Pat Metheny is one of the most critically acclaimed commercially successful and musically significant artists of the last 50 years. He has not only revolutionized his instrument but also changed the face of jazz itself.In 2007 composer arranger and performer Richard Niles wrote and produced a three-part series of in-depth interviews for the BBC titled Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life. This book is comprised of these never-before-printed interviews and discussions with Metheny whom Niles has known and worked with since 1974. In this series of intimate in-depth interviews Methenyreveals why he was driven toward music with astratospheric drive and dedicationuncovers the inner workings of his creative mind showing step by step how he set and achieved each of his own demanding goalsdescribes his methodology as a guitarist improviser and composerdemonstrates his concepts and methodologies on the guitar. Niles has transcribed these unique musical performances for the book.Some of Metheny's closest colleagues including Lyle Mays Gary Burton Jack DeJohnette John Patitucci Metheny's brother Mike and the late Michael Brecker have contributed to the book which also includes numerous photographs and a discography.

James Gibbon Huneker (1857-1921) was a distinguished American newspaper critic, an essayist, and a prolific author. His writing style is remarkable ? unrestrained, informal, full of brilliant insight ? and this style plus Huneker's wide knowledge of art and literature as well as music has kept his literacy work alive. Chopin: The Man and His Music reflects the intimate, thorough knowledge of Chopin's music that Huneker acquired while studying to be a concert pianist and his unusually keen insight into the character of the great Polish composer whose music he adored. The book is divided into two parts. The first treats Chopin's life ? his youth in Poland, his emigration to Paris, the famous George Sand episode, his sickness and death ? and comments on Chopin as a teacher and as a pianist and performer. The second part discusses the entire body of Chopin's music, piece by piece. Huneker notes his own overall impression of the individual compositions as well as the impressions of Schumann, George Sand, Chopin's biographer Frederick Niecks, many of the great pianists, and others. He directly compares differing editions of Chopin's Études, Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Sonatas, and other works edited by von Bülow, Kullak, Riemann, Mikuli, and Godowsky in their detailed treatment of fingering, phrasing, pedaling, tempo indication, and so forth. Huneker's entire work is reprinted here unchanged, thoroughly edited in running footnotes by Herbert Weinstock to correct the exuberant Huneker's inaccuracies and to add information that modern musical scholarship has unearthed. Weinstock has also provided an engrossing introductory essay on Huneker, and has amplified the bibliography to include modern books and articles on Chopin. A classic in musical biography and commentary, this work is unsurpassed for sympathetic understanding and insight into Chopin's life and music. It will interest equally music students, pianists, and music lovers.

'Altogether a sensitive and tasteful document.' ??? Library JournalA series of themed essays rather than a traditional biography this profile of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist is the work of a legendaryconductor and performer. Alfred Cortot taught at the Paris Conservatory of Music co-founded the ??cole Normale de Musique de Paris and produced printed versions of the complete works of Chopin Schumann and Debussy. In theserevealing chronicles Cortot focuses on Chopin's compositions as well as his performances and personal relationships.Beginning with an account of the composer's physical characteristics the book examines Chopin's role asa teacher; his works as reflected by his correspondence; his identity as a Polish nationalist and his attitude toward France; and his concert performances. It further explores his friendships with Liszt and Delacroix and hisromance with George Sand as well as the composer's chronic illness and the expression of his tormented sensitive nature in his music.Reprint of the Peter Nevill Limited London 1951 edition.

Updated Edition-If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair with a musician you're holding it in your hands. For DownBeat the preeminent publication of the jazz world Miles Dewey Davis was one of its most cherished subjects. Since it began covering the jazz scene in 1939 no other artist has been more diligently chronicled in its pages than Davis.The beauty of this collection is seeing the development of an artist over time. The reviews of his music go from quietly introducing a new talent to revering perhaps the greatest jazz artist of his generation. The feature articles begin with a very young very polite Davis lamenting I've worked so little. Icould probably tell you where I was playing any night in the last three years. As he develops the interviews show Davis gaining confidence and stature showing swagger and becoming the over-the-top say-it-like-it-is showman that made every interview an event.The Miles Davis Reader compiles more than 200 news stories feature articles and reviews by some of the greatest writers in jazz into one volume. It delivers a patchwork of his words and music - in the moment as they happened. With several lengthy features added along with a dozen new photographs this new edition is a beautiful series of snapshots a year-by-year ride through the many phases of Davis as an artist and as a man.

