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What to Listen For in Jazz

By Barry Kernfeld

From "The Italian Girl" to "Cabaret": Musical Humour, Parody and Burlesque

By George Austen Colerick

The Age of Enlightenment 1745-1790

By Egon Wellesz, F. W. Sternfeld

Hawkwind: Sonic Assassins

By Ian Abrahams

Rainbow Rising: The Story of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

By Roy Davies

Led Zeppelin SBTS

By Chris Welch

I Was There: Gigs That Changed the World

By Mark Paytress

The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini

By William Weaver

Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, and Loving Lou Reed

By Simon Doonan

M Train

By Ms Patti Smith

Classic and Romantic Music: A Comprehensive Guide

By Frederich Blume

A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity

By Gary Tomlinson (Yale University)

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON: The Making of the Pink Floyd Masterpiece

By Harris

Mozart

By Richard Baker

Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop

By Marc Myers

Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler

By Ethan Brown

Bittersweet: The Clifford T. Ward Story

By David Cartwright

Cash: The Autobiography

By Johnny Cash

Einführung in die katholische Kirchenmusik: Ein Überblick über die Geschichte

By Scharnagl, August

Listening to Music History: Active Listening Materials to Support a School Music Scheme (Music Express Extra)

By MacGregor, Helen, Dexter, Alison, Collins Music

How to Play Keyboards: All You Need to Know to Play Easy Keyboard Music

By Roger Evans

The Vintage Guide to Classical Music: An Indispensable Guide for Understanding and Enjoying Classical Music

By Jan Swafford

Lives of the Great Composers: v. 1

By Harold C. Schonberg

The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera

By Roger Parker

Gregorian Chant: A Guide to the History and Liturgy

By Dr. Daniel Saulnier, Dr. Mary Berry

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die

Small Town Talk

By Barney Hoskyns

A History of Emotion in Western Music: A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop

By Michael Spitzer (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Liverpool)

Whatever Happened to the C86 Kids?: An Indie Odyssey

By Nige Tassell

Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era

By Ken Emerson