Music

Always steered by Alex Paterson, The Orb were the mischief-making pioneers of the late 80s acid house revolution. Inventing "ambient house", they took it to the top of the charts, before continuing its idiosyncratic flight path through subsequent...

Gary Moore delighted entire generations with his passionate guitar playing, from the driving rock of Thin Lizzy in the 1970s to his explorations in subsequent decades of jazz fusion, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock, and more. Throughout that time, he...

When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495045226Author Bobby OwsinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781705142875Author Lake Street DivePage Count 112Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 382g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857369727Author Trinity College LondonPage Count 48Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 200g

Making its first huge impact in the 1960s through the inventions of Bob Moog, the analog synthesizer sound, riding a wave of later developments in digital and software synthesis, has now become more popular than ever.Analog Synthesizers charts the...

'It's a hip-hop bible' Ghostface Killah, Wutang Clan In Hip Hop Raised Me. (R) , DJ Semtex examines the crucial role of hip-hop in society today, and reflects on the huge influence it has had on his own life, and the lives of many others, filling in...

'A page turner...and then some!' Chris Evans 'An absorbing memoir.' Classic Rock Magazine 'A very enjoyable rock-n-roll memoir that is not just for fans, but for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780895244949Author Jeff JacobsonPage Count 63Imprint Cherry Lane Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Cherry Lane Music Co ,U.S.

In this generous collection of book reviews and literary essays, legendary Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau showcases the passion that made him a critic-his love for the written word. Many selections address music, from blackface minstrelsy to...

How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a...

Vivaldi has emerged during the last decades as a truly major composer of the early eighteenth-century. Taking account of recent research, to which he himself has made important contributions-including the discovery in 1973 of an unknown set of violin...

22 melodies for violin and piano designed to help students learn the correct method of shifting from one position to another. The position changes are from 1st to 3rd and vice versa and when mastered the same technique can be applied to all other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495080289Author William GillockPage Count 160Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401308209Author David CoteFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 1440gDimensions(mm) 310mm * 238mm * 30mm

Radio 2's PopMaster quiz has been thrilling listeners to the Ken Bruce Show for 20 years. Now you can enjoy the pop quiz in your own time at home, in the pub, or at a party with your family and friends. This new giant quiz-book is packed with over 3800...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780687645640Author Robert H. WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Abingdon PressPublisher Abingdon Press

'Brilliantly simple as an idea but also ambitious, Justin Lewis creates a glorious interlocking history ... of our pop culture with all its coincidences, connections and shared enjoyment.' We Are Cult 'The deliciously simple conceit pop facts from...

In the spring of 1969, the inauspicious release of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Trout Mask Replica", a double-album featuring 28 stream-of-consciousness songs filled with abstract rhythms and guttural bellows, dramatically altered the pop...

The popular beginner instruction books for kids with fun exercises, theory and easy songs to play. An exciting new course by Heather Hammond and Karen Marshall, written specially for the twenty-first century child. Using the...

Rejoice and Sing is a completely new collection of hymns and songs for the United Reformed Church. It is the first major hymnbook to draw together the three traditions within the URC and as such represents a significant landmark in the history of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400077786Author William BergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

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ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARCHOSEN BY PITCHFORK AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF LOUDER THAN WAR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD"It takes a great journalist to find the stories behind the...

Musical theatre students and performers are frequently asked to learn musical material in a short space of time; sight-read pieces in auditions; collaborate with accompanists; and communicate musically with peers, directors, music directors and...

This authoritative study of the French classical organ is a major source for the interpretation of early French organ music. For this new edition, the author has added a chapter on touch in early French organs and its importance for practice. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857369703Author Trinity College LondonPage Count 36Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 158g

In the early nineties, a group of disaffected and fiercely political young men from the Welsh valleys exploded onto a British music scene still in thrall to rave and acid house.It was the legendary photographer Kevin Cummins who captured James, Sean,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616777005Author Nancy FaberPage Count 28Imprint Faber Piano AdventuresPublisher Faber Piano Adventures

'Anna Butterworth's new book is designed to provide a businesslike and efficient presentation of all the harmonic and musical styles which are needed for A-level and university entrance ... illustrative material is copious and the exercises equally so.'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495005497Author Pink FloydPage Count 69Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

A new edition of Humphrey Burton's celebrated biography of Leonard Bernstein, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. With a new introduction by the author.'Humphrey Burton's biography remains the essential account of American music's...

In this eloquent, intimate exploration of the delights and demands of the piano, world-renowned concert pianist and music writer Charles Rosen draws on a lifetime's wisdom to consider every aspect of the instrument: from what makes a beautiful sound to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857366689Page Count 56Imprint Trinity College London PressPublisher Trinity College London PressWeight(grams) 207g

Peter Evans discusses all the published compositions in subdivisions of genre and period, and devotes a separate chapter to each opera. With the help of over 300 music examples and diagrams, he demonstrates Britten's mastery of the art of composition -...

In 1991, a loose-knit collective released a record called Blue Lines under the name Massive Attack, splicing together American hip-hop and soul with the sounds of the British underground. With its marauding bass lines, angular guitars, and psychedelic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789671250402Author Ying Ying NgPage Count 52Imprint Poco StudioPublisher Poco Studio

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A virtuosic memoir . . . elegant, frank and well-structured, that entirely resists cliche . . . The concert pianist's account of striving for musical mastery sits alongside a stirring coming of age narrative . . . readable...

Blackstar Theory takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, Blackstar. The...