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  • Shakespeare And Music: With Illustrations From The Music Of The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries (1896) by Naylor, Edward Woodall
    Edward Woodall Naylor

    Shakespeare And Music: With Illustrations From The Music Of The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries (1896)

    Shakespeare and Music: With Illustrations from the Music of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries is a book written by Edward Woodall Naylor and first published in 1896. The book explores the relationship between William Shakespeare's plays and the music of his time, specifically the...
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  • Music In Its Relation To Intellectual Life (1891) by Ritter, Frederic Louis
    Frederic Louis Ritter

    Music In Its Relation To Intellectual Life (1891)

    Music In Its Relation To Intellectual Life is a book written by Frederic Louis Ritter and published in 1891. This book explores the relationship between music and intellectual life, examining how music can influence and enhance intellectual development. Ritter delves into various aspects of...
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  • A Treatise On Byzantine Music (1892) by Hatherly, Stephen Georgeson
    Stephen Georgeson Hatherly

    A Treatise On Byzantine Music (1892)

    ""A Treatise On Byzantine Music"" is a comprehensive study of the music of the Byzantine Empire, written by Stephen Georgeson Hatherly and originally published in 1892. The book explores the history, theory, and practice of Byzantine music, including its origins in ancient Greek music,...
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  • The Quantity And Music Of The Greek Chorus Discovered (1847) by Moseley, William Willis
    William Willis Moseley

    The Quantity And Music Of The Greek Chorus Discovered (1847)

    The Quantity And Music Of The Greek Chorus Discovered is a book written by William Willis Moseley in 1847. The book is a comprehensive study of the Greek chorus and its role in ancient Greek drama. Moseley explores the quantity and music of the...
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  • Music Education in an Age of Virtuality and Post-Truth by Woodford, Paul G.
    Paul G. Woodford

    Music Education in an Age of Virtuality and Post-Truth

    This is a deliberately provocative book crossing many disciplinary boundaries and locating music and art education within a context of contemporary social and political problems in a time of growing disruption and authoritarianism. Intended firstly for music teacher educators, practicing music teachers, and graduate...
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  • Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education by Hess, Juliet
    Juliet Hess

    Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education

    Music Education for Social Change: Constructing an Activist Music Education develops an activist music education rooted in principles of social justice and anti-oppression, raising the question: amidst racism and violence targeted at people who embody difference, how can music education contribute to changing the...
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  • Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes by Hale, Philip
    Philip Hale

    Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes

    Explore the rich history of classical music with "Philip Hale's Boston Symphony Programme Notes." This meticulously prepared edition offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of musical analysis as presented to audiences of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Penned by Philip Hale, a renowned figure...
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  • Annals of Music in America by Lahee, Henry Charles
    Henry Charles Lahee

    Annals of Music in America

    Explore the rich tapestry of American music history with Henry Charles Lahee's "Annals of Music in America: A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events." This meticulously compiled chronology offers a detailed look at the evolution of music in the United States throughout the 19th...
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  • The Standard Operaglass by Annesley, Charles
    Charles Annesley

    The Standard Operaglass

    Unlock the captivating world of opera with "The Standard Operaglass: Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas" by Charles Annesley. This comprehensive guide offers concise and accessible plot summaries of a vast repertoire of beloved operas. Delve into the stories behind the...
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  • The Standard Operaglass by Annesley, Charles
    Charles Annesley

    The Standard Operaglass

    Unlock the captivating world of opera with "The Standard Operaglass: Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas" by Charles Annesley. This comprehensive guide offers concise and accessible plot summaries of a vast repertoire of beloved operas. Delve into the stories behind the...
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  • A Cyclopaedic Dictionary Of Music; Comprising 18,000 Musical Terms And Phrases, Over 6,000 Biographical Notices Of Musicians, And 500 Articles On Musi by 1857-1933, Dunstan Ralph
    Dunstan Ralph 1857-1933

    A Cyclopaedic Dictionary Of Music; Comprising 18,000 Musical Terms And Phrases, Over 6,000 Biographical Notices Of Musicians, And 500 Articles On Musi

    This comprehensive dictionary of music offers an encyclopedic look at the terminology, history, and major figures in the world of music. A must-have resource for musicians, scholars, and anyone interested in the rich and varied world of musical traditions.This work has been selected by...
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  • A Bibliography Of Early Secular American Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck
    Oscar George Theodore Sonneck

