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  • "Country Music is Wherever the Soul of a Country Music Fan Is": Opryland U.S.A. and the Importance of Home in Country Music

    An article from Southern Cultures 17:4, The Music Issue

    by Jeremy Hill ...
    Nixon's visit (only five months before his resignation) was seen by national journalists and politicos to be a trip to one of the few places where he would still receive a warm reception, and it was quite warm indeed. Nixon took the stage, played two songs on the piano, and bantered with Roy Acuff."When the Opry changed sites it wasn't without a good deal of growing pains, angst, and rhetoric—but ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • "Don Giovanni" Captured

    Performance, Media, Myth

    by Richard Will ...
    Series series Opera Lab: Explorations in History, Technology, and Performance
    “Don Giovanni” Captured considers the life of a single opera, engaging with the entire history of its recorded performance.Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni has long inspired myths about eros and masculinity. Over time, its performance history has revealed a growing trend toward critique—an increasing effort on the part of performers and directors to highlight the violence and predatoriness of the ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • "La clemenza di Tito" di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart al Teatro romano di Fiesole

    Estate Fiesolana 2014. Programma di sala

    Da una coproduzione fra il Mozart Opern Institut , l'Università Mozarteum di Salisburgo e la Scuola di Musica di Fiesole Fondazione O.N.L.U.S. è nata la rappresentazione fiesolana de La clemenza di Tito , dramma serio per musica in due atti di Caterino Mazzolà, con musica di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Questo lavoro, l'ultimo infatti nella produzione operistica di Mozart, se si esclude il Flauto ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Redneck Woman" and the Gendered Poetics of Class Rebellion

    An article from Southern Cultures 17:4, The Music Issue

    by Nadine Hubbs ...
    In 2004 Gretchen Wilson exploded onto the country music scene with 'Redneck Woman.' The blockbuster single led to the early release of her first CD and propelled it to triple platinum sales."Gretchen Wilson celebrates a new kind Virile Woman on the country music scene—but this subtle gender analysis reveals much more than immediately meets the eye.This article appears in the 2011 Music issue of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • "Taken by the Devil"

    The Censorship of Frank Wedekind and Alban Berg's Lulu

    Series series AMS Studies in Music
    Censorship had an extraordinary impact on Alban Berg's opera Lulu, composed by the Austrian during the politically tumultuous years spanning 1929 to 1935. Based on plays by Frank Wedekind that were repeatedly banned from being published and performed from 1894 until the end of World War I, the libretto was in turn censored by Berg himself when he characterized it as a morality play after ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • "We're Going to See the Beatles!"

    An Oral History of Beatlemania as Told by the Fans Who Were There

    by Garry Berman ...
    We’re Going to See the Beatles!” presents the story of Beatlemania in America as experienced by their most devoted fans.We’re Going to See the Beatles!” includes anecdotes from those who cheered the group as they arrived at Kennedy Airport in 1964, who kept vigil for them outside the Plaza Hotel, and who sat in the studio audience of The Ed Sullivan Show for the band’s landmark first live TV ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • '70s Teen Pop

    Series series Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
    Teen pop is a sub**-**genre of popular music marketed to tweens and teens. Its melodic yearning and veneer of sincerity appeal to an emerging romantic eroticism and autonomy. But tweens and teens buy music that isn't primarily marketed to them, too. Teen pop encompasses several kinds of musical styles, not limiting itself to just one-teen pop wants to play.During the 1970s, teen pop sometimes ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 'Non senza scandalo delli convicini': pratiche musicali nelle istituzioni religiose femminili a Napoli 1650-1750

    Le istituzioni femminili partenopee furono centri indiscutibili di cultura, fucine di mecenatismo, laboratori privilegiati di attività artistiche e di produzioni musicali e diedero un contributo incisivo alla vita culturale e artistica della Napoli vicereale. Monasteri e conservatori impiegarono nel corso dei secoli i musicisti più rappresentativi della città di Napoli a sostegno delle cerimonie ... Read more

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  • ...Als die Noten laufen lernten...Band 2

    Kabarett-Operette-Revue-Film-Exil. Unterhaltungsmusik bis 1945

    by Karin Ploog ...
    ...Als die Noten laufen lernten...Band 2 - beinhaltet die Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Unterhaltungsmusik bis zum Jahre 1945. Es geht vom ersten deutschen Kabarett "Überbrettl" zum Theaterleben mit allem Drum und Dran. Bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg spielte die Achse Berlin - Wien - Budapest - Prag eine große Rolle; wo die Entwicklung von der Operette über die Revue zur Filmmusik vollzogen wurde. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 1 Baton, No. 2 Pencil, 88 Keys, & Liberace

    by Bo Ayars ...
    Is there any place Bo Ayars hasn’t played piano?Is there anyone he hasn’t played with?In this charming, humorous memoir, Bo Ayars shares his insider’s view of the late-night lounges, swanky showrooms, small-town theaters, cross-country trains, and big-city arenas where he has entertained audiences along with the biggest names in showbiz: Streisand, Goulet, Elvis, and, of course, Mr. Showmanship ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die

    by Tom Moon ...
    The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 10 Pieces of Music You Should Listen to at Least Once in Your Life

    by Jacopo Caneva ...
    Welcome to this ramble through music: background notes unfold, little by little, amazingly and touchingly. Our guide is the young Jacopo Caneva, who puts forward a personal selection of musical extracts for a first listening experience, analysing them with the passion and competence of a teenager who loves and practises music. This is where authors meet, with different styles and historical ... Read more

