Although some portions of Thayer's original text have been deleted because recent Beethoven research has proved them inaccurate, "the majority of the text used consists of the ...

A portrait of folk rock cites its role as a vehicle for musical and social change, chronicling its evolution in the 1960s while profiling its major contributors and milestones ...

Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of the postwar experimental tradition in music.

(Guitar). Introduced in 1922, the Gibson L5 is the precursor of the modern archtop guitar. It was the first archtop to feature f-holes, which allowed it to project through the ...

An ethnography of Dancehall, the dominant form of reggae music in Jamica since the early 1960s.

From the author of "A Century of Pop" comes an in-depth look at Stevie Ray Vaughn and his roots in the vibrant Texas music scene. Photos.

Presents a detailed analysis of the musical styles and forms developed by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven.

Tracing the history of southern gospel--specifically the white gospel quartet tradition--from its roots in the 1870s to the present, Goff examines the social and theological ...