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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,...

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 Weidinger's invention, while somewhat successful, was ultimately superceded by the valve system used now in...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...

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...

"[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 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...

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...

ROBERT LAMM SELECTED LYRICS is a collection by one of the founding members of the group, "Chicago."This collection contains many of his well-known compositions (Saturday In The Park, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, 25 Or 6 To 4) as well as...

John Psathas has said that, of all New Zealand composers, John Cousins has "thrown the spear furthest," meaning he is one of our most original artists, going beyond the edge. Provocative, penetrating, and fundamentally true, Cousins remains absorbed and energised by creative work. On...

Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Among pop music fans he is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's album, Thriller. Clarence Bernard Henry...

The moving story of Rachmaninoff's years in exile and the composition of his last great work, set against a cataclysmic backdrop of two world wars and personal tragedy. In 1940, Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a...

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...

Charles Stanford's "Three Motets, Op. 38" contains the complete sheet music three individual compositions: "Justorum Anim ", "Coelos Ascendit Hodie", and "Beati Quorum Via". They include lyrics and sections for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and organ. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was...

This volume contains the sheet music for Charles V. Stanford's "Stabat Mater, Op. 96". It is a 'symphonic cantata', a vocal composition accompanied by instruments, typically in several movements and often including a choir. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish...

Author: Charles Villiers StanfordISBN-10: 1528707192ISBN-13: 9781528707190Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/2018Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d

Author: Charles Villiers StanfordISBN-10: 1528707206ISBN-13: 9781528707206Publisher: Classic Music CollectionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/2018Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.23lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d

This book contains the complete sheet music for "The Canterbury Pilgrims", an opera in three acts composed by Charles Villiers Stanford and first performed in 1884 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Clearly presented with room for annotations, this volume will appeal to...

This modern reprint of the original scores features clear, large margins, making it ideal for students and musicians alike. Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) was a seminal German composer and pianist. He was incredibly popular and influential during his lifetime and, Together with Johann...

The first study to explore the crucial influence of Kurt Weill on operas and musicals by Marc Blitzstein and Leonard Bernstein. Theodor Adorno famously proclaimed that the model of Kurt Weill could not be repeated. Yet Weill's stage works set an inescapable precedent for...

Everyone wanted Madonna's 1992 album Erotica to be a scandal. In the midst of a culture war, conservatives wanted it to be proof of the decline of family values. The target of conservative loathing, gay men reeling from the AIDS epidemic wanted it to...

From My Life is the autobiography of Eduard Hanslick, one of the most noted and honored music critics in nineteenth-century Vienna who made his mark with his relatively brief disquisition On the Musically Beautiful first issued in 1854. His highly informative autobiography has never...

The first visual book on the massively influential musician and interdisciplinary artist whose six-decade oeuvre unites music, movement and artComposer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker and choreographer, Meredith Monk has united music, theater and dance to forge a new creative idiom exploring the human voice...

The six string quartets dedicated to his friend Joseph Haydn represent a turning point in Mozart' compositional development. In addition to providing a synopsis of each quartet, this book examines the music in relation to Mozart's earlier quartets, considers the genesis of the six...

Previously unseen journals, letters, sketches and more from the vast personal archive of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen is renowned the world over for his meditations on beauty, death, loss and the human heart. The objects, papers and artifacts from Cohen's personal archive provide fresh...

35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stories and 450 full-color photographs, including exclusive images from her private costume archive In Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, global superstar Dolly Parton shares,...

This long-awaited study explores the creation of NBC-TV's landmark 1952-53 WWII documentary series, with particular attention to its evocative Rodgers-Bennett score. Victory at Sea, NBC-TV's innovative 1952-53 WWII documentary, was eventually broadcast to more than 100 million viewers worldwide. Its episodes chronicled the war's...