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Puccini's TURANDOTby Burton D. Fisher
Opera Journeys Publishing 2002; US$ 19.95A comprehensive guide to Puccini's TURANDOT, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with Italian/English side-by side, and over 20 music highlight examples. more...
Hollywood Musicals the Film Readerby Steven Cohan
Routledge 2002; US$ 75.00Articles examine the musical in relation to its generic form and conventions, the relationship between narrative and spectacle, gender and feminism, camp production and reception, stardom, and representations of race and ethnicity. more...
Pitch Perfectby Mickey Rapkin
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 12.99High notes, high drama, and high jinks collide as elite collegiate a cappella groups compete to be the best in the nation Journalist Mickey Rapkin follows a season in collegiate a cappella, covering the breathtaking displays of vocal talent, the groupies (yes, a cappella singers have groupies), the rock-star partying (and run-ins with the law), and all the bitter rivalries. Along the way are encounters with a cappella alums like John Legend and Diane Sawyer and fans from Prince to presidents. Bringing a lively new twist to America's fascination with talent showdowns, Pitch Perfect is sure to strike a chord with readers. more...
Watch You Bleedby Stephen Davis
Penguin Group Inc. 2008; US$ 12.99The New York Times bestselling epic tale of the last great rock band From the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods comes the complete story of Guns N? Roses ? from their drug-fueled blastoff in the 80s to the turbulent life of legendary singer Axl Rose, and his fifteen-year, multimillion dollar quest to make the perfect hard rock album. Riotous world tours. Drug-induced rampages. One hundred millions albums sold. In his sixth major rock biography, Stephen Davis details the riveting story of the last great rock band. Watch You Bleed documents the life of every band member, including the improbable story of W. Axl Rose. Davis brilliantly captures the Guns? raw power ? from the gutters of Sunset Strip to the biggest stadiums... more...
A Power Stronger Than Itselfby George E. Lewis
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 18.00Founded in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with an international reputation. George E. Lewis, who joined the collective as a teenager in 1971, establishes the full importance and vitality of the AACM with this communal history, written with a symphonic sweep that draws on a cross-generational chorus of voices and a rich collection of rare images. Moving from Chicago to New York to Paris, and from founding member Steve McCall’s kitchen table to Carnegie Hall, A Power Stronger Than Itself uncovers a vibrant, multicultural universe and brings to light a major piece of the history of avant-garde music and art. more...
The New Music Theaterby Eric Salzman; Thomas Desi
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 39.95Introduction: What is Music Theater?. Part I: Music in Music Theater. 1. The Voice. 2. Where the Sound Comes From. 3. The Music. Entr'acte I: Is there such a thing as progress in music and music theater?. Part II: Theater in Music Theater. 4. Theater, Music, and Culture. 5. Text. Entr'acte II: The Language of Kathakali. 6. Visual Strategies. 7. Space. Entr'acte III: A Theater of Warm Bodies?. Part III: Putting it all together: La Mise en Scene. 8. The American Eccentrics. 9. Germany and Austria. 10. The Italians. Entr'acte IV: The In Between. 11. Music Theater in France. 12. Great Britain and Northern Europe. 13. Downtown. 14. Minimalism. 15. The Show Music Go On. 16. Extended Voice. 17. Media and Music Theater. Part V: After... more...
The 50th Lawby 50 Cent; Robert Greene
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99A hip hop icon joins forces with the best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power to write a bible for success in life and work living by one simple principle: fear nothing. more...
Sound of the Beastby Ian Christe
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 10.99The definitive history of the first 30 years of heavy metal, containing over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Enemy, Napalm Death, and more. More than 30 years after Black Sabbath released the first complete heavy metal album, its founder, Ozzy Osbourne, is the star of The Osbournes, TV's favourite new reality show. Contrary to popular belief, headbangers and the music they love are more alive than ever. Yet there has never been a comprehensive book on the history of heavy metal - until now. Featuring interviews with members of the biggest bands in the genre, Sound of the Beast gives an overview of the past 30-plus years of heavy metal, delving into... more...
My Appetite for Destructionby Steven Adler; Lawrence J. Spagnola
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 9.99No secret is too dark. No revelation too sick. But you must have the appetite for it. After forty years, twenty-eight ODs, three botched suicides, two heart attacks, a couple of jail stints, and a debilitating stroke, Steven Adler, the most self-destructive rock star ever, is ready to share the shattering untold truth in My Appetite for Destruction . When Adler was eleven years old he told his two closest friends he was going to be a rock star in the world's greatest band. Along with four uniquely talentedbut very complicated and demandingmusicians, Adler helped form Guns N' Roses. They rose from the streetsprimal rockers who obliterated glam rock and its big hair to resurrect rock's truer blues roots. ... more...
Stormsby Carol Ann Harris
Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 12.95A consummate insider as the girlfriend of Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist, Carol Ann Harris leads fans into the very heart of the band’s storms between 1976 and 1984. From interactions between the band and other starsMick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Dennis Wilsonto the chaotic animosity between band members, this memoir combines the sensational account of some of the world’s most famous musicians with a thrilling love story. The parties, fights, drug use, shenanigans, and sex lives of Fleetwood Mac are presented in intimate detail and illustrated with never-before-seen photographs. With the exception of one brief interview, Carol Ann Harris has never before spoken about her time... more...









