Music: styles & genres books

"Transform into a musical maestro with this comprehensive sheet music book! Discover the wonderful world of...  Read More >>

Surrounded by the widespread misery of the Depression, left-leaning classical music composers sought a musical language...  Read More >>

How pop music remembers and re-plays sounds from the past  Read More >>

Surveying the impact of Cuba's economic crisis after the demise of the eastern socialist block, this book documents...  Read More >>

Drawing on an understanding of the shades and structures of the blues, this book elucidates the relationship between...  Read More >>

A stunning, revelatory new book about the final years of the Beatles based on extraordinarily frank, never-before-published...  Read More >>

A beautifully photographed, perfectly giftable book of colourful and imaginative cocktail recipes inspired by the...  Read More >>

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like...  Read More >>

A collection of writing by Simon Reynolds, centred on music that seemed, in its moment, to prefigure the Future...  Read More >>

Like most Mancunians of his age, Sacha Lord's life has been a tale of two cities. Then and now.  Read More >>

Richard Strauss ist einer der gr��ten deutschen Komponisten des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein Gesamtwerk mit �ber...  Read More >>

Bestselling music historian Elijah Wald follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden...  Read More >>

A stunning, revelatory new book about the final years of the Beatles based on extraordinarily frank, never-before-published...  Read More >>

Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between...  Read More >>

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Composing for Silent Film offers insight, information, and techniques for contemporary composition, arrangement,...  Read More >>

"""Tell me about Grandma. I didn't know her; what was she like?"" These words are often heard from grandchildren...  Read More >>

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A series of 16 stand-alone chapters revisit pop/rock history viewed through a prism of causality highlighting previously...  Read More >>

"""Tell me about Grandma. I didn't know her; what was she like?"" These words are often heard from grandchildren...  Read More >>

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The legendary Dow Twins dominated the world of Black disco and entertainment for an unprecedented fifty years. Attractive,...  Read More >>

"WORLD WAR 2. Tilsit, East Prussia/ Germany. Elsbeth Zimmermann is married to Fritz Krauledat. She is eight months...  Read More >>

"Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love were notorious for representing the opposite of “Family Values.” To reframe their...  Read More >>