Music-Individual Composer & Musician

This vintage book contains Charles V. Stanford's "The Revenge, Op. 26", a musical composition for chorus and orchestra set to the words of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem of the same name. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) was a British poet who remains one...

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he...

This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he...

During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel's music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself--known to most as the composer of Messiah--is a bit of a mystery. Though he took meticulous care of his musical...

Known for albums like Late for the Sky, The Pretender, and Running on Empty, Jackson Browne was a master of capturing the counterculture ethos of the 1960s. Cornel Bonca dives deeply into his music, his long fifty-year career, and activism--including environmentalism--within the context of...

A reflection on the idea of the "composer" in the medieval period, including a study of the individuals and groups active in the creation of medieval music. The modern concept of the individual composer is central to accounts of Western music, and continues to...

This candid memoir of punk rock, fame, and endurance from Deryck Whibley, lead singer of Sum 41, follows Whibley's rise from a punk kid in Canada to an international star. From his earliest days as a kid in Canada, Deryck Whibley was a punk...

A marvel and celebration that contains interviews of those intimately involved in the legacy of an intensely shy and disadvantaged boy from the wrong side of Tupelo, Mississippi who went on to become one of the most idolized and imitated solo performer of all...

From Moon Unit Zappa, the daughter of musical visionary Frank Zappa, comes a memoir of growing up in her unconventional household in 1970s Los Angeles, coming of age in the Hollywood Hills in the 1980s as the "Valley Girl," gaining momentum as an accidental...

Harry Styles is one of the most successful solo artists to ever emerge from a band. Having enjoyed five commercially successful albums, a run of radio-friendly hits and a fervent fandom as part of boyband phenomenon, One Direction, in 2016, Styles traded his teen...

Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, The Elton John Activity Book is a celebration of a musical great. Perfect for the long-standing superfan or for those wanting to dive head-first into Elton's world: this is a Sir Elton John lovefest.EGOT winner,...

Jazz's journey to the GDR: artists reflect on Louis Armstrong's musical ambassadorship, civil rights and the Cold WarIn 1965, still at the height of the Cold War, legendary African American jazz musician Louis Armstrong became the first US musician to go on tour in...

Clément Janequin's spectacular entertainment chansons jump-started French music printing, spread his fame across sixteenth-century Europe, and earned him lasting success with vocal ensembles and audiences around the world. Clément Janequin was the musical poster boy for the Valois kings of France, a bestseller for...

Decades after his passing, Elvis Presley remains one of popular music's greatest icons. He was among the most successful, influential, socially significant, and controversial performers of the twentieth century, with a celebrity so indelible that every recent American president has negotiated its orbit. While...

As market reforms and migration transformed Albania in the early 1990s, Ardit Gjebrea began mixing traditional folk music with world music and Italian pop. The resulting album, Projekt Jon (1997), provided a new model for song-Western and cosmopolitan, yet firmly rooted in the fertile...

In 1998, The Uninvited were poised to become the next multi-platinum darlings of the new millennia. With a hit song burning up the charts and a major label release described as "The breakthrough album of the next decade," everything was teed-up for a life...

When he died in one of rock's string of tragic plane crashes, Otis Redding was only twenty-six, yet already the avatar of a new kind of soul music. The beating heart of Memphis-based Stax Records, he had risen to fame belting out gospel-flecked blues...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Karl EkmanISBN-10: 1406723231ISBN-13: 9781406723236Publisher: Von...

Encounters with Conlon Nancarrow, by J?rgen Hocker, is the first extensive biography of the American-Mexican composer whose works for the player piano exhibit an innovation and complexity which remains unmatched. Hocker gives insight to the life and personality of the often reclusive Nancarrow, making...

Author: Paul Henry LangISBN-10: 0393001997ISBN-13: 9780393001990Publisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1963Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d

Taylor Swift needs no introduction. The global superstar is one of the greatest singer-songwriters of her generation with a fanbase that covers the globe. Now it's the fandom's time to shine with FOR THE SWIFTIES: A Puzzle Book Inspired by Taylor Swift (Unofficial Version)....

Sweetly soulful and creatively multifaceted, Richard Manuel of the Band left an indelible mark on rock history. From pivotal moments like Bob Dylan's controversial move to electric music to Woodstock and the Last Waltz, Manuel's journey unfolds in this first-ever biography. Through insightful analysis...

In 1999, Modest Mouse struck out for Chicago to record their major-label debut for Epic Records. Amid indie circle cries of "sellouts," a largely untested producer, and a half-built studio, the trio recorded the instrumental basics of The Moon & Antarctica ... and then...

This book provides the first detailed reception history of adaptations of Johann Sebastian Bach's Aria mit 30 Veränderungen (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988). It documents multiple ways Bach's work has appeared in arrangements, transcriptions, and re-compositions from 1800 to 2020. It examines adaptations for the...

I like these songs better than all the rest, and someday you will too, Franz Schubert told the friends who were the first to hear his song cycle, Winterreise. These lieder have always found admiring audiences, but the poetry he chose to set them...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through the sounds and stories that have shaped American music.Pity the Genius: A Journey through American Guitar Music in 33 Tracks is a deep dive into the often-tumultuous lives of 33 extraordinary guitarists, capturing their brilliance, triumphs, and struggles...

