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In 1972, a group of creative Brazilian musicians and poets informally led by singer-songwriter Milton Nascimento recorded a landmark double-LP titled Clube da Esquina (Corner Club). The album saw highly original songs by Milton, already an award-winning international star, sharing vinyl with those of...

The Variations for keyboard on a step by Ernst Christoph Dressler WoO 63 by Ludwig van Beethoven were composed in 1782. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) was a seminal German composer. He had a significant influence on the transition from the Classical to...

Loretta Lynn touched every corner of popular music in America, and her songs have taught us volumes about ourselves. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame for her groundbreaking work as a singer and songwriter, Lynn has been a major source of inspiration...

Do you write your own music? This guitar tab manuscript book is the perfect gift for you, a family member or best friend, who is learning to write music or for anyone who is an experienced music composer. Are you looking for a birthday...

The first-born of the four composer sons of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann was often considered the most brilliant. Yet he left relatively few works and died in obscurity. This monograph, the first on the composer in nearly a century, identifies the unique features...

It seemed as if Sydney's 5 Seconds Of Summer came from out of nowhere. 5SOS have only released one studio album, a live album and a few EPs yet they have nine million Facebook likes, a huge social media following and a largely female...

The life of an icon, in his own words.David Bowie had a unique relationship with the BBC, making more appearances on 'the beeb' than any other broadcaster throughout his career. An anonymous pre-fame teenager, a blossoming starlet, a white-hot rock star and a veritable...

- Stunning images of global phenomenon Taylor Swift- Revealing fashion insights from the bestselling author of Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears and Rihanna and the Clothes She Wears- Elegant hardback presentation including real cloth cover- The perfect present for fans and fashionistasTaylor...

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was a prominent Baroque composer and lutenist known for his exceptional contributions to lute music. Born in Grottkau, Silesia (now part of Poland), and a contemporary of Johan Sebastian Bach, Weiss displayed exceptional talent from an early age and quickly...

This second volume of Brahms studies contains twelve contributions by leading international authorities on various music. Like the preceding volume of the same title (edited by Robert Pascall), Michael Musgrave's volume aims to provide original scholarly material on different facets of a major composer...

This illustrated biography tells the story of one of the most decorated songwriters in history, Country Music Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson, who broke into the music business with "City Lights," which he penned at the age of nineteen, in 1957. When singer...

This is the first biography of the Black Keys. Emerging from the rust belt city of Akron, guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Pat Carney formed the duo in 2001. As perpetual underdogs who recorded their first two albums in Carney's basement, the Black Keys...

I've been in ministry for as long as I can remember. I believe it all started when my mother made me play the piano for choruses for Sunday school when I could barely pick out the melody lines to the songs! But music opened...

A unique tribute from David Bowie's official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie's blessing. In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it landed Bowie's Stardust...

A new collection with contributions from performing musicians and Grainger scholars and a detailed Catalogue of Works. In the thirty years since his Centenary in 1982 it has become even clearer that Percy Grainger [1882-1961] - composer, pianist and revolutionary - was a man...

Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever on the 50th anniversary of its release with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition. Veteran rock critic Martin Popoff leaves no stone unturned in taking apart The Who's generation-spanning masterpiece, Quadrophenia,...

Author: Gillian MooreISBN-10: 1786696827ISBN-13: 9781786696823Publisher: Head of ZeusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/10/2019Pages: 288Format: HardcoverAbout the AuthorGillian Moore is Director of Music at London's Southbank Centre. She writes and broadcasts regularly about music and can often be heard on BBC Radio 3. She was awarded a CBE...

Nineteen-seventy-one was the year John Lennon left London and pop stardom for a life in New York City as a solo artist, record producer and activist looking to help end the war in Vietnam. He settled in Greenwich Village and quickly came to be...

Composed in the late summer of 1876, Dvorak's first effort at a full-blown concerto shows signs of an unusual amount of revision in the composer's hand - especially for the solo piano part. This might explain the delay in the concerto's premiere, which was...

Haydn composed his famous concerto especially for trumpet for his friend Anton Weidinger (1766-1852), a virtouoso performer who developed a special keyed trumpet which allowed a full chromatic scale. Weidinger's invention, while somewhat successful, was ultimately superceded by the valve system used now in...

First published in 2005, Forty Years of In Between Days - Listening to the Cure, 1977-2017 is a fully updated and revised edition of the ultimate listening guide to one of modern rock's most immutable institutions. Album by album, gig by gig, Forty Years...

The nocturnes (night pieces) are among the most introspective and personal of Chopin's works. This collection of the nocturnes includes footnotes citing the differences between the manuscripts and the first editions. Also included is an outstanding recording from the Naxos Label. Titles: Nocturne in...

The 17 waltzes comprising this volume are among Chopin's most popular compositions. Composed over a period of 20 years (from 1827 to 1847), only eight waltzes were published during Chopin's lifetime. Many of the others were written as gifts for women with whom he...

One of the most prolific composers of the 20th century, Heitor Villa-Lobos' influence on the music of Latin America was enormous. This bio-bibliography, published to coincide with the centennial celebration of the composer's birth, contains comprehensive information about his life and work heretofore unavailable...

Leonard Bernstein: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography and research guide on this popular American composer and conductor. It includes annotations on Bernstein's writings, performances, educational work, and major secondary sources. Also included are a biographical sketch, lists of compositions and...

