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| The Beatles in Biography |
| MU344 |
Fall 2012 |
| Materials |
[One copy of all materials
will be on reserve in Scribner Library] |
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| Required
Texts |
| Apple Corps Ltd.
2000. Anthology. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. |
| Davies,
Hunter. 1968. The Beatles. New York: W. W. Norton & Company;
2nd Rev edition (February, 2004). |
| Gould, Jonathan. 2007. Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America. New York: Harmony Books. |
| Norman, Philip. 1981. Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation. New York: Fireside or MJF
Books. |
| Riley, Tim. Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music: The Definitive Life. New York: Hyperion, 2011. |
| Spitz, Bob. The Beatles: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. |
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| Optional,
but Valuable |
| Dowlding, William
J. 1989. Beatlesongs. New York: Simon and Schuster. |
| Everett, Walter.
1999. The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver through the Anthology.
New York: Oxford University Press. |
| ——. 2001. The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul.
New York: Oxford University Press. |
| Fujita, Tetsuya,
Uji Hagino, Hajime Kubo, and Goro Sato. 1989. The Beatles Complete
Scores. Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation. |
| Hertsgaard, Mark.
1995. A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles.
New York: Delacorte Press. |
| Kozinn, Allan. 1995. The Beatles. London: Phaidon Press, Limited. |
| Lewisohn, Mark. 1992. The Complete Beatles Chronicle. New York: Hamlyn Books. |
| ——. 1988. The Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Abbey Road Studio Session Notes, 1962-1970. New York: Harmony Books. |
| MacDonald,
Ian. 1997. Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties.
London: Pimlico. |
| Ryan, Kevin and Brian Kehew. 2006. Recording the Beatles: The Studio Equipment and Techniques Used to Create Their Classic Albums. Curvebender Publishing. |
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| Reserve
Audio Recordings |
| A complete set of Beatles recordings on will be reserve
in Scribner Library, including the 1987 CD release and the 2009 remastered stereo and mono mixes. |
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Department
of Music  Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
Gordon
Thompson |
14 April, 2012
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