I Dream a World
The Operas of William Grant Still

Beverly Soll

William Grant Still (1895–1978) dreamed of a world in which his eight operas—for him the ultimate form of musical expression—would be heard in the major opera houses in the United States, devoting most of his career toward the pursuit of this goal. (more …)

306 pages, 29 figures, 9 tables, index
6" x 9"
$24.95 (s) cloth
ISBN 1-55728-789-9

The Country Music Message
Revisited

Jimmie N. Rogers

The Country Music Message: Revisited is more than a history of commercial country music, a discussion of the performers, or a compilation of song lyrics. It is an examination of the way the "message" in country songs is relayed and received: why the songs move us as they do.

1989 Chicago Book Clinic Design Award

1988, 288 pages
$16.00 paper (s), 1-55728-052-5

"Say Can You Deny Me"
A Guide to Surviving Music by Women from the 16th through the 18th Centuries

Barbara Garvey Jackson

Jackson has culminated her lifelong research in producing this bibliographically arranged guide. "Say Can You Deny Me" lists the locations of the printed and manuscript sources of Renaissance, baroque, classic, and some early romantic women composers. With listings from over 400 libraries worldwide, the guide is the definitive work documenting a substantial contribution to the world of music by women.

1994, 480 pages
$49.95 cloth (s), 1-55728-303-6