Music History & Theory

Updated June 12, 2026
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Noise/music a history
Hegarty, Paul, 1967-
Paper Book
Noise/Music looks at the phenomenon of noise in music, from experimental music of the early 20th century to the Japanese noise music and glitch electronica of today. It situates different musics in their cultural and historical context, and analyses them in terms of cultural aesthetics....
Music is history [electronic resource]
Questlove
Ebook
A New York Times bestseller, Music Is History combines multi-Grammy Award winner Questlove's deep musical expertise with his curiosity about history, examining America over the past fifty years.   Focusing on the years 1971 to the present, Questlove finds...
Hidden history of music row
Allison, Brian.
Ebook
Nashville's Music Row is as complicated as the myths that surround it. And there are plenty, from an adulterous French fur trader to an adventurous antebellum widow, from the early Quonset hut recordings to record labels in glass high-rise towers and from "Your Cheatin' Heart" to "Strawberry Wine."...
Musical form in the age of Beethoven selected writings on theory and method
Marx, Adolf Bernhard
Paper Book
A. B. Marx was one of the most important German music theorists of his time. Drawing on idealist aesthetics and the ideology of Bildung, he developed a holistic pedagogical method as well as a theory of musical form that gives pride of place to Beethoven. This volume offers a generous selection of...
The Routledge companion to the contemporary musical
Sternfeld, Jessica, 1971-
Paper Book
The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical is dedicated to the musical's evolving relationship to American culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In the past decade-and-a-half, international scholars from an ever-widening number of disciplines and...
Race music black cultures from bebop to hip-hop
Ramsey, Guthrie P.
Paper Book
This powerful book covers the vast and various terrain of African American music, from bebop to hip-hop. Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., begins with an absorbing account of his own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago, evoking Sunday-morning worship services, family...
Western music and its others [electronic resource] difference, representation, and appropriation in music
Born, Georgina.
Ebook
This innovative collection of articles offers a major comprehensive overview of new developments in cultural theory as applied to Western music. Addressing a broad range of primarily twentieth-century music, the authors examine two related phenomena: musical borrowings or appropriations, and how...
Trauma-informed music therapy [electronic resource] theory and practice.
Beer, Laura E.
Ebook
Trauma-Informed Music Therapy is a timely volume that combines theoretical perspectives on trauma-informed practice with real-life applications in music therapy practice. Board-certified music therapists are in a unique position to provide comfort, create a sense of safety, and empower...
Psychedelic popular music : a history through musical topic theory
Echard, William
Ebook
Recognized for its distinctive musical features and its connection to periods of social innovation and ferment, the genre of psychedelia has exerted long-term influence in many areas of cultural production, including music, visual art, graphic design, film, and literature. William Echard explores...

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