1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List
- ISBN-10
- 076113963X
- ISBN-13
- 9780761139638
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 1007
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-08-28
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing
- Author
- Tom Moon
Description
A guide to music provides recommendations on one thousand recordings that represent the best in such genres as classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, and opera, with listening notes, commentary, and anecdotes about performers.
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