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Serving Genius tells the life story of Carlo Maria Giulini, one of the most renowned and beloved conductors of the twentieth century. Detailing Giulini's extraordinary professional career, Thomas D. Saler...

This dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical genre that emerged from Black and Latin queer culture to take...

Joins the writing team's earlier efforts on Mozart and Chopin. Focuses on Liszt's (1811-86) life and career between his birth until 1835 when his fame as a pianist and composer...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming...

The young action-packed, funny, accessible and highly-illustrated K-Pop chapter book series that fans of Lottie Brooks and K-Pop Demon Hunters have been waiting for! Full of friendship, monster-fighting and being...

This biography of Paul McCartney examines his childhood, the early days of the Beatles, the arrival of Epstein, and the development of Beatlemania. It reveals much about the powerplay among...

The book titled The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Jazz: An Indispensable A-Z of the by the author Brian Case. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Johnny Cash cuts an iconic figure in music history. With his humble demeanour, sombre outfits and that distinctive deep voice, he crossed multiple genres with great success gospel, rock and...

The image of Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982), with his trademark goatee, dark glasses, and hat, is today a poster-image of coolness just as Che Guevara's face once was an image...

It's the early 1990s in Glasgow, and Stephen - music loving romantic - has emerged from a lengthy hospital stay diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, a little-understood disease that has...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew objects capture the romance of a bygone era quite like the musical box — a marvel of miniature engineering that filled Victorian parlours...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind every great waltz lies a story of survival — and The Barbed Wire Waltz: The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the glittering crossroads of stage, screen, and song stood Max Oldaker — a name that once electrified audiences across Australia and Britain, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the windswept moors of the British Isles to the rugged frontiers of the American West, The Penguin...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingBefore George Bernard Shaw conquered the theatrical world with his incendiary plays and polemical wit, he spent nearly a decade as one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFor any devotee of the operatic stage, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera stands as the definitive companion to one of the world's...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the grand riverboats of Show Boat to the glittering finale of A Chorus Line, the history of the musical theatre is one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the gas-lit stages of New York's theatre district to the glittering soundstages of Tinseltown, Broadway to Hollywood: Musicals from Stage to Screen chronicles...

Back in their '90s heyday, the Spice Girls were unstoppable. Their individual style choices and Britpop-tastic attitude aimed a defiant kick at the cultural status quo, defining a new era...

The book titled The New Monteverdi Companion by the author Denis Arnold. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Margaret Helfgott, sister of the piano virtuoso David Helfgott, shines new light on the story behind the film that brought him into the public arena. Her story contests the ideas...

The book titled Piaf by the author Margaret Crosland. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The power and prestige of music in the modern world has given its practitioners extraordinary wealth and moral authority. This is taken for granted now and yet for much of...

A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday...

A thrilling, filmic immersion into Berlin's legendary club scene - a skillfully told novel about the fragility of life. Berlin, Gorlitzer Park: The body of a young woman in a...

Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground represent ground zero. Crystallizing the idea...

Ask the gangsta rap devotee. Ask the grizzled blues fanatic and the bearded folk fan. Ask the goth and the indie kid. Ask and they will all tell you the...

Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle sound', is the sludgy fusion of punk rock and heavy metal that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 1980s....

The book titled Who's Who of Jazz by the author John Chilton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Bob Thiele has been a producer of popular music in America since the 1940s. Recounting his life in the music industry, Thiele relates his personal and professional relationships with Buddy...

"Darius has always been one of my favorite people to sing with and to call a friend in this industry and yet even knowing him well for as long as...

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingBefore jazz found its voice in Britain, one man was there helping it speak...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew cities on earth have shaped the course of Western music as profoundly as Vienna, and Franz Endler's Vienna: A Guide to its Music and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to pursue music — not merely to perform it, but to live it, breathe it,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA treasure trove for opera devotees and music scholars alike, The Opera Libretto Library presents the authentic texts of the great German, French, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the smoky jazz clubs of Chicago to the grand stages of international concert halls, Every Day: The...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFor opera lovers and musicologists alike, Who's Who in Mozart's Operas: From Alfonso to Zerlina is the definitive companion guide to the...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedBehind the polished grooves of every great recording lies a world of temperamental genius, boardroom politics, and...