Composers and songwriters

One of the most sought after aspects of Irish vernacular culture is traditional song.

"e;I've done everything in the theatre except marry a property man,"e; Fanny Brice once boasted.

The wickedly candid New York Times bestesller that Ava Gardner dared not publish during her lifetimethe heartbreaking memoir of the ultimate heartbreaker (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Fryderyk Chopin's career is intricately entwined with the piano.

Inge van Rij''s book demonstrates how Berlioz used the sights and sounds of the orchestra to explore other worlds.

Elvis Presley and his two faithful sidekicks tore up Texas highways, crisscrossing the state, always late for their next high school hop, car dealership opening, or Lion's Club fund raiser.

The first-ever biography of Richard Wagner's artistically gifted granddaughter who fought against Hitler's Germany but achieved no personal success for her troubles.

Fanny Hensel created some of the most imaginative and original music of her era, making her arguably the most gifted female composer of the nineteenth century.

An extraordinary prodigy of Mozartean abilities, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a distinguished composer and conductor, a legendary pianist and organist, and an accomplished painter and classicist.

Examines Mendelssohn's relationship to the past, shedding light on the construction of historical legacies that, in some cases, served to assert German cultural supremacy only two decades after the composer's death.

This book explores an album of popular music with a remarkable significance to a violent wave of postcolonial tensions in the Netherlands in the 1970s.

He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of New York City, the development of which he witnessed first-hand during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk to the fore.

Nearly 50 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the 20th century's most iconic figures.

A wide-ranging discussion of the morality and legality of medically assisted death.

Heinrich Schenker ranks among the most important figures in the development of western music theory in the twentieth century.

La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet's premier female choreographer.

This first comprehensive study unites musical, literary, documentary and cultural perspectives to shed new light on Ravel''s compositional practice.

In 1929 Nadia Boulanger accepted Igor Stravinsky's younger son, Soulima, as her student.

Bono is a passionate, articulate celebrity who has transcended his role as international rock star and become an effective political activist.

Growing up in Huntsville, Alabama, during the first quarter of the 20th century, Alabama-born organist and composer Lee Orville Erwin, like many of the 20th century's great American composers, spent time studying in Paris.

Vanity Fair's veteran special correspondent pulls back the curtain on the world of celebrity and those who live and die thereVanity Fair's Maureen Orth always makes news.

After spending time as a professor in upstate New York, Robert Ward decided to give journalism a try.

Petr Il'ich Tchaikovsky: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography of substantial, relevant published resources relating to the Russian composer.

An Academy Awardnominated screenwriter and a mystery novelist, Roger L.

Susan Rutherford explores Verdi''s operas in the context of women''s social, cultural and political history in nineteenth-century Italy.

Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) was one of the most popular and influential creative forces in late Georgian Britain, producing a diversity of works that defy simple categorisation.

The Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006) was one of the most innovative and influential composers of the last 50 years.

An indispensable guide to this key topic in music studies, examining what Gregorian chant is, and its form and features.

Saturday Nights With Daddy at the Opry is both the story of growing up with a backstage pass to the entertainment world in Nashville as well as a heartwarming tale of a beautiful father-daughter relationship.

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First published in 1996, this volume counters the attitude of paying more attention to the performer than to the piece.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON FREEVEEFrom iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story.

Develops a holistic and gender-aware understanding of Clara Schumann as pianist, composer and teacher in nineteenth-century Germany.

Pepper Adams' Joy Road is more than a compendium of sessions and gigs done by the greatest baritone saxophone soloist in history.

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Franz Liszt is most well-known for his compositions for piano and orchestra, but his influence is also strong in chamber music, choral music, and orchestral transcriptions.

This timely work is a balanced overview of end-of-life issues related to euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Alan and Joanne marry in midlife and live a happily-ever-after existence until, at sixty-nine, Alan is diagnosed with a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative illness.

Haydn is enjoying renewed appreciation: this book explores fresh approaches to his music and the cultural forces affecting it.

Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans.

The Front Lawn is a multi-award-winning, much-loved New Zealand duo-turned-trio made up of Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair and, eventually, Jennifer Ward-Lealand.

100 years after the Dada soirees rocked the art world, the author investigates the role that music played in the movement.

This book assesses the influence and reception of many different forms of guitar playing upon the classical guitar and more specifically through the prism of John Williams.

Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents and siblings survive, yet they have remained virtually unknown.