Opera: The Basics

By Denise Gallo

Opera: The Basics offers an excellent introduction to four centuries of opera. Its easy to follow sections explore topics including:

• the origins of opera
• basic terminology
• the history of...

Published November 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

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Classic American Popular Song

The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000

By David Jenness, Donald Velsey

Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: "What happened to American popular song after 1950?" There are numerous books available on...

Published November 15th 2005 by Routledge.

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Ethnomusicology

A Contemporary Reader

Edited by Jennifer C. Post

Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader is designed to supplement a textbook for an introductory course in ethnomusicology. It offers a cross section of the best new...

Published November 8th 2005 by Routledge.

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William Byrd

A Research and Information Guide

By Richard Turbet

William Byrd is the most celebrated English composer of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Widely studied and performed, his works are consider models of...

Published November 3rd 2005 by Routledge.

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Apparitions

Essays on Adorno and Twentieth-Century Music

By BERTHOLD HOECKNER

Apparitions takes a new look at the critical legacy of one of the 20th century's most important and influential thinkers about music, Theodor W. Adorno....

Published November 3rd 2005 by Routledge.

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The Popular Music Studies Reader

Edited by Andy Bennett, Barry Shank, Jason Toynbee

The Popular Music Studies Reader maps the changing nature of popular music over the last decade and considers how popular music studies has expanded and...

Published October 26th 2005 by Routledge.

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Jazz

Research and Pedagogy

By Eddie S. Meadows

Jazz: Research and Pedagogy is the third edition of an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of jazz. Since the...

Published October 18th 2005 by Routledge.

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Broadcasting the Blues

Black Blues in the Segregation Era

By Paul Oliver

Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era is based on Paul Oliver's award-winning radio broadcasts from the BBC that were created over several...

Published October 12th 2005 by Routledge.

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Spreadin' Rhythm Around

Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930

By David A. Jasen, Gene Jones

Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930 is a classic work on a little-studied subject in American music history: the contribution of African-American songwriters to...

Published September 30th 2005 by Routledge.

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Is Jazz Dead?

Or Has It Moved to a New Address

By Stuart Nicholson

Is Jazz Dead? examines the state of jazz in America at the turn of the twenty-first century. Musicians themselves are returning to New Orleans, Swing, and Bebop...

Published September 28th 2005 by Routledge.

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