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Vendor: Timothy E. Scheurer
American Popular Music: Readings From the Popular Press Volume 2: The Age of Rock
Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music...- $23.95
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Vendor: Dean Budnick
Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene [With CDROM]
JAMBANDS BK/CD COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE PLAYERS MUSIC AND SCENEAuthor: Dean BudnickISBN-10: 0879307455ISBN-13: 9780879307455Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2003Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.42w x 0.81d- $24.99
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Vendor: Dave McAleer
The Book of Hit Singles: Top 20 Charts from 1954 to the Present Day
Based on the official Top 20 charts from Billboard in the US and NME/Music Week in the UK, this entertaining book shows at a glance the monthly international status of the hits. The fully updated and revised fourth edition lists the charts since they...- $29.95
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Vendor: Darien J. Davis
White Face, Black Mask: Africaneity and the Early Social History of Popular Music in Brazil
Although African influences undeniably pervade the popular music of Brazil, until now few books have examined the role of Blackness--what author Dari駭 Davis calls "Africaneity"--in the creation and development of twentieth-century Brazilian musical traditions. This innovative, accessible work offers a fascinating look at Brazilian...- $29.95
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Vendor: Andy Bennett
Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual
These fourteen original essays examine the fascinating world of music scenes, those largely inconspicuous sites where clusters of musicians, producers, and fans explore their common musical tastes and distinctive lifestyle choices. Although most music scenes come and go with hardly a trace, they nevertheless...- $39.95
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Vendor: Steve Taylor
The A to X of Alternative Music
What do AC/DC and Aphex Twin have in common? David Bowie and Butthole Surfers? The Clash and the Chemical Brothers? On the surface, very little. Yet they are all representative of the most important movement in modern music - Alternative.What makes these acts alternative?...- $32.95
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Vendor: Rupert Till
Pop Cult: Religion and Popular Music
At a time when fundamentalism is on the rise, traditional religions are in decline and postmodernity has challenged any system that claims to be all-defining, young people have left their traditional places of worship and set up their own, in clubs, at festivals and...- $47.95
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Vendor: Grace Wang
Soundtracks of Asian America: Navigating Race Through Musical Performance
In Soundtracks of Asian America, Grace Wang explores how Asian Americans use music to construct narratives of self, race, class, and belonging in national and transnational spaces. She highlights how they navigate racialization in different genres by considering the experiences of Asians and Asian...- $27.95
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Vendor: Bryan McCann
Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil
"Hello, hello Brazil" was the standard greeting Brazilian radio announcers of the 1930s used to welcome their audience into an expanding cultural marketplace. New genres like samba and repackaged older ones like choro served as the currency in this marketplace, minted in the capital...- $28.95
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Vendor: Arthur Knight
Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music
From the silent era to the present day, popular music has been a key component of the film experience. Yet there has been little serious writing on film soundtracks that feature popular music. Soundtrack Available fills this gap, as its contributors provide detailed analyses...- $33.95
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Vendor: Andrew F. Jones
Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese Jazz Age
Yellow Music is the first history of the emergence of Chinese popular music and urban media culture in early-twentieth-century China. Andrew F. Jones focuses on the affinities between "yellow" or "pornographic" music-as critics derisively referred to the "decadent" fusion of American jazz, Hollywood film...- $26.95
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Vendor: Marié Abe
Resonances of Chindon-YA: Sounding Space and Sociality in Contemporary Japan
An investigation of music, sound, and public space in contemporary JapanIn this first book-length study of chindon-ya, Marié Abe investigates the intersection of sound, public space, and sociality in contemporary Japan. Chindon-ya, dating back to the 1840s, are ostentatiously costumed street musicians who publicize...- $85.00
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Vendor: Robin Sylvan
Traces of the Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music
"Sylvan's thesis furnishes far more of the same valued experiences than is usually realized: ritual activity, communal ceremony, a philosophy and worldview, a code for living one's life, a cultural identity, a social structure, a sense of belonging, and crucially, Sylvan argues encounters with...- $30.00
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Vendor: Benjamin Lapidus
Origins of Cuban Music and Dance: Chang?
