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The cadence, key to musical clarity a simple and practical approach to clear phrasing

Author:: McClanahan, Richard Search this

Physical description:: xiv, 101 pages music, ports 27 cm

Type:: Books

Date:: 1970

Topic:: Cadences (Music)--History and criticism Search this; Cadences (Music)--Instruction and study Search this; Piano music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) Search this; Piano, Musique de--Interprétation Search this

Call number:: MT235 .M16X; MT235.M16X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_8797

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Uptown the story of Harlem's Apollo Theatre

Author:: Schiffman, Jack Search this

Subject:: Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street) Search this; Apollo Theatre Search this

Physical description:: xii, 210 pages ports 22 cm

Type:: Books; Apollo-Theater; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: New York (State); New York; New York (État); New York- Harlem

Date:: 1971

Topic:: African Americans--Music--History and criticism Search this; Popular music--History and criticism Search this; Musique populaire--Histoire et critique Search this; African Americans--Music Search this; Geschichte Search this; Popular music Search this

Call number:: ML200.8.N52 A7; ML200.8.N52A7

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_8900

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Sketches of the origin, progress, and effects of music with an account of the ancient bards and minstrels

Author:: Eastcott, Richard 1740?-1828 Search this

Physical description:: viii, iv, 277 pages 23 cm

Type:: Books; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Date:: 1971; 1793

Topic:: Music--History and criticism Search this; Music--Physiological effect Search this; Musique--Effets physiologiques Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; Music Search this

Call number:: ML60 .E13 1793aX; ML60.E13 1793aX

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_8911

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Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC works, politics, and performances edited by Daniel Abraham, Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, and Andrew H. Weaver

Editor:: Abraham, Daniel 1968- Search this; Kopfstein-Penk, Alicia Search this; Weaver, Andrew H Search this

Author:: Project Muse Search this

Physical description:: 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages)

Type:: Electronic resources; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Songs and music

Place:: United States; Washington (D.C.)

Date:: 2020; 20th century; 1945-1989

Topic:: Music and diplomacy--History Search this; Music--Political aspects Search this; Music--Social aspects--History Search this; Music--History and criticism Search this; MUSIC / History & Criticism Search this; Music Search this; Music and diplomacy Search this; Music--Social aspects Search this; Political participation Search this; Politics and government Search this; Songs and music Search this

Call number:: ML410.B566 L44 2020 (Internet)

Restrictions & Rights:: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL; 1-user; Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1147394

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Hamilton : the revolution : being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America / by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

Author:: Miranda, Lin-Manuel 1980- Search this; McCarter, Jeremy 1976- Search this

Physical description:: 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Type:: Librettos; Drama; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Musicals

Place:: United States

Date:: 2016

Topic:: Musicals Search this; Musicals--History and criticism Search this; Librettos Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1106090

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Sweet bitter blues Washington, DC's homemade blues Phil Wiggins and Frank Matheis ; foreword by Elijah Wald

Author:: Wiggins, Phil Search this; Matheis, Frank Search this

Writer of foreword:: Wald, Elijah Search this

Physical description:: 1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages)

Type:: Biography; Biographies; Electronic books; Autobiographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: Washington (D.C.)

Date:: 2020

Topic:: Blues musicians Search this; Harmonica players Search this; Blues (Music)--History and criticism Search this; MUSIC--Genres & Styles--Blues Search this; Blues (Music) Search this

Call number:: ML419.W415 A3 2020 (Internet)

Restrictions & Rights:: 1-user

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1147672

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The music of black Americans a history

Author:: Southern, Eileen Search this

Physical description:: xviii, 552 pages illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits 22 cm

Type:: Songs; Association copies (Provenance); Criticism, interpretation, etc; Music; Musique

Place:: United States; États-Unis

Date:: 1971

Topic:: African Americans--Music--History and criticism Search this; Music--History and criticism Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; African Americans Search this; African Americans--Music Search this; Afroamerikanische Musik Search this; Geschichte Search this; Music Search this; Musik Search this; Schwarze Search this

Call number:: ML3556.S74X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_6833

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The classical style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Author:: Rosen, Charles 1927-2012 Search this

Subject:: Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Criticism and interpretation Search this; Haydn, Joseph 1732-1809 Criticism and interpretation Search this; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 Works Search this; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 Criticism and interpretation Search this; Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Search this; Haydn, Joseph 1732-1809 Criticism and interpretation Search this; Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Oeuvre Search this

Physical description:: 467 p music 25 cm

Type:: Books; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Date:: 1971; 18th century; 18e siècle

