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1	Music and the Mind more books like this by Anthony Storr add to wishlist Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most tangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this book, he explores why this should be so. Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Music!: Its Role and Importance in Our Lives more books like this by Charles B Fowler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.61! \| SVS
3	Noise : the political economy of music more books like this by Jacques Attali add to wishlist see all copies from $6.95! new only from $19.50! \| SVS
4	Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano more books like this by James Parakilas add to wishlist The piano puts whole worlds of musical sound at the fingertips of one player, evoking the singing of a solo voice, the textural richness of an orchestra, and the rhythmic impetus of a dance band. It has been background or centre stage in concert-going, parlour singing, choir rehearsals, theatrical tryouts, and many other activities, forging a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.04! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The World Is Sound: NADA Brahma: Music and the Landscape of Consciousness more books like this by Joachim Ernest Berendt add to wishlist One of Europe's foremost jazz producers takes us through a world of musical traditions and explores the effects of sound on consciousness. see all copies from $4.18! new only from $11.47! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction more books like this by Elizabeth May add to wishlist Twenty essays on ethnic music around the world, illustrated with maps, diagrams, drawings, and music. see all copies from $7.99! new only from $54.46! \| first editions
7	Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture more books like this by Ken Emerson add to wishlist A study of the career of Stephen Foster, the world's first professional songwriter, along with an examination of of his influence on American popular culture. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $11.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Secret Power of Music: The Transformation of Self and Society Through Musical Energy more books like this by David Tame add to wishlist This study of the hidden side of music and its subtle effects is one of the most detailed books ever written on the subject. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.54! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Nation's Image: French Grand Opera as Politics and Politicized Art more books like this by Jane Fulcher add to wishlist French grand opera, this book argues, was a different and more complex kind of theater than we ordinarily suppose. Focusing on the period of grand opera's rise, its dominance, and its final decline, Professor Fulcher shows that it was a subtly used tool of the state. Using the Opera's archives, she analyses the mechanism and goals of state ... see all copies from $46.15! new only from $46.15! \| SVS
10	Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music more books like this by Simon Frith add to wishlist What is it that makes us nod our head in time with the rhythm, tap our feet, grin, grimace, flip the dial? What is it that makes music "good" and what leads us to make these myriad critical decisions about popular culture each day? This text considers these questions and seeks to uncover the meaning which is manufactured by popular music. From ... see all copies from $10.40! new only from $18.79! \| first editions \| SVS
11	When the Music's Over: The Story of Political Pop more books like this by Robin Denselow add to wishlist This book sets out to examine the history of post-war political pop from the McCarthy era to Live Aid and from Ewan MacColl to Red Wedge. The story includes the anti-communist witch-hunts of the 50s, the Civil Rights and Vietnam campaigns of the 60s, the Rock against Racism Movement of the 70s and the close connection between pop and politics in ... see all copies from $18.43!
12 view cover	Swing Changes: Big-Band Jazz in New Deal America more books like this by David W Stowe add to wishlist Bands were playing, people were dancing, the music business was booming. It was the big-band era, and swing was giving a new shape and sound to American culture. In "Swing Changes", David Stowe looks at new deal America through its music and shows us how the contradictions and tensions within swing - over race, politics, its own cultural status, ... see all copies from $5.27! new only from $32.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Musical elaborations more books like this by Edward W. Said add to wishlist This study analyzes music, moving from the personal response of the listener to the cultural and public ramifications of its performance and historical setting. Covering subjects as diverse as the eccentric genius, Glenn Gould, the influence on Wagner's music and his politics, and the formative influence that music had on Proust in "Rememborance ... see all copies from $3.25! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Chopin at the Boundaries: Sex, History, and Musical Genre more books like this by Jeffrey Kallberg add to wishlist The complex status of Chopin in our culture--a native Pole who adopted France, a male composer writing in "feminine" genres--is the subject of Jeffrey Kallberg's absorbing book. Combining social history, literary theory, musicology, and feminist thought, this is the first book to situate Chopin's music within the construct of his somewhat marginal ... see all copies from $21.00! new only from $35.50! \| SVS
15 view cover	Revolution in the Head more books like this by MacDonald add to wishlist Updated to include material from "The Beatles Live at the BBC" and the "Anthology" series, this book goes to the heart of "The Beatles" - their records. Ian MacDonald reads their 241 tracks chronologically, from their first amateur efforts in 1957, to "Real Love" in 1995. see all copies from $7.50! new only from $41.53!
16 view cover	Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play more books like this by Ben Watson add to wishlist Frank Zappa recorded nearly 60 albums using an extraordinary range of techniques and genres. One of the most brilliant artists of our time, he has defied categorization. Ben Watson takes an in-depth look at Zappa's life and work, explaining the method behind the radical sounds that he produced. see all copies from $14.50! first editions
17 view cover	Popular Music in Theory more books like this by Dr. Keith Negus add to wishlist A lively contribution to the debates that are central to popular music studies. see all copies from $5.01! new only from $24.56! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music & Mass Movements more books like this by Reebee Garofalo (Editor) add to wishlist "Popular music, for all its contradictions, lets us feel the pulses of grassroots social awareness...Rockin' provides excellent, detailed documentation of a wide variety of social stirrings. It's a source of hope." -Dick Flacks, UC Santa Barbara see all copies from $5.59! new only from $28.27! \| SVS
19	The Hip: Hipsters, Jazz, and the Beat Generation more books like this by Roy Carr, Fred Dellar, Brian Case add to wishlist see all copies from $2.93! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Jazz: The American Theme Song more books like this by James Lincoln Collier add to wishlist Praised by the Washington Post as a `tough, unblinkered critic,' James Lincoln Collier is probably the most controversial writer on jazz today. His iconoclatic articles, and his acclaimed biographies of the jazz greats continue to spark debate in jazz circles. With the publication of Jazz: The American Theme Song, Collier does nothing to soften ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Notes from Underground more books like this by Thomas Cushman add to wishlist Notes From Underground offers the first Western sociological study of rock music and counterculture in Russian society. Based on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and life-history analysis, the author provides a detailed ethnographic examination of the origins and local meanings of rock music and the countercultural way of life of rock ... see all copies from $22.06! new only from $26.95!
22	Elvis and Marilyn 2x Immortal more books like this by Geri Depaoli, David Halberstam, Rizzoli add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Music at the Margins: Popular Music and Global Cultural Diversity more books like this by Dr. Marlene Cuthbert, Elizabeth Buck, Deanna Campbell Robinson add to wishlist Is there a growing homogenization of the world's popular music? Or, conversely, is there a continuing and perhaps ever increasing diversity of song styles and forms? With a focus is on how the process of popular music production is perceived by local musicians, this book addresses this issue, testing the more conventional 'cultural imperialism' ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.11! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry more books like this by Robert Burnett add to wishlist Popular music is with us constantly. Not only do we listen to music in our homes and at live performances, but also as a sonic background in cars, bars, aeroplanes, restaurants and shopping malls. This book provides a comprehensive study of the international industry which produces, markets and distributes popular music. It considers the industry ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.04! \| SVS
25 view cover	Dionysos Rising: The Birth of Cultural Revolution Out of the Spirit of Music more books like this by E Michael Jones add to wishlist see all copies from $28.00! new only from $28.00!

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