Performing Arts

Punk 45! is introduced (and co-edited) by Jon Savage, author of the acclaimed definitive history of punk, England's Dreaming. Contributors include Peter Saville, Richard Hell, Richard H Kirk, Seymour Stein,...

The book titled Tebaldi by the author C. Decaro. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Everything Must Go: Kit by the author Philip Norton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Jazz Women: 1900 to the Present, Their Words, Lives and Music by the author Sally Placksin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The wild ride of Chet Baker, the most romanticized icon in jazz, is thrillingly recounted in this first major biography ever.From his emergence in the 1950s--when an uncannily beautiful young...

"Long may he continue to divert us, " said "The New York Times" Book Review on its front page of Robertson Davies

Art-loving armchair travellers, as well as the more devoted kind, will delight in this book as much for its intelligence and sensitivity as its detailed descriptions both of the travails...

This illustrated history of operetta documents a form of musical theatre which entertained audiences around the world for over a century. Coming at a time of renewed enthusiasm for operetta,...

Susana Walton tells the story of her life with William Walton to the time of his death in her arms in Ischia, Bay of Naples. She includes anecdotes and reminiscences,...

The book titled The Overlander Song Book by the author Ron Edwards. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Charts his up-bringing in the semi-rural slums of Montmartre, life under the Nazi rule of World War Two to his meeting with Django Rheinhardt and the emergence of Swing. His...

One of the most important and influential composers of the twentieth century, Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was also a prolific and gifted writer. Besides producing diaries, short stories, dramas, reviews, and...

Richter's personal Journals constitute an unparalleled witness to the music of our time. These are the private thoughts of a nonconformist, one of the greatest performers of the century, yet...

The book titled Galina: A Russian Story by the author Galina Vishnevskaya. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The powerful memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. 'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the...

David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA practical and authoritative guide to the world of amateur opera, this work by...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich collection of primary source writings, Wagner Writes from Paris...: Stories, Essays and Articles by the Young Composer presents...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of musicology, Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy Through Stravinsky presents a sweeping and authoritative survey...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of musicology, A Concise History of Modern Music: From Debussy to Boulez chronicles the sweeping transformation of...

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A snakeful of critical venom aimed at the composers and the classics of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music. Who wrote advanced cat music? What commonplace theme is very much like Yankee...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.In this captivating and invaluable ethnomusicological survey, R. Helfert and Dr. David Holdsworth offer an...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA focused and authoritative opera guide, this volume presents a comprehensive introduction to Richard Wagner's dramatic seafaring masterpiece, The Flying...

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Tens of thousands of Americans die from substance abuse and suicide each year. Millions more suffer from mental health disorders. Rock to Recovery -- an innovative, therapeutic music program serving...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA fascinating intersection of fine art and operatic legend, Caruso's Caricatures presents the remarkably witty and surprisingly skilled visual artwork...

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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music provides a fascinating examination of the repertoire, institutions, performers, composers, and social and cultural world which created one of the most crucial and vibrant...

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"First published in the United Kingdom in 1989 by Prion ... London"--T.p. verso.

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