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  • 100 Books Every Folk Music Fan Should Own

    by Dick Weissman ...
    Series series Best Music Books
    In recent years an almost overwhelming number of books have appeared covering various aspects of American folk music and its history. Before 1970, most comprised collections of songs with a sprinkling of biographical information on noted performers. Over the past decade, however, scholars, journalists, and folk artists themselves have contributed biographies and autobiographies, instructional ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • 100 classiques rock et leur sens caché

    Anthologie musicale

    Les francophones amateurs de rock connaissent la musique. Mais rarement les paroles. Ou alors deux ou trois phrases, ça s’arrête généralement là.Pour la première fois, un fou de musique se penche avec rigueur et humour sur les textes de 100 grands classiques du rock et en analyse leur contenu et leur sens caché, des Beatles à Radiohead, des Rolling Stones à Rage Against The Machine, de David Bowie ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Great Operas And Their Stories

    Act-By-Act Synopses

    An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and aficionados, 100 Great Operas is perhaps the most comprehensive and enjoyable volume of opera stories ever written.From La Traviata to Aïda, from Carmen to Don Giovanni, here are the plots of the world’s best-loved operas, told in an engaging, picturesque, and readable manner. Written by noted opera authority Henry W. Simon, this distinctive ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

    Eine unglaubliche Geschichte in fünf Akten

    Die Salzburger Festspiele: 100 Jahre Kunst, Kultur und großes DramaSalzburg hat eine fünfte Jahreszeit: die Festspiele. Das größte Klassik-Festival der Welt zieht jedes Jahr tausende Menschen in die Mozartstadt. Prominente, Politiker, aufstrebende Stars und illustre Persönlichkeiten geben einander die Klinke in die Hand. Malte Hemmerich erzählt die unglaubliche Geschichte des Festivals in fünf ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • 100 musicales MÁS que deberías ver

    LOS MEJORES MUSICALES DE AYER, DE HOY Y DE SIEMPRETras el éxito de "100 musicales que deberías ver" (Amat, 2020), Joan Francesc Cánovas nos presenta una nueva selección de los mejores musicales de la historia que complementa y amplía su anterior obra. En "100 musicales MÁS que deberías ver" aparecen muchas obras que han sido galardonadas con los premios Tony y/o Laurence Olivier (y que no habían ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • 100 obras musicales imprescindibles

    Series series Historia y Biografías
    ¿Cómo aprender a disfrutar de la mejor música de todos los tiempos?¿Cómo entender su intención y su belleza, su capacidad de conmover y de comunicar?Puede decirse que toda la gran música está accesible hoy en Internet, al alcance de cualquiera y con una calidad sorprendente, pero cada una oculta una historia personal y una inspiración particularísima.El autor ofrece en este volumen una guía para ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Songs

    by Bob Dylan ...
    “Dylan remains the rare singer whose work is worth reading on the page. His words are consistently funny, alive to the sound of language, and of course appealingly cryptic.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA new collection of Bob Dylan’s most essential lyrics—one hundred songs that represent the Nobel Laureate’s incredible range through the entirety of his career so far.Bob Dylan is one of the most ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 100 Things Pearl Jam Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

    by Greg Prato ...
    Series series 100 Things...Fans Should Know
    Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base as passionate and dedicated as that of Pearl Jam, and this entertaining guide rewards those fans with everything they need to know about the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do activities that every Pearl Jam fan should undertake, it ranks each item from one to 100, providing an ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 100 Things Phish Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

    Series series 100 Things...Fans Should Know
    Few music groups have been able to sustain a fan base as passionate and dedicated as that of Phish, and this entertaining guide rewards those fans with everything they need to know about the band in a one-of-a-kind format. Packed with history, trivia, lists, little-known facts, and must-do adventures that every Phish fan should undertake, it ranks each item from one to 100, providing an ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 101 Amazing Facts about Lionel Richie

    Are you the world’s biggest Lionel Richie fan? Or do you want to find out everything there is to know about the former Commodores lead vocalist and one of the world's best-loved singer-songwriters? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 amazing facts about how Lionel got started in the music industry, the numerous awards he has won, his family and much, much more. The book ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts

    Series Book 2 - 101 Fascinating Facts
    101 true stories to surprise and delight Canadian music fans.Did you know that Serena Ryder played the quietest concert ever from the ocean floor during low tide at Fundy National Park? Or that “I’ll Never Smile Again,” the hit that launched Frank Sinatra’s career, was written by Toronto pianist Ruth Lowe? What about 12-year-old Liberty Silver singing in a reggae band that opened for Bob Marley at ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 101 Great Playlists

    Songs for Every Listener

    by Mac Randall ...
    In the era of mp3 players, there seems to be more music than ever and all of it is just a click away. But what’s the best way to organize your listening? That’s easy: By creating the great playlists in this book, you’ll make terrific musical discoveries and hear familiar songs with a refreshing new perspective.Compiled by veteran music journalist and aficionado Mac Randall (Exit Music: The ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus