Composers & Musicians 66

"No other book captures it so well, understands so well.... "ーGreil Marcus Bob Spitz takes his place... among the most able chroniclers of the many myths, poses and postures of the middle-class Jew……続きを見る

La vie de la figure majeure de l’underground new-yorkais Figure majeure et fascinante de l'underground new-yorkais, Alan Vega a marqué profondément l'histoire du rock'n'roll, avec son groupe Suicide……続きを見る

Серия «Лики великих» - это сложные и увлекательные биографии крупных деятелей искусства – эмигрантов и выходцев из эмигрантских семей. Это рассказ о людях, которые, несмотря на трудности эмигрантско……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 2026 Rock & Rock Hall of Fame inductee Phil Collins pulls no punchesーabout himself, his life, or the ecstasy and heartbreak that’s inspired his music. In his much-awaite……続きを見る

The Fascinating Life of Owsley Stanley III: LSD Pioneer, Grateful Dead Soundman, and Counterculture Icon Bear is the definitive biography of Augustus Owsley Stanley III, better known as "Bear," one ……続きを見る

Coombs journey began with his vision as a teenager and continued to Waxie-Maxie Music Store, then to Schwartz Brothers Wholesale Distributors, from there to Chicago to work for Ramsey Lewis. He work……続きを見る

La belle histoire de Chance, fille des rues devenue fille de stars après avoir réchappé au plus cruel des destins. Il ne fait pas bon être un chien errant sur l'île où Chance est née... À certains e……続きを見る

" On ne devient pas végétarien par hasard, on adopte ce style de vie d'abord par respect pour les animaux, la nature, la planète. Et puis un jour on réalise que l'on se sent mieux. On découvre une é……続きを見る

Tocar era su pasión. Vivir, algo secundario. La genial historia del mejor pianista de todos los tiempos. A sus cincuenta años, el pianista canadiense Glenn Gould, afamado y ensalzado en todo el orbe……続きを見る

***Includes a new chapter not found in print version*** Wages is a laugh–til–you–cry account of one man's remarkable working life, or attempt at a lack thereof. This eccentric, irreverent, and witty……続きを見る

A band called The Premiers has arrived in London, hoping for fame and fortune. They meet an older man, Paul, who decides to help them find their way in the music business. They have an encounter wi……続きを見る

Michael Bradley joined his school friend's group in Derry, Northern Ireland in the summer of 1974. They had two guitars and no singer. Four years later the Undertones recorded 'Teenage Kicks', John ……続きを見る

The definitive account of one of rock 'n' roll's most engagingly shambolic acts as well as an evocative portrait of the times in which they raised hell and recorded some timeless tracks, now updated……続きを見る

Qui fut le premier à crier « Everybody rock’n’roll » ? Eleanor Rigby et Jumpin’ Jack Flash ont-ils vraiment existé ? Et c’est qui, cette Angie dont parlent les Rolling Stones ? Pourquoi papa a-t-il ……続きを見る

Phénomène du rock sur 33 tours, Elvis Presley exécuta aussi parfois de façon magistrale 33… tours de piste sur pellicule en technicolor ! excepté pour son 1er film, Love Me Tender (Le Cavalier du c……続きを見る

Un proverbe maori prévient que « seuls les fous osent pénétrer sur les terres des cannibales. » C’est pourtant à ce dangereux voyage que vous convie Roland Villeneuve, le plus érudit des démonologue……続きを見る

Pourquoi un guide sur la musique de films fantastiques ? Le genre fantastique n’a-t-il pas été l’un des premiers que l’humanité a abordé ? Après les histoires de chasseurs, c’est bien d’histoires me……続きを見る

Un demi-siècle tout rond ! Un demi-siècle sépare « Tous les garçons et les filles » (1962), chanson emblématique des sixties, de « L’Amour fou » (2012), album magistral qui va définitivement marquer……続きを見る

Stuart Sutcliffe is the most famous contender for the crown of 'fifth Beatle'. One of the founding members, a close friend of Lennon, he left the band after their Hamburg sojourn in order to pursue ……続きを見る

A chi è dedicata questa collana? A chi ha spesso sentito parlare di un certo artista o di un certo genere musicale ma non lo conosce perfettamente. A chi non è interessato a biografie "vita morte e ……続きを見る

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A fiú mióta csak az eszét tudja az apjához mérte magát. Sokszor lehetett nyomasztó ez az összehasonlítás. És hiába halott az apa, hosszú hónapok óta, máig csakis ő a mérce. Akihez szólni, akitől kér……続きを見る

2001. január 2-án hajnalban meghalt Zámbó Jimmy, Magyarország legnépszerűbb popénekese. Milliók gyászolták. Sokan sokféle……続きを見る

A revealing collection of interviews with the shape-shifting, genre-bending, wildly influential musician and song writer David Bowie was an icon, not only his stunning musical output, but also his f……続きを見る

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the great icons of Western music. An amazing prodigy--he toured the capitals of Europe while still a child, astonishing royalty and professional musicians with his ……続きを見る

Recognized as the patriarch of the minimalist movement-Brian Eno once called him "the daddy of us all"--La Monte Young remains an enigma within the music world, one of the most important and yet mos……続きを見る

Forced by a hand injury to abandon a career as a pianist, Robert Schumann went on to become one of the world's great composers. Among many works, his Spring Symphony (1841), Piano Concerto in A Mino……続きを見る

Gioachino Rossini was one of the most influential, as well as one of the most industrious and emotionally complex of the great nineteenth-century composers. Between 1810 and 1829, he wrote 39 operas……続きを見る

Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis A……続きを見る

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century. Writing in a great variety of musical forms--symphonies, concertos, operas, vocal mus……続きを見る