Music: styles and genres

The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010's The Girl in the Song.

Of all the straight talking bands thrown up in the Seventies punk explosion, none talked straighter than The Clash.

An unforgettable history of the 'fifth' member of Led Zeppelin and the toughest rock manager of them all.

This book tells the singer's amazing story so far and is packed with full-colour pictures of Pixie at work and at play.

Voces negras es un viaje sonoro por la compleja historia de África, una salvaje sinfonía de su profundidad musical, de la explotación y del expolio cultural sufrido durante siglos.

The indispensable consumer's guide to the music of Leonard CohenA track by track analysis of every song recorded on officially releasedalbums by Cohen, from his 1968 Songs Of Leonard Cohen to his mostrecent studio and live sets from the 21st Century.

Many people will know something about the life of Lutoslawski , but few know anything about Lutoslawski the man.

Between 1977 and 1984 Gang Of Four pioneered the concept of the indie Guitar band that could make you think as well as dance.

Dylan's friends - from Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Rosanne Cash to Bono to Tom Petty - offer insight into the singer-songwriter's artistic genius and personality.

A new Graphic Novel from the creative team behind the best-selling Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic.

Biography of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground.

When LA musicians Russell and Ron Mael moved to Britain in 1973, they hit the pop world as Sparks and looked like oddballs, even in the context of the glam rock movement that made them welcome.

First substantial overview of the life and career of Pharrell Williams, the foremost producer of the modern era, and performer in his own right.

Pink Floyd - The Music And The Mystery is the ultimate illustrated discography of Pink Floyd.

Die Anthologie 'Die Zauberflöte' präsentiert eine faszinierende Verbindung von literarischer und musikalischer Kunst, entstanden aus der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart und Emanuel Schikaneder.

Für alle, die sich für Musik, Literatur, Religion und Philosophie interessieren, ist 'Parsifal' von Richard Wagner ein absolutes Muss.

Erykah Badu stands at the forefront of a whole new genre of music.

Zur ReiheFür die Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften, für die Rechtswissenschaften und die Theologie sind Fragen nach dem Zusammenhang von Text und Normativität gleichermaßen zentral.

El presente libro es el resultado de una investigación histórica musical, motivada por la ausencia de material académico respecto a una variante del género tropical desarrollada específicamente en Chile: La Cumbia Porteña.

Der berühmteste Zebrastreifen der Welt… führt zu den Abbey Road StudiosDas ikonenhafte Covermotiv der Beatles vom Abbey Road-Album löste einen unvergleichlichen Hype aus.

Alessandro Scarlattis (1660-1725) Kompositionen decken alle zu seiner Zeit gangigen Gattungen ab.

Italien und die Musik.

Go behind-the-scenes with Duane "e;Dog"e; Chapman, star of the hit reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter and two-time New York Times bestselling author, as he shares new stories about his faith in Jesus, family, and the discovery of God's grace at work throughout his life.

Go behind-the-scenes with Duane "e;Dog"e; Chapman, star of the hit reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter and two-time New York Times bestselling author, as he shares new stories about his faith in Jesus, family, and the discovery of God's grace at work throughout his life.

This book brings a new perspective to secular music sources from the Middle Ages and early modernity by viewing them as media communication tools, whose particular features shape the meaning of their contents.

This book brings a new perspective to secular music sources from the Middle Ages and early modernity by viewing them as media communication tools, whose particular features shape the meaning of their contents.

Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past.

Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past.

Dive into the thrilling and tumultuous life of one of America's most infamous outlaws with Will Henry's Death of a Legend: Jesse James.

This is about the contemporary rock circuit and it takes you to the inside of this lucrative and popular circuit and describes in detail how artists get started on the road.

An accurate, detailed and fascinating account of the life of a man whose story should have been told in this much detail long ago.

This is the b format version of the critically acclaimed book on the singer.

With a foreword by The Who's Pete Townshend, Raising Hell is a compilation of Wright's groundbreaking photography and the true stories behind the captivating pictures.

Best known as the composer of such hits as Dionne Warwick's "e;Walk On By,"e; Dusty Springfield's "e;The Look of Love,"e; and the Carpenters' "e;Close to You,"e; Burt Bacharach wrote the music for over 700 published songs and has been recorded by some 2,000 artists - from Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley to the Beatles and the Supremes.

In this book Wynnetta Wimberley addresses the often overlooked crisis of depression in African American clergy, investigating the causes underlying this phenomenon while discussing possible productive paths forward.

This book revives and revitalises the literary Gothic in the hands of contemporary women writers.

Simone Callahan's wellness journey was instrumental to her healing process when her marriage ended.

In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the spirit of Great Britain.

Chill and swaggering colorbent Founding Fathers have been blowing away Hamilton audiences since 2015.

Chill and swaggering colorbent Founding Fathers have been blowing away Hamilton audiences since 2015.

An intimate and illuminating account of queer lives and migration, homemaking and community in the Gulf, from a brilliant new voice in narrative non-fiction**LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE**'An eye-opening tour de force' ALEX ESPINOZA'Exhilarating' SUSAN ORLEAN'Tender and insightful' MOHAMED TONSYUpon moving to the Gulf States where penalties for queer acts include deportation, imprisonment, torture and death Gaar Adams wants to understand why LGBTQ+ migrants might choose to live amid such peril.