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Powerful Voices by Duchan   Powerful Voices
The Musical and Social World of Collegiate A Cappella

Joshua S. Duchan

The first scholarly account of the music and culture of collegiate a cappella

6 x 9. 272 pgs. 4 musical examples, 7 B&W photographs, 3 figures. 2012
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978-0-472-11825-0    
978-0-472-02833-7    
$65.00S    
    
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The American Stravinsky by Murchison   The American Stravinsky
The Style and Aesthetics of Copland's New American Music, the Early Works, 1921-1938

Gayle Murchison

The first study to show Copland's style development from his early works through his first widely accessible ballet

6 x 9. 304 pgs. 73 musical examples, 22 tables. 2012
Cloth     978-0-472-09984-9     $80.00S     Available
 
The Lion's Ear by Cummings   The Lion's Ear
Pope Leo X, the Renaissance Papacy, and Music

Anthony M. Cummings

The first book on Pope Leo X's musical patronage in Renaissance Italy

6 x 9. 328 pgs. 34 images (incld 8 pg 10 color illst's) and 12 musical examples. 2012
Cloth     978-0-472-11791-8    
$75.00S     Available
 
Chamber Music by Radice   Chamber Music
An Essential History

Mark A. Radice

A thorough overview and history of chamber music

6 x 9. 384 pgs. 2 tables, 20 musical examples. 2012
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978-0-472-07165-4    
978-0-472-05165-6    
978-0-472-02811-5    
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Physical Expression and the Performing Artist by Schwiebert   Physical Expression and the Performing Artist
Moving Beyond the Plateau

Jerald Schwiebert with Candace Platt

Fundamentals of movement for actors, conductors, musicians, yogis . . . and everyone else

8.5 x 11. 216 pgs. 299 illustrations. 2011
Paper     978-0-472-03416-1     $40.00S     Available
 
Bytes & Backbeats by Savage   Bytes & Backbeats
Repurposing Music in the Digital Age

Steve Savage

An examination of how musical activity has been transformed by contemporary production practices

6 x 9. 268 pgs. 2011
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978-0-472-11785-7    
978-0-472-02773-6    
$60.00S    
    
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Say Word! by Banks   Say Word!
Voices from Hip Hop Theater

An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction by Daniel Banks

Compelling plays by leading Hip Hop artists writing in the language of today

6 x 9. 400 pgs. 15 B&W photographs. 2011
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978-0-472-07132-6    
978-0-472-05132-8    
$95.00S    
$40.00S    
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Are We Not New Wave? by Cateforis   Are We Not New Wave?
Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s

Theo Cateforis

The definitive musical and cultural history of new wave music

6 x 9. 304 pgs. 17 B&W photographs, 9 musical examples. 2011
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978-0-472-11555-6    
978-0-472-02759-0    
$70.00S    
    
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Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World by Diouf   Rhythms of the Afro-Atlantic World
Rituals and Remembrances

Edited by Mamadou Diouf and Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo

Collected essays exploring the origins and evolution of music and dance in Afro-Atlantic culture

6 x 9. 298 pgs. 3 B&W photographs. 2010
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978-0-472-07096-1    
978-0-472-02747-7    
$70.00S    
    
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Soul Music by Rudinow   Soul Music
Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown

Joel Rudinow

A meditative exploration of the essence of soul in popular music

6 x 9. 264 pgs. 2010
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978-0-472-07108-1    
978-0-472-05108-3    
978-0-472-02279-3    
$75.00S    
$28.95S    
    
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I Don't Sound Like Nobody by Zak   I Don't Sound Like Nobody
Remaking Music in 1950s America

Albin J. Zak III

A definitive study of the most important decade in post-World War II popular music history

6 x 9. 334 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2010
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978-0-472-11637-9    
978-0-472-02454-4    
$29.95T    
    
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Sounding Out Pop by Spicer and Covach   Sounding Out Pop
Analytical Essays in Popular Music

Mark Spicer and John Covach, editors

Brings together a diverse collection of voices to explore a broad spectrum of popular music

6 x 9. 280 pgs. 12 Figures, 2 Tables, 44 Examples. 2010
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978-0-472-11505-1    
978-0-472-03400-0    
$75.00S    
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Blues in Black and White by Livingston   Blues in Black and White
The Landmark Ann Arbor Blues Festivals

As photographed by Stanley Livingston with Text and a History of the Ann Arbor Blues Festival by Michael Erlewine
Foreword by Jim O'Neal, cofounder, Living Blues Magazine


Never-before-seen photographs—with text accompaniment—of the performers onstage and backstage at the legendary Ann Arbor Blues Festival

10.25 x 10.25. 144 pgs. 135 B&W photographs. 2010
Paper     978-0-472-11695-9     $29.95T     Available
 

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Black Cultural Traffic by Elam   Black Cultural Traffic
Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture

Edited by Harry J. Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson

Fresh takes on key questions in black performance and black popular culture, by leading artists, academics, and critics

6 x 9. 416 pgs. 15 B&W photos, 3 drawings, 1 chart. 2005
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978-0-472-09840-8    
978-0-472-06840-1    
$80.00S    
$29.95S    
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Elevator Music by Lanza   Elevator Music
A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong; Revised and Expanded Edition