This book is a study of chang?, a particular style of music and dance in Guant疣amo, Cuba, and the roots of son, the style of music that contributed to the development of salsa, in Eastern Cuba. The book also highlights the connections between Afro-Haitian...- $103.00
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Vendor: Michael A. Amundson
Talking Machine West, 2: A History and Catalogue of Tin Pan Alley's Western Recordings, 1902-1918
Many associate early western music with the likes of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, but America's first western music craze predates these "singing cowboys" by decades. Written by Tin Pan Alley songsters in the era before radio, the first popular cowboy and Indian songs...- $34.95
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Vendor: Hal Leonard Corp
Favorite Songs with 3 Chords
(E-Z Play Today). Features 40 easy-to-play favorites, including: Amazing Grace * America * Blue Danube Waltz * Kumbaya * Ode To Joy * Yellow Rose Of Texas * and many more.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 079352198XISBN-13: 9780793521982Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1993Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight:...- $12.99
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Vendor: Julie A. Sellers
Bachata and Dominican Identity / La Bachata Y La Identidad Dominicana
Bachata--a guitar-based romantic music that debuted in Santo Domingo's urban shantytowns in the 1960s--is today one of the hottest Latin genres. Still, fans and musicians have not forgotten the social stigma the genre carried for decades. This book interweaves bachata's history and development with...- $35.00
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Vendor: Alfred Music
Famous Negro Spirituals: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Includes twenty-four selections, transcribed and arranged by Hugo Frey: Deep River * Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.Author: Alfred MusicISBN-10: 0769215327ISBN-13: 9780769215327Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1979Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 11.96h x 8.86w x 0.18d- $8.95
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Vendor: George Plasketes
Play it Again: Cover Songs in Popular Music
Covering"the musical practice of one artist recording or performing another composer's song"has always been an attribute of popular music. In 2009, the internet database Second Hand Songs estimated that there are 40,000 songs with at least one cover version. Some of the more common...- $170.00
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Vendor: Dan Coates
Collected Piano Solos
Collected Piano Solos contains 47 advanced arrangements from the Dan Coates Popular Piano Library series. These wonderfully pianistic arrangements lie well under the hands and are a pleasure to play. As with all editions in the series, this book features clear engraving for ease...- $24.99
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Vendor: Cyndi Lauper
Kinky Boots -- Sheet Music from the Broadway Musical: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
This colorful, 164-page souvenir songbook for the hit Broadway musical contains sheet music for every song on the show's original cast recording Singers and pianists will delight in bringing the unforgettable songs from Cyndi Lauper's score to life with these impeccable piano/vocal arrangements. Several...- $24.99
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Vendor: Dan Coates
Today's Greatest Pop & Rock Hits: The Biggest Hits! the Greatest Artists! (Easy Piano)
For pianists who enjoy popular music, this extensive sheet music collection guarantees unlimited fun Internationally acclaimed piano arranger Dan Coates makes 34 of today's hottest hits easy to play while keeping their original full sound. From pop gems to dance floor anthems, these songs...- $20.99
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Vendor: Tom Gerou
Pop & Movie Hits A to Z: 75 Short Late Elementary Piano Solos with Optional Duet Accompaniments
Representing a variety of musical styles, all titles in this collection are timeless favorites that can be enjoyed by both kids and adults. All arrangements are in one or two page formats with optional duet accompaniments for maximum playing fun! Titles: Anakin's Theme (Star...- $19.99
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Vendor: Laura Mixon Story
Blessings: Easy Piano, Sheet
This Easy Piano arrangement of Laura Story's Blessings" is easier to play than the original edition. Arranged by Carol Tornquist in the key of C major (rather than the album key of B major), it's easier to sight read and play---plus, the melody is...- $4.99
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Vendor: Amy Grant
Amy Grant: The Christmas Collection: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
The official matching songbook to Amy Grant's best-selling Christmas album. Play and sing her renditions of classic Christmas standards along with beloved hits like A Christmas to Remember," "Grown-Up Christmas List," and "Tennessee Christmas." Contains four pages of beautiful color artwork, photos, and a...- $21.99
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Vendor: Jan Sanborn
Popular Performer -- 1920s: The Best Songs from Broadway, Movies and Radio of the 1920s
Rich textures, sophisticated harmonies, and inventive rhythms make these arrangements ideal for hobbyists, advancing students, and professional musicians. Titles: Ain't Misbehavin' * Bye Bye Blackbird * California, Here I Come * Get Happy * Look for the Silver Lining * 'S Wonderful * Singin'...- $12.99
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Vendor: Michael Bublé
Haven't Met You Yet: Big Note Piano, Sheet
This hit single is from Michael Bubl 's chart-topping album Crazy Love. Lyrics and chord symbols are included.Author: Michael Bublé, Carol MatzISBN-10: 0739066307ISBN-13: 9780739066300Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2009Pages: 8Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 14.00h x 10.75w x 0.10d- $4.99
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Vendor: Nicholas Hooper
Selections from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Piano Solos
This songbook contains four pages of color photographs and music selections from the much-awaited sixth Harry Potter movie. The music is by Nicholas Hooper, composer of Order of the Phoenix. Titles: Dumbledore's Farewell * Farewell Aragog * The Friends * Ginny * Harry and...- $14.95
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Vendor: Jay Althouse
Great American Songwriters for Solo Singers: 12 Contemporary Settings of Favorites from the Great American Songbook for Solo Voice and Piano [With CD
The third in our series of vocal collections from the Great American Songbook, this superb publication contains favorite songs written by Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Richard Rodgers, and Cole Porter. All ages will enjoy this timeless collection of...- $24.95
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Vendor: Jay Althouse
Great American Songwriters for Solo Singers: 12 Contemporary Settings of Favorites from the Great American Songbook for Solo Voice and Piano [With CD
The third in our series of vocal collections from the Great American Songbook, this superb publication contains favorite songs written by Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Richard Rodgers, and Cole Porter. All ages will enjoy this timeless collection of...- $24.95
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Vendor: Dan Coates
Decade by Decade 1930s: Ten Years of Popular Hits Arranged for Easy Piano
Dan Coates's Decade by Decade series is jam-packed with the best pop music of the 20th century. Never before has there been an easy piano collection with so many chart-toppers by award-winning performers and songwriters. Descriptions of each piece are included to broaden understanding...- $18.95
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Vendor: Michael Story
Pop Trios for All: Trombone/Baritone/Bassoon/Tuba, Level 1-4: Playable on Any Three Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
Pop Trios for All is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for like or mixed instruments to perform in any size group or combination of instruments. All books are in score format with each line increasing in difficulty from Grade 1 to Grade...- $7.99
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Pop Trios for All: Flute/Piccolo, Level 1-4: Playable on Any Three Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
Pop Trios for All is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for like or mixed instruments to perform in any size group or combination of instruments. All books are in score format with each line increasing in difficulty from Grade 1 to Grade...- $7.99
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Pop Trios for All: Piano/Conductor/Oboe, Level 1-4: Playable on Any Three Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
Pop Trios for All is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for like or mixed instruments to perform in any size group or combination of instruments. All books are in score format with each line increasing in difficulty from Grade 1 to Grade...- $7.99
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Vendor: Michael Story
Pop Duets for All: Trombone/Baritone/Bassoon/Tuba, Level 1-4: Playable on Any Two Instruments or Any Number of Instruments in Ensemble
Pop Duets for All is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for like or mixed instruments to perform in any size group or combination of instruments. All books are in score format with each line increasing in difficulty from Grade 1 to Grade...- $7.99
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Vendor: LeRoy Anderson
The Leroy Anderson Songbook -- A Centennial Celebration: Vocal Versions of Anderson Hits Including Sleigh Ride Plus Songs from the Broadway Musical Go
Alfred introduces the first-ever collection of Leroy Anderson's vocal works. This centennial celebration features vocal versions of his best-loved songs including Sleigh Ride" and "Blue Tango." Other highlights include songs from the 1958 musical "Goldilocks" plus bonus unpublished songs. Collect Leroy Anderson classics now...- $24.95
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Vendor: Brian Hebert
Blue Notes and Sad Chords: Color Coded Harmony in the Beatles 27 Number 1 Hits
