F - Composers & Musicians 1

According to Wikipedia: "Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for h……続きを見る

Thirty Years' Musical Recollections, first published in 1862, is a year-by-year commentary on the European operas, ballets, singers and dancers popular in London from 1830 to 1859. Its author was mu……続きを見る

Depuis les années quatre-vingt jusqu’à nos jours, le mouvement gothique n’a cessé d’évoluer et de se renouveler. De ses origines, le post-punk et le batcave, à ses formes actuelles, ce récit en expl……続きを見る

Parmi les formations les plus influentes du post-punk, les Virgin Prunes occupent une place à part. Né à la fin des années 1970 dans une Irlande profondément conservatrice, le groupe n’aura de cesse……続きを見る

The Batcave, la soirée lancée en 1982 à Londres par Ollie Wisdom et Jon Klein, deux membres des Specimen, est aujourd’hui considéré comme le berceau, l’endroit qui a vu naître le mouvement gothique.……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Henry Purcell 10 September 1659 (?)[2] 21 November 1695, was an English Baroque composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly……続きを見る

Bohemian composer Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was exceptionally prolific, composing over 400 imaginative, well-crafted, and diverse pieces, including symphonies, operas, ballet scores, and other or……続きを見る

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A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2017. ‘At last an expert classicist gets to grips with Bob Dylan’ Mary Beard ‘Thomas’s elegant, charming book offers something for everyone – not just t……続きを見る

Charles Mingus (1922-1979) ha rappresentato la più perfetta espressione dell’artista larger than life: esuberante, imperioso fin dalla stazza fisica, carismatico; facile alla rissa e alla risata, pe……続きを見る

Expanded for the occasion of ZZ Top’s 50th anniversary, Billy F Gibbons: Rock + Roll Gearhead throws wide Gibbons’ garage and studio doors for an exclusive look at his exquisite collection of cars a……続きを見る

Donna F. Brown’s Finding Medusa takes you on a historical journey through the turbulent sixties in Chicago, the music, the drugs, as well as a personal journey through her darkest and brightest mome……続きを見る

Paris in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries was home to some of the most creative people on earth. These men and women, whose names are so famous, are now acclaimed as revolutionaries of the human s……続きを見る

The 4 Seasons with lead singer Frankie Valli rank among the top American vocal acts of all time. Collectively, Valli and the group amassed seven number one hits, 18 Top Tens and placed an incredible……続きを見る

Singer Aaron Carter, brother of Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys, passes away at age 34 From a young age, he was in the spotlight thanks to the success of platinum-selling albums, a large list of ……続きを見る

“Other people locked themselves away and hid from their demons. Townes flung open his door and said, 'Come on in.'” So writes Harold Eggers, Townes Van Zandt's longtime road manager and producer, in……続きを見る

Un retrato luminoso del más genial y revolucionario cantaor. «Una edición exquisita, [...] una pieza breve pero profunda, original en su planteamiento, perfecta para un primer acercamiento al arte f……続きを見る

Pianista, bandleader e compositore tra i più originali del Novecento, in cinquant’anni di attività Sun Ra (1914-1993) ha disegnato una vera e propria «storia parallela» del jazz, non soltanto allarg……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "(Franz) Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 May 31, 1809) was an Austrian composer. He was one of the most prominent composers of the classical period, and is called by some the "F……続きを見る

My Four-Minute Life is Jesse McRae's brilliantly conceived memoir of seven-plus decades as a human being, told in stories, lyrics, philosophies, and opinions predicated on a fifty year love affair w……続きを見る

Revised and expanded, with a new afterword by the author, this is the definitive biography of Duane Allman, one of the most revered guitarists of his generation. Skydog reveals the complete story of……続きを見る

In 'Richard Wagner, Composer of Operas' by John F. Runciman, readers are taken on a comprehensive journey through the life and works of one of the most influential composers of the 19th century. Run……続きを見る

For many, the Beatles offered a delightful alternative to the dull and the staid, while for others, the mop-top haircuts, the unsettling music, and the hysterical girls that greeted the British impo……続きを見る

In 1939, South African Solomon Linda turned a tribal chant into a local hit tune. Years later a copy of the record found its way to Decca Records. Folk artist Pete Seeger interpreted the song's rele……続きを見る

Bobby Vee got his "lucky break" after the infamous crash of the plane Buddy Holly was riding went down in an Iowa cornfield, killing all aboard. Auditions were quickly held to find temporary replace……続きを見る

In 1966, a groupl of studio musicians hit it big with a novelty song based on an Alka-Seltzer ad. Unwilling to go on the road to promote it, the label recruited other musicians to become The T-Bones……続きを見る

Frank Mathias was a teenager in a small town when the draft swept him into the army and then halfway around the world to the jungles of the South Pacific. He served in the huge invasion force in the……続きを見る

Quando nel 2016 a Bob Dylan fu assegnato il premio Nobel per la letteratura, in tutto il mondo divampò un dibattito sull’opportunità di considerare l’opera del grande cantautore americano “vera le……続きを見る

Questo libro è il frutto di più di dieci anni di ricerche: un’indagine alla ruggine che svela i segreti e i retroscena di una delle rivalità più famose e tragiche della storia della musica: quella f……続きを見る

The son of a Southern California horse trainer, John Stewart was a songwriter/musician of incredible talent. He grew up idolizing Elvis Presley. But along came the Kingston Trio and by age 20, Stewa……続きを見る