INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEARThis completely new edition of the Penguin Guide reviews the 1000 best classical albums issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which dominate the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of recording dates.
Pete Seeger is one of the most recorded artists in American history, and his recording catalog tells us not just the story of his career but the story of our culture and its political and social history.
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today.
Spanning over 1,000 separate performances, The Music of Bill Monroe presents a complete chronological list of all of Bill Monroe's commercially released sound and visual recordings.
From their 1962 debut single Love Me Do to the most recent remastered albums, this is an album-by-album, track-by-track catalogue of every songs ever released by The BeatlesIncludes: A chronology of key events in the life of the greatest ever rock band Separate sections on compilation albums, the Anthology series and non-EMI recordings Eight pages of colour picturesThis is the books that Beatles fans have been looking for - packed with details, facts and pictures it's the definitive concise guide to the music of The Beatles.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism.
Helmuth Rilling, charismatischer, weltweit wirkender Dirigent, Lehrer und Vermittler von Musik, ist "fast schon ein Denkmal" (Die Zeit): Von ihm geht ein "viele Menschen entflammender Geist" aus, der Teile der Musikwelt, insbesondere das Chorwesen, seit Jahrzehnten beeinflusst hat.
Helmuth Rilling, charismatischer, weltweit wirkender Dirigent, Lehrer und Vermittler von Musik, ist "fast schon ein Denkmal" (Die Zeit): Von ihm geht ein "viele Menschen entflammender Geist" aus, der Teile der Musikwelt, insbesondere das Chorwesen, seit Jahrzehnten beeinflusst hat.
From scouring flea markets and eBay to maxing out their credit cards, record collectors will do just about anything to score a long-sought-after album.
A thoughtful, entertaining history of obsessed music collectors and their quest for rare early 78 rpm records (Los Angeles Times), Do Not Sell at Any Price is a fascinating, complex story of preservation, loss, obsession, and art.
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today.
Pete Seeger is one of the most recorded artists in American history, and his recording catalog tells us not just the story of his career but the story of our culture and its political and social history.
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers' 1972 song "e;Roadrunner"e; captures the freedom and wonder of cruising down the highway late at night with the radio on.
Soul is the most powerful expression of American musica distinct combination of roots, migration, race, culture, and politics packaged together for your dancing pleasure.
Mehr als 5000 Songs wurden in der Zeit von 1960 bis 1990 hinter dem "Eisernen Vorhang" - vor allem in Ungarn, Polen und Ost-Deutschland - im Bereich Rock- und Popmusik produziert.
Desde sus comienzos en la escuela de coro y orquesta ATHOS PALMA del Instituto Felix Fernando Bernasconi, hasta este libro cancionero, cantando cuenta parte de su historia, momentos de su vida, desde nino vinculado a las artes escenicas ya la musica, si bien registra otras participaciones en autorias musicales, en esta presentacion nos comparte la realizacion de sus primeros cinco discos, las primeras treinta y nueve canciones, escritas y compuestas por Leonardo exclusivamente para su produccion artistica.
Este décimo volumen de la colección Biblioteca Musical Mínima es una colección de pequeñas semblanzas relacionadas con la Música: compositores, intérpretes, directores.