    A Bibliography Of Early Secular American Music

    A Bibliography of Early Secular American Music is a comprehensive collection of early American sheet music. Compiled by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, this book provides an in-depth look at the development of music in America, making it an essential reference for music scholars, historians,...
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  • A Bibliography Of Early Secular American Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck
    Oscar George Theodore Sonneck

    A Bibliography Of Early Secular American Music

    A Bibliography of Early Secular American Music is a comprehensive collection of early American sheet music. Compiled by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, this book provides an in-depth look at the development of music in America, making it an essential reference for music scholars, historians,...
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  • Modern Music, Published by the League of Composers, 1924-1946: An Analytic Index; Volume 1 by Shirley, Wayne D.
    Wayne D. Shirley

    Modern Music, Published by the League of Composers, 1924-1946: An Analytic Index; Volume 1

    This comprehensive guide provides a detailed survey of the music published by the League of Composers during its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. With extensive documentation and analysis of each work, it is an essential resource for scholars and performers of modern classical...
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  • A Handbook of Orchestration by Fidler, Florence G.
    Florence G. Fidler

    A Handbook of Orchestration

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent [With Audio CD] by Arnold, Alison
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    Alison Arnold

    The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent [With Audio CD]

    In this volume, sixty-eight of the world's leading authorities explore and describe the wide range of musics of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Nepal and Afghanistan. Important information about history, religion, dance, theater, the visual arts and philosophy as well as their relationship...
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  • Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 1: Histories, Theories, and Genres by Lee, Jonathan Rhodes
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    Jonathan Rhodes Lee

    Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 1: Histories, Theories, and Genres

    Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre studies, theory and aesthetics, and other key aspects of...
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  • Camille Saint-Saens: A Guide to Research by Flynn, Timothy
    Timothy Flynn

    Camille Saint-Saens: A Guide to Research

    A key figure in establishing an identifiable French musical style in the nineteenth century, this annotated biliography catalogs the studies of Saint-Saens' life and works as well as examining the composer's own correspondence and essays. Included are many lesser-known writings on the composer and...
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  • The Violin: A Research and Information Guide by Katz, Mark
    Mark Katz

    The Violin: A Research and Information Guide

    The violin was first mentioned in a book in the sixteenth century. An abundant and diverse literature on the instrument has grown since then, and a complete general guide to these materials has not been produced in the modern era. The last, Edward Heron-Allen's...
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  • The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts by Johnson, Steven
    Steven Johnson

    The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts

    Musicians and artists have always shared mutual interests and exchanged theories of art and creativity. This exchange climaxed just after World War II, when a group of New York-based musicians, including John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, and David Tudor, formed friendships with a...
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  • Zoltan Kodaly: A Guide to Research by Houlahan, Michael
    Michael Houlahan

    Zoltan Kodaly: A Guide to Research

    First Published in 1998. This book serves as the key to study of Kodaly for an English-speaking audience. The volume presents a biographical outline, a catalog of his compositions according to genre, and over 1,400 annotated primary and secondary sources. Three indexes cover listings...
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  • Derrick Puffett on Music by Puffett, Kathrynbailey
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    Kathrynbailey Puffett

    Derrick Puffett on Music

    'I listen to a piece and ask myself what has made the greatest impression on me. What has moved me the most about it, what has excited me the most, what it is I want to write about, what sets my mind working, what...
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  • The Insider's Guide to JoyTunes' Piano Maestro by Laurent, Becki
    Becki Laurent

    The Insider's Guide to JoyTunes' Piano Maestro

    The Insider's Guide to JoyTunes' Piano Maestro is your definitive go to tech manual. Taking you from login to log out you'll get all the details. Pics, links and contact info at your finger tips. Read it straight through or just read the chapters...
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  • For Every Music Lover: A Series Of Practical Essays On Music (1902) by Moore, Aubertine Woodward
    Aubertine Woodward Moore

    For Every Music Lover: A Series Of Practical Essays On Music (1902)

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • The Musical Basis Of Verse: A Scientific Study Of The Principles Of Poetic Composition by Dabney, J. P.
    J. P. Dabney

    The Musical Basis Of Verse: A Scientific Study Of The Principles Of Poetic Composition

