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  • The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names: How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names by Dolgins, Adam
    Adam Dolgins

    The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names: How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names

    The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world's most popular and influential rock and pop acts got their names.By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, the pages offer insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of...
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  • Thrash Metal by Sharpe-Young, Garry
    Garry Sharpe-Young

    Thrash Metal

    Thrash Metal. At first mocked by the Rock traditionalists Thrash would swamp the hard n' heavy world propelling one of it's own - Metallica, to the very pinnacle of Rock's elite. In the early 80s Thrash breathed new life into the Rock scene providing...
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  • How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite by Alexander, Peter Lawrence
    Peter Lawrence Alexander

    How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite

    Alexander Publishing's How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite is a breakthrough in orchestration instruction with its newly engraved score with piano part at page bottom, the original short stories that Ravel based the work on, and a complete analysis of each movement, combined together,...
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  • A Scriptural Index to the Hymnal 1982 by Church Publishing
    Church Publishing

    A Scriptural Index to the Hymnal 1982

    Lectionary scripture citations with corresponding hymns. This is also a handy reference for locating the liturgical day when each scripture text is used.Author: Church PublishingISBN-10: 089869146XISBN-13: 9780898691467Publisher: Church PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1988Pages: 303Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.30w x 1.50d
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  • The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man by Stoddard, Tom
    Tom Stoddard

    The Autobiography of Pops Foster: New Orleans Jazz Man

    THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF POPS: FOSTER NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MANAuthor: Tom StoddardISBN-10: 0879308311ISBN-13: 9780879308315Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2005Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.26h x 6.02w x 0.67d
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  • Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark by Einarson, John
    John Einarson

    Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of The Byrds' Gene Clark

    MR. TAMBOURINE MAN THE STORY OF THE BYRDS GENE CLARKAuthor: John EinarsonISBN-10: 0879307935ISBN-13: 9780879307936Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/2005Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.04w x 0.85dReview Citation(s): Entertainment Weekly 03/25/2005 pg. 78Library Journal 05/09/2005
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  • The Musician's Guide to Reading & Writing Music by Stewart, Dave
    Dave Stewart

    The Musician's Guide to Reading & Writing Music

    MUSICIAN'S GUIDE TO READING & WRITING MUSIC- REVISED 2ND EDITIONAuthor: Dave StewartISBN-10: 0879305703ISBN-13: 9780879305703Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1999Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.12h x 6.09w x 0.38d
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  • The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano by Fine, Larry
    Larry Fine

    The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano

    This bible of the piano marketplace is indispensable to buyers and owners of pianos, amateur and professional players alike. Hundreds of thousands of pianos are bought and sold each year, yet most people buy a piano with only the vaguest idea of what to...
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  • Iron Maiden Book of Souls by James, Alison
    Alison James

    Iron Maiden Book of Souls

    Iron Maiden Book of Souls is the celebration of the band, providing their story in beautiful illustrations including posters, and rare photos of the band's most high-profile gigs throughout their career. Fans can now get closer to the band than has ever been possible...
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  • Abba on the Record Uncensored by Tobler, John
    John Tobler

    Abba on the Record Uncensored

    "I had a dream and it was fulfilled by meeting with Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha." ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD Abba's was an extraordinary journey through the pages of rock history - it took them from throwaway Eurovision turn to highly respected pop icons. Their story has...
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  • Illegal Harmonies: Music in the Modern Age by Ford, Andrew
    Andrew Ford

    Illegal Harmonies: Music in the Modern Age

    Listen. What do you hear?We are surrounded by sounds all the time, but we tend not to hear them; our brains are very good at editing what our ears pick up. If we stop for a moment to listen, there they are: the ticking...
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  • 101 More Music Games for Children: More Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song by Storms, Jerry
    Jerry Storms

    101 More Music Games for Children: More Fun and Learning with Rhythm and Song

    This action-packed compendium offers parents, teachers, and anyone else who works with kids a wide array of ingenious sound and dance activities from a variety of cultures to get kids singing, dancing, listening, interacting, and involved. 101 More Music Games for Children includes games...
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  • Accident Dancing by Henson, Keaton
    Keaton Henson

    Accident Dancing

    Accident Dancing is a book of poetry by artist and musician Keaton Henson, detailing his life in fragments, from the extreme to the mundane. Accompanied by evocative pencil illustrations, it is an intimate and unapologetically personal insight into this extremely emotive artist. "Accident Dancing...
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  • A Hard Day's Write, 3e: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song by Turner, Steve
    Steve Turner

