Genres & Styles

Dismissed by critics and academics, condemned by parents and politicians, and fervently embraced by legions of fans, heavy metal music continues to attract and embody cultural conflicts that are central to society. In Running with the Devil, Robert...

`The best one-volume history of jazz.' That is how the American Music Guide described the book that Louis Armstrong once said `held ol' Satch spellbound'. A unique blend of history and criticism, this lively and perceptive book includes chapters on such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480344914Author Philip LowPage Count 23Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Unassuming late guitarist Paul Yandell described his career not as one of celebrity but as sideman, the musician that audiences hear while they're focused on the star. From his humble beginnings as a poor Kentucky farm boy learning to play to taking the...

Celebrate the music that has shaped the culture and given us some of the greatest hits of all time with this vibrantly illustrated anthology, featuring 50 of the most lauded, controversial, and iconic hip-hop albums!From underground roots to mainstream...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956267917Author Royston EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770411937Author Steve BooneFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,CanadaWeight(grams) 550g

In 1968, rock promoter Bill Graham launched the Fillmore East in New York City and the Fillmore West in San Francisco, changing music forever. For three years, every major rock band played the Fillmores, performing legendary shows: Jimi Hendrix, the...

This book is exceptional amongst those that have appeared so far in this well-established series, in that it is largely written by those who worked with the composer and assisted him during the period in which the opera was composed and first put on the...

Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495074752Author Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPage Count 43Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

This is a brilliant new survey of progressive rock, from its roots through to more contemporary artists who share similar traits including Sonic Youth and Radiohead. A sleeping new study, "Beyond and Before" considers the high period of the...

In this book the late musicologist, performer, and writer Robert Donington discusses the workings of symbolism in opera and the importance of staging an opera in keeping with the composer's intentions. His analysis includes scenes and characters from...

Willie Nelson - award-winning country-music superstar, author, poet, actor and activist - is widely recognized as an American icon. This is the first full-colour book to comprehensively celebrate his life and music. His discography includes 68 studio...

Challenging what is widely regarded as the distinguishing feature of Russian music - its ineffable 'Russianness' - Marina Frolova-Walker examines the history of Russian music from the premiere of Glinka's opera 'A Life for the Tsar' in 1836 to the death...

This book is a guide to Berg's second opera, Lulu, written in non-technical language and intended for those students and music lovers wishing to become familiar with one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century music. Jarman presents a clear and concise...

Choral Scores is an anthology of music exemplifying distinctive choral repertoire by the most noteworthy composers throughout the history of Western music. A companion volume to Denis Shrock's Choral Repertoire (Oxford 2009), it presents works of salient...

When considered in a broader social context, The Clash stand as one of the most important musical acts in rock history. Original punks who transcended the music's minimalist origins, The Clash lived and breathed the idea that they could change the world...

Over the course of the last six decades, Elvis Presley has sold more than a billion records; his music has touched nearly every modern listener. Despite an avalanche of books on his life, there are, surprisingly, few about his musical creativity. In...

This is a unique jazz reference book that covers jazz with much more range and depth than other jazz histories or reference books. Most of the major critics in jazz today have written articles for the book. The 60 entries cover jazz in all its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581064353Author Endre GranatPage Count 62Imprint Lauren Keiser Music PublishingPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Anthony Arblaster shows that attempts by many music critics to disregard or disparage opera's politics are at best delusory, at worst a political ploy. Writing with passionate enthusiasm, both for opera and for th...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061774188Author Peter DoggettFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 408g

From the Parisian operettas of Jacques Offenbach in the 1850s to such current blockbuster musicals as Les Miserables and Rent, musical theatre has given joy to audiences throughout the world. This lively book-an illustrated history of popular musical...

A Danish musician here presents the most accurate, comprehensive work on a major figure in American jazz: Lester Willis Young (1909-1959), better known as `Pres' or `Prez,' from the nickname `President' given to him by Billie Holiday. Based on interviews...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606997918Author Ed PiskorFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint FantagraphicsPublisher FantagraphicsWeight(grams) 1546g

The first in-depth study of the ceremonial and music performed at British royal and state funerals over the past 400 years. British royal and state funerals are among the most elaborate and solemn occasions in European history. This book is the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781495061950Author Astor PiazzollaPage Count 118Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Provincial Headz: British Hip Hop and Critical Regionalism draws upon spatial practice, material culture, human geography, ethnomusicology and cultural theory in order to present an interdisciplinary counter-narrative to that of hip hop as a strictly...

What is rhetorical music? In The Pathetick Musician, Bruce Haynes and Geoffrey Burgess illustrate the vital place of rhetoric and eloquent expression in the creation and performance of Baroque music. Through engaging explorations of the cantatas of J.S...

This book is intended primarily as a guide for the opera goer. It includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of the opera, Tosca being a typical example of Italian naturalism in operas,...

A pivotal twentieth-century composer, Samuel Barber earned a long list of honors and accolades that included two Pulitzer Prizes for Music and the public support of conductors like Arturo Toscanini, Serge Koussevitzky, and Leonard Bernstein. Barber's...

In this new edition of the classic text on the history and evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends the definitive account of the medium from its birth to include key developments from the dawn of the 21st century to the present day. After...

2023 Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for Recorded Sound Collections 2023 The Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award, American Musicological...

2024 Independent Press Award winner - 'Distinguished Favorite' in the category of Spirituality 'Wow! It's beautiful. I'm touched that you 'got' it!' Peter Rowan Mescalito Riding His White Horse was inspired by several interviews conducted with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312284084Author Eric NisensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 271g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999212738Author Chris WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Wax Poetics BooksPublisher Wax Poetics BooksWeight(grams) 635g

Launched by legendary music industry executive Art Rupe in the mid-1940s, the Los Angeles-based Specialty Records emerged as one of the most important independent labels for African-American music in the twentieth century. Recognizing that competing with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714544410Author Giuseppe VerdiFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Overture PublishingPublisher Alma Books LtdWeight(grams) 149g

for SATB and organ or small orchestra Recognising the frequency with which this buoyant Cornish carols is performed with organ accompaniment, the composer has taken the opportunity of this anniversary edition to make an organ reduction of the orchestral...