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<How a Past in Planetary Science Influenced a New Book on Tonality

How a Past in Planetary Science Influenced a New Book on Tonality

By Táhirih Motazedian, author of Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film My path to music theory and film music was a circuitous one: in college I originally started out as a music performance …

<At 50, how Hip Hop went from subculture to the mainstream

At 50, how Hip Hop went from subculture to the mainstream

By Amy Coddington, author of How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race As hip hop turns 50, many mainstream outlets have highlighted how it has utterly transformed U.S. popular …

<Q&A with Jacek Blaskiewicz, UC Press author and FirstGen scholar

Q&A with Jacek Blaskiewicz, UC Press author and FirstGen scholar

FirstGen scholar and author Jacek Blaskiewicz talks about his academic journey and new book “Fanfare for a City”

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Making Stereo Fit by Eric Dienstfrey

Making Stereo Fit

Eric Dienstfrey

Golden Ages by Jeremiah Lockwood

Golden Ages

Jeremiah Lockwood

Risible by Delia Casadei

Risible

Delia Casadei

Mirror in the Sky by Simon Morrison

Mirror in the Sky

Simon Morrison

Blacksound by Matthew D. Morrison

Blacksound

Matthew D. Morrison

California Gold by Catherine Hiebert Kerst, Library of Congress

California Gold

Catherine Hiebert Kerst, Library of Congress

Terrible Freedom by Amy C. Beal

Terrible Freedom

Amy C. Beal

The Operetta Empire by Micaela Baranello

The Operetta Empire

Micaela Baranello

The Music of Tragedy by Naomi A. Weiss

The Music of Tragedy

Naomi A. Weiss

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Writing about Music by D. Kern Holoman

Writing about Music

D. Kern Holoman

Music after the Fall by Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Music after the Fall

Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music by Nadine Hubbs

Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music

Nadine Hubbs

Casals and the Art of Interpretation by David Blum

Casals and the Art of Interpretation

David Blum

Why Jazz Happened by Marc Myers

Why Jazz Happened

Marc Myers

In Search of a Concrete Music by Pierre Schaeffer

In Search of a Concrete Music

Pierre Schaeffer

Experiencing Latin American Music by Carol A. Hess

Experiencing Latin American Music

Carol A. Hess

Loft Jazz by Michael C. Heller

Loft Jazz

Michael C. Heller

Essays on Music by Theodor Adorno, Richard Leppert

Essays on Music

Theodor Adorno, Richard Leppert

Race Music by Guthrie P. Ramsey

Race Music

Guthrie P. Ramsey

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Journal of Popular Music Studies

Journal of Sound and Music in Games

Journal of the American Musicological Society

Music Perception

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Risible by Delia Casadei

Risible

Delia Casadei

Golden Ages by Jeremiah Lockwood

Golden Ages

Jeremiah Lockwood

How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop by Amy Coddington

How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop

Amy Coddington

Sounding the Indian Ocean by Jim Sykes, Julia Suzanne Byl

Sounding the Indian Ocean

Jim Sykes, Julia Suzanne Byl

Music of a Thousand Years by Ann E. Lucas

Music of a Thousand Years

Ann E. Lucas

Louder and Faster by Deborah Wong

Louder and Faster

Deborah Wong

Middlebrow Modernism by Christopher Chowrimootoo

Middlebrow Modernism

Christopher Chowrimootoo

Sounding Islam by Patrick Eisenlohr

Sounding Islam

Patrick Eisenlohr

Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels by Christina Zanfagna

Holy Hip Hop in the City of Angels

Christina Zanfagna

Modernizing Composition by Garrett Field

Modernizing Composition

Garrett Field