Topic:: Classicism in music Search this; Music--History and criticism Search this; Classicisme dans la musique Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; Music Search this; Musikalischer Stil Search this; Wiener Klassik Search this

Call number:: ML195 .R68X; ML195.R68X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_7531

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Chopi musicians their music, poetry, and instruments

Author:: Tracey, Hugh Search this

Physical description:: xiii, 193 pages, 21 plates (including 3 folded) illustrations, maps, music, portraits 23 cm

Type:: Musique; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: Mozambique

Date:: 1970; 1948

Topic:: Music--History and criticism Search this; Folk music--History and criticism Search this; Music Search this; Musical instruments Search this; Chopi (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire et critique Search this; Chopi (Peuple d'Afrique)--Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; Instruments de musique Search this; Musique Search this; Chopi (African people)--Music Search this; Chopi (peuple d'Afrique)--Et la musique Search this; Folk music Search this; Instruments--Histoire et critique Search this; Musique traditionnelle--Histoire et critique Search this

Call number:: ML3760 .T7 1970X; ML3760.T7 1970X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_7608

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Music in Europe and the United States a history

Author:: Borroff, Edith 1925- Search this

Physical description:: xvi, 752 p illustrations (part color), facsimiles, music 25 cm

Type:: Books; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: Europe; United States; États-Unis

Date:: 1971

Topic:: Music--History and criticism Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; Music Search this; Muziek Search this

Call number:: ML160.B784 M9X; ML160.B784M9X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_7656

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A singer and her songs Almeda Riddle's book of ballads Edited by Roger D. Abrahams. Music editor, George Foss

Author:: Riddle, Almeda Search this

Author:: Abrahams, Roger D Search this

Physical description:: xi, 191 p illustrations, music, ports 25 cm

Type:: Biography; Correspondence; Biographies; autobiographies (literary works); Autobiographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: United States

Date:: 1970

Topic:: Ballads, English--History and criticism Search this; Singers Search this; Chanteurs Search this; Ballads, English Search this

Call number:: ML420.R54 A1; ML420.R54A1

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_7765

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The fabulous Sylvester the legend, the music, the seventies in San Francisco Joshua Gamson

Author:: Gamson, Joshua 1962- Search this

Physical description:: 306 pages illustrations 25 cm

Type:: Biography; Biographies; Autobiography; Autobiographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: United States; California; San Francisco; États-Unis; Californie; San Francisco (Calif.)

Date:: 2005

Topic:: Singers Search this; Gay singers Search this; Disco musicians Search this; Disco music--History and criticism Search this; Musicians Search this; Afro-Americans Search this; Chanteurs Search this; Musiciens disco Search this; Disco (Musique)--Histoire et critique Search this; Disco music Search this; Popmusik Search this; Geschichte Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1163278

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African native music an annotated bibliography compiled by Douglas H. Varley

Author:: Varley, Douglas Harold Search this

Physical description:: 116 pages 22 cm

Type:: Bibliography; Bibliographie; bibliographies; Bibliographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: Africa; Afrique

Date:: 1970; 1936

Topic:: African Americans--Music Search this; Black people--Music Search this; Drum language Search this; Ethnology Search this; Folk songs Search this; Music Search this; Music--History and criticism Search this; Musical instruments Search this; Chansons folkloriques Search this; Ethnologie Search this; Instruments de musique Search this; Langage tambouriné Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique--Bibliographie Search this

Call number:: ML120.A35 V31 1970X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_6634

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Music and musicians of Maine being a history of the progress of music in the territory which has come to be known as the State of Maine, from 1604 to 1928

Author:: Edwards, George Thornton 1868-1932 Search this

Physical description:: xxv, 542 p illustrations, ports 23 cm

Type:: Biography; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: Maine

Date:: 1970; 1928

Topic:: Music--History and criticism Search this; Musicians Search this; Musiciens Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this; Music Search this

Call number:: ML200.7.M2 E26 1970; ML200.7.M2E26 1970

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_6337

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Peace be still how James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir created a gospel classic Robert M. Marovich

Author:: Marovich, Robert M., Search this

Subject:: Cleveland, James Peace be still Search this

Physical description:: xi, 205 pages illustrations 23 cm

Type:: Biography; Biographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: United States; New Jersey; États-Unis

Date:: 2021; 20th century; 20e siècle

Topic:: African American musicians Search this; Gospel musicians Search this; Gospel music--History and criticism Search this; Gospel--Histoire et critique Search this; Musiciens noirs américains Search this; Musiciens gospel Search this; MUSIC / History & Criticism Search this; Gospel music Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1163231

