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.
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).
The name Giuseppe Verdi conjures images of Italians singing opera in the streets and bursting into song at political protests or when facing the firing squad.
In this groundbreaking, historically-informed semiotic study of late eighteenth-century music, Stephen Rumph focuses on Mozart to explore musical meaning within the context of Enlightenment sign and language theory.
Luigi Russolo (1885-1947)-painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement-was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics.
A lo largo de 33 años, Gabriel Adrián Patricio Altube compartió una amistad única con Gustavo Adrián Cerati, desde sus primeros encuentros en 1974 hasta el año 2007.
Beyond Reasonrelates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career:Der Ring des Nibelungen,Tristan und Isolde,Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, andParsifal.
Elvis Presley and his two faithful sidekicks tore up Texas highways, crisscrossing the state, always late for their next high school hop, car dealership opening, or Lion's Club fund raiser.
Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs.
Jan Berry, leader of the music duo Jan & Dean from the late 1950s to mid-1960s, was an intense character who experienced more in his first 25 years than many do in a lifetime.
Ushering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nails seminal album, The Downward Spiral, changed popular music foreverbringing transgressive themes of heresy, S&M, and body horror to the masses and taking music technology to its limits.
The story of the legendary producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, who made superstars of the 1970's that have stood the test of time: KISS, Donna Summer, the Village People, and Parliament-Funkadelic.
This is the story of Fred Taylor, who since 1960 has been bringing entertainers and audiences together in Boston and New England in nightclubs, concert halls, and festival grounds.
Guitarist Michael Bloomfield shot to stardom in the '60s with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan, The Electric Flag and on Al Kooper's ';Super Session.
Zwischen Triumph und Tragödie:Das bewegende Leben des Sängers von Depeche ModeDave Gahans Leben ist spannend wie ein Roman: Er erlebte eine bewegende Kindheit und Jugend in Essex, wurde mit Depeche Mode zu einem gefeierten Weltstar.
Foreword by James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street PreachersA collection that has to be seen to be believed, Superstar Guitars showcases the most famous six-strings in the history of music, in exquisite detail.
In ihren Konzerten und auf CDs kombiniert sie gerne Stockhausen mit Beethoven oder Cage mit Scarlatti und enthüllt so überraschende Korrespondenzen zwischen Werken, die Jahrhunderte auseinanderliegen.
Un libro que nos presenta 25 exponentes destacados de la música española en el siglo XXI, cuya obra recorre géneros y sonoridades, confeccionando en cierta medida un mapa de la diversidad sonora que hay en ese país, recorriendo del folclor de distintas regiones a la canción de autor, el flamenco, el rock, el hip-hop, el rap, la música de fusión, etcétera.
