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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Strange Trip and the publicist of the Grateful Dead, Dennis McNally, a riveting social history of everything that led up...

Few bands in British musical history have achieved the mythical status of Oasis. Emerging from the streets of 1990s Manchester, their meteoric rise was fuelled by a relentless drive and...

On the 50 th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York...

Grainy CCTV footage shows a man walking into a bank and putting a gun to a cashier's head. He tells her to count to twenty-five. When he doesn't get his...

Margaret Crosland's biography sheds new light on the phenomenon that was Edith Piaf, enlarging on and, in some cases, correcting the half-truths provided by Piaf in her two autobiographies. Piaf's...

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Examines the story behind the music - of the small boy spurned by his fellows at school and pushed by his father to succeed where he had failed, of the...

Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was a pianist, composer, ethnographer, essayist, and much more. The Australian-American musician aspired to the condition of a polymath, with strong interests in language, culture, ecology and...

There is no mistaking the Vivaldi sound - what Professor Robbins Landon calls a "wiry, nervous sound, with that concentration of rhythmic designs which, once experienced, is literally unforgettable". Even...

"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans-it's a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music."- Town & Country " Riveting" - New...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Hacienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the...

'The engaging, emotional, funny and surprising' (JJ Abrams) memoir of electronic music and technology pioneer Thomas Dolby Thomas Dolby is a five-time Grammy nominee, whose 'She Blinded Me With Science'...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work, The Beatles Forever, chronicles the unparalleled journey of the iconic...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: tear on front of jacketThis biography chronicles the life and artistic journey of one...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography, On Wings Of Song: A Biography Of Felix Mendelssohn, chronicles the extraordinary life and musical...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerEncyclopedia Of Music presents a comprehensive overview of the vast world of musical knowledge. This authoritative reference work details the...

'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - Guardian Goth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth music and culture, told by a...

A must-read for old-school hip-hop heads and burgeoning fans alike Time 'Hip Hip is not History, it's Our story. Brilliant book' Craig Charles ' Hip-Hop Is History melds a detailed...

What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do...

'Fabulously readable' STEPHEN FRY 'Wildly entertaining' DAILY EXPRESS 'Rollicking ... ebullient ... Christmas present problems are instantly solved' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A rollercoaster ride through music... His world has a...

The book titled Musical Instruments: World Encyclopedia by the author Max Wade-Matthews. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Traces the life of the famous modern British composer, and looks at the production of each of his musicals

In 1940 Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland. What happened in those final haunted years and...

This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite tune comes on. It's more than a social history: it's...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis autobiography, Playing My Part, chronicles the extraordinary life...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive musicological work presents a detailed analysis of every opera composed by Richard Strauss. Charles Osborne, a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding slightly shaky. Clean text. This comprehensive reference work...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic achievements of the renowned composer Richard Strauss. It presents a detailed...

'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - Guardian Goth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth music and culture, told by a...

Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual catalogues and memoirs to exhibitions. Yet no in-depth history...

Today, more than a century after its first performance, Richard Wagner's The Ring of Nibelung endures as one of the most significant artistic creations in the history of opera. This...

Break out the flannel, scrunchies, and high-rise jeans and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1990s' most influential albums across all genres. In 501 Essential Albums of the...

Drawing on a vast amount of source material, much of it previously unpublished, Moore here presents Sir Edward Elgar's life and works as inseparable parts of a single creative whole.

This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present...

Written exercises-The Second Edition includes new exercises for each chapter that reflect changes in the text, in particular changes in the chapters on fundamentals and diatonic harmony. Exercises require students...

Feel Like Going Home vividly brings to life such early blues masters as Muddy Waters , Skip James, and Howlin' Wolf, along with illuminating excursions into the blues-based rock 'n'...

Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis authoritative volume chronicles the vibrant evolution of Italian opera during its most celebrated era, spanning from the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCharles Osborne's The Dictionary Of Composers presents a comprehensive biographical and critical overview of significant figures in musical history. This...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: significant chipping along bottom and top of bookArthur Hutchings's Mozart: The Man · The...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis monumental reference work presents an exhaustive overview of the world of music. It chronicles the history of musical...

Finally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 New York Times bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled musical genius of Paul McCartney. Spanning sixty-four years-from his...

'There's a horse', he whispered. 'An old horse that's standing in front of my house. He's blind and he won't eat and I don't know what to do.' Sixty-five-year-old Al...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 'A work of extraordinary power, beauty and human feeling.' Sunday Times , History Book of the Year 'Profoundly...

The book titled COMP PLAYS GILBERT & SULL PA by the author William Schwenck Gilbert. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs And Cassettes: New Edition by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

An illuminating, witty and highly moving story of making and listening to music and its role and impact on grief When her father dies, music historian and trombonist Dr Emily...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work, Music & Medicine: Notes On Their Lives, Works, And Medical Histories, chronicles the fascinating...