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Taking It to the Bridge
The University of Michigan Press€38.99The overriding aim of this groundbreaking volume—whether the subject is vocal ornamentation in 19th-century opera or the collective improvisation o...
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Wild Tchoupitoulas’ The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Bryan Wagner€16.99The Wild Tchoupitoulas is a definitive expression of the modern New Orleans sound. From "Hey Pocky A-Way" to "Big Chief Got a Golden Crown," the al...
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Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach
Roshanak Kheshti€16.99So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician...
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Billie Holiday
McFarland & Co Inc€36.50Eleanora "Lady Day" Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, played a primary role in the development of American jazz culture and in African Amer...
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Beautiful Ones
PrinceCurrent price €31.99Original price €32.50THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Sunday Times and Telegraph Book of the Year______________________________________________'A triumph ... a ...
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Racionais MCs' Sobrevivendo no Inferno
Derek PardueCurrent price €72.99Original price €74.40In 1997 the rap group Racionais MCs (the ‘Rational’ MCs) recorded the album Sobrevivendo no Inferno (Surviving in Hell), subsequently changing the ...
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Portrait in Four Movements
Andrew PatnerCurrent price €29.99Original price €31.99"Playing in an orchestra in an intelligent way is the best school for democracy."--Daniel Barenboim The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been led ...
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Björk's Homogenic
Emily Mackay€16.99In recent years, Björk’s artistry has become ever more ambitious and ever more respected. With the release of her conceptual app-album Biophilia in...
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Perfume's GAME
Patrick Michel€22.99Released in 2008, J-pop trio Perfume’s GAME shot to the top of Japanese music charts and turned the Hiroshima trio into a household name across the...
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Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night
Patrick Rivers€16.99Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba are Camp Lo. These two emcees from the Bronx, NY entered the American hip hop scene with an insider slang that bewild...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow
Dr Samantha Bennett€16.99In 1978, Siouxsie and the Banshees declared ‘We don’t see ourselves in the same context as other rock'n'roll bands.’ A decade later, and in the sta...
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Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Andrew Barker€16.99As immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde wer...
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Noise Uprising
Michael DenningCurrent price €82.99Original price €83.99A radically new reading of the origins of recorded musicNoise Uprising brings to life the moment and sounds of a cultural revolution. Between the d...
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Taking It to the Bridge
The University of Michigan PressCurrent price €97.99Original price €117.74The overriding aim of this groundbreaking volume—whether the subject is vocal ornamentation in 19th-century opera or the collective improvisation o...
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Massive Attack’s Blue Lines
Ian Bourland€16.99In 1991, a loose-knit collective released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack, splicing together American hip-hop and soul wit...
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Trouble with Wagner
Michael P SteinbergCurrent price €40.99Original price €41.99In this unique and hybrid book, cultural and music historian Michael P. Steinberg combines a close analysis of Wagnerian music drama with a persona...
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Tori Amos's Boys for Pele
Amy Gentry€16.99It’s hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos. Amy Gentry a...
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Michael HicksCurrent price €19.99Original price €21.99A first-of-its-kind history, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir tells the epic story of how an all-volunteer group founded by persecuted religious outcast...
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Sounds of the New Deal
Peter GoughCurrent price €115.99Original price €116.99At its peak the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teachi...
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Real Men Don't Sing
Allison McCrackenCurrent price €31.99Original price €34.99The crooner Rudy Vallée's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans and drew harsh criticism fr...
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Real Men Don't Sing
Allison McCrackenCurrent price €111.99Original price €120.99The crooner Rudy Vallée's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans and drew harsh criticism fr...
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Florida Soul
John CapouyaCurrent price €23.99Original price €24.50When recalling the roots of soul music, most people are likely to name Memphis, Detroit, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, or Macon. But Florida also has...
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Solid State
Kenneth WomackCurrent price €27.99Original price €28.50Music writer Womack delivers a fascinating, in-depth look at the creation of Abbey Road, the Beatles' penultimate album released 50 years ago.... W...
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