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The music of the medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods have been repeatedly discarded and rediscovered ever since they were new. An interest in music of the past has been characteristic of a part of the musical world since the early 19th century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954706814Author David WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 234g

Cobain on Cobain places the reader at the key moments of Kurt Cobain's rollercoaster ride, telling the tale of Nirvana entirely through his words and those of his bandmates as they unleashed the whirlwind that would consume them for the last half of...

Fire up the crimpers and get backcombing! Hairspray and heartbreak abound as the painted youth of the 1980s go on the rampage in a North West London suburb. Further `Tales of a Rock Star's Daughter' by Nettie, eldest offspring of Cream/Blind Faith...

With pieces drawn from the extensive personal collection of Pharrell Williams, this is a stunning and unprecedented exploration of the 'bling' in hip-hop culture and fashion. Few recording artists have had a greater hand in incorporating the culture of...

The essential account of R. Kelly's actions and their consequences, a reckoning two decades in the making In 2000, Chicago journalist and music critic Jim DeRogatis received an anonymous fax that alleged that R. Kelly had a problem with "young girls."...

When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk. It's a unique band that can land itself on the cover of Rolling Stone, a month before the release...

This is the first volume of Julian Budden's monumental three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, the set has become the classic reference work on its subject. For this new edition the...

In the majority of mainstream writing and discussions on music, women appear purely in relation to men as muses, groupies or fangirls, with our own experiences, ideas and arguments dismissed or ignored. But this hasn't stopped generations of women from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629631035Author Penny RimbaudFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 107g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955090899Author Peter KingFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Northway PublicationsPublisher Northway Publications

A handy and engaging chronicle, this book is the most detailed production history to date of the original Broadway version of Cabaret, showing how the show evolved from Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories, into John van Druten's stage play, a British...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423406266Author Jonathan LarsonPage Count 150Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

The Classical Music Encylopedia, now fully updated, traces the development of Western music from medieval times through to the twenty-first century. Each chapter begins with an Introduction to the era, followed by an A to Z of the key composers and...

The first half of the 1970s was an especially fertile period for British progressive rock laying claim to classics such as ETarkusE ESelling England by the PoundE ELarks' Tongues in AspicE EThe Dark Side of the MoonE and EThick as a BrickE...

Parry's Songs of Farewell were composed over the final decade of his life. The elegiac tone of the Songs may also reflect a sense of loss caused by the First World War - in which some of Parry's most promising students at the Royal College of Music lost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617754098Author Ian SvenoniusFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 187g

'If you talk about the '70s, I was a hardworking artist. I did nothing but tour - recording, touring, TV, you know. I had constant jetlag. Constant black shadows under my eyes but, oh, what a ride! What a wonderful ride. And I'm still doing it now.' Suzi...

This is the second volume of Julian Budden's monumental three-volume survey of the operas of Verdi. Hailed on publication for its extraordinary comprehensibility, the set has become the classic reference work on its subject. For this new edition the...

Wagner is often held to have exerted a greater impact on modern culture than any other artist, yet the history of the reception of his works in Russia has remained largely unexplored. This book, which draws extensively on unpublished archival materials...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795795887Author Chick CoreaPage Count 54Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

Everyone knows music is big business, but do you really understand how ideas and inspiration become songs, products, downloads, concerts and careers? This textbook guides students to a full understanding of the processes that drive the music industries...

"A Turandot filtered through a modern brain", wrote Puccini, describing his plans to rework the eighteenth-century fable by Carlo Gozzi. According to Mosco Carner, Puccini's last and supreme work is an advanced score which, with an orchestration that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916232723Author Simon WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Damaged Goods BooksPublisher Damaged Goods BooksWeight(grams) 152g

'One of the most sought-after tenors with the stamina and heft for Wagner and the ardent warmth for Italian opera'New York TimesJonas Kaufmann is a phenomenon. With his musicality, his vocal technique and his expressive powers - to say nothing of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385316835Author Eric WybengaFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 439g

This volume of memoirs chronicles the most exciting generation of British music the world has ever seen. Punk's initial firestorm kicked open the door for myriad other scenes. In rapid succession came Ska, New Mod, New Wave, anarcho-punk and...

Known the world over for her unique musical style, distinctive look and a voice that propelled her into the charts time and time again, Dusty Springfield was undoubtedly one of the biggest and brightest musical stars of the twentieth century.Never one to...

Though only 27-years-young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, Robert Johnson's enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor of the Delta Blues style. And yet, while his music has retained the steadfast...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307451576Author John C. WinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm)...

The first narrative biography of the Bee Gees, the phenomenally popular vocal group that has sold more than 200 million records worldwide- sales in the company of the Beatles and Michael Jackson. The Bee Gees is the epic family saga of brothers Barry,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793552610Author Frederic ChopinPage Count 112Imprint G Schirmer, IncorporatedPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

An encyclopedia survey of Brazilian popular music--now updated and expandedAn encyclopedia survey of Brazilian popular music--now updated and expandedAbout the AuthorChris McGowan has written about Brazilian music for Billboard, Musician and many other...

EA Chorus LineE the biggest Broadway hit of its generation is returning to Times Square in a major fall 2006 revival. The show is based on a remarkable series of taped discussions made in the mid 1970s with some of the top gypsies (veteran Broadway...

They pulled on their platform boots and slapped on the makeup when everybody else was discarding theirs. Their albums were subject to poor production, scathing reviews, and commercial indifference. Other bands refused to have them as their opening act...

Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have sold 85M+ albums, performed for hundreds of thousands of fans around the world, and have even been inducted into the Rock and Roll...

The perfect book to introduce rhythm instruments to young children! Children make the sound of the ocean waves using shakers, pretend to be a train using sand blocks, create a rainstorm with rhythm sticks, and perform circus tricks with jingle bells...

Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors. First conceived by the Brubecks...

Of all of the 'classic' British rockers who came to prominence in the 1960s, only a very few have achieved significant, sustained success through to the present day. A list that comprises Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones should also include Eric...

This is an in-depth study of a seminal work, first performed in 1727.Johann Sebastian Bach's the "St. Matthew Passion" stands as a singular expression of religious sensibility. Conceived within the constraints of Bach's role as cantor of the St...