Spring Hardcovers: Performing Arts & Film

Amadeus Press

(dist. by Hal Leonard Books)

Tanglewood: A Group Memoir (June, $29.95) by Margaret Daniels collects first-person accounts about the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home.

Anova/Robson/

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Hollywood on Trial: McCarthyism’s War Against the Movies (Apr., $27.95) by Michael Freedland describes the House Un-American Activities Committee’s Communist witch hunt of the 1940s and ’50s.

Backbeat Books

(dist. by Hal Leonard Books)

Classic Hammond Organ: Know the Players, Play the Music (June, $24.95) by Steve Lodder serves as both history and tutorial; includes CD.

Bloomsbury

The Full Burn: On the Set, at the Bar, Behind the Wheel, and over the Edge with Hollywood Stuntmen (July, $24.95) by Kevin Conley delves into this crash-bang world. 50,000 first printing.

Da Capo Press

Goodbye, 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth (June, $25) by David Browne depicts the alternative rock group.

Faber and Faber

Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music (May, $24) by Dana Jennings evokes the golden age of country music (1950–1970) and the people behind it.

Getty Publications

California Video: Artists and Histories (May, $49.95), edited by Glenn Phillips, studies video art in the Golden State.

Hal Leonard Books

Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (Apr., $24.95) by Andy Strasberg et al. celebrates the centenary of baseball’s iconic ditty in words and pictures. CD included.

HarperCollins UK

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Am I Bovvered? The Catherine Tate Show Scripts (Apr., $19.95) by Catherine Tate collects scripts from the British comedian.

Moss Stories

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Jon Thor Birgisson and Alex Somers: Riceboy Sleeps (Mar., $19.95) by Birgisson and Somers collects artwork created by the lead singer of Sigur Rós from found photographs and other sources.

New York Review Books

Opera and the Morbidity of Music (Apr., $27.95) by Joseph Kerman examines the ongoing vitality of the classical music tradition.

Powerhouse/Vice Books

Norwegian Black Metal (June, $60) by Peter Beste. The documentary photographer depicts the murder and church arson that mark the country’s black metal scene.

Rookery Press

(dist. by Overlook Press)

Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists (May, $29.95), edited by Richard T. Kelly, illus. by Andrew Rae, celebrates cinema through Top 10 lists from critics, filmmakers and writers.

Steidl

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Rock ’n’ Roll 39–59 (Apr., $80) collects writings by Peter Guralnick, Greil Marcus and other critics about this genre’s formative years.

Universe

1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Mar., $36.95), edited by Matthew Rye, compiles selections that will appeal to discerning fans and beginning listeners.

Univ. of Hawai'i Press

Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture (Apr., $50) by Alexandra B. Bonds features more than 250 photos and pattern drafts.

Univ. of Rochester Press

Berlioz: Scenes from the Life and Work (Mar., $75), edited by Peter Bloom, assembles new studies by Jacques Barzun, David Cairns and other experts.

Wesleyan Univ. Press

The Dance Within: Intimate Conversations with Great Dancers (June, $29.95) by Rose Eichenbaum presents interviews with 40 top entertainers, including Shirley MacLaine and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Zone Books

Beyond the Dream Syndicate: Tony Conrad and the Arts After Cage (a “Minor” History) (May, $34.95) by Branden W. Joseph looks at the interconnections among the arts in the ’60s.