Music
Show Makers
The Show Makers describes twelve of the most creative and influential directors of contemporary musical theatre. Richly anecdotal, The Show Makers communicates the passion and joy which motivates these directors.
Electronic and Experimental Music
The second edition of the classic text on the history of electronic music, this book has been thoroughly updated to present material on home computers, the Internet, as well as enlarged sections on history and theoretical issues.
Conversing with Cage
Conversing with Cage draws on over 150 interviews with John Cage conducted over four decades to draw a full picture of his life and art.
Alice May
This biography tells the story of Alice May, a touring prima donna in the nineteenth century who took part in pioneering performances of the popular light operas of the day, including the first production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sorcerer.
Piano
Uniformly well written and authoritative, this guide will channel anyone's love for the instrument, through social, intellectual, art history and beyond into the electronic age.
Ethnomusicology
An annotated bibliography of books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology.
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
This is an A-Z reference work covering the entire history of recorded sound from Edison discs to CDs and MP3.
Alan Lomax
This collection of writings, introduced by Lomax's daughter Anna, brings together articles by a legendary figure in American folk music, from the 1930s onwards.
Harry B. Smith
Harry B. Smith was the most prolific writer for the American musical theatre in history, working with every major American composer between 1880 and 1920. This examination of his work is thus highly instructive of the history of the American musical.
Tin Pan Alley
New York's famous 'Tin Pan Alley' was the centre of popular music publishing in the US, for nearly a century. This is the first resource tool to identify its major publishers, composers, lyricists, singers, dances and bands.