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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.…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3571-9 (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…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30710-9 (Routledge)

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African American Music

An Introduction

Edited by Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby

African American Music: An Introduction is a collection of thirty essays by leading scholars whch survey major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular,…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94138-9 (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…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93965-2 (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…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97177-5 (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…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97704-3 (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,…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97583-4 (Routledge)

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Women in Music

A Research and Information Guide

By Karin Pendle

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-94354-3 (Routledge)

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Musical Visitors to Britain

By Peter Gordon

Britain has attracted many musical visitors to its shores. A varied and often eccentric collection of individuals, some were invited by royalty with musical tastes,…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-7130-4052-4 (Routledge)

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Baakisimba

Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda

By Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza

Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967,…

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2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96776-1 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Teaching Music in American Society: A Social and Cultural Understanding of Music Education
By Steven Kelly
To be published November 26th 2008

Film Music: A History
By James Wierzbicki
To be published November 26th 2008

Charles Francois Gounod: A Research and Information Guide
By Timothy Flynn
To be published December 8th 2008

Rhythm Changes: The Discourses of Jazz
By Alan Stanbridge
To be published January 1st 2009

Twentieth Century Music and the Sociology of Modern Culture
By Eduardo de la Fuente
To be published January 15th 2009