Few composers since the mid-twentieth century have escaped Mahler's influence. This book is the first discussion of Mahler's ten completed symphonies to offer music lovers a comprehensive overview of the music as it strikes today's listeners. The book caters to the novice as well as the expert as David Hurwitz describes what the listener will hear section by section. He explains how each work is arranged how the various parts relate to one another and how one work leads to the next. The emphasis throughout is on the experience of listening and how each symphony embodies Mahler's dictum that the symphony 'must embrace the world. It must contain everything'. Hurwitz describes the emotional extravagance that lies at the root of Mahler's popularity the consistency of his symphonic thinking and his dazzling and revolutionary use of orchestral instruments to create an expressive musical language that is varied in content and immediate in impact.

How long should I practice? Which pieces should I study? How can I develop a singing tone? All violinists ponder these questions striving to make the most of their practice and performances. This enlightening and encouraging book holds the answers offering a series of interviews with the most celebrated Violin teachers and performers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Twenty-four famous violinists reveal the secrets to their success sharing the lessons of their artistry and experience. In addition to aesthetic and technical aspects of playing they discuss their personal conceptions of Violin mastery. Eugene Ysaye reminisces about his studies withVieuxtemps and Wieniawski and Leopold Auer emphasizes the importance of fostering students' individual talents. Maud Powell describes her pioneering role as a female orchestral musician and Jascha Heifetz voices his views on technical mastery and temperament. Hints and advice from other masters include tips on efficient practice improving bow technique and refining intonation. A rare find in the musical literature this book is essential reading for every serious violinist.Reprint of the Frederick A. Stokes 1919 edition.

Glen Campbell began his musical career as a songwriter to many of the 1960's biggest stars. He transitioned to film with John Wayne in 1969's True Grit, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and was awarded a GRAMMY® for Lifetime Achievement in 2012. / Voix

Préface par Alexis Galpérine Avant-propos d'Henri DutilleuxIntroduction de Philippe Hersant ' We are the words- we are the music- we are the thing itself ', En reprenant cette pensée de Virginia Woolf dans son chef d'oeuvre Chants de l'Âme, Olivier Greif (1950-2000) posait la question du lien unissant l'homme au monde et à la création artistique, À leur tour, les mots et la musique lui rendent hommage par l'intermédiaire de ses amis et de ses proches qui, dans cet ouvrage, dessinent le portrait de ce génie musical du XXe siècle,Plus de dix années après la disparition soudaine de ce créateur exceptionnel, We are the words collecte pensées, récits et anecdotes nous permettant de découvrir ou de se souvenir d'Olivier Greif, au travers des mots de grands noms de la musique contemporaine français comme Henri Dutilleux, Marc Minkowski, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Emmanuelle Bertrand et Pascal Amoyel,We are the words, le premier ouvrage consacré à la production musicale et la vie d'Olivier Greif, transcrit les entretiens effectués dans le cadre du coffret de douze DVD de la collection ' Les Incontournables ', écrite et réalisée par Anne-Bramard Blagny et Julia Blagny : une série de documentaires mettant en lumière l'oeuvre d'un compositeur incompris de son époque, mais dont les spécialistes savent que l'histoire retiendra Olivier Greif comme un des grands maîtres de la musique française de la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle,Fougueuse, impulsive, enivrante, profonde et libre de contraintes, la musique singulière d'Olivier nous plonge dans la sensibilité exacerbée d'un homme à l'apparente candeur, mais hautement préoccupé par la mort, À l'image de ses oeuvres, ces entretiens se veulent le reflet des différentes facettes de la vie d'un compositeur à la fois mystique et friand de sucreries,,,Il aura suffi d'un concert hommage à l'Abbaye de La Prée pour qu'Anne Bramard-Blagny, réalisatrice de documentaires dijonnaise, se prenne d'une affection passionnée pour la musique d'Olivier Greif et choisisse de lui rendre hommage, Avec plus de 150 documentaires à leur actif, les productions ABB Reportages mettent en lumière la production culturelle et scientifique de personnalités bourguignonnes dont, l'oeuvre, trop souvent méconnue, est digne de plus grand intérêt,  Ont contribué à l'ouvrage : Anne Bramard-Blagny, Marie-Claude Pascal, Laure Broulard, Etienne Yver, Alexis Galpérine, Paul Blagny, Thibaut Lily, Olivier Haquette Ainsi que : Pascal Amoyel, Patricia Aubertin, Henri Barda, Emmanuelle Bertrand, René Bosc, Brigitte François-Sappey, Jean-Jacques Greif, Andréa Hill, Patrick Langot, Benoît Menut, Stéphanie Moraly, Yves Petit de Voize, Gaëtane Prouvost, Marylis et François Raoul-Duval et Etienne Yver Le livre d'entretiens en DVD de la collection 'Les incontournables', Olivier Greif, (Diapason d'Or), est disponible sur le site internet de ABB Reportages à l'adresse suivante : http://www,abbreportages,fr / Livre

