Musicians, singers, bands and groups

In 1941, at age twenty-five, Sinatra told a friend, 'I'm going to be the best singer in the world'.

KISS has released thirty-seven records and sold 80 million albums worldwide.

In 1934, Igor Stravinsky was fifty-two, a Russian expatriate living in Paris and already regarded by many as the most important composer of his generation.

In February 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer.

Cilla Black is without doubt one of Britain's most treasured personalities.

Russell 'The Voice' Watson is a star with a real story to tell.

Katie Price has led a rollercoaster life and the excitement, glamour and emotional twists and turns show no signs of slowing down.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERJoin national treasure Gary Barlow as he opens the curtains on his remarkable life in this stunning autobiography, from his fascinating early life to his star-studded music career'Warm, wise .

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTouching, personal, indomitable, but always laugh-out-loud funny, The Lives of Brian is the legendary story of one of the rock world's best-loved performers - and the many lives he's led'Both a rollicking tale of rock's bygone glory days and a deeply human account of a working-class boy who never gave up' MAIL ON SUNDAY___________For over a decade rock legend Brian Johnson tried to make his mark with a succession of bands, yet big time success remained out of reach.

Celebrate Little Mix's first UK number-one album - Glory Days - by reading the full story of the girls' astonishing rise to pop super stardom.

The comic autobiography of 2014 A comedian's autobiography?

'Mark Lewisohn knows the Fab Four better than they knew themselves' The GuardianThis extended special edition of Mark Lewisohn's magisterial book Tune In is a true collector's item, featuring hundreds of thousands of words of extra material, as well as many extra photographs.

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is the world's most frequently performed operatic composer, yet he is only beginning to receive serious scholarly attention.

An incisive new look at the pivotal modernist composerAlban Berg and His World is a collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism.

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) aimed to be more than just a composer.

Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music.

Are you tired of people knowing who you are but no one really knowing you?

His name was Prince, and he was funky.

A relentless innovator, scoring chart hits while simultaneously incorporating radical and ground-breaking elements into his work.

Beyonc is not simply a pop sensation.

In her intense, brief life, Amy Winehouse's music spoke directly to millions.

At the height of his initial, turn-of-the-1990's infamy as the maraca-wielding dancer with 'Madchester' giants Happy Mondays, the pop-eyed Mark Berry, forever known to the world as Bez, was visibly a danger to society.

Industry of Magic & Light is a love letter to the counterculture of the 1960s and a requiem for its passing.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP'Expressionistic and visceral .

'Smart, analytical and enormously good fun' Stuart Maconie, Mail on Sunday'Ingenious .

Expressive Conducting: Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors applies the insight of movement and performance theory to the practice of conducting, offering a groundbreaking new approach to conducting.

Expressive Conducting: Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors applies the insight of movement and performance theory to the practice of conducting, offering a groundbreaking new approach to conducting.

'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIRTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAn electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le TigreKathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed far and wide through the punk scene of the 1980s, '90s, and beyond.

This title was first published in 2000.

This title was first published in 2000.

This title was first published in 2000: August Jaeger was one of Elgar's most devoted supporters and was the subject of one of Elgar's most inspired movements, the Nimrod variation.

This title was first published in 2000: August Jaeger was one of Elgar's most devoted supporters and was the subject of one of Elgar's most inspired movements, the Nimrod variation.

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession-the conductor-as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best.

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession-the conductor-as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best.

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development introduces the many voices necessary to better understand the act of singing-a complex human behaviour that emerges without deliberate training.

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development introduces the many voices necessary to better understand the act of singing-a complex human behaviour that emerges without deliberate training.

Rooted in the experience of a professional choral conductor, this book provides a guide to practical issues facing conductors of choral ensembles at all levels, from youth choruses to university ensembles, church and community choirs, and professional vocal groups.

Rooted in the experience of a professional choral conductor, this book provides a guide to practical issues facing conductors of choral ensembles at all levels, from youth choruses to university ensembles, church and community choirs, and professional vocal groups.

Victorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars.

Victorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars.

Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide, Second Edition presents researchers with the most significant and helpful resources on Olivier Messiaen, one of the twentieth century's greatest composers.

Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide, Second Edition presents researchers with the most significant and helpful resources on Olivier Messiaen, one of the twentieth century's greatest composers.

During the last twenty years, the rest of the world has come to focus on the music of Finland.

During the last twenty years, the rest of the world has come to focus on the music of Finland.

Charles Hall as one of the leading musicians of the nineteenth century and intimate with almost all of the great composers and performers of his time, as well as a friend of the Royal Family and known as much as a pianist and chamber musician as a conductor, in London, throughout the country and abroad, in addition to Manchester.

Charles Hall as one of the leading musicians of the nineteenth century and intimate with almost all of the great composers and performers of his time, as well as a friend of the Royal Family and known as much as a pianist and chamber musician as a conductor, in London, throughout the country and abroad, in addition to Manchester.

Performing in musical ensembles provides a remarkable opportunity for interaction between people.

Performing in musical ensembles provides a remarkable opportunity for interaction between people.

Wilhelm Furtw ler left not only some of the greatest interpretations of operatic and symphonic music on record, but also expressed his views on musical issues of the moment in a number of outspoken essays and talks.