This companion volume to the 27 chart topping hits found on the Beatles 1 CD allows you to see, through beautifully rendered and vividly colored Song Maps, how the Four Lads from Liverpool arranged their music, and especially, their brilliant vocal harmonies. Along with...- $42.00
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Vendor: Jon Stratton
Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945
Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments in the history of black British popular music from 1940s jazz to 1970s soul and reggae, 1990s Jungle and the...- $170.00
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Vendor: Rudi Blesh
They All Played Ragtime - The True Story of an American Music
Blesh published They All Played Ragtime as first major scholarly work on ragtime music in 1950, which sparked a ragtime revival. He founded Circle Records in 1946, which recorded new material from aging early jazz musicians as well as the Library of Congress recordings...- $35.99
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Vendor: R. Rivera
New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone
New York Puerto Ricans have been an integral part of hip hop culture since day one: from 1970s pioneers like Rock Steady Crew's Jo-Jo, to recent rap mega-stars Big Punisher (R.I.P.) and Angie Martinez. Yet, Puerto Rican participation and contributions to hip hop have...- $109.99
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Vendor: Dean Vuletic
Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest
Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest examines how the Eurovision Song Contest has reflected and become intertwined with the history of postwar Europe from a political perspective. Established in 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest is the world's largest popular music event and one...- $46.95
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Vendor: Gavin Lee
Rethinking Difference in Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Music: Theory and Politics of Ambiguity
In studies of gender and sexuality in popular music, the concept of difference is often a crucial analytic used to detect social agency; however, the alternative analytic of ambiguity has never been systematically examined. While difference from heterosexual norms is taken to be the...- $170.00
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Vendor: Andrew Shahriari
Popular World Music
Popular World Music, Second Edition introduces students to popular music genres and artists from around the world. Andrew Shahriari discusses international music styles familiar to most students--Reggae, Salsa, K-Pop, and more--with a comprehensive listening-oriented introduction to mainstream musical culture. Each chapter focuses on specific...- from $180.00
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Vendor: Georgina Gregory
Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity
Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from the Beatles to One Direction, placing the modern male pop group within the wider context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music and culture. Offering the first extended look...- $190.00
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Vendor: Ross Hair
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music: America Changed Through Music
Released in 1952, the Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (1923-1991). A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured...- $56.95
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Vendor: Jon Stratton
Britpop and the English Music Tradition
Britpop and the English Music Tradition is the first study devoted exclusively to the Britpop phenomenon and its contexts. The genre of Britpop, with its assertion of Englishness, evolved at the same time that devolution was striking deep into the hegemonic claims of English...- $64.95
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Vendor: Uros Čvoro
Turbo-Folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia
Turbo-folk music is the most controversial form of popular culture in the new states of former Yugoslavia. Theoretically ambitious and innovative, this book is a new account of popular music that has been at the centre of national, political and cultural debates for over...- $64.95
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Vendor: Susan Fast
Popular Music and the Politics of Hope: Queer and Feminist Interventions
In today's culture, popular music is a vital site where ideas about gender and sexuality are imagined and disseminated. Popular Music and the Politics of Hope: Queer and Feminist Interventions explores what that means with a wide-ranging collection of chapters that consider the many...- $56.95
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Vendor: Ian Carroll
The Fans Have Their Say #8 Meat Loaf: All Revved Up...
There are only some albums that I can listen to 'track by track' for the whole album, without skipping tunes or just playing a few songs, these are: Pink Floyd 'The Wall', ' Magnum 'On A Storytellers Night', Metallica 'Master of Puppets' and Meat...- $7.24
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Vendor: Maurice Ravel
Analyses Des Oeuvres Pour Piano de Maurice Ravel
A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...- $29.95
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