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    • A Life in Nine Pieces
    • By: Laura Tunbridge
    • Narrated by: Laura Tunbridge
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 12-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • The iconic image of Beethoven is of him as a lone genius: hair wild, fists clenched, and brow furrowed. Beethoven may well have shaped the music of the future, but he was also a product of his time, influenced by the people, politics, and culture around him....

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    • The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
    • By: Charles King
    • Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-24
    • Language: English
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    • From New York Times bestselling historian and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Charles King comes the moving untold story of the eighteenth-century men and women behind the making of Handel’s Messiah.

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    • Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
    • By: Anne Helen Peterson
    • Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
    • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-30-14
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 165 ratings
    • Based on Anne Helen Petersen's popular column on the Hairpin, Scandals of Classic Hollywood is sensationalism made smart....

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    • The Composer and His Work
    • By: Christoph Wolff
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A concentrated study of Johann Sebastian Bach's creative output and greatest pieces, capturing the essence of his art....

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    • All-Area Access with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs in 1996 During the Height of the East-West Rap War
    • By: David Handelman
    • Narrated by: Corey Allen
    • Length: 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • In this lucid, illuminating profile, journalist David Handelman presents Sean Combs as he strives to make a positive impact on black lives despite the ever-present shadow....

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    • By: Michael Lydon
    • Narrated by: Peter Larkin
    • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
    • Release date: 12-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • In Good Old Grateful Dead, Michael Lydon follows the band in its attempt to continue to foster the communal, collaborative spirit that brought it to fame while resisting fame's price....

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    • By: Lauren Bacall
    • Narrated by: Lauren Bacall
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 06-24-05
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 330 ratings
    • The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen excellence....

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    • By: Darren Henley
    • Narrated by: Marin Alsop
    • Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-04
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • The lives and music of the great composers of classical music unfold in this entertaining account, introduced by the conductor and musical personality Marin Alsop....

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    • The Lost World of Film Noir
    • By: Eddie Muller
    • Narrated by: Eddie Muller, Erin Bennett
    • Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, listeners on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive volume....

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    • The Art and Alchemy of Conducting
    • By: John Mauceri
    • Narrated by: John Mauceri
    • Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • An exuberant, uniquely accessible look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century....

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    • A Life and Times
    • By: Dr. Alan Walker
    • Narrated by: Corrie James
    • Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
    • Based on 10 years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., this is a landmark biography of the Polish composer by Alan Walker, a leading authority on Fryderyk Chopin and his time....

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    • A Love Story, in Music Lessons
    • By: Jeremy Denk
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Denk
    • Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 03-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 200 ratings
    • In Every Good Boy Does Fine, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. His life is already a little tough as a precocious, temperamental six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey, and then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico....

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    • By: Fred Plotkin
    • Narrated by: Fred Plotkin
    • Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 06-02-04
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 66 ratings
    • In clear and entertaining prose, Plotkin explores a thousand years of music, introduces listeners to more than 100 great works, and profiles in depth many significant composers....

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    • A Musical Wayfarer
    • By: Lorraine Byrne Bodley
    • Narrated by: Christa Lewis
    • Length: 20 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 12-26-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert's life, and provides an insightful biography of the great composer, revealing his complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius....

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    • Journey and the Story of American Rock
    • By: David Hamilton Golland, Joel Selvin - foreword
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 02-20-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Since exploding on the scene in the late 1970s, Journey has inspired generations of fans with hit after hit. But hidden under this rock 'n' roll glory is a complex story of ambition, larger-than-life personalities, and clashes.

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    • The Life and Career of Gene Kelly (Screen Classics)
    • By: Cynthia Brideson, Sara Brideson
    • Narrated by: Cynthia Wallace
    • Length: 19 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • One of the most influential and respected entertainers of Hollywood's golden age, Gene Kelly revolutionized film musicals with his innovative and timeless choreography....

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    • The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
    • By: Daniel de Visé
    • Narrated by: George Newbern
    • Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 626 ratings
    • A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, celebrating the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs....

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