    A Hard Day's Write, 3e: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song

    A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles' lyrics.Who was "just seventeen" and made Paul's heart go "boom"? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? Where's Penny Lane? In A Hard Day's Write, music journalist Steve Turner shatters...
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  • The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings by Aldous, Steve
    Steve Aldous

    The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings

    Quintessentially British, Genesis spearheaded progressive rock in the 1970s, evolving into a chart-topping success through the end of the millennium. Influencing rock groups such as Radiohead, Phish, Rush, Marillion and Elbow, the experimental format of Genesis' songs inspired new avenues for music to explore....
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  • Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music by Taruskin, Richard
    Richard Taruskin

    Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century: The Oxford History of Western Music

    The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of...
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  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Music Production by Zagorski-Thomas, Simon
    Simon Zagorski-Thomas

    The Bloomsbury Handbook of Music Production

    The Bloomsbury Handbook of Music Production provides a detailed overview of current research on the production of mono and stereo recorded music. The handbook consists of 33 chapters, each written by leaders in the field of music production. Examining the technologies and places of...
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  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Video Analysis by Burns, Lori A.
    Lori A. Burns

    The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Video Analysis

    Music videos promote popular artists in cultural forms that circulate widely across social media networks. With the advent of YouTube in 2005 and the proliferation of handheld technologies and social networking sites, the music video has become available to millions worldwide, and continues to...
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  • The Complete Helen Reddy Illustrated Discography (hardback) by Selby, Daniel
    Daniel Selby

    The Complete Helen Reddy Illustrated Discography (hardback)

    Helen Maxine Reddy was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on October 25, 1941 to a show-business family. Helen started her career as an entertainer at age four while traveling with her parents. She sang on the radio and television and eventually won a talent...
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  • Chords for Guitar: Transposable Chord Shapes using the CAGED System by Evans, Gareth
    Gareth Evans

    Chords for Guitar: Transposable Chord Shapes using the CAGED System

    Chords for Guitar is about moveable chord shapes based on the CAGED guitar system. Rather than presenting the same shapes for the same chord types as different chords when moved up or down the fret-board, giving 1000's of chords, Chords for Guitar makes this...
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  • When the Fat Lady Sings: Opera History as It Ought to Be Taught by Barber, David W.
    David W. Barber

    When the Fat Lady Sings: Opera History as It Ought to Be Taught

    David. W. Barber has delighted readers all around the world with the quirky definitions of Accidentals on Purpose, the irreverent history of Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, a hilariously offbeat history of dance and ballet in Tutus, Tights and Tiptoes, and a host of...
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  • Professional Orchestration Vol 2B: Orchestrating the Melody Within the Woodwinds & Brass by Alexander, Peter Lawrence
    Peter Lawrence Alexander

    Professional Orchestration Vol 2B: Orchestrating the Melody Within the Woodwinds & Brass

    Professional Orchestration 2B, Orchestrating the Melody Within the Woodwinds and Brass, completes the second volume in the Professional Orchestration Series, and continues Alexander Publishing's historic breakthrough in orchestration instruction. Volume 2B details, for the first time, dozens of woodwind and brass writing techniques previously...
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  • The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists by Danville, Eric
    Eric Danville

    The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists

    The heaviest book of all time The Spinal Tap of books A gorgeous, time-wasting, absolutely essential toilet reader Part rock trivia contest, part encyclopedia of excess, The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists features over 150 lists that chronicle rock and roll's most enduring...
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  • Inside the Music by Stewart, Dave
    Dave Stewart

    Inside the Music

    For those who want to learn the inner workings of music without, as author Dave Stewart notes, "getting bogged down in a lot of fearsome technicalities " this is an enlightening exploration of the theory and practice of music. Picking up where The Musician's...
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  • The Berklee Contemporary Dictionary of Music by Juusela, Kari
    Kari Juusela

    The Berklee Contemporary Dictionary of Music

    (Berklee Guide). A comprehensive reference to terms used in the performance, creation, and study of music today. Covering instrumental and voice performance, audio technology, production, music business, and other dimensions of the modern music industry, its 3,400+ entries include many terms that are common...
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  • Music in the Moment by Levinson, Jerrold
    Jerrold Levinson

