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Music in the USA

A Documentary Companion
Judith Tick, Paul Beaudoin
$45.00
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Paperback,  Aug 2008 ISBN13: 9780195139884ISBN10: 0195139887 Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion is an anthology of primary sources, which charts a map of American music and musical life through the words of composers, performers, writers, and "the people."
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Ruth Crawford Seeger

A Composer's Search for American Music
Judith Tick
$95.00
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Hardback,  Aug 1997 ISBN13: 9780195065091ISBN10: 0195065093
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Monarch of the Flute

The Life of Georges Barrère
Nancy Toff
$50.00
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Hardback,  Jul 2005 ISBN13: 9780195170160ISBN10: 0195170164 The first biography of this woodwind titan.
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That Moaning Saxophone

The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze
Bruce Vermazen
$24.95
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Paperback,  Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195372182ISBN10: 0195372182 That Moaning Saxophone recovers the story of the Six Brown Brothers, the sextet often credited with starting the American saxophone craze
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That Moaning Saxophone

The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze
Bruce Vermazen
$50.00
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Hardback,  Mar 2004 ISBN13: 9780195165920ISBN10: 0195165926 That Moaning Saxophone recovers the story of the Six Brown Brothers, the sextet often credited with starting the American saxophone craze.
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The Blues

A Very Short Introduction
Elijah Wald
$11.95
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Paperback,  Jul 2010 ISBN13: 9780195398939ISBN10: 0195398939 "The most illuminating short treatment of the blues ever published."--Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

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How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

An Alternative History of American Popular Music
Elijah Wald
$16.95
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Paperback,  Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199756971ISBN10: 019975697X From ragtime to rap, this lively history casts aside conventional wisdom to offer a fresh look at the enormous variety and vitality of American popular music
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The Dozens

A History of Rap's Mama
Elijah Wald
$24.95
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Hardback,  May 2012 ISBN13: 9780199895403ISBN10: 0199895406 The first in-depth look at the funny, foul, street-language game of insults known as "the dozens" and its influence on American music and culture
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American Popular Song

The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
Alec Wilder, James T. New York, NY, Gene Lees
$75.00
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Hardback,  Apr 1972 ISBN13: 9780195014457ISBN10: 0195014456 The widely acclaimed study of the music of the golden age of American popular song-- available again
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Bright Star of the West

Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man
Sean Williams, Lillis O Laoire
$35.00
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Hardback,  Mar 2011 ISBN13: 9780195321180ISBN10: 0195321189 A poignant biography of one of the most important figures in Irish music in the 20th century

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Oxford Sheet Music and a small number of books about music and hymn books are distributed in the US by Peters Edition.


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