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Music

1. Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw

   Tom Nolan

   For his centennial, an indispensable biography of Artie Shaw, the legendary big-band leader, virtuoso clarinetist, and renegade in music and romance.More

2. The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music

   Richard Williams

   A brilliant, wide-ranging book on how the seminal album revolutionized music and culture in the twentieth century.More

3. Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture

   Alice Echols

   Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating look at the culture and politics that gave rise to the music.More

4. The Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, and Memory

   Glenn Watkins

   A riveting investigation of one of the most provocative musicians of the Renaissance, who continues to captivate composers, artists, and audiences today.More

5. Concise History of Western Music

   Barbara Russano Hanning

   Fourth Edition

   The most engaging and accessible brief survey of Western music history, at the best value on the market.More

6. Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Singalong Memoir

   Pete Seeger

   An autobiography in words and songs by one of the most influential figures in American music.More

7. Bob Dylan Revisited

   Bob Dylan

   Rendered in striking, explosive graphic form, many of Bob Dylan’s most famous songs—illustrated as they’ve never been before.More

8. Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

   Ted Gioia

   “The essential history of this distinctly American genre.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMore

9. All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927–77

   Tony Fletcher

   A penetrating and entertaining exploration of New York’s music scene from Cubop through folk, punk, and hip-hop.More

10. Jazz

    Gary Giddins, Scott DeVeaux

    The story of jazz for the general reader as it has never been told before, from the inside out: a comprehensive, eloquent, scrupulously researched page-turner.More

11. Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia

    Tim Barnwell, Jan Davidson

    A celebration of Appalachian artistic traditions from Nashville to Raleigh, with an accompanying CD of music.More

12. Everybody Says Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement in Songs and Pictures

    Bob Reiser, Pete Seeger, Jesse Jackson

    “Filled with beautiful music, glorious lyrics, and the soul of one of the most important historical and social revolutions of our history.” —Judy CollinsMore

13. What’s That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History

    John Covach

    Second Edition

    The Second Edition of What’s That Sound? offers a balanced, insightful look at the evolution of rock music from its roots to the present.More

14. Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music

    J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

    Sixth Edition / Volume(s): 1: Ancient to Baroque

    The newly expanded recorded anthology features fourteen audio CDs with updated recordings from some of the best performers and ensembles working today alongside classic recordings by great artists.More

15. Norton Anthology of Western Music

    J. Peter Burkholder, Claude V. Palisca

    Sixth Edition / Volume(s): 1: Ancient to Baroque

    This comprehensive collection of 205 scores illustrates every significant trend and genre of Western music from antiquity to modern times.More