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Scarecrow Press The Story of Fake Books: Bootlegging Songs to Musicians
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Description
Key Features
The Story of Fake Books documents the origins and bootlegging history of song anthologies used by jazz and pop musicians.
Scarecrow Press presents the entertaining account of how the Tune-Dex musical subscription service led to fake book development.
The book covers the prosecution of fake books by government and music industry authorities over multiple decades.
Fake book history traces their increased popularity among both professional and amateur musicians in jazz and pop settings.
This studies in jazz volume explores the previously unknown narrative behind musician bootlegging practices and musical notation shorthand.
Product Specifications
- Brand
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- paperback
- ASIN
- 0810857278
- Domain
- Amazon UK
- Release Date
- 24 August 2006
- Listed Since
- 12 December 2006
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