Art music, orchestral and formal music

You probably know Simon Napier-Bell as the manager of the Yardbirds.

Elgar's Third Symphony has long been one of the great unknowns of twentieth-century music.

When Twin Peaks debuted on the ABC network on the night of April 8, 1990, thirty-five million viewers tuned in to some of the most unusual television of their lives.

Like Ted Dalbottens previous books, Winterreise and Triptych a Mystery(Part I, The Painting) which among other material dealt with various aspectsof both the performing and non performing arts, the present volume asidefrom its examination of the human condition concerns itself particularlywith musical matters, though not only performing issues.

From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!

Indian classical music is so enduring that it is exempt from oblivion.

Growing up in a large Italian family, Aida Mulieri-Dagort wanted to be a professional musician all her life.

When Twin Peaks debuted on the ABC network on the night of April 8, 1990, thirty-five million viewers tuned in to some of the most unusual television of their lives.

'To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself.

The Merino Rose.

How are conductors' silent gestures magicked into sound by a group of more than a hundred brilliant but belligerent musicians?

A conductor is one of classical music's most recognizable figures.

One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed.

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of music.

Winner of 'Best Off West End Production' at the 2011 What's On Stage AwardsWinner of 2011 Laurence Olivier Award for "e;Best New Opera Production"e;The writer, the lover, the artist, the flirt.

Winner of the 2020 George Devine AwardMiddle Child present The Canary and the Crow, brand new gig theatre about the journey of a working class black kid who is accepted to a prestigious school.

'They are not for you but for a later age!

Conversations with Igor Stravinsky is the first of the celebrated series of conversation books in which Stravinsky, prompted by Robert Craft, reviewed his long and remarkable life.

No artist's achievement connects more directly with early experience than that of Berlioz.

It's hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos.

It's hard to think of a solo female recording artist who has been as revered or as reviled over the course of her career as Tori Amos.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Writing about yourself is a funny businessBut in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind.

*National Bestseller* Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career.

Although she called herself "e;just a singer,"e; soprano Lois Marshall (1925-97) became a household name across Canada during her thirty-four year career and remains one of the foremost figures in the history of Canadian music.

Graced by more than 200 illustrations, many of them seldom seen and some never before published, this sparkling volume offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which so many others have drawn inspiration.

The power of music, the way it works on the mind and heart, remains an enticing mystery.

Graced by more than 200 illustrations, many of them seldom seen and some never before published, this sparkling volume offers vivid portraits of the men and women who created country music, the artists whose lives and songs formed the rich tradition from which so many others have drawn inspiration.

Debussy himself had little regard for Clair de Lune, and scholars have thus far followed suit--until now.

La doble formación, filosófica y musical, de Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno tiñe de un color especial los muchos escritos que publicó sobre teoría y práctica de la música, entre ellos las magníficas monografías sobre Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler y Alban Berg.

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC.

Charles Rosen is one of the world's most talented pianists -- and one of music's most astute commentators.

Yayoi Uno Everett focuses on four operas that helped shape the careers of the composers Osvaldo Golijov, Kaija Saariaho, John Adams, and Tan Dun, which represent a unique encounter of music and production through what Everett calls "e;multimodal narrative.

Departing from the traditional German school of music theorists, Michael Klein injects a unique French critical theory perspective into the framework of music and meaning.

Lauri Suurpaa brings together two rigorous methodologies, Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, to provide a unique perspective on the expressive power of Franz Schubert's song cycle.

The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC.

'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched, vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so'The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Departing from the traditional German school of music theorists, Michael Klein injects a unique French critical theory perspective into the framework of music and meaning.

Do you know a capella from zarzuela, or your major from your minor?

Yayoi Uno Everett focuses on four operas that helped shape the careers of the composers Osvaldo Golijov, Kaija Saariaho, John Adams, and Tan Dun, which represent a unique encounter of music and production through what Everett calls "e;multimodal narrative.

'How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover and not a musicologist.

Lauri Suurpaa brings together two rigorous methodologies, Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, to provide a unique perspective on the expressive power of Franz Schubert's song cycle.