The concise guide to hip-hop music : a fresh look at the art of hip-hop, from old-school beats to freestyle rap

by Paul Edwards, 1982-

The cost of success : rap music, money, & civics

by Iowa City Public Library

Experiencing jazz : a listener's companion

by Michael Stephans

Finishing the hat : collected lyrics (1954-1981) with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes

by Stephen Sondheim

Global metal

by Iron Maiden (Musical group), Metallica (Musical group), Slayer (Musical group), X-Japan (Musical group), Orphaned Land (Musical group), Tang Dynasty (Musical group)

The great works of sacred music

by Charles Edward McGuire

How to listen to jazz

by Ted Gioia

The impossible art : adventures in opera

by Matthew Aucoin, 1990-

The jazz standards : a guide to the repertoire

by Ted Gioia

Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim

by Robert Kapilow

Listening to Bob Dylan

by Larry Starr

Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany

by Stephen Sondheim

New CBS Masterworks theme finder : 222 famous themes

The Peanuts papers : writers and cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the gang, and the meaning of life

The secret life of the American musical : how Broadway shows are built

by Jack Viertel

Switched on pop : how popular music works, and why it matters

by Nate Sloan, 1986-

What's good : notes on rap and language

by Daniel Levin Becker

Why jazz? : a concise guide

by Kevin Whitehead