Stephanie Stein Crease 
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His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities

The Operatic Problem delves into various issues surrounding opera as a form of musical and theatrical performance. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the challenges and artistic dilemmas faced …

This collection of essays by scholars of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French music has been assembled in homage to the influential and inspirational French musicologist Fran‘s Lesure who …

“Children really love playing along to the backing tracks. The book is well thought out and each musical aspect is introduced gradually as to not swamp the child with too much too soon.” Ben Parker, …

Few American superstar stories are richer, wilder, or more excessive than Rick James”s. He played in a band with Neil Young, spent years in jail, produced his first album (which was then picked up …

From Hitler”s notorious fondness for Wagner”s operas to classical music”s role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era of the world wars, many observers have pointed to a distinct relationship …

Kendrick Lamar has established himself at the forefront of contemporary hip-hop culture. Artistically adventurous and socially conscious, he has been unapologetic in using his art form, rap music, to …

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ”Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing” CAITLIN MORAN ”Splendid. Provides plenty of evidence of Bowie”s restless, rummaging intelligence, and …

Christians and Christianity have been central to Hip Hop since its inception. This book explores the intersection of Christians and Hip Hop and the multiple outcomes of this intersection. It lays out …

Remixing European Jazz Culture examines a jazz culture that emerged in the 1990s in cosmopolitan cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Berlin, London, and Oslo – energised by the introduction of studio t …

First published in 1998, this volume brings together the most part of the author’s work on medieval polyphony. The most significant advance in music during the period in the High Gothic was the devel …