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • How to Understand Music by Thompson, Oscar
    Oscar Thompson

    How to Understand Music

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • Vocal Chamber Music: A Performer's Guide by Winchester, Barbara
    Barbara Winchester

    Vocal Chamber Music: A Performer's Guide

    This invaluable resource is a revised edition of an essential index to vocal works composed for at least one solo voice and one instrument (other than piano or guitar) up to twelve solo voices and twelve solo instruments. The book includes a brief introduction...
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  • The Routledge Guide to Music Technology by Holmes, Thom
    Thom Holmes

    The Routledge Guide to Music Technology

    First published in 2006. This guide is an A to Z trade reference aimed at music students, technophiles and audio-video computer users. The world of music technology has exploded over the last decades thanks to introductions of new digital formats. At the same time...
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  • Songs and Gifts at the Frontier by Buenconsejo, Jose S.
    Jose S. Buenconsejo

    Songs and Gifts at the Frontier

    This book investigates the particular history and social experience by a marginalized society in Mindanao Island, Philippines, through an analysis of the speech, song and dance in spirit possession ritual. Using the concepts of exchange and reciprocity, Buenconsejo connects the performativity of ritual song...
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  • Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra by Lee, Douglas
    Douglas Lee

    Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra

    "Masterworks of 20th-Century Music" introduces more than one hundred of the greatest compositions by world-renowned composer that have entered the standard orchestral repertory. The author surveyed dozens of major American orchestras to focus on those works that an average audience member is most likely...
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  • Music and Twentieth-Century Tonality: Harmonic Progression Based on Modality and the Interval Cycles by Susanni, Paolo
    Paolo Susanni

    Music and Twentieth-Century Tonality: Harmonic Progression Based on Modality and the Interval Cycles

    This book explores the web of pitch relations that generates the musical language of non-serialized twelve-tone music and supplies both the analytical materials and methods necessary for analyses of a vast proportion of the 20th century musical repertoire. It does so in a simple,...
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  • Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 2: People, Cultures, and Contexts by Lee, Jonathan Rhodes
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    Jonathan Rhodes Lee

    Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide, Volume 2: People, Cultures, and Contexts

    Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927-2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre studies, theory and aesthetics, and other key aspects of...
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  • Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary by Calt, Stephen
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    Stephen Calt

    Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary

    This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more...
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  • Disciplining Music: Musicology and Its Canons by Bergeron, Katherine
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    Katherine Bergeron

    Disciplining Music: Musicology and Its Canons

    Provocative and timely, Disciplining Music confronts a topic that has sparked considerable debate in recent years: how do musicians and music scholars "discipline" music in their efforts to confer order and meaning on it? This collection of essays addresses this issue by formulating questions...
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  • How to Write and Self-Publish Music - Using AI by Frandsen, Dakota
    Dakota Frandsen

    How to Write and Self-Publish Music - Using AI

    The realm of music creation is undergoing a profound metamorphosis. What once felt like a distant future is now an undeniable present, rapidly reshaping every facet of the industry.How to Write and Self-Publish Music - Using AI is your essential guide through this exhilarating...
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  • Deep Purple and Rainbow Revised Edition: Every Album, Every Song by Pilkington, Steve
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    Steve Pilkington

    Deep Purple and Rainbow Revised Edition: Every Album, Every Song

    Few would deny that Deep Purple were one of the most influential and popular heavy rock bands to emerge from the melting pot of the late 1960s. They went through several line-up changes and stylistic shifts, before splitting up for the first time in...
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  • Machine Music: How AI is Transforming Music's Next Act by Thurlow, Drew
    Drew Thurlow

    Machine Music: How AI is Transforming Music's Next Act

    Machine Music: How AI is Transforming Music's Next Act explores the seismic impact of AI on the music industry - offering a sweeping yet grounded analysis of how AI and generative tools are reshaping what it means to make, monetize, and experience music.Author: Drew...
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  • The Steim Touch by Otto, Andi
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    Andi Otto

    The Steim Touch

    The story of STEIM and the first sensor instruments in digital music. The STEIM foundation in Amsterdam was a music studio radically dedicated to the live, physical performance of electronic sound. From 1969 to 2021, the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music supported artists in building...
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  • The Great Book of Vintage Microphones by Massy, Sylvia
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    Sylvia Massy

