| Wendy Thompson:
Composer's World: Haydn:
Biography Biographie [Livre] Faber Music Limited
This superbly-illustrated biography brings the courtly elegant world of the eig...(+)
This superbly-illustrated biography brings the courtly elegant world of the eighteenth-century vividly to life and includes extracts from some of Haydn's best-loved works in 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.
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| The Miles Davis Reader:
Reference Books:
Biography Biographie [Livre] Backbeat Books
Updated Edition-If you ever needed proof that a magazine can have a love affair ...(+)
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.
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| John Kruth: Rhapsody in
Black: Reference Books:
Biography Biographie [Livre] Backbeat Books
The Life and Music of Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison emerged as an artist alongside hi...(+)
The Life and Music of Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison emerged as an artist alongside his Sun Records contemporaries in the early days of rock 'n' roll. He did not possess the good looks of Elvis Presley or the everyman toughness of Johnny Cash, nor did he conduct wild-child stage antics like Jerry Lee Lewis. But he did possess a magnetic
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| Fleetwood Mac FAQ:
Reference Books:
Biography Biographie Backbeat Books
All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors-Offering a fresh perspec...(+)
All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors-Offering a fresh perspective on one of the most prolific and well-loved catalogs of songs in the rock 'n' roll canon Fleetwood Mac FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Iconic Rock Survivors digs deeper than your average music compendium and sidesteps the tediousness of most generalized band histories. Professional yet playful the book's most unique feature is its structure: a hybrid of historical breakdowns QandAs music criticism and best of lists chronicling the band's influence and legacy.No Fleetwood Mac book would be complete without addressing the sensationalism of Rumours or the mythic psychological breakdown of Peter Green. But Fleetwood Mac FAQcasts a wide net - avoiding monotony for longtime fans by presenting new criticism and reporting and engaging with newcomers by addressing the most essential chapters in the band's story. Included are interviews with former Fleetwood Mac members (guitarists Rick Vito and Billy Burnette) producers (Ken Caillat Richard Dashut John Shanks and Mike Vernon) studio crew members (Rich Feldman Ray Lindsey and Ken Perry) rock critics who've covered the group (Anthony DeCurtis) and others who've been privileged to join the band's inner circle. Sure the book touches on the band's notorious drug use romantic affairs and brutal in-fighting - more importantly it also sheds fascinating new light on the band's innovative ever-evolving music.
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| Maria Callas - A Musical
Biography: Reference
Books: Biography Biographie [Livre + CD] Hal Leonard
Maria Callas was almost as famous for her personal life - her jet-setting her s...(+)
Maria Callas was almost as famous for her personal life - her jet-setting her staggering weight loss her tigress-like temperament - as she was for her singing.Of Greek parentage the New York-born internationally famous Callas was the most influential soprano of the 20th century reviving a school of singing - bel canto - that had been forgotten for 75 years. Unlike most of her generation of sopranos she was a superb actress both vocally and physically: her voice encompassed many colours and she embodied each character she portrayed. After seeing or hearing her in a role it was said it was difficult to imagine another singer attempting it so fierce was herindividual stamp. Her status went beyond cult; her triumphs and failures appeared on the front page of newspapers all over the world.This profusely illustrated musical biography covers Callas's life and career. A final third of the book analyzes the tracks on the two CDs describing what made Callas unique what made Callas Callas. Listen for yourselves to La Divina ('the divine one') as the Italians dubbed her and be amazed.
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| Simon Leng: While My
Guitar Gently Weeps -:
Reference Books:
Biography Biographie Hal Leonard
The Music Of George Harrison-Far from being 'the quiet one ' George Harrison was...(+)
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.
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| Leonardo Colombati: Bruce
Springsteen - Like a
Killer in the Sun:
Reference Biographie [Livre] Backbeat Books
Selected Lyrics 1972-2017-Bruce Springsteen Like a Killer in the Sun original...(+)
Selected Lyrics 1972-2017-Bruce Springsteen Like a Killer in the Sun originally published in Italian is the definitive book on the work of Bruce Springsteen showing his unique narrative talent and offering an accurate critical examination of his poetics. It presents 117 among his best lyrics expounded and annotated with the philological care used for the classics of literature. In his introduction Leonardo Colombati draws the attention to the fact that Springsteen is an author grafted on the line that goes from Whitman to Steinbeck from Flannery O'Connor to Raymond Carver. The book also contains Springsteen's biography and discography plus an exclusive interview with Bruce Springsteen. Withforewords by Academy Award-winner Ennio Morricone and music critic Dave Marsh a committee member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Springsteen's biographer. Like a Killer in the Sun is a book for anyone who wants to listen to a powerful and inspired voice coming from the heart of America.