Joseph Lanza

Noted music historian Joseph Lanza seriously appraises an American musical tradition

5-1/2 x 8-1/4. 344 pgs. Photograph section. 2004
Paper     978-0-472-08942-0     $18.95T     Available
 
Grit, Noise, and Revolution by Carson   Grit, Noise, and Revolution
The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll

David A. Carson

A narrative history of the birth of rock 'n' roll in Detroit

6.125 x 9.25. 416 pgs. 24 pages of 68 B&W photographs. 2005
Paper     978-0-472-03190-0     $17.95T     Available
 
It by Roach   It

Joseph Roach

A witty and engaging exploration of the elusive quality of charm, animal magnetism, or charisma possessed by extraordinarily interesting people through the ages

6 x 9. 280 pgs. 25 B&W illustrations. 2007
Paper     978-0-472-06936-1     $19.95T     Available
 
Listening to Popular Music by Gracyk   Listening to Popular Music
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Led Zeppelin

Theodore Gracyk

Argues that understanding aesthetic value is crucial to the enjoyment of all forms of music

6 x 9. 264 pgs. 2007
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978-0-472-09983-2    
978-0-472-06983-5    
$65.00S    
$23.95S    
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Performing Glam Rock by Auslander   Performing Glam Rock
Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music

Philip Auslander

Explores the many ways glam rock paved the way for new explorations of identity in terms of gender, sexuality, and performance

6 x 9. 272 pgs. 7 photos, 1 table. 2006
Cloth    
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978-0-472-09868-2    
978-0-472-06868-5    
$65.00S    
$24.95T    
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Award-Winning Books

The Aesthetics of Survival by Rochberg   The Aesthetics of Survival
A Composer's View of Twentieth-Century Music
Revised and Expanded Edition

George Rochberg

Winner: 2006 The American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers (ASCAP) Deems Taylor Award

6 x 9. 288 pgs. 2005
Paper     978-0-472-03026-2     $26.95S     Available
 
Don't Deny My Name by Thomas   Don't Deny My Name
Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition

Lorenzo Thomas

Winner: 2008 American Book Award given by the Before Columbus Foundation

6 x 9. 232 pgs. 2008
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978-0-472-09892-7    
978-0-472-06892-0    
$70.00S    
$22.95T    
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Grit, Noise, and Revolution by Carson   Grit, Noise, and Revolution
The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll

David A. Carson

Named a 2006 Michigan Notable Book

Winner of the 2006 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Recorded Rock Music

6.125 x 9.25. 416 pgs. 24 pages of 68 B&W photographs. 2005
Paper     978-0-472-03190-0     $17.95T     Available
 
Head Hunters by Pond   Head Hunters
The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album

Steven F. Pond

Winner of the IASPM-US 2006 Woody Guthrie Award

6 x 9. 288 pgs. 18 B&W photograph section, 30 music examples, 3 tables. 2005
Cloth     978-0-472-11417-7     $27.95T     Available
 
I Don't Sound Like Nobody by Zak   I Don't Sound Like Nobody
Remaking Music in 1950s America

Albin J. Zak III

Association for Recorded Sound Collections 2011 Award for Best Research in Recorded Rock or Popular Music Certificate of Merit

American Musicological Society Music in American Culture Award 2011

6 x 9. 334 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2010
Cloth    
Ebook    
978-0-472-11637-9    
978-0-472-02454-4    
$29.95T    
    
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John Coltrane by Porter   John Coltrane
His Life and Music

Lewis Porter

Winner: Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)'s 1999 Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in Recorded Jazz or Blues

6 x 9. 448 pgs. 8 figures, 18 B&W photograph section with 104 musical examples in text. 1998
Paper     978-0-472-08643-6     $18.95T     Available
 
Lennie Tristano by Shim   Lennie Tristano
His Life in Music

Eunmi Shim

Winner: Bronze Prize for the Independent Publisher Book Award for Performing Arts

Winner: 2008 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research

6 x 9. 336 pgs. 20 musical examples, 7 ganged photos, 7 tables. 2007
Cloth     978-0-472-11346-0     $32.50T     Available
 
Rhythm Is Our Business by Determeyer   Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express

Eddy Determeyer

Winner of the 2007 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music, Best History

6 x 9. 344 pgs. 20 B&W photographs, 12 page plate section. 2006
Cloth    
Paper    
978-0-472-11553-2    
978-0-472-03359-1    
$29.95T    
$22.95T    
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Someone to Watch Over Me by Buchmann-Moller   Someone to Watch Over Me
The Life and Music of Ben Webster

Frank Büchmann-Møller

Winner of the 2007 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Certificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music

6 x 9. 400 pgs. 31 B&W photograph section. 2006
Paper     978-0-472-03360-7     $24.95T     Available
 
Sondheim's Broadway Musicals by Banfield   Sondheim's Broadway Musicals

Stephen Banfield

Winner: Kurt Weill Foundation for Music's Prize

Winner: Lowens Award

6 x 9. 472 pgs. musical examples. 1994
Paper     978-0-472-08083-0     $29.95T     Available
 

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