in Sound. When one thinks of "great" classical music--music with the most emotional resonance and timelessness--we harken back to the nineteent..
34.06£
Brand: Weldon Owen Childrens Books
A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n' Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings. In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues playing on Beale Street, and hillbilly boogie on the out..
58.00£
The Caldersmith Papers brings together a lifetime of research into the way guitars and violins work and make musical sounds. Graham Caldersmith's work was highly thought of worldwide and was able to able to explain complex ideas on musical instrumen..
44.55£
Brand: Sonicbond Publishing
When Tim Smith died in July of 2020, he left behind a legion of adoring fans and an honorary doctorate in music. Not bad for someone who never had a top ten hit and who's music was so infamous during its heyday, that some magazines not only refused ..
19.44£
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
For generations, "chitlin' circuit" has meant second tier-brash performers in raucous nightspots far from the big-city limelight. Now, music journalist Preston Lauterbach combines terrific firsthand reportage with deep historical research to offer a..
18.52£
Brand: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
William Lawes is arguably one of the finest English composers of the early seventeenth century. Born in Salisbury in 1602, he rose to prominence in the early 1630s; in 1635 he gained a prestigious post among the elite private musicians of Charles I ..
97.59£
ISBN: 9781953691101Publisher: BLANK FORMS EDITIONSImprint: Blank Forms EditionsPublished date: 27 Sep 2022Language: EnglishSales rank: 2764Weight: 10gHeight: 267mmWidth: 203mmSpine width: 18mm..
34.12£
Brand: Harvard Common Press
When rock 'n' roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music's demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was "ever working in the world for evil." Yet by the early 2000s Ch..
31.22£
Nineteenth-century composers were drawn to subjects related to gender. Songs about women open a view into nineteenth-century understandings of gender and sexuality. The author argues about ways to hear sexual difference in Lied, analyzing musical co..
64.58£