Music

The female vocalists who pioneered the disco genre in the '70s and early '80s were an extraordinarily talented group who dazzled the world with an exciting blend of elegance, soulful passion and gutsy fire. In this book of original interviews, 32 of...

A deeply researched biography of the great French organist, who composed some of the best-loved works in the organ repertory -- and the masterful Requiem. Maurice Durufle: The Man and His Music is a new biography of the great French organist and...

A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life's work and journey, and why he will always...

Julian Rushton jumps right into the debate with this fascinating and readable history, dispensing with the myth, conjecture ,and popular iconography that frequently distorts our notions of what Mozart and his times were really like. What emerges is a...

Julian Rushton jumps right into the debate with this fascinating and readable history, dispensing with the myth, conjecture ,and popular iconography that frequently distorts our notions of what Mozart and his times were really like. What emerges is a...

Two eight-page B&W and color photo insertsAbout the AuthorJOHN KRUTH is a musician with nine solo albums to his credit. He has performed and recorded with Ornette Coleman, Laurie Anderson, John Cale, Violent Femmes, and Garth Hudson and Rick Danko, among...

Mel Lewis (1929-1990) was born Melvin Sokoloff to Jewish Russian immigrants in Buffalo, New York. He first picked up his father's drumsticks at the age of two and at seventeen he was a full-time professional musician. The View from the Back of the Band...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062295545Author Darlene LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 295g

If any man could be defined as the epitome of the modern jazz singer, it would surely be Jon Hendricks. His contributions to jazz as a whole were colossal: a hipster, a bopster, a comic and raconteur, a wordsmith par excellence, and a fearless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781443419734Author Bif NakedFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 249g

A New Yorker writer's intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur's life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur's single "Changes" became an anthem for the...

London, November 1966. John Lennon can't speak, he can't take his eyes off a photo of a car in flames with the body of Paul McCartney inside. His friend is no longer there, and that means the Beatles are no longer there, either. But John wants to...

This comprehensive biography contrasts 250 years' worth of legend with the real facts of Bach's life as uncovered through the author's extensive research. . In this new biography of Johann Sebastian Bach, Klaus Eidam brings the icon of Baroque music...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480360242Author Sanford JosephsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940213033Author Iris BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Punk Hostage PressPublisher Punk Hostage PressWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Tomasz Stanko is arguably the greatest jazz musician Poland has ever produced. His career spanned almost 60 years until his death in 2018. A visionary trumpeter and composer, a protege of Krzysztof Komeda and a colleague of musicians from Poland, Sweden,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780757003332Author Elliot TiberFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Square One PublishersPublisher Square One PublishersWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm)...

A brand-new look at the life and music of renowned composer Erich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. He was lauded in his youth by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623545420Author Charlie HarmonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Imagine Publishing, IncPublisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781452166100Author Nick MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Chronicle BooksPublisher Chronicle BooksWeight(grams) 857gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm *...

Gioachino Rossini was one of the most influential, as well as one of the most industrious and emotionally complex of the great nineteenth-century composers. Between 1810 and 1829, he wrote 39 operas, a body of work, comic and serious, which transformed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574670677Author Astor PiazzollaFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Amadeus PressPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 219mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480931008Author Eunice DavidFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228811312Author Paul W WorthFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574671216Author Ayke AgusFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Amadeus PressPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 221mm *...

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the music, inspiration and cultural influence of BTS - K-pop's global superstars!"The Beatles for the 21st Century" - BBC BTS have exploded onto the global music scene with their distinctive brand of music,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681777689Author John SuchetFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 25mm

An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood's standards of beauty and glamour Barbra Streisand has been called the "most successful...talented performer of her generation" by Vanity...

Emma Bardac and her relationship with Claude Debussy take centre stage in this insightful exploration of their lives together. The singer Emma Bardac (1862-1934) has often been presented as a woman who ensnared Claude Debussy (1862-1918) because she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807011843Author Gayle WaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

George Gershwin blossomed as an accompanist before his talent as a songwriter opened the way to Broadway where he fashioned his own brand of American music. He composed a run of musical comedies, with his brother Ira as lyricist, and several classical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501190780Author Scott ChantlerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Gallery 13Publisher Gallery 13Weight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 185mm * 239mm * 30mm

The open and honest autobiography of Owain Arwel Hughes, a leading conductor who has worked with some of the world's most prominent orchestras.About the AuthorOwain Arwel Hughes is a celebrated conductor with 40 years' experience conducting and recording...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439147894Author Cyndi LauperFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 272g

In the early years of the twentieth century, in what was then British India, culture thrived in the city of Allahabad. In this vibrant hub of musicians, poets, scholars and freedom fighters, Janki Bai Ilahabadi was a musical star, counting among her fans...

Sinéad O’Connor achieved worldwide success as an angel-voiced, shaven-headed Irish singer of heartfelt songs, but she was far more than just a pop star – she was also an activist and a survivor. Reeling from a troubled childhood at the hands of her...

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheist, Wiccan, fame-laden, oversexed, teetotalling, drug-free, cloistered, chaotic, non-communicative, workaholic, feral-feeling house.'For Moon Unit, daughter...

The emotional, epic story of James “Cornbread” Harris—a self-proclaimed “blessed dude” and one of Minneapolis’s most influential musicians From the heart of the Minnesota blues comes the story of James “Cornbread” Harris Jr., the songwriter, pianist, and...

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL CATCH: CHEAP TRICK FROM THE BARS TO THE BUDOKAN AND BEYONDBook InformationISBN 9781493078066Author Ross WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint BackbeatPublisher Globe Pequot Press

‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday TimesMy My! The...