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| Chopin: The Man and His
Music: Biography Biographie [Livre] Dover Publications
Chopin: The Man and His Music
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| Fab Four FAQ 2.0 -:
Reference Books Biographie [Livre] Hal Leonard
The Beatles' Solo Years 1970-1980-In the years following the 1960s Beatle fans ...(+)
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.
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| Franz Joseph Haydn:
Exploring Haydn:
Reference Books:
Biography Biographie [Livre + CD] Hal Leonard
No composer has ever achieved the amazing artistic progression that Haydn has. H...(+)
No composer has ever achieved the amazing artistic progression that Haydn has. He invented the string quartet as we know it became known as 'the Father of the Symphony' and mentored the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His creative life was one of ceaseless experimentation and invention. Author David Hurwitz shows readers how to more fully enjoy Haydn's music acquainting them with the master's innovative melodic creativity revolutionary use of musical form and important characteristics of his personal style such as his genius for writing in minor keys and creating comedy in his music. Hurwitz explores Haydn's vocal music and instrumental masterpieces that fall outsidethe mainstream as well as his principle instrumental works. A special chapter of letters and quotations by the composer himself introduces the reader to Haydn the man. Four appendices list all of his symphonies string quartets Piano sonatas and Piano trios and specify their distinguishing characteristics. Two accompanying Naxos CDs provide more than two and a half hours of beautiful music keyed to pieces described in the book.
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| Noel And Cole - The
Sophisticates: Reference
Books: Biography Biographie [Livre] Hal Leonard
First time in paperback! Noel Coward and Cole Porter's fascinating lives celebra...(+)
First time in paperback! Noel Coward and Cole Porter's fascinating lives celebrated. Fresh on the heels of the popular motion picture based on Cole Porter's life De-Lovely Noel And Cole presents a delightful and often surprising portrait of these two geniuses. The author provides insight into both men's private lives - including a frank discussion of their homosexuality - while illuminating their musical achievements. Born an ocean apart - one in Indiana the other in England - Cole Porter and Noel Coward have come to represent the ultimate in sophistication and urbanity.Noel and Cole will be an essential reference as well as a fascinating dualbiography of two men who brought style and dazzle to the art of popular entertainment. Based on access to previously unpublished manuscripts lyrics scores and letters plus dozens of interviews the book also includes a chronology and a fifty-page section devoted to the analysis of select works.
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| Johnny Winter: Raisin'
Cain -: Reference Books:
Biography Biographie [Livre] Hal Leonard
The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter-Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Jo...(+)
The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter-Author Mary Lou Sullivan sat with Johnny Winter for hours of exclusive no-holds-barred interviews covering the guitar slinger's entire career. From toughing it out in Texas to his appearance at Woodstock his affair with Janis Joplin his stadium-filling tours and washing out on drugs and the temptations of the road before finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a 100-percent pure bluesman resurrecting the career of Muddy Waters and winning a Grammy Award for his effort this is a raucous roller coaster of story.Rolling Stone magazine has called Johnny Winter one of the greatest Guitar players of all time. Ripped off and beaten down by unscrupulous managers strungout living the extreme highs and extreme lows of an uncompromising musician Johnny is a true rock 'n' roll survivor. Signing with Columbia in 1969 for the largest advance ever paid a musician (which led to his appearance at Woodstock recently reissued in the deluxe Woodstock Experience box set) he has jammed with Guitar heavies Hendrix Clapton and the Allman Brothers. He is a legend and an icon paving the way for fellow Texas superstars Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top. Along the way he has gone from boom to bust and back again but has never lost his lust for his own brand of blues. Still on the road playing hundreds of gigs a year to his devoted adoring fans Johnny like this book is the real deal.
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| David Hurwitz: Getting
The Most Out Of Mozart:
Reference Books:
Biography Biographie [Livre + CD] Hal Leonard
The great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed more than 600 works of every musical ...(+)
The great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed more than 600 works of every musical genre - symphonies concertos chamber works even operas. In this book the first of two David Hurwitz guides the reader/listener through the master's chamber and orchestral music a body of work unique in style expressive range emotional depth formal perfection and sheer beauty. This music doesn't sound like anyone else's. Only Mozart could have written it. Hurwitz's insightful text and the accompanying full-length CD shows us what makes Mozart's music so unique and special - and how to enjoy its many delights. This book is the first of a two-volume set covering Mozart'sorchestral and vocal work.
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| The Wayne Charvel Legend:
Reference Books:
Biography Biographie Centerstream
Wayne Charvel has been designing and building guitars for 49 years working for ...(+)
Wayne Charvel has been designing and building guitars for 49 years working for B.C. Rich and Gibson and for Fender in the 1970s. Wayne has built guitars for some of the world's most famous guitarists including Eddie Van Halen Billy Gibbons John Kay Paul Gilbert Pete Townsend Warren Haynes Hank Williams Jr. Jim Root Joe Perry and many others. The Charvel name on the headstock of a solid-body electric guitar is a mark of value for buyers and collectors; the brand which has been sold and re-sold and is now owned by Fender has taken its place among other premium Americanbrands. Under the 'Wayne' logo Wayne Charvel continues to build high-end guitars made in the USA. The Wayne Charvel Legend is the whole story as told by Wayne and his sons. As a bonus the book includes a CD of songs by The Charvel Twins Bob and Rick.
