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Author
Series
Music of the African diaspora volume 13
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
411 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
2) Beethoven's skull: dark, strange, and fascinating tales from the world of classical music and beyond
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beethoven's Skull is an unusual and often humorous survey of the many strange happenings in the history of Western classical music. Proving that good music and shocking tabloid-style stories make excellent bedfellows, it presents tales of revenge, murder, curious accidents, and strange fates that span more than two thousand years. Highlights include:
A cursed song that kills those who hear it
A composer who lovingly cradles the head...
A cursed song that kills those who hear it
A composer who lovingly cradles the head...
3) They call me supermensch: a backstage pass to the amazing worlds of film, food, and rock 'n' roll
Author
Language
English
Description
In the course of his storied career as a manager, agent, and producer, Shep Gordon has worked with—and befriended—some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, from Alice Cooper to Bette Davis, Raquel Welch to Groucho Marx, Blondie to Jimi Hendrix, Sylvester Stallone to Salvador Dalí, Luther Vandross to Teddy Pendergrass. He is also credited with inventing the “celebrity chef,” and has worked with Nobu Matsuhisa,
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
136 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
This volume of History Comics follows Aaliyah, a hip-hop superfan, as she gets a lesson in all things “old school” when she takes a day trip to the Bronx, where her dad shows her all the heroes who helped create the foundations of this musical and cultural revolution.
8) Rockabilly
Author
Series
Publisher
Ma Non Troppo
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
254 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly complex. In his dynamic tour through 40,000 years of music, from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop, Howard Goodall leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation-harmony, notation, sung theater, the orchestra, dance music, recording-strikes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle--along with the group's extensive archives and his own research from years of covering the group--David Browne, longtime music journalist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone, does more than merely delve into the Dead's saga. By way of an altogether unique structure--each chapter centered around a significant or pivotal day in their story--he lends this ... musical...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and audience changed and charged the way music is heard and celebrated, capturing lightning in a bottle. Musician and writer Lenny Kaye explores ten crossroads of time and place that define rock and roll, its unforgettable flashpoints, characters and visionaries, how each generation came to be, how it was discovered...
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