Die hier versammelten Texte folgen keinem alternierenden Duktus, sie wechseln vielschichtig hin und her zwischen philosophischen Gedankenbewegungen und imaginativer Prosa.
Las memorias del cantante de AC/DC, que, tras un periplo vital alucinante y accidentado, sustituyó al trágicamente desaparecido Bon Scott al frente de uno de los grupos clave del rock duro para firmar Back in Black: un hito del rock y el segundo disco más vendido de todos los tiempos.
Die Jahre 1975–1978Die Ereignisse dieser Jahre legen den Grundstein für "the Boss" und seine E Street Band und eine der größten Karrieren der Rockgeschichte.
Sie zählen zu den weltweit führenden Orchestern, ihr Neujahrskonzert lockt Jahr für Jahr ein Millionenpublikum vor die Bildschirme: die Wiener Philharmoniker.
The #1New York TimesBestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021So, I've written a book.
Since its premiere in 1868, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg has defied repeated upheavals in the cultural-political landscape of German statehood to retain its unofficial status as the German national opera.
Shorlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2022 Non-Fiction Prize'There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world as we know it.
Über den Wolken …« – kaum erklingen die ersten Takte wie die ersten Worte, können alle, die Freude an Musik haben, die Melodie aufgreifen und weiterfahren »… muss die Freiheit wohl grenzenlos sein«.
Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, two towering figures of twentieth-century music and literature, both found refuge in the German-exile community in Los Angeles during the Nazi era.
Sarah Caldwell, the leader of the Opera Company of Boston from 1958-1990, was a groundbreaking and idiosyncratic woman who established her own career as a conductor and stage director in an environment resistant to change.
New perspectives on the greatest Finnish composer of all timePerhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a more varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).
The life, times, and music of Franz SchubertDuring his short lifetime, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) contributed to a wide variety of musical genres, from intimate songs and dances to ambitious chamber pieces, symphonies, and operas.
The Real Singing Cowboys profiles contemporary cowboy--and cowgirl--singers and musicians who are, or have been, authentic working cowboys or ranchers, or involved in related occupations tied to ranching and cowboy culture.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is the world's most frequently performed operatic composer, yet he is only beginning to receive serious scholarly attention.
A new look at one of the most important composers of the twentith centuryStravinsky and His World brings together an international roster of scholars to explore fresh perspectives on the life and music of Igor Stravinsky.
Revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation.
A revealing look at French composer and virtuoso Camille Saint-SaensCamille Saint-Saens-perhaps the foremost French musical figure of the late nineteenth century and a composer who wrote in nearly every musical genre, from opera and the symphony to film music-is now being rediscovered after a century of modernism overshadowed his earlier importance.
When Don Rhodes took his seat not far behind Michael Jackson at the funeral of the ';Godfather of Soul' on December 30, 2006, it marked the close of a forty-year friendship.
La historia detrás de sus 188 canciones* Quince álbumes míticos: este libro desentraña las 188 canciones de culto de la banda que cambiaron la historia del rock.
In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill's complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrical achievements by one of twentieth-century musical theater's key figures.
Listening for the Secret is a critical assessment of the Grateful Dead and the distinct culture that grew out of the group's music, politics, and performance.
The great American pianist Sidney Fosterdistinguished professor of piano at Indiana University, and the first Leventritt Award winneris remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character.
No One Dreams of Being a Fundraiser is an inspirational, one-of-a-kind memoir that tells the story of Mitchell Linker's harrowing and hilarious journey from aspiring rock star to nonprofit major gifts fundraiser.
The Performing Life: A Singer's Guide to Survival is the first-hand account of the 35-year career of singer, music professor, and recording artist Sharon Mabry, who draws on personal experience to explore how professional singers survive in the face of personal and professional pressures, exorbitant expectations, illness, and the demands of their public.
In this second edition of Orchestral ';Pops' Music: A Handbook, Lucy Manning brings forward to the present her remarkable compendium of information about this form of orchestral music.
This study reassesses Cage's multifaceted practice from a transdisciplinary perspective, using text as a premise for his musical, visual, lingual, and museal compositions.
One of this century's most influential musical intellects takes center stage in Taylor Greer's meticulously wrought study of Charles Seeger (1886-1979).
