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The Death Of Rhythm and Blues
by Nelson George
This passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its transformation into the R&B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music.
Big Day Coming
by Jesse Jarnow
The first biography of Yo La Tengo, the massively influential band who all but defined indie music. Yo La Tengo has lit up the indie scene for three decades, part of an underground revolution that defied corporate music conglomerates, eschewed pop radio, and found a third way. Going behind the scenes of one of the most remarkable eras in American music history, Big Day Coming traces the patient rise of husband-and-wife team Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, who—over three decades—helped forge a...
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Music History Books & Ephemera
Crossover the Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk And Metal Collide
by Anesiadis, Alexandros
Cherry Red Books, 2019-10-01. paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Unmarked. Text appears to be free of highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover book shows corner crease, corner and edge wear from normal use / storage. Binding is solid, square. Cherry Red Books. A book that is currently Out-Of-Print, Uncommon, A First Edition, or Collectable. Photos included with this listing are of the actual book you will receive. Ships quickly and with care.
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$149.77
Musiques formelles
by Iannis Xenakis
Paris, Richard Masse, 1963. Quarto (27 cm), broché. Édition originale (pas de grand papier). Quelques taches de rousseur sur les pages de garde, sinon un bel exemplaire qui a été lu, mais est en bon état de conservation. Envoi depuis le Mexique, par DHL, UPS ou FedEx dans tout le monde. Siranda LibrerÃa Anticuaria, CDMX
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$150.00
Fichthorn's Letter System of Music Reading : A Pupil's Book for Class and Home Study
by Field, Eugene (edited By C. Merton Babcock)
Self-published By Author, 1931. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Probable First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. Gray softcover, 39 pp. Complete title: "Fichthorn's Letter System of Music Reading With Essentials for Vocal Classes : Also Useful in private Voice and Instrumental Teaching as well as Class Instrumental Instruction. One Letter Position for all Keys Applicable to all Texts. A Pupil's Book for Class and Home...
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$15.00
The Making of Guys and Dolls
by Keith Garebian
Mosaic Press, 2010. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2010 Mosaic Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The latest installment in the widely successful 'Making of The Great Broadway Musicals' series. This book goes behind the scenes of the making of original Broadway Production in 1950.
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$21.95
Young Music Makers: Boyhoods of Famous Composers
by Irene Wicker
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Jules Gotlieb. Signed by Author The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1961. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear with several chips and tears on edges, small chip in title on front, and some mild foxing. Cover has mild shelfwear. Inscription by author on front flyleaf with some writing by previous owner. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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$38.00
A History of Western Music
by Donald Jay Grout
W. W. Norton & Co., 1960. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.61
The String Instrument Owner's Handbook
by Michael J. Pagliaro
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2015 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In The String Instrument Owner's Guide, Michael Pagliaro surveys the complete "ownership life cycle" of bowed string instruments.
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$42.95
O fons Bandusiae, splendidior vitro (To the Fountain of Bandusia)
by Thompson, Randall
E. C. Schirmer Music Co, 1932. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 15 pages. E.C.S. No. 740. Horace: Odes III, 13. For Chorus of Mixed Voices. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Covers separated at fold.
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$25.00
Australasian Music at Home and Abroad
by Kirby, Sarah & Gabriel, John (Edited by)
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2023. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. ii, 277 pages. Combining approaches from Western art music, First Nations music, pop music, studies of contemporary community practice, and anthropological and ethnomusicological field work, Australasian Music, At Home and Abroad presents peer-reviewed chapters that critically reflect on Australasian music-making in the last 125 years. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for...
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$29.23
Rosemary: Four Choruses for Women's Voices (Three- and Four-part, Unaccompanied)
by Randall Thompson
E. C. Schirmer Music Co, 1930. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 32 pages. Lyrics from 'Tiger Joy' by Stephen Vincent Benet. First edition (first printing). Near fine in wrappers (paperback, stapled).
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$50.00
DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE: MUSICAL MEMOIRS
by Young, Al
Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1995. This is the Advance Uncorrected Proofs which came out before the hardcover first. Good acquisition for the collector. VF in wraps. Great stuff from Coleman Hawkins to Spike Jones! A knowledgeable and sensitive writer travels through musical memories--jazz, blues, pop, latin, classics, country-western, all there.. 1st Edition. Paperback.
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$27.50
REVOLUCION MUSICAL NEGRA, LA
by NOE CUBAS COLMENARES
All our books are in good to very good condition unless otherwise noted (no markings, not ex-library). We are happy to provide detailed pictures of book covers and contents upon request. We ship out of Mexico City by registered mail or FedEx/DHL. Please ask for a detailed shipping quote.Siranda LibrerÃa Anticuaria, CDMX. We specialize in hard to find books on the arts and rare editions of 20th Century literature, in many languages.Todos nuestros libros están en buen o muy buen estado, a menos que se...
