Books Recently Published

This column is compiled quarterly based on the output of the monographic music cataloging units of the Library of Congress. Entries appear on the list as they are cataloged by the library, regardless of the date of publication.

English

Adler, Thomas A. Bean Blossom: the Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's bluegrass festivals. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. xxii, 239 p., 16 p. of plates. ISBN 9780252036156. ISBN 0252036158. ISBN 9780252078101 (trade pbk.). ISBN 0252078101 (trade pbk.). LC 2010-051968.

Music in American life

Allen, Milton. Music, artistry and education: a journey towards musical growth and enlightenment. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music; Milwaukee, WI: exclusively distrb. by Hal Leonard, 2011. xv, 181 p. ISBN 9781574631173 (pbk.). ISBN 1574631179. LC 2011-935074.

Anastasi, William, and Aaron Levy. The Cage dialogues: a memoir. Philadelphia, PA: Slought Books, 2011. 119 p. ISBN 9781936994014 (pbk.; alk. paper). LC 2011-016945.

Contemporary artist series; no. 6

Anderson, Christopher S., ed. Twentieth-century organ music. New York: Routledge, 2012. xvi, 349 p. ISBN 9780415875653 (hbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 9780415875660 (pbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 9780203142233 (ebook; alk. paper). LC 2011-028503.

Routledge studies in musical genres

Anderson, Jennifer Joline. How to analyze the music of Michael Jackson. Edina, MN: ABDO Pub. Co., 2012. 112 p. ISBN 9781617830914. ISBN 1617830917. LC 2011-006301.

Essential critiques

Anderson, Peter J. Rebetiko row: a history of rebetiko music. Bloomington, IN: Xlibris, 2011. 90 p. ISBN 9781453598108 (pbk.). ISBN 9781453598115 (hbk.). LC 2011-565124.

Armbruster, Kurt E. Before Seattle rocked: a city and its music. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011. ix, 374 p. ISBN 9780295991139 (pbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 0295991135 (pbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 9780295801001 (ebook). ISBN 029580100X (ebook). LC 2011-005005.

Armstrong, Victoria. Technology and the gendering of music education. Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011. viii, 157 p. ISBN 9781409417842 (hbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 1409417840 (hbk.; alk. paper). LC 2011-010616.

Ashley, Robert. Perfect lives: an opera. Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2011. xxv, 187 p. ISBN 9781564786845 (pbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 1564786846 (pbk.; alk. paper). LC 2011-027149.

Atkinson, Brian T. I'll be here in the morning: the songwriting legacy of Townes Van Zandt. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2012. xix, 250 p. ISBN 9781603445269 (hbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 1603445269 (hbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 9781603445276 (e-book). ISBN 1603445277 (e-book). LC 2011-016691.

John and Robin Dickson series in Texas music

Austen, Jake, ed. Flying saucers rock 'n' roll: conversations with unjustly obscure rock 'n' soul eccentrics. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. xii, 290 p. ISBN 9780822348375 (hbk.; alk. paper). ISBN 9780822348498 (pbk.; alk. paper). LC 2011-006305.

Refiguring American music

Baade, Christina L. Victory through harmony: the BBC and popular music in World War II. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. viii, 275 p. ISBN 9780195372014 (alk. paper). ISBN 0195372018 (alk. paper). LC 2011-009138.

Bacon, Ernst, and Sara Davis Buechner. Notes on the piano. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2011. vii, 167 p. ISBN 9780486483665. ISBN 0486483665. LC 2011-017589.

Dover books on music and music history This Dover edition, first published in 2011, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Syracuse University Press in 1963.

Baker, Felicity, and Sylka Uhlig, eds. Voicework in music therapy: research and practice. London; Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011. 367 p. ISBN 9781849051651 (alk. paper). ISBN 1849051658 (alk. paper). LC 2010-053443.

Barz, Gregory F., and Judah M. Cohen, eds. The culture of AIDS in Africa: hope and healing in music and the arts. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvii, 500 p. ISBN 9780199744473. ISBN 0199744475. ISBN 9780199744480. ISBN 0199744483. LC 2010-053152.

Bauer, Helen. Beethoven for kids: his life and music with 21 activities. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 2011. xi, 129 p. ISBN 9781569767115 (pbk.). ISBN 1569767114 (pbk.). LC 2011-018131.

For kids series

Baumann, Dorothea. Music and space: a systematic and historical investigation into the impact of architectural acoustics on performance practice followed by a study of Handel's Messiah. Bern; New York: Peter Lang, 2011. xxiii, 417 p. + 1 CD. ISBN 9783034306157. ISBN 3034306156. LC 2011-041542.

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