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Music


Ted Gioia


A four-thousand-year history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.  “A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched labor of cultural provocation.” ―Los Angeles Times  Histories of music...

Publication date: 2019-10-15
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Publisher: Basic Books
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A Mad Love


Vivien Schweitzer


A lively introduction to opera, from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century There are few art forms as visceral and emotional as opera -- and few that are as daunting for newcomers.A Mad Love offers a spirited and indispensable tour of opera's eclectic past and...

Publication date: 2018-09-18
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Publisher: Basic Books
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How to Listen to Jazz


Ted Gioia


An Economist Best Book of the Year An acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz.  “Mr. Gioia could not have done a better job. Through him, jazz might even find new devotees.” ―Economist ...

Publication date: 2016-05-17
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Barrelhouse Blues


Paul Oliver


In the 1920s, Southern record companies ventured to cities like Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans, where they set up primitive recording equipment in makeshift studios. They brought in street singers, medicine show performers, pianists from the juke joints and...

Publication date: 2009-08-25
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Publisher: Basic Books
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Considering Genius


Stanley Crouch


Stanley Crouch-MacArthur "Genius" Award recipient, co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, National Book Award nominee, and perennial bull in the china shop of black intelligentsia-has been writing about jazz and jazz artists for more than thirty years. His reputation for...

Publication date: 2009-04-27
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Mercy, Mercy Me


Michael Eric Dyson


Twenty years after his murder at the hands of his own father, Marvin Gaye continues to define the hopes and shattered dreams of the Motown generation. A performer whose career spanned the history of rhythm and blues, from doo-wop to the sultriest of soul music, Gaye's...

Publication date: 2008-08-01
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Publisher: Basic Books
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