    Music in the Moment

    What is required for a listener to understand a piece of music? Does aural understanding depend upon reflective awareness of musical architecture or large-scale musical structure? Jerrold Levinson thinks not. In contrast to what is commonly assumed, Levinson argues that basic understanding of music...
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  • Questions and Answers: Practical Advice for Piano Teachers by Clark, Frances
    Frances Clark

    Questions and Answers: Practical Advice for Piano Teachers

    For over 26 years piano teachers relied on Frances Clark's column in Clavier magazine for insightful, inspiring answers to their questions. Some of her best advice on subjects ranging from repertoire to fingering appears in this informative volume for piano teachers. Topics include: Lesson...
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  • Learn to Read Music by Shanet, Howard
    Howard Shanet

    Learn to Read Music

    This book Will -teach the notation of music to those who have never known it before -serve as a systematic reminder for those who once knew how to read music but have forgotten most of it -serve as a practical classroom text book in...
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  • The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Every Made by Marsh, David
    David Marsh

    The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Every Made

    In The Heart of Rock & Soul, veteran rock critic Dave Marsh offers a polemical guide to the 1,001 greatest rock and soul singles ever made, encompassing rock, metal, R&B, disco, folk, funk, punk, reggae, rap, soul, country, and any other music that has...
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  • Beating Songwriter's Block: Jump-Start Your Words and Music by Ewer, Gary
    Gary Ewer

    Beating Songwriter's Block: Jump-Start Your Words and Music

    Songwriter's block can be devastating, stopping even the best songwriters in their tracks. It can have several possible causes and levels of severity. Research shows that a fear of failure is the ultimate cause of most blocks. Fear sets in when numerous attempts to...
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  • The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music by Mathieu, W. a.
    W. A. Mathieu

    The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music

    The Listening Book is about rediscovering the power of listening as an instrument of self-discovery and personal transformation. By exploring our capacity for listening to sounds and for making music, we can awaken and release our full creative powers. Mathieu offers suggestions and encouragement...
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  • Charlie Watts' Favorite Drummers by Falzerano, Chet
    Chet Falzerano

    Charlie Watts' Favorite Drummers

    (Book). In various interviews over the past 35 years Charlie Watts has expressed admiration for the talents of many drummers. But the fundamental connections of those he has noted as his favorites, help define his particular style, approach, and priorities as the drummer for...
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  • The Little Red Songbook: A Brief History of the Wobblies and Their Music by Blanchard, Gary
    Gary Blanchard

    The Little Red Songbook: A Brief History of the Wobblies and Their Music

    In the early 20th Century, a group of socialists, anarchists, and radical unionists got together to form the International Workers of the World. The IWW, also known as the Wobblies, wanted more than decent wages and humane working conditions; they wanted an overthrow of...
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  • Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock by Bomar, Scott B.
    Scott B. Bomar

    Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock

    Many of the architects of rock and roll in the 1950s, including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard, were Southerners who were rooted in the distinctive regional traditions of country, blues, and R&B. As the impact of the British Invasion and the...
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  • Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments by Danois, Ericka Blount
    Ericka Blount Danois

    Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments

    Love, Peace, and Soul tells the story of the television phenomenon known as Soul Train, a show created in the land of bell bottoms, afros, and soul power; a show that became the touchstone of the Baby Boomer generation. Don Cornelius, host and owner...
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  • Solitary Refinement: Chromatics, Chords & Scales - Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (updated with fingering chart) by Jackson, Nadina MacKie
    Nadina MacKie Jackson

    Solitary Refinement: Chromatics, Chords & Scales - Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (updated with fingering chart)

    A musician's journey never ends, and the work is often solitary. Fortunately for bassoonists, Solitary Refinement can be a trusted companion throughout their musical career, replete with exercises adaptable by bassoon students who are still developing their skills, all the way to virtuosi seeking...
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  • The Songs the Beatles Played: An Expanded Compendium by Lambley, Steve
    Steve Lambley

    The Songs the Beatles Played: An Expanded Compendium

    Unquestionably, the Beatles remain the key band of the rock era. Although their official recording career spanned just seven years, the musical legacy that they continue to bestow upon global popular culture over 50 years later is immense. It is testament to the incredible...
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  • Essential Ear Training for Today's Musician by Prosser, Steve
    Steve Prosser

