Music

Born in 1905, Bill Russell demonstrated diverse musical interests from an early age. A contemporary of John Cage, Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison, his significance as a percussion composer is well known among aficionados and his work as a musicologist of...

Malcolm Forsyth (1936-2011) was a musical legend: a much-loved composer, performer, teacher, and mentor. Reflections on Malcolm Forsyth presents a captivating and approachable portrait of one of Canada's finest modern composers. Readers will discover...

In the twentieth century, African Americans not only helped make popular music the soundtrack of the American experience, they advanced American music as one of the preeminent shapers of the world's popular culture. Vast numbers of black American...

EAC/DC FAQE spans AC/DC's 40-year career starting from the band's inception in 1973. This book covers everything from their early days in Australia to their first tour of England and the United States. It also includes personal experiences stories ...

In this first biography of the man and his music, Jimmy Little: A Yorta Yorta Man tells the incredible story of one of Australia’s most acclaimed Aboriginal pop and country music legends and icons, Jimmy Little. At just 16 years of age, Jimmy Little...

Drawing generously from four centuries of Italian, German and French art song, Exploring Art Song Lyrics embraces the finest of the literature and presents the repertoire with unprecedented clarity and detail. Each of the over 750 selections comprises...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458402745Author Randy PoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 449g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540045591Author CreedPage Count 96Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425240052Author Buzzy MartinPage Count 224Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

This collection of classic, rare and never-before seen photos is guaranteed to blow your mind! Photos are drawn from the massive archive of The Daily Mail, and digitized specifically for publication in this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566490979Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878901552Author Don RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Hampton Roads Publishing Co

Michael Jackson may be the King of Pop but his influence extends much further. From his childhood years with the Jackson 5 through his astonishing solo career he consistently broke sales records pioneered the modern music video and infused dance into...

Countless stories have been written about Tito Puente's percussive musical abilities but never before have his talent and intuition as well as the mishaps and controversies surrounding him been presented with such vivacity and love chronicling the...

When Don Rhodes took his seat not far behind Michael Jackson at the funeral of the "Godfather of Soul" on December 30, 2006, it marked the close of a forty-year friendship. In Say It Loud! Rhodes pays tribute to James Brown and his storied career, with a...

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov is one of Russia's great musical figures. Although largely self-taught he became a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and one of the famed Mighty Handful of Russian nationalist composers. Works like EScheherazadeE...

Charles Fox has composed more than 100 motion picture and television scores, among them the themes of many iconic series, including Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Love, American Style, and Love Boat. Twice nominated for the Academy Award and a two-time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557831965Author John StrasbergFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground represent ground zero. Crystallizing the idea of the bohemian, urban, narcissistic art school gang, around a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807018910Author Gustavus StadlerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476793115Author Holly George-WarrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419753565Author Kate MollesonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 567g

Although he's a showbiz lifer Billy Vera is cut from a wholly different cloth than his peers. If an artist is measured by their devotion to their craft EHarlem to HollywoodE may be the purest treatise on the subject ever produced. All the better it's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063068643Author Simon PriceFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Dey Street BooksPublisher Dey Street BooksWeight(grams) 454g

Yet another in our illustrious series of Illustrated Biographies, with photos drawn from the massive archive of The Daily Mirror, digitized specially for publication in this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566490986Author Marie ClaytonFormat PaperbackPage...

Dolly Parton's success as a performer and pop culture phenomenon has overshadowed her achievements as a songwriter. But she sees herself as a songwriter first, and with good reason. Parton's compositions like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have...

Morley Calvert's Suite from the Monteregian Hills is cherished by brass players worldwide and performed hundreds of times annually, making Calvert perhaps the most performed Canadian composer outside the country. Yet little is known about Calvert beyond...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781458419811Author Cary GinellFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

EDecember 8 1980: The Day John Lennon DiedE follows the events leading to the horrible moment when Mark David Chapman a the paunchy mentally ill Beatles fan a calmly fired his Charter Arms .38 Special into the rock icon realizing his perverse fantasy...

Since 1973 KISS has recorded over 20 studio albums; been recognized as an innovator in rock presentations; witnessed a firestorm of rumors and controversies; remained a thorn in critics' sides; and continues to surprise its massive fan-following the...

For Cody Alan, one of country music's most famous on-air personalities and interviewers, listening to other people is a crucial part of his job. However, honing his ability to hear the person he most needed to listen to--himself--ultimately led him to...

Deems Taylor (1885-1966) was a composer, music critic, author, commentator, translator, and artist. He was the first American composer commissioned to write an opera by New York's Metropolitan Opera, and composed orchestral and solo works that remain...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415937672Author Kurt GanzlFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 635g

Woody Guthrie is the most famous and influential folk music composer and performer in the history of the United States. His most popular song, "This Land is Your Land" has become the country's unofficial national anthem, known to every school...

In this book on Richard Wagner's compelling but enigmatic masterpiece Goetterdammerung, the final opera of his monumental Ring tetralogy, Alexander H. Shapiro advances an ambitious new interpretation which uncovers intriguing new facets to the work's...

The complex relationship between Mozart and his father has fascinated music lovers for centuries, and much effort has been spent examining the letters exchanged by the two men. This provocative book offers a new reading of these letters, placing them in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999705077Author Various AuthorsFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Danann Publishing LimitedPublisher Danann Media Publishing Limited

Carter and Ralph Stanley--the Stanley Brothers--are comparable to Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs as important members of the earliest generation of bluegrass musicians. In this first biography of the brothers, author David W. Johnson documents that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592218561Author Aaron RosenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592216956Author Tanure OjaideFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 146g

First English-language study of Anton Heiller (1923-1979), one of the twentieth-century's most influential organists Anton Heiller is one of the twentieth century's most renowned and influential organists. Born in 1923, Heiller was trained in Vienna...