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Annals of music in America; a chronological record of significant musical events, from 1640 to the present day, with comments on the various periods into which the work is divided

Author:: Lahee, Henry Charles 1856-1953 Search this

Physical description:: vii, 298 pages 23 cm

Type:: Chronology; Chronologie; chronologies (lists); Chronologies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: United States; États-Unis

Date:: 1969; 1922

Topic:: Music Search this; Music--Chronology Search this; Music--History and criticism Search this; Musique Search this; Musique--Histoire et critique Search this

Call number:: ML200 .L18 1969; ML200.L18 1969

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_4547

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Great men of American popular song; the history of the American popular song told through the lives, careers, achievements, and personalities of its foremost composers and lyricists- from William Billings of the Revolutionary War to the "folk-rock" of Bob Dylan

Author:: Ewen, David 1907-1985 Search this

Physical description:: x, 387 pages 25 cm

Type:: Biography; Biographies; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: United States; États-Unis

Date:: 1970

Topic:: Composers Search this; Popular music--History and criticism Search this; Compositeurs Search this; Musique populaire--Histoire et critique Search this; Popular music Search this

Call number:: ML3551 .E94; ML3551.E94

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_4556

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Musical crossroads stories behind the objects of African American music edited by Dwandalyn R. Reece ; essays by Dwandalyn R. Reece ; profiles and stories by Timothy Anne Burnside [and eleven others]

Editor:: Reece, Dwandalyn R Search this

Issuing body:: National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.),.) Search this

Subject:: National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) Search this

Physical description:: 224 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 29 cm

Type:: Pictorial works; Catalogs; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History

Place:: United States

Date:: 2023

Topic:: African Americans--Music--History and criticism Search this; African American musicians Search this; Art and music--History Search this; African Americans--Music Search this; Art and music Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1160437

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The sky clears: poetry of the American Indians

Author:: Day, A. Grove (Arthur Grove) 1904-1994 Search this

Physical description:: xiii, 204 p. ; 21 cm

Type:: Poetry; Translations into English

Date:: 1964; [1964, c1951]

Topic:: History and criticism Search this; Songs and music--History and criticism Search this; Indian poetry Search this

Call number:: E98.P74 D273 1964

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_454797

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Accordion music from Sudan cultural and historical features Abdalla Salih ; Arabic-English translation by Motasem Hamad

Author:: Salih, Abdalla Search this

Physical description:: xv, 85 pages illustrations, music 23 cm

Type:: Books; History; Criticism, interpretation, etc

Place:: Sudan; Soudan

Date:: 2018

Topic:: Accordion music--History and criticism Search this; Folk music--History Search this; Music Search this; Accordéon, Musique d'--Histoire et critique Search this; Musique Search this; Folk music Search this; Accordion music Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1161364

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The cadence, key to musical clarity a simple and practical approach to clear phrasing

Uptown the story of Harlem's Apollo Theatre

Sketches of the origin, progress, and effects of music with an account of the ancient bards and minstrels

Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC works, politics, and performances edited by Daniel Abraham, Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, and Andrew H. Weaver

Hamilton : the revolution : being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America / by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

Sweet bitter blues Washington, DC's homemade blues Phil Wiggins and Frank Matheis ; foreword by Elijah Wald

The music of black Americans a history

The classical style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Chopi musicians their music, poetry, and instruments

Music in Europe and the United States a history

A singer and her songs Almeda Riddle's book of ballads Edited by Roger D. Abrahams. Music editor, George Foss

The fabulous Sylvester the legend, the music, the seventies in San Francisco Joshua Gamson

African native music an annotated bibliography compiled by Douglas H. Varley

Music and musicians of Maine being a history of the progress of music in the territory which has come to be known as the State of Maine, from 1604 to 1928

Peace be still how James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir created a gospel classic Robert M. Marovich

Annals of music in America; a chronological record of significant musical events, from 1640 to the present day, with comments on the various periods into which the work is divided

Great men of American popular song; the history of the American popular song told through the lives, careers, achievements, and personalities of its foremost composers and lyricists- from William Billings of the Revolutionary War to the "folk-rock" of Bob Dylan

Musical crossroads stories behind the objects of African American music edited by Dwandalyn R. Reece ; essays by Dwandalyn R. Reece ; profiles and stories by Timothy Anne Burnside [and eleven others]

The sky clears: poetry of the American Indians

Accordion music from Sudan cultural and historical features Abdalla Salih ; Arabic-English translation by Motasem Hamad

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