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From the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.

After Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley’s music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King​, author Preston Lauterbach answers these questions definitively, based on new research and extensive, previously unpublished interviews with the artists who blazed the way and the people who knew them.

Drawing on over a hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today’s highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed.

볼프강 아마데우스 모차르트는 세상에서 제일 유명한 작곡가 중 하나죠. 세 살 때 벌써 하프시코드와 바이올린 연주를 할 수 있었답니다. 네 살 때는 이미 자기자신의 음악을 작곡할 수 있었고요. 너무 어려서 아버지가 대신 악보를 적어주어야 하긴 했지만요.

¿Eres un verdadero amante de la música? ¿Te consideras un experto en ritmos, géneros y compositores? Este libro pone a prueba tu pasión y conocimiento con una serie de preguntas, curiosidades y desafíos diseñados para evaluar cuánto sabes realmente sobre el fascinante mundo de la música. Perfecto para aficionados, músicos y cualquiera que disfrute de la música en todas sus formas, este libro es tanto un test como una herramienta de aprendizaje. ¡Descubre hasta dónde llegan tus conocimientos y conviértete en un verdadero conocedor del arte musical!