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Singing Sappho Improvisation and Authority in Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera
ISBN: HB: 9780226741772, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 15 halftones, 38 line drawings
From the theatrical stage to the literary salon, the figure of Sappho – the ancient poet and inspiring icon of feminine creativity – played a major role in the intertwining histories of improvisation, text, and performance throughout the nineteenth c...
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Letters of Cole Porter
ISBN: HB: 9780300219272, Yale University Press, October 2019
672 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 32 colour illus.
From "Anything Goes" to "Kiss Me, Kate", Cole Porter left a lasting legacy of iconic songs including "You're the Top", "Love For Sale", and "Night and Day". Yet, alongside his professional success, Porter led an eclectic personal life which featured...
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More Important Than the Music A History of Jazz Discography
ISBN: HB: 9780226067537, University of Chicago Press, October 2013
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 halftones
Today, jazz is considered high art, America's national music, and the catalog of its recordings – its discography – is often taken for granted. But behind jazz discography is a fraught and highly colorful history of research, fanaticism, and the inte...
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