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The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
by Julie Anne Sadie
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The few in earlier times who gained some renown were as often as not the sisters, daughters, wives, or muses of well-known men--the surnames of Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann speak for themselves. Even with the present-day increase in their number,... (read more)

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Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison
Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison
by Brian Hinton
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Mysterious, profound, enigmatic, spellbinding in his performance, whether rock, soul, jazz, or folk. Hinton expertly addresses the music of this contemporary musical genius.... (read more)

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The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians
The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians
by Scott Stanton
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Offers a guide to the shrines, graves, and memorabilia of jazz, blues, country, rhythm and blues, and rock musicians.... (read more)

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The Woman I Am
The Woman I Am
by Helen Reddy
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At the height of her career, Reddy's world was shattered by the death of both her parents, and simultaneously, the news that she had an incurable disease. In this brave memoir, she reveals the emotional highs and lows and spiritual faith that has shaped... (read more)

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Hooked on a Horn: Memoirs of a Recovered Musician
Hooked on a Horn: Memoirs of a Recovered Musician
by Gene Hull
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A poignant and humorous retrospective of a young musician's struggle to maintain a career in music. It exposes the hidden motives that sometimes impel performing artists to succeed.... (read more)

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Justin Timberlake (Junk Food: Tasty Celebrity Biosnew Series!)
Justin Timberlake (Junk Food: Tasty Celebrity Biosnew Series!)
by Steve Dougherty
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Features: - Colorful magazine-style design with cool graphics and lots of photos - Fast-paced, breezy writing style - Multiple points of entry for the reader include catchy heads and captions, attention-getting sidebars and boxes - Short features in each... (read more)

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The Woman I Am: A Memoir
The Woman I Am: A Memoir
by Helen Reddy
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The Grammy Award-winning Australian singer and songwriter best known for her song, "I Am Woman," discusses how her spiritual faith has helped her to counter such painful life challenges as the simultaneous losses of her parents and her own struggles with... (read more)

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Irving Berlin's Show Business: Broadway-Hollywood-America
Irving Berlin's Show Business: Broadway-Hollywood-America
by David Leopold
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Few artists have left as profound a mark on 20th-century culture as did Irving Berlin. Starting in New York's Tin Pan Alley in 1907 and continuing to Broadway and Hollywood, Berlin enraptured Americans with such songs as Alexander's Ragtime... (read more)

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Starlust: The Price of Fame
Starlust: The Price of Fame
by Jesse Cutler
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Here's a story that's going to make you laugh, make you cry, and most of all make you think. Celebrity is a rough game. But Jesse Cutler is a survivor. Read how Jesse reinvents himself over and over. With Jesse, you brush elbows with legendary... (read more)

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Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography #87: Johann Georg Von Werdenstein (1542-1608): A Major Collector of Early Music Prints
Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography #87: Johann Georg Von Werdenstein (1542-1608): A Major Collector of Early Music Prints
by Richard Charteris
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Charteris (historical musicology, U. of Sydney, Australia) catalogs the previously unexamined sixteenth-century music collection of Johann Georg von Werdenstein (1542-1608), now in the Bayerische Staatsbibliotek M... (read more)

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The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press Reference Library)
by Don Michael Randel
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along with The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, constitutes the standard reference work for the musically inclined, the curious, the informed, and the expert.... (read more)

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Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music
by Donald Clarke
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Donald Clarke is the author of Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday (Penguin), The Rise and Fall of Popular Music, and All or Nothing at All: A Life of Frank Sinatra. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he lives in Austin... (read more)

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Contemporary Musicians #29: Contemporary Musicians V29
Contemporary Musicians #29: Contemporary Musicians V29
by Laura Hightower
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Contemporary Musicians offers biographical statistics, detailed source information, critical essays, selected discographies and, whenever available, addresses for the leaders, the legends and the up-and-coming celebrities of popular and classical music.... (read more)

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Not Fade Away the Life & Music of Buddy Holly
Not Fade Away the Life & Music of Buddy Holly
by John Gribbin
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Living Minstrelsy: The Poetry & Music of Sidney Lanier
Living Minstrelsy: The Poetry & Music of Sidney Lanier
by Jane S. Gabin
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Charlie's Notes
Charlie's Notes
by Cherie Kerr
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Great Men of American Popular Song
Great Men of American Popular Song
by David Ewen
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From fuguing tunes to martial tunes:William Billings --Songs with sentiment:Henry Russell --Songs of the blackface minstrel:Dan Emmett --Songs of the negro, 1:Stephen Foster --Songs of the negro, 2:James A. Bland --Songs of the Civil War, 1:George... (read more)

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Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music & 4 Volumes
Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music & 4 Volumes
by Roger Kinkle
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v. 1. Music year by year, 1900-1950.--v. 2. Biographies, A through K.--v. 3. Biographies, L through Z.--v. 4. Indexes & appendices.... (read more)

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A bibliography of the musical and literary works of Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869, with histories of the French music publishers concerned
A bibliography of the musical and literary works of Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869, with histories of the French music publishers concerned
by Cecil Hopkinson
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2d ed., incorporating the author's additions and corrections /... (read more)

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Some Musical Recollections of Fifty Years
Some Musical Recollections of Fifty Years
by Richard Hoffman
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