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1	Music: An Appreciation more books like this by Roger Kamien add to wishlist This book is the leading text for the nonmajors' introduction to music courses. Some of the books distinctive features include the listening outlines (created by Kamien), the clear concise writing style, the well chosen examples, and the strong elements section. The fifth edition includes new selections throughout, additional listening outlines, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Inner Game of Music more books like this by Barry Green, W Timothy Gallwey add to wishlist By the best-selling co-author of Inner Tennis, here's a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.55! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Listening to Music more books like this by Professor Craig Wright add to wishlist More than any other music appreciation text, "Listening to Music, 5th Edition", helps students to develop and refine their listening skills. Wright covers traditional Western music from medieval to modern and integrates non-Western music throughout the text where appropriate, drawing comparisons between Western and non-Western musical cultures. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	La Toya: 2growing Up in the Jackson Family more books like this by La Toya Jackson, Patricia Romanowski add to wishlist The Jacksons are the most famous family in show business, a clan of superstars that has sold more than 200 million records since 1969. To the uninitiated, their story looks like the American Dream come true, but their shocking success came at a high price. . . . La Toya Jackson tells a tale of child abuse, physical violence, and psychological ... see all copies from $5.97! new only from $29.95! \| first editions
5	American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 more books like this by Professor Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman add to wishlist The most complete, colorful, and authoritative package of its kind, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Third Edition, examines popular music in the United States from its beginnings into the 21st century. Highlighting the contributions of diverse groups, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman trace the development of jazz, blues, ... see all copies from $20.80! new only from $49.98!
6	The Pop, Rock and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates more books like this by David Brackett add to wishlist This title is a collection of readings following the evolution of American popular music from the 1920's to the present. Pulling together articles, excerpts, and critical commentary from scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and biographies, the reader provides a vivid history of pop, rock, and soul in America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
7	His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra more books like this by Kitty Kelley add to wishlist This controversial biography of the singer and actor led to a two-million dollar lawsuit by Sinatra. Kelly reveals every detail about Sinatra's history and musical career, including alleged Mafia connections, his marriage and breakup with Ava Gardner, and affairs with Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A night without armor : poems more books like this by Jewel add to wishlist Poems derived from personal journals, by the young American singer-songwriter. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Technique of Orchestration more books like this by Kent Wheeler Kennan add to wishlist Instruments of the orchestra are clearly described and supported by numerous musical examples and photos. "Suggested Assignments" and "Suggested Listening" lists follow each chapter helping students master and further explore subject matter. Includes updated chapter on writing score and parts with inclusion of material on computer notation and has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Popular Music in America: And the Beat Goes on more books like this by Michael Campbell add to wishlist POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA is a wide-ranging survey of almost two centuries of popular music. It offers a coherent and integrated account of the evolution of popular music -- from the parlor songs and minstrel show music of the 1840s, to rock, rap, techno, and other contemporary styles. Because it takes a broad view of popular music, the text ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.95! \| SVS
11	Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals more books like this by Brock McElheran add to wishlist Conducting Technique has been accepted as a standard text for both choral and orchestral conducting courses taught at universities, colleges, and conservatories throughout the English-speaking world. For this revised edition the author has made a number of corrections and additions, including a new preface. see all copies from $5.74! new only from $18.43! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Modern Conductor more books like this by Elizabeth A H Green add to wishlist For junior- to graduate-level courses in Introduction to Conducting (advanced techniques included), Band, Orchestra, Chorus. Requires background in Music Theory, Music History, and Music Analysis. Building upon a classic conducting text, this edition updates references and expands sections to provide students with more comprehensive explanations ... see all copies from $4.14! new only from $87.81! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits more books like this by Joel Whitburn add to wishlist From the classic days of Red Foley, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash to the country super-stars of today like the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith, "Billboard" magazine has been keeping tabs on the best-sellers in country music and today, country music is hotter than ever before. Now, all the information since the earliest Billboard charts - compiled in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.21! \| SVS
14 view cover	Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer more books like this by Tom Lehrer, Ronald Searle (Illustrator) add to wishlist The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the sardonic piano-wielding fugitive from Harvard, have corrupted generations of Americans since his start in the 1950's. This edition contains complete music for 34 songs. Index. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $11.34! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music more books like this by Elijah Wald add to wishlist "There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of other styles that came after them, all the way through funk and ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $15.31! \| SVS
16 view cover	Call her Miss Ross : the unauthorized biography of Diana Ross more books like this by J. Randy Taraborrelli add to wishlist Details the life and career of Diana Ross. From her early success with The Supremes to the ongoing string of solo hits, Diana Ross' career is charted and her immense contribution to pop music analyzed. Her tempestuous romances and ill-fated friendships are described. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Orchestration more books like this by Cecil Forsyth add to wishlist Probably best general book on the subject. Thorough discussion of 57 instruments, technical aspects of writing for each, much else. see all copies from $4.42! new only from $6.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Art of Conducting more books like this by Donald Hunsberger add to wishlist This text contains practical instruction in choral and instrumental conducting, for both beginning and intermediate students, along with a large selection of scores for classroom practice. see all copies from $25.00! new only from $76.62! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits more books like this by Joel Whitburn add to wishlist This unparalleled resource provides complete, cross-referenced information for all songs and artists to make the Top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart from 1955 through mid-2003. Every artist entry opens with biographical information, followed by the date for each Top 40 single hit, its highest position and number of weeks on the chart, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the U.S.A. more books like this by Reebee Garofalo add to wishlist For one semester/quarter undergraduate courses in the History of Rock, History of Popular Music, American Popular Music, and American Popular Song. Rockin' Out offers a comprehensive social history of popular music in the United States that takes the reader from the invention of the phonograph to the promise of the Internet, from the heyday of Tin ... see all copies from $28.75! new only from $72.44! \| SVS
21 view cover	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey more books like this by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton add to wishlist British dance music fanatics Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's smart, savvy, and often scholarly history of the DJ and the interplay between dance music and popular culture begins with a reference to the shamanic role of the disk jockey as a leader of celebrations of almost religious intensity. (One of the most successful 1970s New York discos, ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.00!
22 view cover	Backstreet Boys: The Official Book more books like this by Andrea Csillag, Backstreet Boys add to wishlist This book, complete with 275 color photographs, invites fans to get up-close and personal with the Backstreet Boys. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.19! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Mercury and Me more books like this by Jim Hutton, Tim Wapshott add to wishlist The relationship between Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton evolved over several months in 1984 and 1985. Even when they first slept together Button had no idea who Mercury was, and when the star told him his name it meant nothing to him. Hutton worked as a barber at the Savoy Hotel and retained his job and his lodgings in Sutton, Surrey, for two ... see all copies from $31.29! new only from $157.36! \| first editions
24	The Carpenters: The Untold Story: An Authorized Biography more books like this by Ray Coleman add to wishlist Written with the co-operation of Richard Carpenter and his family, this is a biography of Richard and his sister, Karen. It focuses not only on The Carpenters' pop-music career but also on Karen's anorexia, as a result of which, unhappily married and a millionairess, she died at the age of 32. With Richard as musical director and songwriter, she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.96! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Basic Guide to How to Read Music more books like this by Helen Cooper add to wishlist Demonstrating how to read music, this book is designed so that the reader can learn how to read almost any melody and play it on a piano. It contains musical terms and symbols and explains them fully. The book is ideal for classrooms, private lessons or general use at home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| SVS

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