Music

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  Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet: His Life and Times

  Tom Nolan

  Paperback

  "The two sides of Shaw…are at the center of…[this] compulsively readable biography." —Daniel Akst, Wall Street Journal

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  Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture

  Alice Echols

  Paperback

  "A thumping good read." —The Atlantic

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  Seven Mozart Librettos: A Verse Translation

  J. D. McClatchy

  Hardback

  "McClatchy's heroic labor is a remarkable achievement. . . . Mozart and Da Ponte will be smiling down on this volume."—Richard Wilbur

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  Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater

  Larry Stempel

  Hardback

  The definitive history of the Broadway musical: the shows, the stars, the movers, and the shakers.

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

  Tom Nolan

  Hardback

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