This is the definitive chronicle of Ministry's 1988 industrial rock release, The Land of Rape and Honey, that details the zeitgeist where post-punk, metal, funk and straight-up noise converge. Featuring interviews with Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Chris Connelly, Jello Biafra, Adrian Sherwood, deadmau5, Fear...

A bold, deeply researched, and long-needed debunking of the platitudes and prejudices that have long clouded our view of the personality and compositional habits of Anton Bruckner. Bruckner was, and continues to be, among the most divisive figures in the history of nineteenth-century music,...

Harry Styles is one of--if not--the biggest pop stars in the world right now. From finding fame on The XFactor to his sensational solo success, Harry in 30 Images is a look at Harry Styles' rise to superstardom. Harry Styles has earned many accolades...

Scattered in archives and historical societies across the United States are hundreds of volumes of manuscript music, copied by hand by eighteenth-century amateurs. Often overlooked, amateur music making played a key role in the construction of gender, class, race, and nation in the post-revolution...

The elusive and ungraspable in Rihm's musicWolfgang Rihm ( b. Karlsruhe, 1952) is the most performed living German composer. With his personal, expressive, and versatile music, he became the most prominent representative of his generation. His individual approach to music was established in the...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was a seminal German composer. He had a significant influence on the transition from the Classical to the Romantic era of music, and to this day he is considered to be one the most celebrated and important composers...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was a seminal German composer. He had a significant influence on the transition from the Classical to the Romantic era of music, and to this day he is considered to be one the most celebrated and important composers...

We know Robert Schumann in many ways: as a visionary composer, a seasoned journalist, a cultured man of letters, and a genius who, having passed his mantle on to the young Brahms, succumbed to mental illness in 1856. Drawing on recent pathbreaking research, this...

A mentor to Mozart and teacher of Beethoven, Joseph Haydn is known as the "Father of the Symphony"--and now even beginning pianists can master many of his most memorable works. This collection focuses on the composer's melodies and style to provide a satisfying and...

An in-depth exploration of the style and influence of Pat Metheny, a truly distinctive musical voice of our time. Guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, among the most acclaimed, visionary musicians of our time, has for five decades toured with his many creative musical projects,...

"Music is life. Music is a reflection of who we are as humans." -- Susan Graham, renowned American mezzo-soprano Music has existed as long as there have been people to listen. It takes on many forms and is many things, providing entertainment, emotion, storytelling,...

Ginette Depreist's life with James DePreist was a wonderful one. One filled with excitement, rewards and love with a partner she would have never dreamed of. His life, however, was so much more. His journey took him through so many twists and turns and...

Jazz Revolutionary is the first full biography of Eric Dolphy, passionately tracing his creative life from Los Angeles clubs of the late 1940s and 50s, to New York in the early 1960s, and on to Paris, where sixty years ago he died from the...

Join the Harry Styles fandom culture with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything there is to know and love about the modern icon that is Harry Styles. From his first appearance on The X Factor and touring with One Direction to breaking...

Explores the heroic life and revolutionary music of the pioneering German saxophonist, and the radical social and political convictions that informed them. Peter Br?tzmann is the first ever, full-length, English-language biography of one of the most fascinating and inspiring personalities in the history of...

The interest in all things Japan, as well as the increasing effort to center both physical and mental health as a core value of any flourishing society, leads to the nexus explored in this book, Missoku, a unique breathing method that has been handed...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was an extraordinarily prolific and seminal composer during the Classical era. He displayed astonishing musical ability from a very early age, composing and playing competently when just five years old. During his lifetime, Mozart composed over 600 original...

Author: Tim RileyISBN-10: 1401324525ISBN-13: 9781401324520Publisher: Hachette BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/20/2011Pages: 784Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.60lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.50w x 2.10dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/11/2011Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2011Booklist 09/01/2011 pg. 26New York Times Book Review 10/09/2011 pg. 18Kirkus Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 2207

Sin?ad O'Connor, renowned for her angelic voice and activism, overcame a tumultuous upbringing to become a global protest singer and advocate for social justiceSin?ad O'Connor achieved worldwide success as an angel-voiced, shaven-headed Irish singer of heartfelt songs, but she was far more than just...

The musical career of Alexander Tumanov extends from Stalinist and Soviet Russia through contemporary Canada, and as such provides an inspiring portrait of one person's devotion to his art under trying circumstances. Tumanov was a founding member of Moscow's Madrigal Ensemble of early music....

Working As A Film Composer is an inside look at what it is like working in the industry today. It's a journey through the career defining moments of an award-winning Hollywood composer with insightful perspectives from industry professionals and action steps and advice from...

Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932-2021), an iconic figure in choral music in South Africa, rose to prominence as one of Africa's leading composers of art music. This is a work of music history.Biographical essays on Khumalo's major works, including those for choir, orchestra, and opera are...

There is neither in music history nor in the history of art such a closed and contradictory composer and creator as Galina Ustvolskaya. The music of Galina Ustvolskaya (excepting commissioned works written not for internal reasons but for necessity) is a kind of mysterious...

We Take Care of Our Own traces the evolution of Bruce Springsteen's beliefs, beginning with his New Jersey childhood and ending with his most recent works from Springsteen on Broadway to Letter to You. The author follows the singer's life, examining his albums and...