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Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future

Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles...
Author: Caitlin Vincent ISBN: 9781668084069 Format: Hardback	$49.99
A blunt, irreverent, and at times wittily subversive backstage pass to a surprisingly contentious artform—one that... Read More >>

Body of Work: How the album outplayed the algorithm and survived playlist culture

Body of Work: How the album outplayed the algorithm...
Author: Keith Jopling ISBN: 9781917516334 Format: Paperback	$32.99
An alternative history of the album, focussing on the format’s turbulent life through the digital music era since... Read More >>

My Impossible Soul: The Metamodern Music of Sufjan Stevens

My Impossible Soul: The Metamodern Music of Sufjan Stevens...
Author: Dr Tom Drayton (University of East London, UK) , Joshua Kalin Busman (UNC Pembroke, USA) ISBN: 9798216365549 Format: Hardback	$160.00
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Joy Division + New Order: Decades

Joy Division + New Order: Decades
Author: John Aizlewood ISBN: 9781786751164 Format: Hardback	$59.99
The definitive illustrated story of Joy Division and New Order. Read More >>

George Frideric Handel: Collected Documents

George Frideric Handel: Collected Documents
Author: Donald Burrows (The Open University, Milton Keynes) , Helen Coffey (The Open University, Milton Keynes) ISBN: 9781107080249 Format: Hardback	$514.80
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Why Sound Matters

Why Sound Matters
Author: Damon Krukowski ISBN: 9780300272246 Format: Hardback	$39.95
A poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world,... Read More >>

Rethinking Elvis

Rethinking Elvis
Author: Mark Duffett (Associate Professor, Communication, Screen & Performance, Associate Professor, Communication, Screen & Performance, University of Chester) ISBN: 9780190094119 Format: Paperback	$63.95
In Rethinking Elvis, popular music scholars and historians look beyond Elvis' iconography to shine a light on the... Read More >>

Punk Spirit!: An Oral History of Punk Rock, Spirituality, and Liberation

Punk Spirit!: An Oral History of Punk Rock, Spirituality,...
Author: John Malkin (author) , Penny Rimbaud ISBN: 9798881802714 Format: Hardback	$50.00
A wide cast of punk musicians and artists provide surprising and thought-provoking insights into punk rock from... Read More >>

Jack White Complete Lyrics and Selected Writing

Jack White Complete Lyrics and Selected Writing
Author: Jack White , Adrian Matejka ISBN: 9798992483802 Format: Hardback	$89.99
Jack White Complete Lyrics and Selected Writings collects the artist's lyrics for Dead Weather, The Raconteurs,... Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music

The Oxford Handbook of Spectral Music
Author: Amy Bauer (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of California, Irvine) , Liam Cagney (Lecturer in Music, Lecturer in Music, BIMM University) ISBN: 9780190633547 Format: Hardback	$419.95
The handbook presents a cross-section of current scholarly research on the spectral music movement and its legacy,... Read More >>

Magnum Opus: The Unbelievable 15-Year Saga of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy

Magnum Opus: The Unbelievable 15-Year Saga of Guns N'...
Author: James Greene Jr. (Freelance writer, Austin, TX, USA) ISBN: 9781493074785 Format: Paperback	$44.99
For die-hard fans and curious newcomers alike, this is the definitive account of how Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy... Read More >>

The BeatTips Manual: The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and The Common Composer, 7th Edition: The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip Hop/Rap Music Tradition, and The Common Composer

The BeatTips Manual: The Art of Beatmaking, The Hip...
Author: Amir Said ISBN: 9781644040218 Format: Paperback	$171.47
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Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures Linking Punk, Reggae, Afrobeat and Jazz

Rebel Musix, Scribe on a Vibe: Frontline Adventures...
Author: Vivien Goldman ISBN: 9781399601757 Format: Paperback	$26.99
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Interpol's Antics

Interpol's Antics
Author: Gabriel T. Saxton-Ruiz (University of the Incarnate Word, USA) ISBN: 9798765132708 Format: Paperback	$21.99
An in-depth look into Interpol’s seminal album Antics, charting its influence from early 2000s New York City to... Read More >>

Michel Legrand: A Life in Music and Film

Michel Legrand: A Life in Music and Film
Author: Michel Legrand (Composer, Composer) , Stéphane Lerouge (French Film Music Specialist and Historian, French Film Music Specialist and Historian) ISBN: 9780197782187 Format: Hardback	$64.95
A towering figure in music and film, Michel Legrand created some of the most creative and innovative film scores... Read More >>

Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop: Santa Monica's Legendary Music Venue

Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop: Santa Monica's Legendary...
Author: Peter Alan Lesser ISBN: 9781467159272 Format: Paperback	$65.97
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This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich

This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and...
Author: Daniel Rachel , Billy Bragg ISBN: 9781636142852 Format: Hardback	$79.07
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Rush and 2112: Fifty Years

Rush and 2112: Fifty Years
Author: Daniel Bukszpan ISBN: 9780760399231 Format: Hardback	$89.99
Rush and 2112: 50 Years is the definitive account of the most groundbreaking and enduring prog rock records of all... Read More >>

The Music of Spain

The Music of Spain
Author: Carl Van Vechten ISBN: 9781032760643 Format: Paperback	$82.77
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Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context

Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in Context
Author: Thomas Schmidt (University of Manchester) , Benedict Taylor (University of Edinburgh) ISBN: 9781009172752 Format: Hardback	$245.81
An authoritative overview of the personal, professional, cultural, political and religious contexts in which Hensel... Read More >>

Make My Funk the P-Funk: Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric Rise in 1975 from Chocolate City to Mothership Connection

Make My Funk the P-Funk: Parliament-Funkadelic's Meteoric...
Author: Daniel Bedrosian ISBN: 9798881800642 Format: Hardback	$50.00
P-Funk keyboardist Daniel Bedrosian brings to life the epoch-making year that saw the release of three major P-Funk... Read More >>

Amplified: The Evolution of Music from the 1950s to the Present

Amplified: The Evolution of Music from the 1950s to...
Author: Richard Crawford ISBN: 9798233408519 Format: Paperback	$34.29
From jukebox singles to algorithmic playlists, popular music has been one of the most sensitive instruments of cultural... Read More >>

Stalebread and the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band: An Origin Story of Jazz in New Orleans

Stalebread and the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band: An Origin...
Author: Michael Shurtz ISBN: 9781958727881 Format: Paperback	$52.67
In the heart of 1890s New Orleans, where music spilled from every street corner, a group of boys with paper-and-comb... Read More >>

70 Jahre Musikverein Bruchhausen 1957 e.V.

70 Jahre Musikverein Bruchhausen 1957 e.V.
Author: Walter Fiedler ISBN: 9783695759279 Format: Paperback	$68.38
Sieben Jahrzehnte Musik, Gemeinschaft und Dorfgeschichte - dieser Band erzählt die Entwicklung des Musikvereins... Read More >>

Sacred Innovation: Orazio Vecchi and Music in the Shadow of the Reformation

Sacred Innovation: Orazio Vecchi and Music in the Shadow...
Author: Stanley Romanstein ISBN: 9798822975583 Format: Paperback	$60.69
Sacred Innovation: Orazio Vecchi and Music in the Shadow of the Reformation provides a profound exploration into... Read More >>

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