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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation
by Sheila Weller Publisher Comments A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon...
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The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of about Fifty
by Wilfrid Sheed Publisher Comments From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” to “Big Spender,” from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song embodied all that was cool, sexy, and sophisticated in...
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A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
by Suze Rotolo Publisher Comments A Freewheelin’ Time is Suze Rotolo’s firsthand, eyewitness, participant-observer account of the immensely creative and fertile years of the 1960s, just before the circus was in full swing and Bob Dylan became the anointed ringmaster. It...
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When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams
by Bob Greene Publisher Comments “Bob Greene is a virtuoso of the things that bring journalism alive.” —Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid...
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Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson
by Tricia Tunstall Publisher Comments In this luminous book, Tricia Tunstall explores the enduring fascination of the piano lesson. Even as everything else about the world of music changes, the piano lesson retains its appeal. Drawing on her own lifelong experience as a student and teacher...
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Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector (Vintage)
by Mick Brown Publisher Comments “Tearing Down the Wall of Sound is a remarkable book about, among other things, fame, obsession, genius, money and madness. It paints the fullest picture yet of a man who, whether creating some of the greatest pop music of all time, or destroying...
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Il Divo: Our Music, Our Journey, Our Words
by Il Divo Touring Limited Publisher Comments In late 2004 Il Divo burst onto the music scene with their unique blend of opera and popular music. The group has since conquered the hearts of fans and the charts of nations around the world, selling 18 million albums worldwide and scoring an...
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The Importance of Music to Girls
by Lavinia Greenlaw Publisher Comments The Importance of Music to Girls is the story of the adventures that music leads us into—how it forms and transforms us. As a soundtrack, it’s there in the background while we go about the thrilling and mortifying business of growing up...
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Re-Make/Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music
by Michael Bracewell Publisher Comments In 1972 an English rock band released its first album to instant critical acclaim: Roxy Music. Here was a group that looked as though it came not only from another era, but also from another planet-a band in which art, fashion, and music would combine to...
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I'd Rather Be the Devil: Skip James and the Blues
by Stephen Calt Publisher Comments 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...
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Gustav Mahler Volume 4
by Henry De La Grange Publisher Comments When the earlier volumes of de La Grange's monumental study of Gustav Mahler appeared, they were hailed across America--in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and many other publications--as an indispensable portrait of one of the...
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The New Voice Pedagogy
by Marilee David Synopsis The New Voice Pedagogy provides instruction and exercises for various aspects of singing based on the physiology of the voice and the concepts of voice therapy, laryngology, and voice science. This second edition includes new and expanded chapters on...
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The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk
by Steven Lee Beeber Publisher Comments Based in part on the recent interviews with more than 125 people—among them Tommy Ramone, Chris Stein (Blondie), Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Hilly Kristal (CBGBs owner), and John Zorn—this book focuses on punk’s beginnings in...
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The the Classical Music Experience with Web Site, Second Edition: Discover the Music of the World's Greatest Composers
by Julius H., Ii, M.d. Jacobson Publisher Comments Hear and Discover the sounds and stories of 65 great composers The Classical Music Experience tells the stories of the world's most celebrated composers, ranging from Bach to Bernstein, including the works of Hayden, Beethoven, Rossini, Chopin, Brahms...
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Foundations of Mariachi Education: Materials, Methods, and Resources
by William (edt) Gradante Synopsis MENC The National Association for Music...
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The Words and Music of Prince (Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection)
by James E. Perone Publisher Comments Prince's early albums Dirty Mind, 1999, and Purple Rain, established him as a major force in American pop music. His combination of rock and funk was unique, and drew both critical praise and commercial attention. The 1990s found Prince forming a new...
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Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
by Joe Nick Patoski Publisher Comments From his first performance at age four, Willie Nelson was driven to make music and live life on his own terms. But though he is a songwriter of exceptional depth - Crazy was one of his early classics - Willie only found success after abandoning Nashville...
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Introducing Reason 4 with CD
by Cliff Truesdell Publisher Comments Break Into Today's Music Scene Electronic musicians, rockers, rappers, and regular folks use Reason virtual studio software to create and self-record studio-quality music on PCs and Macs. Introducing Reason 4 shows you how to harness all the tools of...
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Jean Sibelius
by Guy Rickards Synopsis Jean Sibelius (1865 -- 1957) is one of the most popular and prominent composers to have emerged from Northern Europe. In his native Finland he achieved monumental status, and his orchestral works are staples of the repertoire. For so public a figure...
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Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer
by Boris Berman Publisher Comments Boris Berman, renowned concert pianist and teacher, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sergei Prokofiev. In this book, he draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev’s work to guide music lovers and pianists through the composer...
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