Music

Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate?In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner...

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 4 Piano syllabus for 2021 & 2022, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that...

The British singer, songwriter and musician Peter Hammill is one of the key figures in the history of progressive rock. As the leader and main creative force of Van der Graaf Generator, he was behind some of the most powerful and compelling rock music of...

Formed in 1964 and still going strong in 2020, the Who are one of the most popular and enduring bands in the history of rock. The legendary debut album My Generation and a string of hit singles paved the way for Live At Leeds, hailed as the best live...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857369260Author James TreweekPage Count 88Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 303g

A Resident Book of the Year'A masterpiece. Beautiful, tragic and immaculately researched.' - Matt Everett'Elliott was one of the best songwriters of our day and a formidable musician.' - Beck'There's an undercurrent of real sadness in a lot of his music ...

This book contains nine pieces selected from ABRSM's Grade 6 Flute syllabus from 2022. Key features: Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C - Includes flute part and piano accompaniment -Ideal for both Practical and Performance...

Music in Words is a compact guide to researching and writing about music, addressing all the issues that anyone who writes about music--from students to professional musicians and critics--may confront when putting together anything from brief program...

In 1942, drummer Viola Smith sent shock waves through the jazz world by claiming in Down Beat magazine that "hep girls" could sit in on any jam session and hold their own. In Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country, Angela Smith...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857369307Author Trinity College LondonPage Count 24Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 115g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787392588Author Sean O'HaganFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

Important insight into the work of a truly great songwriter.Updated to include the albums Western Stars and Letter To You and packed full of insightful stories from Springsteen's long career, Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs takes a...

From their early days as budding artists to winning Eurovision, storming the global charts this is the history of arguably the most iconic pop act the world has ever seen. With in-depth analysis of all nine studio albums, accounts from their tours and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998130231Author Ed BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Song FoundryPublisher Song FoundryWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 8mm

This stylish album for violin and piano takes players on a musical tour of autumn, presenting well-loved songs such as 'September in the Rain', 'Autumn Leaves', 'Danny Boy', and '(Somewhere) Over the Rainbow' and original compositions on other seasonal...

On the fiftieth anniversary of David Bowie's magical album, Aladdin Sane 50 is the ultimate celebration of a musical masterpiece - and the most famous photograph in pop history.This landmark book contains hundreds of photographs, including dozens of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593237410Author Warren ZanesFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

An anthology of 17 sophisticated arrangements of popular classic songs. The collection includes accompanied and unaccompanied numbers, in a variety of styles: smoky blues, up-tempo scat, sentimental swing, exuberant Dixieland, sophisticated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933983240Author Cameron PowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint G. L. DesignPublisher G. L. DesignWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916232709Author Paul TallingFormat PaperbackImprint Damaged Goods BooksPublisher Damaged Goods Books

PopMaster quiz has been enthralling listeners to the Ken Bruce Show for almost 20 years. Now you can play the quiz in your own time: at home, in the pub, and with your family and friends. Packed with over 1700 questions, this book will keep you...

This work on Charlie "Bird" Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites;...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A virtuosic memoir . . . elegant, frank and well-structured, that entirely resists cliche . . . readable for both diehard classical music fans and complete newcomers alike . . . A rare feat.' - The GuardianA uniquely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616776992Author Nancy FaberPage Count 24Imprint Faber Piano AdventuresPublisher Faber Piano Adventures

The book contains fascinating facts about memorable hits from key Sixties artists, hard-to-find tracks, alongside many hidden gems. This is a comprehensive collection that music fans and hardened Sixties collectors will cherish. The book includes...

Renegade Snares is the definitive book on drum & bass music. Pieced together using original interviews conducted with all the scene s main players, it traces the history of jungle/drum & bass from its early roots in soundsystem culture and rave music...

Start your music career off right with this fun guide to the music industry Music Business For Dummies explains the ins and outs of the music industry for artists and business people just starting out. You'll learn how file-sharing, streaming, and iTunes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804903520Author Ralph AllwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 475g

WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE 2018 In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launch pad of musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green and Isaac Hayes, and by 1968 was a city synonymous with soul...

When singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home in 2011, the press inducted her into what Kurt Cobain's mother named the 27 Club. "Now he's gone and joined that stupid club," she said in 1994, after being told that her son, the front man of...

The Eagles are the most popular, enduring rock band in America. With singles and albums hitting the top of the charts for a quarter century and a greatest hits collection that has sold more copies than any other recording in history, the Eagles have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908920676Author Nik PrestonPage Count 108Imprint Rockschool LtdPublisher Rockschool Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615624693Author Karen Marie SpurneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Top Clef PublishingPublisher Top Clef PublishingWeight(grams) 676g

INCLUDES COMPLETE JOHN LENNON LYRICS FOR THE FIRST TIMELennon's life after the Beatles was eventful and fascinating. He moved from stardom in the world's biggest pop group to global peace campaigner and figurehead for radical causes. He left England for...

An updated new edition of Ted Gioia's universally acclaimed history of jazz, with a wealth of new insight on this music's past, present, and future. Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz has been universally hailed as the most comprehensive and accessible...

They began as a little blues band in London, England, in 1967, named, rather bizarrely, after their tight rhythm section: Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass. Fleetwood Mac. Fifty years later,they remain one of the biggest bands of all time -...

'A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders' - Daily Telegraph Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different...

A superb new translation of the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle'Smiling in sorrowI sing of love'The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner's epic cycle of four musical dramas about primal envy, cosmic conflict, the search for glory, spectacular self-sacrifice,...

With free audio samplerIn 2001 Will Young shot to fame as the first winner of Pop Idol. It was clear from the start that he would never be a typical pop star - and more than ten years later he has become one of our best-loved and most intriguing artists...

By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect '50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock 'n' roll, motorbikes and the 'get down boys' seen at gigs in and around Cleveland - Mitch...