Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups

FOREWORD BY PETER HOOKThe music. The fashion. The nights. The people. The love. These are the threads that came together to make the Haçienda great...

The successor and companion to Devins autobiography, this collection of personal and professional photographs trace Devins journey from childhood i...

The violinist Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) is considered among the most influential performers in history and still maintains a strong following amon...

Our image of Beethoven has been transformed by the research generated by a succession of scholars and theorists who blazed new trails from the 1960...

This volume of essays brings together the best of recent scholarship on Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of J.S. Bach and a friend and mento...

The second son of Johann Sebastian Bach, C.P.E. Bach was an important composer in his own right, as well as a writer and performer on keyboard inst...

This volume presents a collection of essays by leading Gluck scholars which highlight the best of recent and classic contributions to Gluck scholar...

This volume of essays on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reflects scholarly advances made over the last thirty years. The studies are broad and focused, de...

This volume of essays brings together a selection of the most significant and representative writings on Mendelssohn from the last fifty years. Div...

In 1848, the penultimate year of his life, Chopin visited England and Scotland at the instigation of his aristocratic Scots pupil, Jane Stirling. I...

Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996) has been one of the most performed Finnish composers during the past 25 years both within Finland and abroad.The author...

This title was first published in 2000. John Ireland (1879-1962) was as elusive as the music that he composed. His music resists easy categorizatio...

THE LOUDER THAN WAR #1 BOOK OF THE YEARA ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, MOJO, UNCUT, THE HERALD BOOK OF THE YEARThis is not a book about a rock band. This...

Originally published in 2003, Edvard Grieg and his Songs examines the lifetime of Edvard Grieg. His songs were among his most popular and well-know...

First published in 1999, this is the first study of the noted French music critic and scholar Louis Laloy, and the first collection of his writings...

In 1848, the penultimate year of his life, Chopin visited England and Scotland at the instigation of his aristocratic Scots pupil, Jane Stirling. I...

This book appraises the contribution of Paul Dukas (18651935) to a wide variety of French musical practices. As a composer, critic, artistic collab...

The true stories of producers behind jazzs unforgettable soundsIn histories of music, producers tend to fall by the waysidegenerallyunknown and sel...

A brief and concise story of Bob Dylan's artistic development throughout his whole career, perfect for fans and newcomers alike. Perfect for both ...

Today, the names Bach and Mozart are mostly associated with Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But this volume of Bach Perspectives...

A journey into the mystical and spiritual side of the famed Doors front man Reveals Jim Morrison as a shamanic initiate and esoteric teacher who us...

Starting in 1956 with Sam Phillips at Sun Studios, this is a rich, eccentric, and definitive history of great record producers throughout the years...