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"The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music is a comprehensive, smartly-conceived volume that can take its place as the new standard reference in popular music. The editors have shown great care in covering……続きを見る

2013 marks the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten. Here is an outstanding collection of essays to mark the event. Britten's Century considers various aspects of Britten's life and work. The ……続きを見る

Are you a fan of Ella Henderson? Have you followed her meteoric rise to fame from her first X Factor audition through to the release of her debut solo album? Do you know all the lyrics to Ella’s sou……続きを見る

Biography of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive coverage of the world’s ……続きを見る

This volume contains a detailed biography of Elgar, and is part of the 'Master Musicians' series written by W. H. Reed. In writing this biography, Reed was aided by Elgar's daughter who helped him p……続きを見る

Biography of jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive coverage ……続きを見る

Are you a fan of Rita Ora? Have you followed her rise to fame from the release of her debut album through to becoming a coach on the UK TV show The Voice? Whether you are already familiar with the c……続きを見る

Biography of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive coverage of the wor……続きを見る

Biography of jazz musician Duke Ellington. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive coverage of the world’……続きを見る

Most pop stars' fame used to end with their 25th birthday, but Adam Faith just kept on being interesting until the day he died aged 62. Born in working-class Acton, Adam Faith defined the post-war a……続きを見る

“The Music Of Our Lives - The Power Of Song”, explores the emotional impact of music from a fan’s perspective. Whether it's Beethoven's Fifth, or AC/DC's “Thunderstruck”, music has the power to spar……続きを見る

First came fire, the wheel, and penicillin...and then, according to Dylan Jones, a compulsive album collector, music journalist, and multi award-winning men's magazine editor, the next great inventi……続きを見る

A songbook companion to the Nields album XVII, with lyrics and chords, photos and anecdotes. " These are songs of great intelligence, wit and heart, framed in the unique and trademarked Nields harmo……続きを見る

Breve ritratto di Rino Gaetano, che dai sentimenti partiva e ai sentimenti tornava, passando per un impegno mai pedante, mai calligrafico, mai didascalico. Un outsider tra malinconia e ironia, sradi……続きを見る

Over 10,000 words of poetry inspired by heavy metal and rock 'n' roll music and presented as lyrics. This collection of rock 'n' roll themed poetry touches on subject matter that has fueled many a c……続きを見る

The life and times of Billie Holiday. 続きを見る

Maroon 5: Shooting For The Stars uncovers intimate details of the lives and backgrounds of all band members of Maroon 5. Also revealed is the story of their struggle to find early success in the mus……続きを見る

American singer and TV personality Kelly Rowland rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child. She sold forty million albums and twenty million singles with……続きを見る

Patti Smith is one of pop culture’s true troubadours. Emerging from the New York punk scene of the mid-seventies whilst mixing poetry, underground theatre, jazz and rock, she has left a rebellious a……続きを見る

Coming ten years after the group's first appearance, Whatever People Say They Are...That's What They're Not is the first comprehensive biography of Arctic Monkeys, the greatest British group of the ……続きを見る

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, in the enormous diversity of his activities, is arguably the most complete musician of all time. Not only does he have a remarkable 300 commissioned concert works to his ……続きを見る

The extraordinary story of Malcolm Williamson, whose rich creative gifts were undermined by a self-destructive streak. After living a wild, bohemian life since arriving in London from Sydney in the ……続きを見る

In Rhythm Makers: The Legendary Drummers of Nashville in Their Own Words, Tony Artimisi documents through extensive interviews the work of some of the most influential drum kit players in popular mu……続きを見る

The songs of Connemara songwriter Ciarán Ó Fátharta. Includes lyrics, notation and background to songs. 続きを見る

Extrait : " À NAPOLÉON IER ー À mon ami le Docteur GOUPIL, membre de la Commune, Les Droits de l'Homme avaient tracé, Son nouvel orbite à la terre, Ton aventure militaire, La replongea dans le passé……続きを見る

Johann Sebastian Bach's two surviving passions--St. John and St. Matthew--are an essential part of the modern repertory, performed regularly both by professional ensembles and amateur groups. These ……続きを見る

How important was music to Martin Luther? Drawing on hundreds of liturgical documents, contemporary accounts of services, books on church music, and other sources, Joseph Herl rewrites the history o……続きを見る

There have been many notable descriptions of music but perhaps one of the most apt from the viewpoint of law and commerce was Ian Hay's statement, "Music is about the most vulnerable piece of proper……続きを見る

The Encyclopedia of Organ includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology……続きを見る

Music has been my main preoccupation, for lack of saying obsession, for a good thirty years of my life. I breathed it, woke up with it, slept with it, and in between played and consumed it. In other……続きを見る