Music

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101985274Author Jeff TweedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dutton BooksPublisher Dutton BooksWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966785715Author James A. HendrixPage Count 188Imprint A L-J A S Enterprises, L. P.Publisher A L-J A S Enterprises, L. P.

In 1970 a scraggly, antiheroic man from North Carolina by way of Massachusetts began presenting a comforting yet biting new sound. Within a year, when young ears sought the latest in rock, there was "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," and a new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879101763Author Woody HermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 219mm *...

In Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage, James L. Dickerson tells the behind-the-scenes story of the band, drawing from interviews with former band members, scores of insiders, and the band's enormous Internet fan base. This book recounts the early...

Big Band music instantly reminds us of America on the homefront during World War II, lavish Hollywood musicals, and the jitterbug. Fans of big band music will enjoy Back Beats and Rim Shots, which vividly describes the life of jazz drummer Johnny Blowers...

Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography-loaded with stage and candid photos of this peerless rock star-is the ultimate collector's item for any fan of The Boss. Through story and images, Bruce Springsteen: An Illustrated Biography chronicles the life...

The first full account of legendary music producer Neil Bogart's life and meteoric career Neil Bogart was the founder of Casablanca Records and made the top acts of all 70's music's defining genres: stadium rock with KISS, disco with Donna Summer &...

During his short lifetime, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) contributed to a wide variety of musical genres, from intimate songs and dances to ambitious chamber pieces, symphonies, and operas. The essays and translated documents in Franz Schubert and His World...

The Florentine musician Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is known as the composer of the first operas--they include the earliest to survive complete, Euridice (1600), in which Peri sang the role of Orpheus. A large collection of recently discovered account books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561002Author James KaplanFormat HardbackPage Count 496Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 780g

"Jewish Identities" mounts a formidable challenge to prevailing essentialist assumptions about 'Jewish music,' which maintain that ethnic groups, nations, or religious communities possess an essence that must manifest itself in art created by members of...

Described by New York Times critic John Rockwell as "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer," Ben Johnston reconceives familiar idioms--ranging from neoclassicism and serialism to jazz and southern hymnody--using just intonation...

A jazz writer for three decades, W. Royal Stokes has a special talent for capturing the initial spark that launches a musician's career. In Growing Up With Jazz, he has interviewed twenty-four instrumentalists and singers who talk candidly about the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143782636Author Bob YatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Ebury AustraliaPublisher Random House AustraliaWeight(grams) 624gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063248526Author Kenneth WomackFormat HardbackPage Count 592Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 239mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062222572Author Peter HookFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint It BooksPublisher It BooksWeight(grams) 517g

EEric Clapton Day by DayE presents Clapton's professional life in music in a day-by-day format giving details of which bands he joined and left all recordings made a both released and unreleased a as well as guest appearances he made on other artists'...

Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohen's Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & beyond analyzes the lyrical poetry of Leonard Cohen through a post-secular lens. The volume fuses sophisticated theory and popular culture with critical...

The Grateful Dead rose out of San Francisco's '60s underground rock scene with an unprecedented sound and image. Its members steeped in rock folk classical and blues; their instrumental prowess; and their refusal to bow to commercial conventions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556527944Author David BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Chicago Review PressPublisher Chicago Review PressWeight(grams) 544g

Johnny Cash remains one of the most recognizable artists in the world. Starting in 1956 he released an album every year until his death in 2003. In addition to these albums there were also some posthumous releases in the years after his death. From...

To speak of Gerard Schwarz a musician conductor festival organizer gig hopper educator television personality patron and proselytizer of the arts a is to tell an exemplary American story.THYou could convey it exclusively in clich (c)s from his...

Lauded by Verdi Debussy and other music legends the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so he acquired a reputation as something...

ERichard Wagner: The Lighter SideE appeals to classical music and opera enthusiasts in general but particularly the many thousands of members of the 135 Wagner Societies around the world. There are many books about every aspect of Wagner's life and...

Lamb of god vocalist D. Randall Blythe finally tells the whole incredible story of his arrest, incarceration, trial, and acquittal for manslaughter in the Czech Republic over the tragic and accidental death of a concertgoer in this riveting, gripping,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538747155Author John LennonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886741810Author Glen MatlockFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Weldon Owen, IncorporatedPublisher Weldon Owen, Incorporated

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063257504Author Melissa EtheridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

A June 2020 Library Journal Starred ReviewLee stood out among her peers as an exquisite singer possessing a cool vocal style, a songwriter frequently collaborating with leading composers of American jazz and film music, and a globally-loved entertainer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684815371Author Boy GeorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint MangoPublisher MangoWeight(grams) 612g

Tommy Dorsey was not only a bandleader, but one of the most prolific musicians of the century. Stockdale has compiled detailed discographical listings of nearly 3,000 recordings together with brief biographical information. Each recording is listed in...

Sir Elton is shown here in hundreds of photos that have never before been seen, drawn from the massive archive of The Daily Mirror.Book InformationISBN 9781566490993Author Jane BennFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Welcome Rain Publishers,USPublisher...

If you attended public school in the United States between 1973 and today odds are you've heard Dave Frishberg's songs a just see if any of these Schoolhouse Rock classics ring a bell: The Number Cruncher Seven Fifty Once a Week Dollars and Sense...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681342719Author Peter JespersonFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973647761Author C. J. SleezFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing IncWeight(grams) 166g

As far as legendary rock bands go, The Who ranks alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Penning the Who's enduring rock anthems and bringing those songs to life with some of the most frenetic and destructive guitar performances ever witnessed,...

In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford. Moviegoers everywhere were riveted by her magnetic talent and appeal as she rose to become cinema's first great star. In this...

This is the revised edition of April FitzLyon's celebrated biography of Mozart's librettist, who provided the brilliant, witty texts for The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte. Born a Jew in the Republic of Venice, Da Ponte became a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922059208Author Seaman DanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Aboriginal Studies PressPublisher Aboriginal Studies PressWeight(grams) 400g