FolkLib Index
��� - Music Reference Books by National Public Radio (NPR)
including all eight "Curious Listener's Guides"

����� This page lists Music Reference Books with National Public Radio (NPR) � (Wikipedia) in the book title. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every Music Reference book ever published like this. It is just a list of National Public Radio (NPR) related books I own "{A}" or have personally referenced in local Wisconsin libraries.

����� New pages split off from my original Bibliography page

NPR Curious Listener's Guides:
| Blues � - Celtic � - Classical � - Folk � - Jazz � - Opera � - Popular � - World � |

In Title order:
1. #8m - The NPR Classical Music Companion: An Essential Guide for Enlightened Listening
2. #8n - The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z
3. #rr - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide To American Folk Music
4. #rs - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide To Blues
5. #rt - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Celtic Music
6. #ku - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music
7. #op - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz
8. #ru - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera
9. #rv - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards
10. #rw - The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music
11. #8k - The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection
12. #8l - The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music

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In Author order:

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1. #ru - Berger, William � {A} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera"
   ����� Foreword: Placido Domingo, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book
   ����� 2002, 240 p., ISBN: 0-399-52743-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-52743-2, LC: 2001-036849, UPC: 9-780399-527432

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2. #rs - Evans, David � {A}{F} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues"
   ����� Foreword: Taj Mahal, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book
   ����� 2005, 266 p., ISBN: 0-399-53072-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-53072-2, LC: 2004-053486, UPC: 9-780399-530722
   ����� 781.643 - Eva (.F)

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3. #8m - Hoffman, Miles � {A} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Classical Music Companion: An Essential Guide for Enlightened Listening"
   ����� Boston, MA/New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company
   ����� 1997, 307 p., ISBN: 0-618-61945-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-618-61945-0, LC: 97-10479 / 2006-273343, UPC: 9-780618-619450

4. #8n - Hoffman, Miles � {A} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Classical Music Companion: Terms and Concepts from A to Z"
   ����� Boston, MA/New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company
   ����� 1997, 306 p., ISBN: 0-395-70742-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-395-70742-5, LC: 97-010479, UPC: ? 9-780395-707425

   #8m / #8n
   ����� As far as I can tell the contents of the above two books are identical. Only the covers, title and copyright pages are different and a new added About the Author page 307. See the following side-by-side comparisons:
   ����� - front covers scan - back covers scan - title pages scan - copyright pages scan - #8n p. 306/blank pages scan - #8m p. 306/307 pages scan

   L �

5. #8k - Libbey, Ted � {A} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, 1st ed."
   ����� New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
   ����� 1994, 498 p., ISBN: 1-56305-051-X, ISBN-13: 978-1-56305-051-0, LC: 92-50292, UPC: 9-781563-050510
   2nd ed., 1999, 536 p., ISBN: 0-7611-0487-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-7611-0487-2, UPC: ? {B}

6. #8l - Libbey, Ted � {A} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music"
   ����� New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
   ����� 2006, 980 p., ISBN: 0-7611-2072-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-7611-2072-8, LC: 2005-054296, UPC: 9-780761-120728

7. #rr - Lornell, Kip � {A}{F} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to American Folk"
   ����� Foreword: Linda Ronstadt, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book
   ����� 2004, 235 p., ISBN: 0-399-53033-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-53033-3, LC: 2004-044791, UPC: 9-780399-530333
   ����� 781.6213 - Lor (.F)

   M �

8. #rv - Morath, Max � {A}{F} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards"
   ����� Foreword: Michael Feinstein, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book
   ����� 2002, 235 p. p., ISBN: 0-399-52744-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-52744-9, LC: 2001-036848, UPC: 9-780399-527449
   ��� 781.64 Mor (.F)

   N �

9. #rw - Nickson, Chris � {A} - cover scans
   ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to World Music"
   ����� Foreword: Youssou N'Dour, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book
   ����� 2004, 265 p., ISBN: 0-399-53032-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-53032-6, LC: 2004-050502, UPC: 9-780399-530326

   R �

10. #rt - Ritchie, Fiona � {A} - cover scans
    ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Celtic Music"
    ����� Foreword: Eileen Ivers, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book
    ����� 2005, 272 p., ISBN: 0-399-530711, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-53071-5, LC: 2004-053485, UPC: 9-780399-530715

    S �

11. #op - Schoenberg, Loren � {A}{F} - cover scans
    ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Jazz"
    ����� Foreword: Wynton Marsalis, New York, NY: A Grand Central Press Book / A Perigee Book,
    ����� 2002, 287 p., ISBN: 0-399-52794-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-52794-4, LC: 2002-25787, UPC: 9-780399-527944
    ��� 781.65 - Scho (.F)

12. #ku - Smith, Tim � {A}{C}{F} - cover scans
    ����� "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music",
    ����� Foreword: Michael Tilson Thomas, New York, NY: A Perigee Book, Grand Central Press
    ����� 2002, 249 p., ISBN: 0-399-52795-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-399-52795-1, LC: 2001-055162, UPC: 9-780399-52795
    ��� 781.68 S662n (.C), 781.68 - Smi (.F)
    ��� 2 of the 9 chapters list composers and performers, but only one Singer

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