Composers and songwriters

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.

This in-depth, research-based book profiles the band that shaped a generation and changed the face of music forever.

'A must for fans and rock buffs' The Sun'Fascinating read' PowerplayJudas Priest formed in Birmingham in 1969.

Healthy, imaginative, delicious, and well-balanced recipes from the kitchens of Grammy-Award-winning artist, Olivia Newton-John.

Launched in 1967, Guitar Player was the only guitar publication in existence when the '60s and '70s six-string explosion ignited across the globe.

A jazz writer for three decades, W.

Since its formation as a girl group in 2005, AKB48 has become a phenomenal success and institution in Japan.

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century.

Bohemian composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was exceptionally prolific, composing over 400 imaginative, well-crafted, and diverse pieces, including symphonies, operas, ballet scores, and other orchestral works.

This book covers all of Tippett''s style-periods and many of the key genres within his oeuvre.

A performer''s perspective on Reich''s compositions which explores the techniques developed by musicians to bring his compositions to life.

A unique, documented case against the legalisation of ''assisted dying'', based mainly on empirical and logical ''slippery slope'' concerns.

Rush FAQ documents the amazing story of the world's greatest Canadian prog rock power trio, from its origins in a church basement in Willowdale, Ontario, to its induction ceremony at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

New York Times Bestseller A Perfect Union of Contrary Things is the authorized biography of musician and vintner Maynard James Keenan.

A love letter to America from the pen of actor, producer, immigrant, and activist Wilmer Valderrama.

Exploring technique, history, musicality and instrumental details, this book covers every aspect of the major drummers of the classic rock era: Keith Moon (The Who), Ian Paice (Deep Purple), Bill Ward (Black Sabbath), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), among others.

Benefiting from the research of eminent Bach scholars, this 1997 Companion examines Bach''s work in the context of his age.

Classic rags-to-riches story by entrepreneur and Dragons' Den star Theo PaphitisTheo Paphitis is the outspoken and charismatic star of Dragons' Den who has turned round a string of household names, from Ryman to La Senza, in a high-profile business career that has brought him millions.

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) has a reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century.

Unfinished Music draws its inspiration from the riddling aphorism by Walter Benjamin that serves as its epigraph: "e;the work is the death mask of its conception.

In this moving memoir, Robert J.

'A wonderful book, I don't expect to read a better memoir for a very long time.

Over the past 30 years, musicologists have produced a remarkable new body of research literature focusing on the lives and careers of women composers in their socio-historical contexts.

Calixa Lavallee, the composer of "e;O Canada,"e; was the first Canadian-born musician to achieve an international reputation.

Rufus Hallmark interprets Schumann''s famously controversial song cycle in the social, literary, and musical contexts of contemporary German society.

The late Lowell George is best known as the lead singer, slide guitarist, songwriter and producer of Little Feat.

More than four decades since their first album, and 35 years after the release of the iconic Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd continue to inspire and mystify rock fans around the world.

In At the Piano: Interviews with 21st-Century Pianists, Caroline Benser explores the kaleidoscopic world of twenty-first-century pianism through a series of extended interviews with eight major pianists: Leif Ove Andsnes, Jonathan Biss, Simone Dinnerstein, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Steven Osborne, Yevgeny Sudbin, and Yuja Wang.

From his earliest days as a culture-beat reporter, through a wildly successful four decades in the book business, to his latest philanthropic ventures, Stephen Rubin has witnessed up close the highs and lows of publishing, music, and entertainment over the last half-century.

Varwig places the music of Schütz in a richly detailed seventeenth-century context, comparing this to its later nineteenth- and twentieth-century reception.

This is the first full-length introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more than one hundred works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance, opera, voice, chorus, piano, organ, and harpsichord.

Yearsley explores the cultural significance of making music with hands and feet, a mode of performance unique to the organ.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"e;A book with a thousand laughs entwined with unknown stories about some of the most popular movies of the past decades.

Known as the working man's poet, the Boardwalk prophet, or simply, the Boss.

For his many friends and fans, Peter Cook was quite simply the funniest man they'd ever encountered.

New York City witnessed a dazzling burst of creativity in the 1920s.

Legendary wordsmith Raekwon the Chef opens up about his journey from the staircases of Park Hill in Staten Island to sold-out stadiums around the world with the Wu-Tang Clan in this revealing memoir -perfect for fans of The Autobiography of GucciMane and Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter.

In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill's complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrical achievements by one of twentieth-century musical theater's key figures.

Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of Mexico's greatest painters: her extraordinary personal style, her tragic story, her relationship with Diego Rivera (the more famous painter in their day) alongside her passionate paintings have made her a cult figure since she died over sixty years ago.

The story of Afro-Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos stitches together histories of 1960s-1980s jazz, psychedelia, world music, experimentalism and post-punk.

As a boy, Michael Simkins always wanted to be someone.

They've sold more than 20 million albums, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and they're one of Homer Simpson's favorite bands-but even today, fifty years after they first formed, Cheap Trick remains to many a club band with a cult following.

Howard Bloom-called "e;the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known"e; by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull-is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music.

Throughout this 2004 book, Goehring''s argument is sustained by close readings of primary sources and is richly illustrated with musical examples.