Music: styles & genres books

The whole family can sing along with Elphaba and Glinda in this beautifully illustrated storybook, featuring official...  Read More >>

The product of a hardscrabble childhood, J. Mayo “Ink” Williams parlayed an Ivy League education into unlikely twin...  Read More >>

William L. Dawson is recognized for his genre-defining choral spirituals and for his Negro Folk Symphony, a masterpiece...  Read More >>

A revelatory look at the photography that shaped the American Jazz Age. In this book, Alan John Ainsworth considers...  Read More >>

When it was originally published in 1967, this study of J.S. Bach was the first important work on the composer in...  Read More >>

Every now and then, a band comes along that defies convention, refuses to be pigeon-holed, thumbs its nose at comfy...  Read More >>

You could consider Kate Bush's The Dreaming to be her finest moment, depending on whether you value the rejection...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1970 this collection of essays by a renowned international musicologist is both imaginative...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963 and with a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin, this book begins with a study of the historical...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1967, in this book the author delves deeply into the fascinating field of Bach’s music and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1927, this illuminating study concerns three people, about two of whom much has already...  Read More >>

In this intimate and open account - nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read - Alex Van Halen shares...  Read More >>

This astounding visual history of the most famous pop band in the world,The Beatles: Featuring a Collection of Memorabilia...  Read More >>

 The Kinks burst onto the British music scene in 1964, propelled by the historic guitar riff of 'You Really Got...  Read More >>

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through...  Read More >>

A frank and open memoir from beloved Blue Wiggle and national treasure Anthony Field.  Read More >>

Strategies for recovering the Africanist roots of jazz dance in teaching and practice. Decolonizing contemporary...  Read More >>

Making Jazz in Contemporary Japan explores the ways in which Japanese jazz musicians express themselves through...  Read More >>

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Rush. In their own words, 'The World's Biggest Cult Band', started from humble beginnings: three suburban teenagers....  Read More >>

This long-overdue book charts the career of Sparks from 1969 - 1979. Every album and every song is examined, including...  Read More >>

Raw tour stories from beloved rock and roll bands, an inside view of life on the road, the highs and the lows.  Read More >>

This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India.  Read More >>

A journey into the mystical and spiritual side of the famed Doors front man  Read More >>