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In this freshly revised edition of his classic biography, bestselling author J Randy Taraborrelli takes Frank Sinatra's vast audience where it has never been before: deep inside the private life and……続きを見る

Song publishing is the one constant in the carousel of recorded music now spanning the past century, and has been the way that song-credits and publishing revenue have caused ructions and recriminat……続きを見る

While the growing field of scholarship on heavy metal music and its subcultures has produced excellent work on the sounds, scenes, and histories of heavy metal around the world, few works have inclu……続きを見る

David Bowie: Critical Perspectives examines in detail the many layers of one of the most intriguing and influential icons in popular culture. This interdisciplinary book brings together established ……続きを見る

A musical life as glorious metaphor for Florida's cultural landscape This biography of 97-year-old Richard Seaman, who grew up in Kissimmee Park, Florida, relies on oral history and folklore researc……続きを見る

Bachs Instrumentalmusik - das ist ein Universum von Meisterwerken auf dem höchsten Niveau der musikalischen Unterhaltung und des satztechnischen Könnens. Das sind die für Fürsten und Könige geschrie……続きを見る

Der Musikführer Beethoven enthält Werkerläuterungen aller Kompositionen von Beethovens Oeuvre, dessen Zentrum die großen Zyklen der Klaviersonaten, der Streichquartette und der Symphonien bilden. No……続きを見る

This book aims to define new theoretical, practical, and methodological directions in educational research centered on the role of the body in teaching and learning. Based on our phenomenological ex……続きを見る

Neben der von Willi Schuh verfassten Strauss-Biographie "Jugend und frühe Meisterjahre" und dem Briefwechsel mit Hofmannsthal sind die "Betrachtungen und Erinnerungen" eines der Standardbücher der S……続きを見る

Mit Wilhelm Furtwängler sehen viele in Bachs kirchlichen Werken, in seiner Gläubigkeit, den höchsten Ausdruck und die geistige Quelle seiner Kunst. Kompositionen für den Gottesdienst sind zum weitau……続きを見る

Band 2 des Musikführers Mozart vereint sämtliche Opern und Singspiele (Werkgeschichte, Handlungsresümees, Musikanalysen), die Messen, Vespern und andere Kirchenmusiken, dazu die Konzertarien und Lie……続きを見る

Band 1 des Musikführers Mozart versammelt die Klavier- und Kammermusik (alle Besetzungen), die Sinfonien, Solokonzerte und freie Stücke (Divertimenti, Serenaden, Tänze, Märsche usw.). Dazu eine Einf……続きを見る

An explosive, groundbreaking album that crowned a new king of rock in just 33 minutes Before Elvis Costello was one of Rolling Stone’s greatest artists of all time, before he was inducted into the R……続きを見る

Philippe Quinault (1635-1688) was the highest paid and most respected French librettist of his day, considered the equal of Racine. His libretti can be read as lyrical dramas without the music. The ……続きを見る

The term 'music sketch' relates to the vast variety of documents that are used by composers to work out a musical technique or idea and to prepare their work for performance or publication. These do……続きを見る

The first music history reference book of its kind! We reveal the greatest popular music albums, both composed and performed by the same artist or artists. The premise being the artists must have wr……続きを見る

Over the Rainbow Selection 2016 David Bowie has been one of pop music's greatest interviewees since January 1972, when he famously risked career death by asserting to Melody Maker that he was gay. A……続きを見る

"This deeply researched biography of Béla Bartók (1881–1945) provides a more comprehensive view of the innovative Hungarian musician than ever before. David Cooper traces Bartók’s international care……続きを見る

**This enhanced edition includes behind-the-scenes videos of the making of the book and an exclusive message from Ed.** With words by Ed Sheeran and illustrations by his childhood friend, artist Phi……続きを見る

Mahler's Voices brings together a close reading of the renowned composer's music with wide-ranging cultural and historical interpretation, unique in being a study not of Mahler's works as such but o……続きを見る

The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top C……続きを見る

Drawing on a passion for music, a remarkably diverse interdisciplinary toolbox, and a gift for accessible language that speaks equally to scholars and the general public, Jann Pasler invites us to r……続きを見る

Hundreds of the letters that Gustav Mahler addressed to his parents and siblings survive, yet they have remained virtually unknown. Now, for the first time Mahler scholar Stephen McClatchie presents……続きを見る

God & Monster is the ultimate profile of the world’s most controversial superstar: Kanye West. Kanye revolutionised hip-hop with his debut album The College Dropout and has collaborated with the……続きを見る

Music in the California missions was a pluralistic combination of voices and instruments, of liturgy and spectacle, of styles and functions--and even of cultures--in a new blend that was non-existen……続きを見る

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to t……続きを見る

Camille Saint-Saëns is a memorable figure not only for his successes as a composer of choral and orchestral works, and the eternally popular opera Samson et Dalila, but also because he was a keen ob……続きを見る

In Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! expert and enthusiast Ian Bradley explores the world of Gilbert and Sullivan over the last four and a half decades, looking at the way this "phenomenon" is passed from generat……続きを見る

During their golden years of 1977 to 1982, The Jam's frontman Paul Weller was their outspoken leader, but it was drummer Rick Buckler who was the beating heart of the band, and it is his fascinating……続きを見る

This illustrated encyclopedia offers in-depth coverage of one of the most fascinating and widely studied periods in American history. Extending from the end of World War I in 1918 to the great Wall ……続きを見る