Music books

The Bene Israel are a Jewish community from western India who, over centuries, developed a distinctive identity...  Read More >>

A moving and uplifting memoir charting the life of John Harris's autistic son, and how music opened up the world...  Read More >>

This Element studies music in 'nostalgia mode', reproducing perfected versions of existing sounds, and hauntological...  Read More >>

DISCO! Music, Image, Dance takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring disco's untold stories--sonic, visual,...  Read More >>

A study of The Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night (1964) by journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed, in the BFI Film...  Read More >>

A study of Italian composer Ennio Morricone's creative engagement with the western film genre, surveying his original...  Read More >>

This biography explores the inspiring story of one of the world’s greatest entertainers, from humble beginnings...  Read More >>

This Element studies music in 'nostalgia mode', reproducing perfected versions of existing sounds, and hauntological...  Read More >>

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking...  Read More >>

A literary collection honoring and memorializing Selena, the Queen of Tejano  Read More >>

Hip Hop Studies and Queer Black Feminism presents a dynamic and much-needed fresh analysis of Black gendering and...  Read More >>

The untold story of Nat Bass, one of Australia's most loved entertainers.  Read More >>

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Music has always been profoundly transnational, transcending language barriers and crossing borders in ways that...  Read More >>

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse brings a new contribution to discussions on the difference between...  Read More >>

The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking...  Read More >>

As the Iron Curtain fell and Cold War suspicions thickened in the second half of the twentieth century, the quintessentially...  Read More >>

The first monograph in English to offer a comprehensive account of Pierre Schaeffer's music philosophy including...  Read More >>

A literary collection honoring and memorializing Selena, the Queen of Tejano  Read More >>

Music has always been profoundly transnational, transcending language barriers and crossing borders in ways that...  Read More >>

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse brings a new contribution to discussions on the difference between...  Read More >>

An internationally acclaimed Grammy and Tony Award–winning conductor, John DeMain has been a fixture of Madison,...  Read More >>

Of all the loud, rebellious rock groups forged in the white heat of America's Motor City, MC5 were the most uncompromising....  Read More >>

Black Sabbath The Dio years looks at the three different Dio eras with every album and track put under the microscope,...  Read More >>

They're still rocking the world today, a dozen albums in, touring the world and never resting on their laurels....  Read More >>