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Vendor: Jennifer C. Lena
Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music
Why do some music styles gain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches? Banding Together explores this question and reveals the attributes that together explain the growth of twentieth-century American popular music. Drawing on a vast array of examples from sixty musical styles--ranging...- $34.00
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Vendor: Eric D. Nuzum
Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Music Your Parents Never Wanted You To HearBelieve it or not, music censorship in America did not begin with Tipper Gore's horrified reaction to her daughter's Prince album. The vilification of popular music by government and...- $16.99
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Vendor: Jeannie St Marie
John Denver and Me
Author: Jeannie St MarieISBN-10: 059514618XISBN-13: 9780595146185Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/20/2000Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.16w x 0.28d- $9.95
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Vendor: Jeff Berglund
Indigenous Pop: Native American Music from Jazz to Hip Hop
Popular music compels, it entertains, and it has the power to attract and move audiences. With that in mind, the editors of Indigenous Pop showcase the contributions of American Indian musicians to popular forms of music, including jazz, blues, country-western, rock and roll, reggae,...- $34.95
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Vendor: Alejandro L. Madrid
Danz: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance
Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danz first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in nineteenth-century Cuba. By the early twentieth-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. A...- $67.00
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Vendor: Sara Dallin
Really Saying Something: Sara & Keren - Our Bananarama Story
The first and only book from one of the most influential girl groups of all time MUSIC, FAME AND A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP. Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward met in the school playground when they were four. They became international stars, first as a trio,...- $19.99
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Vendor: Luis D僘z-Santana Garza
Between Norte and Tejano Conjunto: Music, Tradition, and Culture at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Between Norte and Tejano Conjunto analyzes the origin, evolution, and dissemination of the norte and tejano conjunto. This group represents a marginalized local identity that was transformed primarily into an identity of the northeast. It then gave way to the whole of northern M騙ico...- $100.00
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Vendor: Gary Fearon
After Abbey Road: The Solo Hits of The Beatles
Who is Uncle Albert? Which Ringo hit was turned down by Badfinger? When did John see a UFO? Where is Crackerbox Palace? What comedian plays guitar on "Give Peace a Chance"? After Abbey Road: The Solo Hits of The Beatles is an entertaining celebration...- $14.99
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Vendor: Michael K. Bourdaghs
Sound Alignments: Popular Music in Asia's Cold Wars
In Sound Alignments, a transnational group of scholars explores the myriad forms of popular music that circulated across Asia during the Cold War. Challenging the conventional alignments and periodizations of Western cultural histories of the Cold War, they trace the routes of popular music,...- $107.95
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Vendor: Peter Smith
Rock Concert Performance from ABBA to ZZ Top
This book presents an analysis of 100 rock concert performances and attempts to answer the question "What makes a truly great rock performance?" Author Peter Smith, an experienced concert goer, delves into his own recollections of experiencing rock performances over the last 50+ years...- $100.00
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Vendor: Alina Simone
Madonnaland: And Other Detours Into Fame and Fandom
When Alina Simone agreed to write a book about Madonna, she thought it might provide an interesting excuse to indulge her own eighties nostalgia. Wrong. What Simone discovered instead was a tidal wave of already published information about Madonna--and her own ambivalence about, maybe...- $16.95
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Vendor: Juan Flores
Salsa Rising: New York Latin Music of the Sixties Generation
In the 1920s and 30s, musicians from Latin America and the Caribbean were flocking to New York, lured by the burgeoning recording studios and lucrative entertainment venues. In the late 1940s and 50s, the big-band mambo dance scene at the famed Palladium Ballroom was...- $38.99
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Vendor: Daniel Sheehy
Mariachi Music in America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture [With CD]
Mariachi Music in America is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music...- $102.99
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Vendor: Tom Piazza
Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America
"WhateverTom Piazza writes is touched with magic." --Douglas BrinkleyAcclaimed author Tom Piazza follows hisprize-winning novel City of Refuge and the post-Katrinaclassic Why New Orleans Matters with a dynamic collection ofessays and journalism about American music and American character, in DevilSent the Rain."TomPiazza's writing is...- $17.99
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Vendor: Lucy O'Brien
Madonna: Like an Icon
Material Girl . . . Immaculate sexpot . . . Superstar . . . Mother . . . Kabbalah enthusiast . . . For three decades she has defied categorization. . . . She remains one of our greatest living pop icons.Here is the...- $14.95
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Music and Cinema: Flappers, Chorus Girls, and Other Brazen Performers of the American 1920s
Music and Cinema brings together leading scholars from musicology, music theory, film studies, and cultural studies to explore the importance of music in the cinematic construction of ideologies. The 15 essays include "Songlines: Alternative Journeys in Contemporary European Cinema" by Wendy Everett; "Strategies of...- $29.95
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Vendor: Alfred Music
Rolling Stone Sheet Music Classics, Vol 1: 1950s-1960s
Sixty of the best songs of the early rock era, all chosen from Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. The songs are from the 1950s to the '60s, arranged for piano/vocal/chords. Many of these great songs were previously available only...- $24.95
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Vendor: Alan Charles Page
Enter The Wu-Tang: How Nine Men Changed Hip-Hop Forever: How Nine Men Changed Hip-Hop Forever
Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, "Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)" sold a million copies in less than two years, in America alone, without making a single concession to pop radio. That album spawned a mini-empire, including a clothing line that grossed $10 million in...- $14.95
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Vendor: Lewis MacAdams
Birth of the Cool: Beat, Bebop, and the American Avant Garde
Miles Davis and Juliette Greco, Jackson Pollock and Jack Kerouac, Marlon Brando and Bob Dylan and William Burroughs. What do all these people have in common? Fame, of course, and undeniable talent. But most of all, they were cool. Birth of the Cool is...- $52.00
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Vendor: Jay Warner
American Singing Groups: A History From 1940 to Today
AMERICAN SINGING GROUPS: A HISTORY 1940 TO TODAYAuthor: Jay WarnerISBN-10: 0634099787ISBN-13: 9780634099786Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2006Pages: 622Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.08lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.44w x 1.10dReview Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 251Choice 11/01/2006 pg. 452- $25.00
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Vendor: Scott Walker
Sundog: Selected Lyrics
The first ever selection of lyrics by the iconic Scott Walker, hand picked by the artist. Scott Walker is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant, serious, and intelligent avant-garde artists today. As one of the greatest lyricists of the 20th century and front man...- $22.95
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Vendor: Art Garfunkel
What Is It All But Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man
"Poetic musings on a life well-lived--one that is still moving forward, always creating, always luminous. This isn't your typical autobiography. Garfunkel's history is told in flowing prose, bounding from present to past, far from a linear rags-to-riches story." --Bookreporter "It's hard to imagine any...- $20.00
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Vendor: Simon Frith
The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock
This companion presents a kaleidoscopic view of the world of pop and rock. Expert writers follow the rise of fifteen global stars from Elvis to Public Enemy, Nirvana to the Spice Girls. They chart the changing patterns in production and consumption, and they trace...- $34.99
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Vendor: Joshua Clover
1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing about
In a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a year famously described as "the end of history." Amid the historic overturnings of 1989, including the...- $24.95
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Vendor: Theodore Cateforis
Are We Not New Wave?: Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s
The definitive musical and cultural history of new wave music Author: Theodore CateforisISBN-10: 0472034707ISBN-13: 9780472034703Publisher: University of Michigan PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/07/2011Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.97h x 6.10w x 0.86dReview Citation(s): Choice 01/01/2012Library Journal 05/15/2011- $29.95
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Vendor: John Covach
Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music
