Using an array of primary sources including the diaries Broadwood kept throughout her adult life, Dorothy de Val provides a lively biography which sheds new light on her early years and chronicles her later busy social, artistic and musical ...

About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

My Music is a first-hand exploration of the diverse roles music plays in people's lives.

This is a 335 page book, containing 42987 words and 11 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

This collection provides a series of short, sharp chapters focusing on one-hit wonders from the 1950s to the present day, with a view toward understanding both the mechanics of success and the socio-musical contexts within which such songs ...

We provide a survey of the field of Music Information Retrieval (MIR), in particular paying attention to latest developments, such as semantic auto-tagging and user-centric retrieval and recommendation approaches.

This is a 295 page book, containing 54670 words and 11 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.

This book explores how a tiny acoustic record (Pink Moon) has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium.

Play it Again represents the first collection of critical perspectives on the many facets of cover songs in popular music.