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An authoritative history tracing the rise of blues guitar from its early twentieth‑century origins through the Great Depression, spotlighting pioneering musicians such as Sylvester Weaver, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Mississippi John Hurt.

Samuel Charters chronicles his recordings of blues legends from the 1960s to the 1970s, weaving in essays on blues poetry and country music.

"Popular music grew out of ragtime, vaudeville and the blues to become global mass entertainment. Yet nearly eighty years after Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith first blazed the trail, have their female successors achieved the recognition and affirmation they deserve?" "The first hands-on history of women in rock, pop and soul, She Bop tells it like it is - on stage, on camera and working in a male-dominated industry. Adding a feminist perspective to her incredibly detailed knowledge of the stars and their music, and including an abundance of personal interviews, Lucy O'Brien tells these women's stories and their struggle not only for acceptance, but also for recognition and success, in a culture they are still striving to call their own. She Bop traces the different stages of women's progress in the music industry, from the early years of ragtime and the Jazz Age up to the present."--BOOK JACKET.

Guitar music by Women Composers BOOK WITH CD. Contents: Mlle Bocquet - Prélude, Allemande, Sarabande, Gigue (early 17th century-after 1660) Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi - Prelude Nº1 (1813-after 1844) Madame Knoop - La Jota Aragonesa - L’Alhambra (ca.1820-after 1855) Madame Sidney Pratten (Catharina Josepha Pelzer) - Forgotten, Sadness (1821-1895) Madeleine Cottin - Andantino (1876-after 1952) Maria Rita Brondi - Melodia del Sannio (1889-1941) Josefina P. de Morisoli - Flor de Amancay (?-?, first half of 20th century) Lisanella Gentili - Reminiscenze (?-?, ed. 1928-29) Carmen Farré de Prat - Billiken, Pinina (1900-after 1980) María Luisa Anido - Nana (1907-1996) Gisèle Sikora - Daybreak (1952-2006) Annette Kruisbrink - Z(o)oZ (1958)

Anthony Storr examines how music shapes our psychology and unites mind and body, arguing that the art’s patterns bring emotional structure and heal the human psyche.

An analysis of blues, tracing its history, motivations, and cultural impact, with clear statements about its essence and boundaries.