"Hail to the Chief": The Origins and Legacies of an 123 American Ceremonial Tune Elise K. Kirk Some Ramblings on Robert Johnson's Mind: Critical 137 Analysis and Aesthetic Value in Delta Blues James Bennighof The "Faerie Queene" and the "Archangel": The Correspondence 159 of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and Carl Engel Cyrilla Barr Swing and the Lindy Hop: Dance, Venue, Media, and Tradition 183 Howard Spring Sources of American Styles in the Music of the Beatles 208 Charles Gower Price
BOOK REVIEWS S. Frederick Starr, Bamboula!: The Life and Times of 233 Louis Moreau Gottschalk Victor Fell Yellin George Lipsitz, Dangerous Crossroads: Popular Music, 238 Postmodernism, and the Poetics of Place Jocelyne Guilbault James Pritchett, The Music of John Cage. David 242 Revill, The Roaring Silence: A Biography of John Cage William Brooks Thomas Owens, Bebop: The Music and Its Players 249 Travis A. Jackson Charles Keil and Steven Feld, Music Grooves 252 David Ake Bill Milkowski, Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life 254 of Jaco Pastorius, "The World's Greatest Bass Player" Chris Kase
RECORD REVIEWS Donald Martino, Fantasies and Impromptus. Pianississimo. 256 Suite in Old Form Douglas A. Lee Anthony Plog, Colors for Brass: Music for Brass Octet. 258 Mini-Variations of Amazing Grace. Animal Ditties. Concerto for Trumpet, Brass Ensemble, and Percussion Charles P. Conrad American Journey: Poetry and Song in the Twentieth 259 Century Linda Pohly Contemporary American Piano Trios 260 Joe Brumbeloe Hum. John Cage, Third Construction. 262 Talujon, On the One. Paul Guerguerian, So She Shines (Thanks John). Steve Reich, Drumming Part I. Dean Drummon, Dirty Ferdie. Talujon, Their Four and Sow Three James A. Strain
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