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Series in which
Kiri Te Kanawa explores music from all over the world. This
American-themed edition features Max Steiner 's score for Gone with the Wind, ragtime by Scott Joplin and John Philip Sousa 's
Washington Post March.
Also, Bernstein's Candide, and Copland's Appalachian Spring.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kiri Te Kanawa
Unknown:
Max Steiner
Unknown:
Scott Joplin
Unknown:
John Philip Sousa

Conclusion of a series in which four writers assess the continued significance of Elvis Presley.
4: Paul Sexton explores the marketing and exploitation of the Presley package, which has earned more than
£24m in the past year alone.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Sexton

Malcolm Laycock continues a personal and musical profile of clarinettist Benny Goodman , who defined American swing music. 3: King Porter Stomp
A look at the period in which Goodman and his Orchestra become the era's best-known big band. With input from Ross Firestone , John Hammond , visionary arranger Fletcher Henderson and Goodman himself.

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Laycock
Clarinettist:
Benny Goodman
Music:
King Porter Stomp
Unknown:
Ross Firestone
Unknown:
John Hammond
Unknown:
Fletcher Henderson

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