    Essential Ear Training for Today's Musician

    (Berklee Guide). The Ear Training curriculum of Berklee College of Music is known and respected throughout the world. Now, for the first time, this unique method has been captured in one comprehensive book by the chair of the Ear Training Department. This method teaches...
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  • Long Title: Looking for the Good Times; Examining the Monkees' Songs, One by One (hardback) by Ventrella, Michael A.
    Michael A. Ventrella

    Long Title: Looking for the Good Times; Examining the Monkees' Songs, One by One (hardback)

    "Here we come. Walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we're The Monkees "The idea of creating a tv series about a wacky rock group similar to The Beatles had been unsuccessfully kicked around Universal Pictures...
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  • What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor? Unexpurgated Sea Chanties by Morgan, Douglas
    Douglas Morgan

    What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor? Unexpurgated Sea Chanties

    There is nothing like a good sea shanty—or chanty, as it was originally called—to transport one to a different time, place, and mood. After all, few have a more powerful need to relieve boredom, weariness, fear, and loneliness than sailors. And a classic, generations-tested...
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  • The Miles Davis Reader by Alkyer, Frank
    Frank Alkyer

    The Miles Davis Reader

    If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair with a musician, you're holding it in your hands. For DownBeat, the preeminent publication of the jazz world, Miles Dewey Davis was one of its most cherished subjects. Since it began...
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  • Gadsby's Hymns: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship by Gadsby, William
    William Gadsby

    Gadsby's Hymns: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship

    Solid Ground is in the process of doing a new enlarged edition of this classic work that is useful for public, private and family worship. An esteemed collection of 1,156 hymns of rich theological content, many of which are not found in any other...
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  • Twilight Language: A Compendium of the World of Coil by Pandemonium, Edward
    Edward Pandemonium

    Twilight Language: A Compendium of the World of Coil

    Twilight Language is a reference guide to the ideas, practices, people, places, substances and equipment that inspired John Balance and Peter Christopherson in creating the visionary musical phenomenon that was Coil. It contains over 200 entries, arranged like a dictionary or encyclopedia, cross-referenced to...
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  • Professional Orchestration Vol 2A: Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section by Alexander, Peter Lawrence
    Peter Lawrence Alexander

    Professional Orchestration Vol 2A: Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section

    In Volume 2 of this nine-volume series, Professional OrchestrationT: Orchestrating the Melody Within the String Section is an historic breakthrough in orchestration instruction detailing for the first time 63 techniques previously known by only a few top professional film orchestrators, composers and arrangers applicable...
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  • Stevie Ray Vaughan by Guitar World Magazine
    Guitar World Magazine

    Stevie Ray Vaughan

    GUITAR WORLD PRESENTS: STEVIE RAY VAUGHANAuthor: Guitar World MagazineISBN-10: 0879309717ISBN-13: 9780879309718Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2010Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d
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  • Stax Encyclopedia by Betts, Graham
    Graham Betts

    Stax Encyclopedia

    The Stax Encyclopedia contains 657 entries connected with the iconic label, including every artist from its launch in 1959, key executives, songwriters, producers and musicians as well as the background stories to every Top Twenty hit album and single, film and soundtrack release. It...
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  • A Guide to Library Research in Music, Second Edition by Bayne, Pauline Shaw
    Pauline Shaw Bayne

    A Guide to Library Research in Music

    A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces students to the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. It provides examples of different types of writing, offers a thorough introduction to music literature, describes various information-searching methods and library-based organizational systems, and...
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  • Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels by MacPhee, Josh
    Josh MacPhee

    Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels

    "Every entry opens a window onto a different story of creativity and resistance and I couldn't stop hopscotching around from page to page, each one sparking off vectors for further thought and exploration. A totally mind-blowing accomplishment."--Guy Picciotto, FugaziA groundbreaking exploration of the parallel...
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  • The Hammond Organ: An Introduction to the Instrument and the Players Who Made It Famous by Faragher, Scott
    Scott Faragher

    The Hammond Organ: An Introduction to the Instrument and the Players Who Made It Famous

    This book includes everything from various models from the original 1935 Model A tube/tone wheel organs, to the solid-state (transistor) era, to the current digital age, with production dates and photos for each. The book also provides a complete history of the Hammond tone...
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  • The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists by Polashek, Timothy
    Timothy Polashek

    The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists

    The Word Rhythm Dictionary: A Resource for Writers, Rappers, Poets, and Lyricists is a new kind of dictionary--one that reflects the use of "rhythm rhymes" by rappers, poets, and songwriters of today. This is an eminently practical reference work for all wordsmiths looking to...
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