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| Carlos Santana: Guitar
Player Presents: Carlos
Santana: Reference Books Biographie [Livre] Hal Leonard
Carlos Santana is one of Guitar Player's most frequently covered artists. Revere...(+)
Carlos Santana is one of Guitar Player's most frequently covered artists. Revered by guitarists for his tone and brilliant sense of melody Santana has been extremely giving in his Guitar Player interviews sharinghis gear secrets technical approaches musical influences and the building blocks of his sound. Here collected in one volume are all of Santana's interviews from his first post-Woodstock discussion to detailing the popularjuggernaut that was 1999's Supernatural to the masterful seminar he gave on creativity in 2008. Also included are style lessons and licks from Guitar Player's respected staff of music writers and transcribers thatreveal all the voodoo that explodes from Santana's fingers.
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| Justin Bieber le Petit
Prodige Musical En Français Biographie
piro Marc (Auteur)
/ Il est talentueux, il possède un grain de voix unique et...(+)
piro Marc (Auteur)
/ Il est talentueux, il possède un grain de voix unique et ce chanteur d origine québécoise n a que 16 ans. Depuis qu il est tout petit, Justin Bieber est un passionné de musique. Il est chanteur, guitariste, pianiste, trompettiste, et sait aussi jouer de la batterie. À 12 ans, le jeune homme se classe deuxième lors d un grand concours de chant canadien. En 2007, ce petit génie se fait remarquer par ses clips vidéo postés sur YouTube. Sa carrière prend son envol avec Usher qui le prend sous son aile. Son premier single, One Time, sort en juillet 2009 et se hisse rapidement au top des ventes au Canada. Son album connaîtra un immense succès la même année. En 2010, le jeune homme devient un phénomène interplanétaire, provoquant des émeutes d adolescentes hystériques à chacune de ses apparitions. Marc Shapiro, écrivain reconnu et auteur de best-sellers, révèle pour la première fois l ascension fulgurante de ce jeune prodige musical.
UNE HISTOIRE INCROYABLE, UNE ENFANCE HORS NORME...
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| Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd
FAQ-Everything Left To
Know.. And More!:
Reference Books: Biographie [Livre] Hal Leonard
More than four decades since their first album and 35 years after the release o...(+)
More than four decades since their first album and 35 years after the release of the iconic Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd continue to inspire and mystify rock fans around the world.Pink Floyd FAQ by pop culture author Stuart Shea lays out the band's strange winding history through a new series of prisms. What were the band's most memorable gigs? What are their greatest moments on record as a group and individually? What contemporary records influenced them and which performers follow in their wake? What was it like to be at a Pink Floyd show in 1967 in 1973 in 1980?Pink Floyd FAQ tells the band's story dissects their most popularwork and provides little-known facts all adding up to a provocative must-read for fans. With 400 pages of stories history observation opinion photos and reminiscences from those who were there Pink Floyd FAQ will discuss frankly what made the band great - as well as note their not-so-great moments - and their place in modern pop culture giving credit where credit is due - and maybe puncturing some inflatable pigs along the way.
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| Elvis Music FAQ:
Reference Books Biographie Hal Leonard
All That's Left to Know About The King's Recorded Works-Why is Elvis Presley's b...(+)
All That's Left to Know About The King's Recorded Works-Why is Elvis Presley's body of recorded work still so relevant nearly 60 years after he began recording? Elvis Music FAQ is for anyone who has been inspired by an Elvis Presley record. Following in the tradition of the FAQseries in Elvis Music FAQ a lot of rare information is woven together in one concise entertaining package.There are chapters about every year of Elvis's career including a look at his pioneering original recordlabel Sun; insight on his management; the continued importance of television in his career; a summation of each Presley concert tour; the inside scoop about the role Elvis's band members and songwriters played in his sound;stories about the amusing musical oddities created by those trying to ride on the Elvis success train; details about the contentious role drugs played in his career; and finally a full review of every record the King everissued.One might say that the only truths about Elvis Presley can be found in the grooves of his records where his natural talent and passion for music comes through always. Elvis Music FAQ aims to be the oneessential companion that explains the reason why the voice heard over the speakers still carries such resonance. Dozens of rare images accompany this engaging text.
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| Gustav Mahler: The Mahler
Symphonies - An Owner's
Manual: Reference Books: Biographie [Livre + CD] Hal Leonard
Few composers since the mid-twentieth century have escaped Mahler's influence. T...(+)
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.
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