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The Music Lover's Quotation Book.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The Music Lover's Quotation Book, by David W. Barber. Firefly Books Ltd. (3680 Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario M2H 3K1), 2003. 168pp. $19.95.

The Music Lover's Quotation Book is a highly enjoyable read. Compiler/editor David W. Barber is a journalist, musician and author of several humorous books including Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys. The present volume contains approximately 800 quotes about a broad range of musical styles, from classical to jazz to country to pop to hip-hop. Most are only a line or two in length. Sources of quotes are similarly diverse, with performers, composers, writers and Fans from four millennia represented. Quotations are arranged alphabetically by hundreds of keywords.

The selection of quotations is outstanding. ...

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