Genres & Styles

for treble solo and SATB unaccompanied This atmospheric carol sets the well-known 'O magnum mysterium' text in the version famously used by Victoria, with its tender, devotional additions. Set in four parts, the work unfolds simply, from stillness and...

for SATB (with divisions) and piano This prayer for freedom was composed in 1990, in response to the demolition of the Berlin Wall and the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. An orchestral accompaniment is available on hire/rental, and a version of...

for SSAA, piano, and cello This bright, sparkling celebration of nature is inspired by the snowy and icy winters of the composer's native Canada. The text, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is brought to life through vibrant melodies, a rippling piano part, and...

for SATB (with divisions) and organ or piano Jesus, Springing is a beautiful and tender carol that sets a text by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Tuneful and imitative vocal lines combine with a gently flowing keyboard part to create a delightful Christmas...

Authorised by the Marriott family. Steve Marriott, lead singer of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, had a voice coveted by Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey and David Bowie, amongst many others. All or Nothing, Simon Spence's oral history...

for SSA and piano Setting Christina Rossetti's poem 'Remember', this gentle piece was written in memory of the young people who lost their lives in the attack on Utoya, Norway in July 2011. Chilcott employs an elegant recurring melody and an undulating...

Wagner's operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner's musical genius is tempered by feelings of misgiving and many believe the composer's underlying ideas to be indefensible. A self-styled social...

Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) was a Chilean pianist who devoted his life to an international performing and teaching career. As a child prodigy, he gained national recognition from government officials in Chile, including President Pedro Montt, who later...

Lobotomy is the most lurid and unlikely temperance tract yet from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. On a wild roller-coaster ride from his fucked-up childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely, methadone-quaffing stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and...

Adrian Rollini (1903-1956), an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, played the bass saxophone, piano, vibraphone, and an array of other instruments. He even introduced some, such as the harmonica-like cuesnophone, called Goofus, never before wielded in...

Insightful, witty, as exuberant as its subject matter, Dangerous Rhythm offers a fresh, revolutionary take on a uniquely American institution: the movie musical. In a book that is at once history, analysis, investigation, and meditation, noted film...

The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan provides the complete text of all the Gilbert & Sullivan operas which are still performed today, together with extensive annotations covering 'lost' songs, alterations and additions, obscure allusions, production...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423472698Author Stephen SondheimPage Count 249Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

From the Clash to Los Crudos, skinheads to afro-punks, the punk rock movement has been obsessed by race. And yet the connections have never been traced in a comprehensive way.White Riot is the definitive study of the subject, collecting first-person...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865479791Author Marisa MeltzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400095230Author Ethan BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

1964: Mods clash with Rockers in Brighton, creating a moral panic. 1973: ex-Mod band The Who release Quadrophenia, a concept album following young Mod Jimmy Cooper to the Brighton riots and beyond. 1979: Franc Roddam directs Quadrophenia, a film based on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621067672Author Reid ChancellorFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608430Author Margaret JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847614261Author Hans-Gunter HeumannPage Count 80Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music Ltd

It used to be thought that Verdi miscalculated with this attempt at a "grand opera" in the French style. This guide demonstrates that Don Carlos was - and remains - an extraordinary achievement in melding two opposing visions of opera: the spectacular...

A tour diary of life on the road with one of Minnesota's greatest bands-with nearly 100 never-before-seen photographs "Don't bore us, get to the chorus" is Bill Sullivan's motto, which will come as no surprise to anyone who opens Lemon Jail. A raucous...

Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet tackles a controversial question: Is jazz the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination, or is it more properly...

for SSA or SATB, piano, and optional bass and drumkit ad lib. A highly original and effective concert setting of the Latin Missa brevis in which the various movements embrace a variety of jazz styles. The characterful piano accompaniment can be played...

The Companion is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for those both familiar and unfamiliar with Wagner's Ring. It opens with a concise introduction to both the composer and the Ring, introducing Wagner as a cultural figure, and giving a comprehensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617805370Author A. M. R. BarretPage Count 219Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

It started with the searing sound of a slide careening up the neck of an electric guitar. In 1970, twenty-three-year-old Bruce Iglauer walked into Florence's Lounge, in the heart of Chicago's South Side, and was overwhelmed by the joyous, raw Chicago...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306845383Author Chris SalewiczFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint Da Capo PressPublisher Da Capo PressWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795705176Author Gudrun HeyensPage Count 48Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

"I was impressed by The Stones. They were dressed casually, had mischief in them and were different to other bands." Terry O Neill In July 1962, a group of young men played a gig at The Marquee Club on Oxford Street, London. They called...

A detailed study of the earliest opera to have gained a foothold in the modern repertoire, the book begins with a historical section in which all the known evidence about the creation and early performances of Orfeo is drawn together and evaluated. The...

John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson was one of the most popular blues harmonica players and singers from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Recording for the Bluebird Records and RCA Victor labels, Sonny Boy shaped Chicago's music scene with an innovative...

Some of classical music's most famous works are found in opera, and from film soundtracks to football stadiums, it reaches a vast worldwide audience. Packed full of essential information, this pocket-sized handbook explores the key styles in the genre,...

A riveting look at the polarizing nature of the Beatles phenomenon, and how it transformed a generation, through the lens of a singular city in the center of America.For many, the Beatles offered a delightful alternative to the dull and the staid, while...

for women's voices and string orchestra Latin and English words, translation by Beatrice E. Bulman Orchestral material is available on hire.Book InformationISBN 9780193377912Author Giovanni Battista PergolesiPage Count 60Imprint Oxford University...

From films ranging from An American in Paris and Flying Down to Rio to such Broadway landmarks as Oklahoma and West Side Story and television hits such as Cinderella and High School Musical, the American musical has thrilled audiences around the world...

In the late 1970s legendary pianist Bill Evans was at the peak of his career. He revolutionized the jazz trio (bass, piano, drums) by giving each part equal emphasis in what jazz historian Ted Gioia called a "telepathic level" of interplay. It was an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795795580Author Gaspar CassadoPage Count 16Imprint Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KGPublisher Schott Musik International GmbH & Co KG

In 1964, fifteen-year-old Mike Frankel found himself among professional photojournalists covering a Beatles concert during the band’s first tour in the United States. A few years later, he was a regular photographer at the Fillmore East, a storied venue...

Come the late '70s, the rock music landscape was littered with the bloated carcasses of bands who partied too hard, burned out, or became complacent in success. The door was open for something fresh, wild, and enrapturing. Enter Van Halen. Made up of two...