Does anyone have knowledge of a book called _Angels of the Night: Popular Female
Singers of Our Time_ (Oxford, 1986, 277 pages, hardcover) by Wilfrid Mellers? Do you
have this one in your library's stacks, Deb Messling? :~)
According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music bibliography, from their biography on
Joni, _Angels of the Night_ contains an expansive scholarly essay on Joni's music
called "White Seagull, Black Highwaywoman, Red Squaw: Joni Mitchell" (27 pages,
141-68).
The author is said to be the first musicologist to pay attention to popular music.
It's out of print, but I ordered it from BarnesandNoble.com in the "Rare, Secondhand
and Out-of-Print" section since I'm quite interested in women in music in general, and
Joni musicology in particular. I got a "very good" hardcover copy for $16.00, but the
8 copies they showed available are going for as much as $85.00. The book contains 28
pages of black and white plates (photos). I'm looking forward to receiving it.
I just wonder if anyone has heard of it, as I don't recall it ever being mentioned
here before. I couldn't find any reference to it on jmdl.com and jonimitchell.com
seems to be inaccessible right now. Any info is greatly appreciated.
-Julius