    The Great Book of Vintage Microphones

    Grammy Award-winning music producer Sylvia Massy provides a visual tour through the fascinating world of vintage microphones with hundreds of original, full-color photographs. Based on one of the largest collections in the world, this book is for the appreciation of the art, technology, and...
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  • Reader's Guide to Music: History, Theory and Criticism by Steib, Murray
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    Murray Steib

    Reader's Guide to Music: History, Theory and Criticism

    The Reader's Guide to Music is designed to provide a useful single-volume guide to the ever-increasing number of English language book-length studies in music. Each entry consists of a bibliography of some 3-20 titles and an essay in which these titles are evaluated, by...
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  • Musings And Memories Of A Musician (1919) by Henschel, George
    George Henschel

    Musings And Memories Of A Musician (1919)

    Musings and Memories of a Musician is a memoir written by George Henschel, a celebrated musician and conductor of the late 19th and early 20th century. The book, published in 1919, is a collection of Henschel's personal recollections and reflections on his life and...
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  • The Music And Musical Instruments Of Japan (1893) by Piggott, Francis Taylor
    Francis Taylor Piggott

    The Music And Musical Instruments Of Japan (1893)

    The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan is a detailed book written by Francis Taylor Piggott in 1893. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the traditional music of Japan, including its history, development, and cultural significance. It also examines the various musical instruments...
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  • A Primer Of Modern Musical Tonality: Intended For Self-Study, As An Introduction To The Study Of Harmony (1876) by Cornell, John Henry
    John Henry Cornell

    A Primer Of Modern Musical Tonality: Intended For Self-Study, As An Introduction To The Study Of Harmony (1876)

    A Primer Of Modern Musical Tonality: Intended For Self-Study, As An Introduction To The Study Of Harmony (1876) is a comprehensive guide to understanding modern musical tonality written by John Henry Cornell. The book is designed to be used as a self-study tool for...
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  • A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum by South Kensington Museum
    South Kensington Museum

    A Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum

    This book is a descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments in the South Kensington Museum. It includes descriptions and illustrations of a wide range of instruments from different countries and time periods, providing valuable insight into the development of music and instruments throughout history....
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  • Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland; Volume 5 by Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander
    John Alexander Fuller-Maitland

    Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland; Volume 5

    This book is one of the most renowned reference works for music scholars and enthusiasts. It provides comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of music and its history, including composers, performers, instruments, musical forms and genres, and more. This latest edition was edited by...
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  • Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland; Volume 5 by Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander
    John Alexander Fuller-Maitland

    Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland; Volume 5

    This book is one of the most renowned reference works for music scholars and enthusiasts. It provides comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of music and its history, including composers, performers, instruments, musical forms and genres, and more. This latest edition was edited by...
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  • Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965 by Naden, Corinne J.
    Corinne J. Naden

    Golden Age of American Musical Theatre: 1943-1965

    The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre provides synopses, cast and production credits, song titles, and other pertinent information for over 180 musicals from Oklahoma! to On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Concentrating on a 22-year span, this book lists both commercial...
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  • to Z of Sacred Music by Swain, Joseph P.
    Joseph P. Swain

    to Z of Sacred Music

    The A to Z of Sacred Music covers the most important aspects of the sacred music of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and other smaller religious groups. It provides useful information on all the significant traditions of this music through the use of...
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  • Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue: The First Hundred Years and Beyond by Hulme, Derek C.
    Derek C. Hulme

    Dmitri Shostakovich Catalogue: The First Hundred Years and Beyond

    This is an updated and expanded edition of the catalogue of Dmitri Shostakovich's music, a comprehensive listing of all his published and unnumbered works from 1915 to 1975. More than 175 major works are described and annotated with details including dates of composition, durations,...
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  • Jazz Books in the 1990s: An Annotated Bibliography by Greenberg, Janice Leslie Hochstat
    Janice Leslie Hochstat Greenberg

    Jazz Books in the 1990s: An Annotated Bibliography

    This annotated bibliography contains over 700 entries covering adult non-fiction books on jazz published from 1990 through 1999. Entries are organized by category, including biographies, history, individual instruments, essays and criticism, musicology, regional studies, discographies, and reference works. Three indexes--by title, author, and subject--are...
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