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$50.00
A Matter of Records
by Moore, Jerrold Northrop
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 248 pages. Fred Gaisberg and The Golden Era of the Gramaphone . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$16.61
Wagner's Ring: A Listener's Companion & Concordance
by J.K. Holtman
Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author Amadeus Press, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by author with initials on front flyleaf. Dust jacket has very mild shelfwear. Cover has mild shelfwear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not price-clipped. Not ex-library. A listeners companion and concordance to Wagner's opera 'The Ring', exploring the mythology behind it , story, music, characters and language. Very...
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$48.70
Feedback: The Who and Their Generation
by Casey Harison
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2014 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In Feedback: The Who and Their Generation, historian Casey Harison offers a cultural and social history of one of the most successful bands of the 1960s British Invasion. .
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$14.95
The Blue Aspic / Der Traurige Zwölfpfünder
by Edward Gorey
Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has very slight shelfwear. tiny indents on front, corners lightly worn, tiny tear on front bottom edge, small tear on bottom back edge. Cover has very slight shelfwear, a few tiny indents on front. Short gift note on front flyleaf. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not price-clipped. Not ex-library. Very nice copy.
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$203.00
Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road: When Old Time Music Met Bluegrass
by John Cohen
PowerHouse Books, 2019. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2019 PowerHouse Books hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadis a living document of country music's founding fathers and mothers. John Cohen photographed musicians, at home, backstage at public events, from the wings at fiddlers' conventions, out in country music parks, and in the...
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$16.95
La Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) (staged opera production) (6 original photographs, 4 B/W, 2 color)
by Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans (conductor). Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Photograph. 4 original B/W 8 x 10 inch photographs; 2 color photograph, 5.2 x 7 inches. Production starred Heinz Blankenburg, Edith Mathis, Tom Krause and Arlene Saunders. Produced in Hamburg. First edition (first printing). Near fine copies. One B/W photograph in duplicate. Notes in English with identifications in ink on rear.
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$31.25
Las jiras
by Federico Arana
All our books are in good to very good condition unless otherwise noted (no markings, not ex-library). We are happy to provide detailed pictures of book covers and contents upon request. We ship out of Mexico City by registered mail or FedEx/DHL. Please ask for a detailed shipping quote. Siranda LibrerÃa Anticuaria, CDMX. We specialize in hard to find books on the arts and rare editions of 20th Century literature, in many languages. Todos nuestros libros están en buen o muy buen estado, a...
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$25.00
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Off the Wall [Nos. 1 to 3]
by Wilson, Wes (editor)
Aurora, MO: POSTER Project, 1992. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. The first three issues of Wilson's "journal about events posters & the arts of happenings." The newspapers are printed on white heavy newsprint and folded like tabloid magazines. The issues have drawings by Robert Crumb. The second issue is dedicated to Rick Griffin, the poster artist who had recently died. Roughly 17 by 23 inches. Volume I, numbers 1, 2, and 3. Fine copies.
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$120.00
Producing Country: The Inside Story of the Great Recordings
by Michael Jarrett
Wesleyan University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes index and B&W photographs. 320 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Legendary producers describe the making of country music's great recordings Musicians make music. Producers make records. In the early days of recorded music, the producer was the "artists-and-repertoire man," or A&R man, for short. A powerful figure, the A&R man chose...
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$14.95
Quattro Pezzi Sacri
by Giuseppe Verdi
Quattro Pezzi Sacri di Giuseppe Verdi, riduzione per canto e pianoforte di G. Luporini. Ricordi, Milano / Boosey, NYCuarto, 67 pp. en rústica con portada ilustrada en estilo Art Nouveau. Primera edición de 1898, con el anuncio que ofrece las piezas por separado, en papel albanene. Sellos de biblioteca, un par de anotaciones a lápiz y una a color (ver fotos), las esquinas de algunas hojas un poco manchadas. Una rotura, reparada hace tiempo, en la cubierta posterior. En muy buen estado generalFirst...
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$180.00
Pink Floyd: A Kaleidoscope of Conundrums
by Michael O'Neill
UK: Danann Publishing Limited, 2017. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2017 Danann Publishing hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The story of Pink Floyd is embedded in the story of an era, of a generation tasting personal freedom from the first time and their musical heroes, the musicians who accompanied them and attempted to blaze the trail for them, often at...
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$16.95
A Mammal's Notebook (Atlas Arkhive Five / Documents of the Avant-Garde)
by Satie, Erik (author), Antony Melville (translator), Ornella Volta (editor)
London: Atlas Press, 2002. 2nd edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Square 8vo, 208pp, printed wrappers. The uncommon 2002 edition of this important collection of writings by Satie. Unmarked copy, light soil and wear.
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$45.00
