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Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera
Caplan highlights a treasure trove of vocalists and creators in this magisterial work that will prove immensely rewarding to serious opera scholars and those studying race relations and sociology in the 20th-century United States.
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Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly
Other than Perkins’s own 1996 autobiography, little has been published about him, and Apter admirably fills the gap with this detailed and emotionally charged biography.
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We Take Care of Our Own: Faith, Class, and Politics in the Art of Bruce Springsteen
Sawyers’s command of her subject and fluent style help her integrate various disparate elements into a convincing whole. This is a valuable sociological addition to the ever-growing Springsteen bookshelf.
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William L. Dawson
A valuable addition to the literature on celebrated music composed by Black artists and music education in the United States.
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Pat Metheny: Stories Beyond Words
Recommended for both jazz enthusiasts and readers exploring any of the music genres that have evolved from jazz over the past six decades.
Literary Explorations of Elvis
Elvis is in two new books that offer a fresh look at the King of Rock and Roll. The books address the man who helped propel him to fame, the song “Hound Dog,” and the wider cultural implications of different streams of pop and rock music.
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Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra
This richly rewarding book is a singular achievement in tracing the prowess of these larger-than-life musical figures, whose talents still have emotional resonance today.
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Hound Dog
Will likely appeal to both music scholars and readers investigating the intersection of race and society in the U.S.
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This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City
Overall, music lovers will wax nostalgic for the passing of the various genres and relish what has been memorialized.
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