Clem Cattini is the legendary drummer whose career spans over 60 years, beginning in the mid-1950s with Terry Kennedy's Rock and Rollers who played gigs across London, most notably at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, before the band were asked to join up...

Clem Cattini is the legendary drummer whose career spans over 60 years, beginning in the mid-1950s with Terry Kennedy's Rock and Rollers who played gigs across London, most notably at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, before the band were asked to join up...

Known around the world for his advocacy of early historical performance and as a skilled violin performer and pedagogue, Stanley Ritchie has developed a technical guide to the interpretation and performance of J. S. Bach's enigmatic sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Unlike typical...

A rare case among history's great music contemporaries, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Richard Strauss (1864-1949) enjoyed a close friendship until Mahler's death in 1911. Unlike similar musical pairs (Bach and Handel, Haydn and Mozart, Schoenberg and Stravinsky), these two composers may have disagreed on...

"[W]ill command the rapt attention of casual fans and scholars alike." Booklist, Starred Review - This 2nd book in the Prince Studio Sessions series chronicles the years immediately following the Purple Rain era. Author: Duane TudahlISBN-10: 1538166348ISBN-13: 9781538166345Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2022Pages:...

This book is the first monographic study of 19th-century transcriptions of Chopin's music. The study is based on the rich source material, which formed the basis for considerations from the perspective of social history, music analysis and aesthetics. This work reveals an important document...

Canadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed "cowpunk," with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and frequent North American TV spots, mainstream country radio excluded lang from airplay due to her...

"This may well become the definitive biography of Carpenter.... Pop music fans will appreciate this strong biography." --Library Journal, Starred Review. 40 years after singer Karen Carpenter's death, Lucy O'Brien reevaluates her life and legacy, honoring her triumphs over her struggles, and casts her...

This is a collection of 29 progressive studies for piano by Muzio Clementi and Carl Tausig. 76 pages.Author: Muzio ClementiISBN-10: 0757936954ISBN-13: 9780757936951Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.60w x 0.30d

This carefully crafted and collectible volume tells the intimate story of Peter, Paul, and Mary and their music, in their words and with iconic images that follow their passionate, fifty-year journey to the center of America's heart. Photographs, many rare and never before published,...

When Nick Drake dies in 1974 at the age of 26, he has made three wonderful records that will remain an insider tip for a select group of fans for twenty-five years - despite constant, overt, loving recommendations from trendsetters and influencers like Paul...

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging for the mainstream. As a Black multimillionaire rock star, he was the most exciting person on the planet between 1955 and 1957, the years in...

Sometimes, the seemingly most insignificant gestures can lead to life enhancing events . . .That's what happened over 50 years ago when I met Fred Reif. We were five young strangers who came together to form a 'Jug Band' for a few laughs at...

The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.Author: Girolamo FrescobaldiISBN-10: 0769242391ISBN-13: 9780769242392Publisher: Alfred MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1985Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 12.06h x 9.00w x 0.25d

From the beginning, the Beatles acknowledged in interviews their debt to Black music, apparent in their covers of and written original songs inspired by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, and other giants of R&B. Blackbird goes deeper, appreciating unacknowledged forerunners, as...

The first book to critically examine the legacy of pop superstar Mariah Carey. When it comes to Mariah Carey, star power is never in doubt. She has sold hundreds of millions of albums and cut more chart-topping hits than any other solo artist--ever. And...

"Singer Al Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, the fifth child of a minister father and a piano-playing mother. Growing up Black in the inner city, he attended Lincoln High School, where he was a prominent student leader, athlete and musician. He earned degrees in...

This is the true story of a song.Don Feagin wrote the words and Barron Ryan wrote the music. But this wasn't your average partnership. That's because Don died in 1981-six years before Barron was even born.As a young songwriter and composer, Don Feagin wrote...

The subjects of the monographs in this series are selected works of Beethoven relating to their creation origins and reception history.They incorporate contextual accounts of Beethoven and his contemporaries and estimations of his music as expressed by musicians and musicologist in the nineteenth century...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Frank Zappa's live music with "The Poodle Diaries." This comprehensive guide serves as your ultimate companion, meticulously chronicling the extraordinary concert legacy of one of music's most enigmatic and influential figures. Explore the depths of Zappa's mesmerizing...

This book includes four pieces composed by Javier MarcAuthor: MarcISBN-10: 1475149492ISBN-13: 9781475149494Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/25/2012Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.05d

This wonderful classic score by Erik Satie is a high-quality reproduction of the original music scores. Featuring wide margins and clear note heads, it is ideal for following the music and a fantastic addition to music collections. It is a fine example of the...

Take your music production to the next level with the ultimate FL Studio resource.Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key Features: Comprehensive coverage of FL Studio 21's tools and features Step-by-step explanations of music production techniques Insights...

Elgar's Variations for Orchestra, commonly known as the 'Enigma' Variations, marked an epoch both in his career, and in the renaissance of English music at the turn of the century. The first extended study of the work, this Cambridge Music Handbook contains historical information...

This book covers all the Pentatonic scales in every Major Key. Each Scale is broken down into 5 degrees including the minor pentatonic (5th degree of the Major Pentatonic). Once you have mastered the fingering for each degree there is an exercise to unite...