Songbooks

The humorist asked his readers to share their least favorite tunes and chronicles the hilarious responses.

The Vintage Collected Edition of Angela Carter's works continues with THE CURIOUS ROOM, which contains her dramatic writings, including several previously unpublished plays and screenplays.

The only rule I observed when selecting my fifty songs was that they should be interesting; interesting either for their intrinsic worth or for the problems they pose for the singer or the accompanist or both partners.

This in-depth exploration of key manuscript sources reveals new information about medieval songs and sets them in their original contexts.

This in-depth exploration of key manuscript sources reveals new information about medieval songs and sets them in their original contexts.

Continuando el ciclo iniciado por Anatomía de la melancolía I, esta segunda sonata para piano de Gerardo Gandini profundiza en el diálogo entre tradición y modernidad.

The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians.

The bestselling guide now updated with video demonstrations and audio tracks online The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians.

This is the first book to detail the musical and cultural significance of the songster.

This is the first book to detail the musical and cultural significance of the songster.

Bringing together much-loved masterpieces with exciting new works, this accessible and inspiring guide is a celebration of classical music.

Este clásico del repertorio técnico pianístico, compuesto por Hermann Berens, está diseñado específicamente para fortalecer y desarrollar la destreza de la mano izquierda.

Memoir of Bethany Beardslee, the iconic American soprano known as the "e;composer's singer.

This collection of interviews with Hollywood composers offers the most intimate look ever at the process of writing music for the movies.

Power Chord is the story of one man’s epic pilgrimage to gain rock enlightenment from the gods and guitar heroes of the Golden Age of heavy metal.

One of heavy metal's most iconic figures gives an insider's look into the loud and sordid world of thrash metal-sex, drugs, and rock n' roll included.

In 1997, amid Aerosmith's sold-out world tour and number one album release, word about Joey's troubles was reported in the press.

Behind our most beloved hymn is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries.

Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them.

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular book 'Songs Robert Burns' originally published by Collins in 1947.

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular book '101 Scottish Songs' published by Collins in 1962.

If it's time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.

An indispensable combination of 200 best loved hymns, poems and readings for every occasion, and ideal for personal reflection.

This groundbreaking anthology brings together for the first time the works of women poet-composers, or trouvères, in northern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

A Ram Sam SamA, B, C, Die Katze lief im SchneeAlle meine EntchenAlle Vögel sind schon daAuf der Mauer, auf der LauerBacke, backe KuchenBruder JakobBrüderchen komm tanzDas ist gerade, das ist schiefDas Krokodil-liedDer Kuckuck und der EselDer Mond ist aufgegangenDie Affen rasen durch den WaldDornröschen war ein schönes KindDrei Chinesen mit dem KontrabassEin großer, ein runder, ein roter LuftballonEin Mann, der sich Kolumbus nanntEin Männlein steht im WaldeEs regnetEs tanzt ein Bi-ba-butzemannEs war eine MutterFuchs, du hast dieFünf kleine FischeGretel, PastetelGroße Uhren gehen tick tackGrün, grün, grün sind alle meine KleiderHab 'ne Tante aus MarokkoHände waschenHänsel und GretelHäschen in der GrubeHoppe, hoppe, ReiterIch bin ein dicker TanzbärIch geh mit meiner LaterneIm Märzen der BauerJetzt steigt HampelmannLaurentia, lLiebe LaurentiaMäh, Lammchen mähMein Hut, der hat drei EckenMeine Hände sind verschwundenMeine Oma fährt im Hühnerstall MotorradMorgens Früh SechsNun wollen wir SingerOld Macdonald hat 'ne FarmRi, ra, rutschSankt MartinSumm, Summ, SummWas müssen das für Bäume seinWeißt du, wieviel Sternlein stehenWer will fleißige Handwerker sehnZehn kleine ZappelmännerZum Geburtstag viel Glück

One of the Spectator's Books of the Year 2012'Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladiesFarewell and adieu to you ladies of SpainFor we've received orders for to sail for old EnglandBut we hope in a short while to see you again'One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny.