Music : Genres & Styles - General

This compilation assembles previously published and unpublished essays by Schnittke and supplements them with an interview with cellist and scholar Alexander......

By providing a focused examination of the historical development of Black music artistry, William C. Banfield formulates a usable philosophy tied to how such......

Song Send Greetings To Duplicate And Use are greeting lines for sending gifts of music and songs. Author: Lamp Light Publisher: Lamp Light Press Illustratio......

By age thirty-nine, Blair Kilpatrick had settled into life as a practicing psychologist, wife, and mother. Then a chance encounter in New Orleans turned her ......

This short biography of the famous composer Richard Wagner details his life, his works and gives the reader an interesting guide to the style that defined th......

This short biography of the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven details his life, his works and gives the reader an interesting guide to the style that defi......

REAL LOVE...John Lennon - Life is What Happens celebrates the life and times of one of the most influential musicians in pop music history. A singer, songwri......

Music in Television is a collection of essays examining television's production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frame......

A personal memoir of the bestselling, legendary singer and guitarist Jim Croce, told by those who knew him best Author: Croce, Ingrid Author: Rock, Jimmy Pu......

Do I Come Here Often? includes interviews with Jerry Lee Lewis and Isaac Hayes, articles on Roky Erickson and David Lee Roth and Rollins' 1991 Lollapalooza t......

Science writer John Gribbin’s popular biography of Buddy Holly – his first ever non-science title – originally published on the 50th annive......

In this book, George Plasketes adapts the iconic 'A-side/B-side' dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical and cultur......

This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodr......

From 1927 until 1985 the Glasgow Apollo was a landmark in Glasgow's architecture and culture. Opened as Green's Playhouse, it shone through the golden age of......

When Alex Harvey died in 1982 he left behind a legacy and a passion which survives to this day - truly cult status. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB) were...

When David Lines first heard This is the Modern World by The Jam, it sparked off a love affair that continues to this day. Paul Weller became the blueprint for...

In 'Ballad of a Thin Man' in 1965, Dylan launched a withering attack on the myopic critic of culture:'Something is happening here But you don't know what it ......

This is a story of teenage dreams, which, as any Peel fan knows, are hard to beat. Between 1967 and 2004 John Peel picked over 2000 bands to come and...

The soundtrack of war in the iPod Era Author: Pieslak, Jonathan Publisher: Indiana University Press Illustration: N Language: ENG Title: Sound Targets: Amer......

In 1953, at the age of 41, Kathleen Ferrier, England's greatest lyric contralto, lost her courageous battle with breast cancer. Her huge appeal to a wide aud......