He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his Piano works which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists--Chopin's friend and fellow artist Franz Liszt--offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It is further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends who constituted the very cream of Parisian intellectual and artistic society.Born a year apart Chopin andLiszt came of age in an era favorable to musical change when audiences as well as performers were receptive to Romanticism's innovations. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Chopin's masterpieces including the 'Adagio' from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Polonaise in F-sharp Minor. He also chronicles Chopin's progress from child prodigy to the darling of Parisian salons. A source of rare and unparalleled insights into Chopin's world of private anguish and public triumph this memoir recounts the composer's loneliness as a Polish emigré his tempestuous romance with George Sand and his life among a glittering social set that included Balzac Hugo Berlioz Delacroix and Schumann.Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1880 edition.

The Beatles' Solo Years 1970-1980-In the years following the 1960s Beatle fans around the world were twice-stunned: in 1970 when their beloved group disbanded and ten years later when the murder of John Lennon ended a decade of hope that somehow the Fab Fourwould reunite. Fab Four FAQ 2.0 picks up the story where the acclaimed Fab Four FAQ left off. Loaded with images of rare period ephemera including periodicals single sleeves and movie stills this is the firstcomprehensive biography of all four ex-Beatles. This book covers everything from their recording careers in the decade after the band's dissolution to the musicians they played with the bands they influenced the manifestationsof latter-day Beatlemania and the constant clamor for reunion expressed by fans and – sometimes – by the four themselves.

The definitive biography and critical study of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) this volume deals at length not only with with the composer's musical achievements but also with aspects of his life and workthat made him one of the most important cultural figures in eighteenth-century France. Fascinating incidents include his central position in a musical controversy that excited the enmity of Rousseau Diderot and theEncyclopedists; his friendship and collaboration with Voltaire; and his position as the author of a treatise on harmony that endured for two centuries. This critical evaluation focuses chiefly on Rameau's musical works devoting entire chapters to his operas and ballets as well as his chamber music cantatas and motets and minor works. Additional topics include his links to Lully his influence on Gluck and the nature and importance of hisacoustic and harmonic theories. Supplements include more than 300 musical examples numerous useful approaches indexes an extensive bibliography and a new introduction by the distinguished musicologist and historian PhilipGossett.

The life of this passionate controversial genius is recreated here in a lavishly-illustrated biography. Included are extracts from some of Beethoven's most famous works - the 3rd 5th and 9th symphonies the 'Emperor' piano concerto and the 'moonlight' sonata - in the simple keyboard arrangements.Composer's World is a series of books illustrating the life and times of the world's greatest composers. With pictures words and music it places each composer's life and work within the circumstances that shaped their career.

The dramatic events of Tchaikovsky's controversial career are portrayed in this splendidly-illustrated biography. Included are extracts in simple keyboard arrangements from some of his most popular works including the Pathetique Symphony the 1812 Overture and First Piano Concerto.Composer's World is a new series of picture illustrating the life and times of the world's greatest composers. With pictures words and music it places each composer's life and work within the circumstances that shaped their career.

Salzburg Mannheim Rome Paris Prague Vienna - Mozart lived and worked in some of Europe's most beautiful cities; this lavishly-illustrated biography brings his world vividly to life. Musical extracts from some of Mozart's best-loved works - in simple keyboard arrangement - complete the picture of this flamboyant personality.Composerâ??s World is a series of books illustrating the life and times of the world's greatest composers. With pictures words and music it places each composer's life and work within the circumstances that shaped their career.

The Music Of George Harrison-Far from being 'the quiet one ' George Harrison was a writer and arranger of terrific power and beauty and his guitar playing was fundamental to the sound and success of The Beatles.Simon Leng presents the most comprehensive evaluation of the art and music of George Harrison ever published from the star's initial early influences right up to his final collection of songs Brainwashed. Treating each song with unprecedented analysis Leng reveals Harrison's eclectic approach - from teenage Nashville twang through Indian raga psychedelia gospel soul and pure pop - thoroughly defining Harrison's role in The Beatles. First hand accounts of theConcert For Bangla Desh and the making of All Things Must Pass take the reader deep into the most fertile and controversial periods of Harrison's long solo career.Enhanced with insights from key figures who worked closely with Harrison throughout his extraordinary career this biography is a remarkably stirring study and portrait of a great artist whose musical and spiritual quest changed the lives of millions of people around the world while redefining popular music and rock'n'roll.