"A variety of approaches are brought to bear on fascinating repertoire, but with the underlying aim of better understanding some brilliant music. There's nothing more exciting in music writing than something which entices you to listen to what's familiar to you in a new...- $30.95
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Vendor: Larry Kane
Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 Tour That Changed the World [With CD (Audio)]
In 1964-1965, Larry Kane was the only American reporter, broadcast or newspaper, to travel with the Fab Four on every stop of their North American tour. In Ticket to Ride, Kane tells the story of what it was like to literally live with the...- $24.99
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Vendor: Gerald McCauley
Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story [With DVD]
The Fender Rhodes story is a historical tribute to the electric piano that changed the sound of music. Invented by Harold Rhodes as a rehabilitation tool for soldiers in World War II, the Fender Rhodes piano both revolutionized and empowered musicians to explore a...- $53.00
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Vendor: Mike Watts
Disney Piano Duets: Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Popular Songs Series Intermediate 1 Piano, 4 Hands
(Educational Piano Library). Here are 8 great Disney hits expertly arranged as intermediate duets: The Bare Necessities * Belle * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Hakuna Matata * I See the Light * Kiss the Girl * When She Loved Me * You've Got a...- $14.99
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Vendor: Mike Springer
Christmas Standards: 22 Jazzy and Fun Piano Arrangements
This collection of Christmas classics contains entertaining, jazzy solo piano arrangements, perfect for festive gatherings around the holidays. The carefully crafted arrangements sound impressive, with lively rhythms and satisfying harmonies, while remaining accessible to pianists at the intermediate to late intermediate level. The clearly...- $11.99
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Vendor: Alfred Music
Alfred's Easy Ukulele Songs -- Standards & Jazz: 50 Classics from the Great American Songbook
For beginning musicians, Alfred's Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs. The Easy Hits Ukulele format provides melody, chords, and lyrics for easy strum...- $18.99
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Popular Piano Solos, First Grade
(Willis). 12 songs that can be used on their own, or as a supplement to John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano or any other method. Includes: Edelweiss * Fly Me to the Moon * Go the Distance * It's a Small World *...- $9.99
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Vendor: Robert Palmer
Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer
Now in paperback, the definitive anthology from a writer who "set the standard for newspaper pop-music criticism" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), the New York Times' first chief pop music critic and Rolling Stone contributor Robert Palmer. Robert Palmer's extraordinary knowledge and boundless love of music...- $28.99
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Vendor: Andrew Grant Jackson
1973: Rock at the Crossroads
A fascinating account of the music and epic social change of 1973, a defining year for David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Eagles, Elvis Presley, and the former members of The Beatles. 1973 was the year rock hit its...- $29.99
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Vendor: John D. Luerssen
Nirvana FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s
NIRVANA FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT BAND OF THE 1990SAuthor: John D. LuerssenISBN-10: 1617134503ISBN-13: 9781617134500Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2014Pages: 450Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d- $24.99
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Vendor: Stephen Tropiano
Saturday Night Live FAQ: Everything Left to Know About Television's Longest Running Comedy
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FAQ: EVERYTHING LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT TELEVISION'S LONGEST-RUNNING COMAuthor: Stephen TropianoISBN-10: 1557839514ISBN-13: 9781557839510Publisher: Applause BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2013Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30dReview Citation(s): Booklist 04/15/2014 pg. 34Choice 05/01/2014- $24.99
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Vendor: Dennis Callaci
100 Cassettes
Dennis Callaci's 100 Cassettes started life as an installation of 100 hand drawn/painted cassette covers for an installation at the dA Center for The Arts in Pomona, California. Six months after that installation, the book 100 Cassettes started being written in earnest. The book's...- $20.00
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Vendor: Michael Buble
Michael Buble - It's Time
