The music collection of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation contains items from the Jefferson catalogue of 1783, sometimes the identical printing. This selection includes a variety of pieces, most of which are not available in modern editions. By playing them again from facsimiles, one recaptures the spirit of the musical life at Monticello that Jefferson loved so well.

Originally published: Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1974.

An exploration of Thomas Jefferson's love of music, which he called the passion of my soul, and his talent as a violinist.

In "the best fictionalized life of Jefferson yet" (Jack McLaughlin, National Book Award finalist for "Jefferson and Monticello"), Byrd offers a rare glimpse behind the face this complex Virginian showed the world, dispelling the myths to reveal the passionate and elusive figure whose words and imagination may be said to have invented America. 432 pp. National print ads. 20,000 print. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

House music jacked the world in the 1980s and popular music has never been the same. From the merest two or three nightclubs in Chicago, House leapt the Atlantic, creating a scene in places as unalike as Manchester's clubland and the beaches of Ibiza - and sometimes its reputation did, too. Now, Marshall Jefferson, long hailed as the Godfather of House Music, speaks of just what his contribution was and how responsible he, his friends and colleagues were for bringing House music to our ears. Whether you are a fan or aficionado of House music, or just nostalgic about this high point of your youth, Marshall Jefferson's Diary of a DJ will give you the back stories to the big story of the rise and raves of the most radical departure in popular music since the sixties, and a social commentary on the revolution that electronic music instigated in popular culture.