Musicians, singers, bands and groups

Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social-science interpreters who have devoted a significant amount of time and energy in the research of ancient Galilee, this accessible volume includes modern general studies of Galilee and of Galilean history, as well as specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide.

The dramatic and tormented life of Jerry Lee Lewis is the most fabled in rock 'n' roll history.

Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide.

Sein musikalisches Gespür war einmalig, seine Musik gilt als unerreicht hip, cool, minimalistisch – kein anderer Künstler hat den Jazz so stilbildend geprägt wie Miles Davis.

An occasion to appreciate Dexter's resounding musical genius as well as his wish for major social transformation.

Frontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music.

Composing for Voice: Exploring Voice, Language and Music, Second Edition, elucidates how language and music function together from the perspectives of composers, singers and actors, providing an understanding of the complex functions of the voice pedagogically, musicologically and dramatically.

Analysis of 18th- and 19th-Century Musical Works in the Classical Tradition is a textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in music analysis.

In der HipHop-Kultur spielt das Thema Gewalt eine zentrale Rolle.

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020"e;To flip through the book is to be immersed back in the glory days of Cool Britannia.

The #1 Global Bestselling MemoirAmazon Editors' Best Books of the Year 2024Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.

"e;Masterworks of 20th-Century Music"e; introduces more than one hundred of the greatest compositions by world-renowned composer that have entered the standard orchestral repertory.

From Reggie Fieldy Arvizu, legendary bassist of nu-metal pioneers KORN, comes Got the Life: a no-holds-barred look at his extreme highs, drug- and-booze-fueled lows, and, finally, redemption through a conversion to Christianity.

In 1983, French-Canadian composer Claude Vivier was murdered in Paris at the age of thirty-four.

In Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage, James L.

A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARAN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARA RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARIn Never Understood, William Jim tell the story of The Jesus and Mary Chain - one of Britain's greatest guitar bands - for the very first time.

This is Volume 18 of eighteen in a book series on Musicology.

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice.

Britain has attracted many musical visitors to its shores.

An occasion to appreciate Dexter's resounding musical genius as well as his wish for major social transformation.

This is the most in-depth exploration of Metallica's songs ever written.

This volume contains Charles V.

'A searing, triumphant story.

What happened to contemporary music in the Soviet Union after Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev?

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Schriftauslegung des Hebräerbriefs im Zusammenhang seiner christologischen Argumentation.

Charles Stanford's "e;Three Motets, Op.

In this bold, captivating and controversial book, the author combines his own intensely moving personal accounts with incisive scriptural analysis, and challenges the reader to reassess what they think they know about Judas Iscariot and suicide.

In this significant study of the music of Pierre Boulez, Dr.

For students learning the principles of music theory, it can often seem as though the tradition of tonal harmony is governed by immutable rules that define which chords, tones, and intervals can be used where.

The Sex Pistols exploded onto the music scene in 1976, paving the way for the deluge of punk rock that would change the face of modern rock music forever.

Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music describes the collaborative interaction of internationally acclaimed composer Roger Reynolds, musician Karen Reynolds, and musically inspired composer, engineer, and architect Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) to create a house design, The Reynolds Desert House.

Broadway's top orchestrators - Robert Russell Bennett, Don Walker, Philip J.

In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice.

'This is not just another Bowie book.

This book presents the musician in dialog with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators, Reinbert de Leeuw, Elmer Schonberger and Frits van der Waa.

Der Apostel Paulus hat mit seinen Briefen nicht nur Theologie vermittelt, sondern auch persönliche Beziehungen zu den angeschriebenen Gemeinden gepflegt.

Schubert's Workshop offers a fresh study of the composer's compositional technique and its development, rooted in the author's experience of realising performing versions of Franz Schubert's unfinished works.

The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the lives and work of the cello's great performers and teachers, from the emergence of the solo instrument in the seventeenth century to the present day.

Scholars have long recognized Carl Maria von Weber as the father of the German Romantic and Nationalist music.

This book is pretty much our official story so far.

Philologische und religionsgeschichtliche Analysen werfen ein neues Licht auf die Fragen, ob für Paulus (Fremd-)Götter(bilder) zum Motivfeld der „Mächte und Gewalten“ gehören, wie sich nach Paulus Gottes(v)erkenntnis und Gottesver(k)ehrung in der paganen Religiosität manifestieren, inwiefern Paulus in seiner Missionspredigt unter Heiden den einen, wahren Schöpfergott verkündigt und in welchem Verhältnis dies zu seiner Evangeliumsverkündigung steht.

Women's Music for the Screen: Diverse Narratives in Sound shines a long-overdue light on the works and lives of female-identifying screen composers.

'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAYBenjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles.

A 2019 Music Book of the Year, THE TIMESOut of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics with brand new introductions, now updated in a new text design to include the lyrics from his final album with Metallica, Lulu.

Michael Steinberg's 1996 volume The Symphony: A Reader's Guide received glowing reviews across America.

In this first comprehensive examination of the music of the most prolific Bach son, David Schulenberg offers new perspectives on the career, style, and originality of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.