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Guitar: An American Life

Author : Tim Brookes

Performed By : Tim Brookes

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 11 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Music Related
Music Related

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One man's quest for his dream guitar inspires him to explore the instrument's

largely untold history.



What was it about a small, humble folk instrument that allowed it to become an American

icon? The guitar represents freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth,

lost love, and sexuality. The guitar was picked up by everyone, miners and society ladies,

lumberjacks and presidents' wives, Hawaiians, African-Americans, Cajuns, jazz players,

spiritualists, cowboys, and teenagers. In time, it became America's instrument, its

soundtrack.



Tim Brookes explored these ideas while on a quest for his dream guitar that took him to

Vermont's Green Mountains where an amiable curmudgeon master guitarmaker, Rick Davis,

chose a rare piece of cherry wood and went to work with saws and rasps. When Tim wasn't

breathing over Rick's shoulder, he was trying to unravel why the guitar is "wall-to-wall popular

in the United States" and, to a lesser degree, throughout the world.



A regular commentator on National Public Radio's Sunday Weekend Edition, Tim Brookes has also had his work appear in National Geographic, Outside, American History, and Vintage Guitar.

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Classical Music 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music

Author : Fred Plotkin

Performed By : Fred Plotkin

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 19 hours

Categories : Music Related
Music Related
Self Help

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In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than one hundred great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Dvok, and Mahler. He describes all the musical instruments in the orchestra, defines major musical terms, and makes music theory comprehensible for the uninitiated. There are also conversations with important musicians who offer fascinating insights about their art.
Classical Music 101 is a highly accessible guide to discovering the glories of classical music.
This recording does not include musical selections.

Fred Plotkin has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Opera News, and other publications. He lectures frequently at the Smithsonian Institution, the Juilliard School, and Columbia University. He is the author of nine books, many of them on Italian topics. He lives in New York and Italy.