Se han escrito muchos libros sobre la obra de Beethoven, pero por su concisión, claridad y agudeza, así como por su importancia en la historia de la musicología, este ensayo no tiene parangón.
Eberhard Preußner - geschätzt als Musikwissenschafter und Musikpädagoge seiner Generation - war vor allem auch ein genialer Administrator, dem das Schicksal der Musikhochschule, später der Akademie Mozarteum über Jahrzehnte hinweg zum zentralen Lebensinhalt wurde.
Joseph Haydns (1732-1809) große Bedeutung als Schöpfer der Wiener Klassik ist heute unbestritten und es ist längst an der Zeit, dass er aus dem Schatten Mozarts und Beethovens heraustritt.
Alex Ross, der renommierteste Musikkritiker der USA, beschäftigt sich in «Listen to this» mit der Rezeption von klassischer und populärer Musik und deren Bedeutung für menschliches Empfinden – und mit seiner ganz persönliche «Hörgeschichte».
Klangmagier, Revolutionär der E-Gitarre, begnadeter Komponist oder Jahrhundertgenie - der Name Jimi Hendrix fällt stets nur im Zusammenhang mit Superlativen.
Joseph Haydns (1732-1809) große Bedeutung als Schöpfer der Wiener Klassik ist heute unbestritten und es ist längst an der Zeit, dass er aus dem Schatten Mozarts und Beethovens heraustritt.
The hugely popular Gareth Malone recounts the heart-warming stories and transformations behind the award-winning BBC2 series The ChoirFor the first time, Gareth reveals everything he has learned from working with so many groups of memorable people, including the record-breaking Military Wives and latest series of The Choir being shown this Autumn.
Explores the visionary, mystical, and ecstatic traditions that influenced the music of the 1960s *; Examines the visionary, spiritual, and mystical influences on the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, the Incredible String Band, the Left Banke, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, and others *; Shows how the British Invasion acted as the ';detonator' to explode visionary music into the mainstream *; Explains how 1960s rock and roll music transformed consciousness on both the individual and collective levels The 1960s were a time of huge transformation, sustained and amplified by the music of that era: Rock and Roll.
What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a youth craze that has long surpassed all others.
A modern take on a classical icon: this ';luminous book' (Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book) tells the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative music still animates and thrives in our culture centuries later.
Essays on Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Patti SmithA Financial Times Book of the Year 2023The greatest popular songs, whether it's Aretha Franklin singing 'Respect' or Bob Dylan performing 'Blind Willie McTell', have a way of embedding themselves in our memories.
Rail By Request is an enthusiast's personal story and tells how the author visited, photographed, and spent time at every request stop on mainland Britain.
A rich banquet at the cutting edge of the arts, rooted in California's eclectic cultural gumbo, by one of America's most gifted criticsThe late Scott Timberg championed artists earnestly and relentlessly, with empathy and persistence.
Welsh Ballads of the French Revolution provides for the first time an edition, with parallel English translations, of Welsh-language ballads composed in reaction to the momentous events of the Revolution in France and the two decades of war which followed.