(Vocal Piano). 13 songs from the 2005 release by this popular Canadian jazz crooner. Includes: Home * Can't Buy Me Love * Song for You * You and I * and much more.Author: Michael BubleISBN-10: 0634081683ISBN-13: 9780634081682Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2005Pages: 104Format:...- $24.99
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Vendor: Mary Jo Lodge
Dueling Grounds: Revolution and Revelation in the Musical Hamilton
Hamilton opened on Broadway in 2015 and quickly became one of the hottest tickets the industry has ever seen. Lin-Manuel Miranda - who wrote the book, lyrics, and music, and created the title role - adapted the show from Ron Chernow's biography Alexander Hamilton....- $37.99
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Vendor: Rick Swan
Paul McCartney: All The Songs
As humanly possible, this book attempts to evaluate every track that Paul McCartney has released on a major label. Thus, the premise of this book: to sift the gems from the chaff and examine what's driven McCartney up and down for fifty years. There...- $36.99
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Vendor: Daniel Selby
The Complete Osmond Family Illustrated Discography (hardback)
Beginning in 1963, a family from Utah started turning out records and within a decade became one of the top selling musical acts in history.From old-time standards to pop through country and onto Broadway, this family has tackled it all. Follow along on their...- $59.00
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Vendor: John Bush Jones
Reinventing Dixie: Tin Pan Alley's Songs and the Creation of the Mythic South
Tin Pan Alley, once New York City's songwriting and recording mecca, issued more than a thousand songs about the American South in the first half of the twentieth century. In Reinventing Dixie, John Bush Jones explores the broad impact of these songs in creating...- $25.00
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Vendor: Kara Nesvig
Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again Guided Journal
This deluxe journal celebrates the iconic song and music video for "Oops . . . I Did it Again" with a red vinyl cover, light writing prompts, and original illustrations, including a flipbook animation of superstar Britney Spears's dance moves. INCREDIBLE PACKAGE: This deluxe...- $17.95
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Vendor: Hippo! Orange
The Little Book of Bob Dylan: How Does It Feel?
"All I can do is be me, whoever that is."The many sides of Bob Dylan are revealed in this collection of the artist's words and lyrics.Having celebrated his 80th birthday in May 2021, with plaudits given around the globe, this influential if enigmatic troubadour-poet...- $8.95
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Vendor: Alexandra M. Apolloni
Freedom Girls: Voicing Femininity in 1960s British Pop
Freedom Girls: Voicing Femininity in 1960s British Pop shows how the vocal performances of girl singers in 1960s Britain defined-and sometimes defied-ideas about what it meant to be a young woman in the 1960s British pop music scene. The singing and expressive voices of...- $37.99
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Vendor: Kyung Hyun Kim
The Korean Popular Culture Reader
Over the past decade, Korean popular culture has become a global phenomenon. The "Korean Wave" of music, film, television, sports, and cuisine generates significant revenues and cultural pride in South Korea. The Korean Popular Culture Reader provides a timely and essential foundation for the...- $32.95
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Vendor: Peter Doyle
Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960
Echo and Reverb is the first history of acoustically imagined space in popular music recording. The book documents how acoustic effects--reverberation, room ambience, and echo--have been used in recordings since the 1920s to create virtual sonic architectures and landscapes. Author Peter Doyle traces the...- $26.95
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Vendor: Simon Frith
Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music
Who's better? Billie Holiday or P. J. Harvey? Blur or Oasis? Dylan or Keats? And how many friendships have ridden on the answer? Such questions aren't merely the stuff of fanzines and idle talk; they inform our most passionate arguments, distill our most deeply...- $33.00
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Vendor: Keller
Phrasing and Articulation: A Contribution to a Rhetoric of Music
Various aspects of each of these subjects are studied: the construction of phrases, their connection, extension, overlapping; the application of legato, staccato, and other types of articulation. In this discussion the author draws upon contemporary theoretical writings and methods, as well as upon his...- $17.95
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Vendor: Bruce Feiler
Dreaming Out Loud:: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville
Country music has exploded across the U.S. and undergone a sweeping revolution, transforming the once ridiculed world of Nashville into an unlikely focal point of American pop culture. Bruce Feiler was granted unprecedented access to the private moments of the revolution. Here is the...- $14.95
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