Buildings for music : the architect, the musician, and the listener from the seventeenth century to the present day / by Michael Forsyth. by Forsyth, Michael, 1951-

Dameronia : the life and music of Tadd Dameron / Paul Combs ; foreword by Benny Golson. by Combs, Paul (Saxophonist)

Table of Contents: “…Early days -- The early 1940s : Kansas City -- The early 1940s : New York -- The architect of bop -- 1947 : into the limellight -- 1948 : the royal roost -- 1949 : international fame -- 1950-55 : into the shadows -- 1956 : back in action -- 1957-1961 : incarceration -- 1961-1962 : release -- The final sessions -- "Le Fôret" : the legacy of Tadd Dameron.…”
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Dirty South : Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern rappers who reinvented hip-hop / Ben Westhoff. by Westhoff, Ben

Table of Contents: “…Luke Campbell : bass and booty -- Geto Boys : paranoia, insanity, and Rap-A-Lot Records -- Trae and DJ Screw : rap gets screwed -- UGK : from country to trill -- Eightball & MJG and Three 6 Mafia : Memphis goes Hollywood -- Outkast, Goodie Mob, and Organized Noize : the dirty South blooms -- Cash Money, No Limit, and Juvenile : bling and murder in New Orleans -- Nelly : forty acres and a pool -- Timbaland and the Neptunes : architects of sound in nowhere, Virginia -- Lil Jon : mosh pit hip-hop -- DJ Drama and T.I. : mixtapes and turf wars in Atlanta -- Paul Wall and the new H-Town movement : shining diamonds -- T-Pain and his Florida hitmakers : rap robots -- Soulja Boy and DJ Smurf : dance, dance revolution -- Lil Wayne : gangster weirdo -- Gucci Mane : true crime rap.…”
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Noise Orders : Jazz, Improvision, and Architecture. by Brown, David P.

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The queer composition of America's sound : gay modernists, American music, and national identity / Nadine Hubbs. by Hubbs, Nadine

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Classical Seattle : maestros, impresarios, virtuosi, and other music makers / Melinda Bargreen. by Bargreen, Melinda, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…William and Ruth Gerberding : the couple who made things happen ; William Bain : the architect of the boardroom ; Hans Lehmann : the renaissance man -- Samuel N. …”
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ROCKIN' THE FREE WORLD! : how the rock & roll revolution changed america and the world. by KAY, SEAN

Table of Contents: “…; "You Were Just Miracled by Obama"; Vote for Change; "The Guitar Went for 526,000"; "Artists are the Architects of Change."…”
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Musique - Mélanges d'histoire et de critique musicale et dramatique. by Jullien, Adolphe

Table of Contents: “…MEYERBEERII -- LISZT ÉCRIVAIN FRANÇAIS; III -- UN FRANÇAIS ET UN RUSSE CONTRE RICHARD WAGNER; 1 -- Harmonie et Mélodie; 2 -- La Musique et ses représentants; VARIÉTÉS; I -- DUVERT ET LABICHE AUTEURS D'OPÉRAS-COMIQUES; II -- LES ARCHITECTES ET LA MUSIQUE; III -- TROIS TÉNORS ÉTEINTS; Note au lecteur; Page de titre de l'édition imprimée; Copyright.…”
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Echoes of an invisible world : Marsilio Ficino and Francesco Patrizi on cosmic order and music theory / by Jacomien Prins. by Prins, Jacomien

Table of Contents: “…Preface; List of Figures, Music Examples, and Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Nature and Scope of the Book; 1.2 The Tradition of the Harmony of the Spheres; 1.3 Status Quaestionis; 1.4 Methodology; 1.5 Structure of the Book; Part 1 Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499); Chapter 2 The Universe as a Musical Creation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Timaeus as a Source of Perennial Harmonic Wisdom; 2.2.1 Prisca Theologia; 2.2.2 A Hymn to the Creator of the Cosmos; 2.3 A Divine Geometrical Method for a Philosophy of Nature; 2.3.1 The Divine Composer-Architect as First Cause of the Universe.…”
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