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In this history Mates stresses the long tradition of musical theater in the US, reaching back to the pre-Revolutionary period. This tradition has incorporated, over the years, elements from... — Choice More…

Written as a straightforward chronology of ballroom dance, the book is well researched and entertaining to read. Malnig pays special attention to the music that helped animate this form of popular... — Choice More…

Using musical description and analysis of dozens of transcribed excerpts from Fitzgerald's recorded legacy, David provides a fresh approach to understanding the music and career of jazz singer... — Choice More…

Because fanzine material on country music is far more plentiful than scholarly writing, this release in the Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music series is particularly welcome. Country music's... — Choice More…

Well printed and bound, the volume should be helpful to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of both musical drama and the English theater as well as to scholars — Choice More…

It's an informative, highly enjoyable wealth of information about the thought and background of the music, album-by-album and single-by-single. Though not an intentional biography, nevertheless... — Record Collector More…

Moskowitz (Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion) does what few have: he ties the texts of Hendrix's works to events, people, and places in his life. The volume is complete, thorough, and engaging.... — Choice More…

Stories from Songs is an impressively presented, informed and informative scholarly study that is an essential edition to academic library collections and appropriate for both students of Folk... — The Midwest Book Review More…