Music

Forging our identities, setting our moods and impacting our culture, any music admirer understands there's a sheer breadth of musical tastes. From the classical era to modern day, here you will discover a curation of lines from composers, musicians and...

He starts the decade a teenage pop idol. But the one-hit wonder who sang 'Space Oddity' is still very far from becoming the star who will one day define the 1970s. Not when he still has a band to find, a manager to sack, a mentally ill brother to save, a...

The complete story of the Gibson Les Paul.Produced in collaboration with Gibson, this is the ultimate history of rock's greatest guitar - with unprecedented access to behind-the-scenes stories and unseen photography.- The greatest Les Paul models -...

Terri Thal was very much a part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village, New York. Few people know that she was 21-year-old Bob Dylan's first manager prior to his contract with Albert Grossman and Columbia Records. She also managed musician...

This is the first ever in-depth biography of Ashcroft, the frontman for The Verve and also a highly successful solo artist. As a young singer from Wigan, Ashcroft formed The Verve with Nick McCabe and released two critically-acclaimed albums before their...

Revised with over 100 new songs, the bestselling combination of songs and hymns old and new for use with children just got better. This words edition accompanies the new music edition of Junior Praise and is fully compatible with previous versions as...

Nikki Iles & Friends Easy to Intermediate is a collection of 22 original compositions and new arrangements for piano written by Nikki Iles and her friends from the world of jazz. Expertly curated and commissioned by Nikki herself, this book contains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789330083Author Rob ThorpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 81Imprint www.fundamental-changes.comPublisher www.fundamental-changes.comWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857369635Author Trinity College LondonPage Count 52Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 214g

Encore Violin is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM violin exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades. Violinists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers can be confident that the perfect balance of content...

The #1 Global Bestselling MemoirAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year 2024Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789171265173Author Mans MosessonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Bokforlaget Max StromPublisher Bokforlaget Max StromWeight(grams) 1410gDimensions(mm)...

Imagine being alongside one of the greatest bands in the history of rock, touring the world and being there as they perform at some of the best and biggest music venues in the world. Peter Hince didn't have to imagine: for more than a decade, he lived a...

This book brings together selected exam pieces, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and audio downloads, to support ABRSM's Grade 3 Clarinet syllabus from 2022. Key features: - Nine pieces in a range of styles, chosen from Lists A, B and C- Includes...

This book contains all the scales and arpeggios required for ABRSM's Bassoon exams at Grades 1-5. It features all the new requirements from 2018, arranged in grade order.Book InformationISBN 9781848498983Author ABRSMPage Count 16Imprint Associated Board...

For millions of people, the great soprano Maria Callas (1923-1977) remains the focus of such unparalleled fascination that there is still no higher praise for singers than "...the best since Callas." In this biography, Callas' career is brought...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857366559Page Count 64Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 235g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956840905Author Tony HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Northern Lights LitPublisher Northern Lights LitWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

R.E.M.'s debut album, released in 1983, was so far removed from the prevailing trends of American popular music that it still sounds miraculous and out of time today. J. Niimi tells the story of the album's genesis - with fascinating input from Don Dixon...

The chart-topping singer/songwriter's powerful story, told for the first time, in her own words.The must-read memoir from a musician who has seen the darkest side of fameAbout the AuthorLucy Spraggan shot to fame on the 2012 series of X Factor. Since...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857361790Author James JamesPage Count 60Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 218g

In 1991, five wannabe Mancunian musicians came together and cracked a spark that was to ignite the explosion which became Oasis. The band went from obscurity to become a global phenomenon in the space of a year, achieving world-wide recognition and...

'This could be heaven or this could be hell...'So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it is true that the Eagles story was one that blurred the ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows beyond recognition. The band that...

Carry on up the Charts, a 'best of' compilation from 1994, consisted of the singles up to tha time plus new track, One Last Love Song. This album is noteworthy because it became one of the fastest-selling albums in UK music history. This songbook of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789330786Author Kristof NeyensFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Fundamental Changes LtdPublisher Fundamental Changes LtdWeight(grams)...

They were such devout futurists that they even came from a New Town. Emerging from the unlikely locale of Basildon at the dawn of the Eighties, the unassuming Depeche Mode became pioneers of British electro-pop. Surviving the abrupt early departure of...

Alan Bullard's award-winning Joining the Dots series now includes five books that develop sight-singing skills. By working through creative exercises and pieces students can prepare for ABRSM Singing exams. The books can also be used to build confidence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582975771Author Pat PattisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Writer's Digest BooksPublisher F&W Publications Inc

Broadway vocal coach, voice teacher, and researcher Amanda Flynn provides the skills singers need to successfully sing musical theatre repertoire. The book is updated and expanded for musical theatre performance in the current era, covering a broader...

Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? How do we make sense of musical sound? These are questions that have, until recently, remained mysterious. Now The Music Instinct explores...

By 1983, many of Scotland's post-punk bands had broken up or moved south to chase the major labels in London. That vacuum was filled by an influx of young musicians who were determined to remake the scene in their own image. In this compelling and...

for soprano and baritone soloists, SATB, and full orchestra or string orchestra with piano Drawing upon the Bible, sections from the Mass, and poems by Walt Whitman, this is a powerful musical evocation of the destruction and death brought about through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847614599Author Melanie SpanswickPage Count 116Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music Ltd

"Aja" was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997949292Author Joey MayaFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Jitney BooksPublisher Jitney BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

The Northern Soul scene is a dance-based music culture that originated in the English North and Midlands in the early 1970s, it still thrives today with a mix of fifty-year olds and new converts, and its celebration of 1960s Soul has an international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781705192726Author Taylor SwiftPage Count 192Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was a dream coming true.'For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more eventful...

The Work is a book of lyrics and illustrations by the late Scott Hutchison, lyricist, vocalist and songwriter of Frightened Rabbit. This paperback follows the sold-out limited hardback edition and presents the band's complete lyrics (including B-sides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859653411Author John LydenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd