Music

 

The American Stravinsky
The Style and Aesthetics of Copland's New American Music, the Early Works, 1921-1938
by Gayle Murchison

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Delightfulee
The Life and Music of Lee Morgan
by Jeffrey S. McMillan

 

Hazel Scott
The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC
by Karen Chilton

 

Old Roots, New Routes
The Cultural Politics of Alt.Country Music
edited by Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching

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Counterculture Kaleidoscope
Musical and Cultural Perspectives on Late Sixties San Francisco
by Nadya Zimmerman

Haunted Heart
A Biography of Susannah McCorkle
by Linda Dahl

The Last Miles
The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991
by George Cole

Lee Konitz
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
by Andy Hamilton

Lennie Tristano
His Life and Music
by Eunmi Shim

Listening to Popular Music
Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Led Zeppelin
by Theodore Gracyk

The Theater Will Rock
A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig
by Elizabeth L. Wollman

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Grit, Noise and Revolution
The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll
by David A. Carson

Haunted Heart
A Biography of Susannah McCorkle
by Linda Dahl

Head Hunters
The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album
by Steven E. Pond

How Sondheim Found His Sound
by Steven Swayne

John Coltrane
His Life and Music
by Lewis Porter

Lee Konitz
Conversations on the Improviser's Art
by Andy Hamilton

Performing Glam Rock
Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music
by Philip Auslander

Sondheim's Broadway Musicals
by Stephen Banfield

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

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

Grit, Noise and Revolution
The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll
by David A. Carson

Named a 2006 Michigan Notable Book

Head Hunters
The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album
by Steven E. Pond

Winner of the IASPM-US 2006 Woody Guthrie Award

John Coltrane
His Life and Music
by Lewis Porter

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

Lennie Tristano
His Life and Music
by Eunmi Shim

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

Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
by Eddy Determeyer

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

Someone to Watch Over Me
The Life and Music of Ben Webster
by Frank Büchmann-Møller

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

Sondheim's Broadway Musicals
by Stephen Banfield

Winner of the
Kurt Weill Foundation for Music's Prize and the Lowens Award

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