"Describes and illustrates a wide range of musical styles found in Western culture throughout history and highlights the art and contributions of significant composers." --

Originally published in 1920. Contents: The perfect critic -- Imperfect critics -- Swinburne as critic -- A romantic aristocrat -- The local flavour -- A note on the American critic -- The French intelligence -- Tradition and the individual talent -- The possibility of a poetic drama -- Euripides and Professor Murray -- Rhetoric and poetic drama -- Notes on the blank verse of Christopher Marlowe -- Hamlet and his problems -- Ben Jonson -- Phillip...

Music Is History combines Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.

Two small boys and an old caretaker are all that stand between the people of their town and the hypnotic attraction of the Dark Carnival.

First published in 1909. From the preface, "This book, which presents the whole splendid history of English literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the close of the Victorian Era, has three specific aims. The first is to create or to encourage in every student the desire to read the best books and to know literature itself rather than what has been written about literature. The second is to interpret literature both personally and historically, that...

"Rock and roll was birthed in basements and garages, radio stations and dance halls, in cities where unexpected gatherings of artists and audience changed and charged the way music is heard and celebrated, capturing lightning in a bottle. Musician and writer Lenny Kaye explores ten crossroads of time and place that define rock and roll, its unforgettable flashpoints, characters and visionaries, how each generation came to be, how it was discovered...

Discusses topics ranging from prehistoric instruments to modern-day pop to explain how respective musical innovations were inspired by original forces that reflected common human themes.

From "The Star-Spangled Banner" to "Born in the U.S.A.," Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation....

Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.

"In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction"--