Composers -- United States -- Biography
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- Roger Reynolds, profile of a composer, with an introduction by Gilbert Chase
- Great men of American popular song;, the history of the American popular song told through the lives, careers, achievements, and personalities of its foremost composers and lyricists-from William Billings of the Revolutionary War to the "folk-rock" of Bob Dylan
- George Gershwin, his life and work, Howard Pollack
- Irving Berlin, a life in song, Philip Furia, with the assistance of Graham Wood ; Irving Berlin songography compiled by Ken Bloom
- Voices in the wilderness, six American neo-romantic composers, Walter Simmons
- Jerome Kern, his life and music, Gerald Bordman
- Finishing the hat, collected lyrics (1954-1981) with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes, Stephen Sondheim
- Arthur Shepherd, American composer, Richard Loucks
- Total f*cking godhead, the biography of Chris Cornell, Corbin Reiff
- William Francis McBeth (b. 1933), composer, conductor, music educator, by Keith Y. Preston
- Hoagy Carmichael, his life and music, executive producer and director, Gregory J. Ladd ; associate producer and director, David C. Sloan ; producer, Tillie Malnak ; story, R.A. Smith ; Metanoia Production Co
- Music and musicians in early America
- Igor Stravinsky, by Michael Oliver
- The musical worlds of Lerner and Loewe, Gene Lees
- Put on a happy face, a Broadway memoir, Charles Strouse
- Mad music, Charles Ives, the nostalgic rebel, Stephen Budiansky
- Richard Rodgers, William G. Hyland
- Music is my mistress,, by Edward Kennedy Ellington
- American songwriters, an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary, by David Ewen
- Father of the blues, an autobiography, by W.C. Handy ; edited by Arna Bontemps ; with a foreword by Abbe Niles
- You gotta have heart, an autobiography, by Richard Adler with Lee Davis
- Me and Bobby D., a memoir, by Steve Karmen
- Bob Dylan 1966-1978, after the crash, an Independent production
- Robert Ashley, Kyle Gann
- Hallelujah junction, composing an American life, John Adams
- The golden age of movie musicals and me, by Saul Chaplin
- The boys, the Sherman brothers' story, Walt Disney Pictures presents a Crescendo/Traveling Light production ; directed by Jeffrey C. Sherman, Gregory V. Sherman ; produced by Gregory V. Sherman, Jeffrey C. Sherman
- The American singing book, by Simeon Pease Cheney ; new introduction by Karl Kroeger
- Composers in the classroom, a bio-bibliography of composers at conservatories, colleges, and universities in the United States, James Michael Floyd
- An absolute gift, a new diary, Ned Rorem
- Orpheus in Manhattan, William Schuman and the shaping of America's musical life, Steve Swayne
- You fascinate me so, the life and times of Cy Coleman, Andy Propst ; with a foreword by Shelby Coleman
- Harold Arlen, rhythm, rainbows, and blues, Edward Jablonski
- Copland :, by Aaron Copland and Vivian Perlis
- Popular American composers from Revolutionary times to the present;, a biographical and critical guide. lst supplement
- As thousands cheer, the life of Irving Berlin, by Laurence Bergreen
- Days to be happy, years to be sad, the life and music of Vincent Youmans, Gerald Bordman
- Cole Porter, a biography, by William McBrien
- The sound of their music, the story of Rodgers & Hammerstein, by Frederick Nolan
- Hard trials, the life and music of Harry T. Burleigh, by Anne Key Simpson
- Travels with Cole Porter, text photographs by Jean Howard ; produced & designed by John Lynch ; introduction by George Eells
- Irving Berlin, American troubadour, Edward Jablonski
- David Diamond, a bio-bibliography, by Victoria J. Kimberling
- The object of my affection, an autobiography, by Pinky Tomlin with Lynette Wert
- Mark the music, the life and work of Marc Blitzstein, Eric A. Gordon
- Voice of the eagle, the enigma of Robbie Basho, Liam Barker Film Production ; produced, directed and edited by Liam Barker
- Lush life, a biography of Billy Strayhorn, David Hajdu
- The man that got away, the life and songs of Harold Arlen, Walter Rimler
- Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber, the new musical, Stephen Citron
- George Gershwin, his journey to greatness, by David Ewen
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