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Ricky Nelson (he later preferred Rick) was 8 years old when he began his career in show business. After a successful run on radio, his family's ...

The overtures of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), once as popular as those of Gioacchino Rossini and Franz von Suppé, were formerly known e...

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), once one of the most well-known and well-loved names in French 19th-century opera, came later in life tha...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), once one of the most well-known and well-loved names in French 19th-century opera, came later in life than...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled ...

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), once one of the most well-known and well-loved names in French 19th-century opera, came later in life than...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled ...

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled...

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera co...

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (17821871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled ...

The correspondence of the composer-pianists Percy Grainger [1882-1961] and Ronald Stevenson [b. 1928], together with Stevenson's writings on Graing...

This is the second volume of the Life and Work of Pauline Viardot Garcia: The Years of Grace, 18631910. Viardot was an international opera singer, ...

Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled...

Lee Brilleaux, the charismatic star of proto-punk R&B reprobates Dr Feelgood, was one of rock''n''roll''s greatest frontmen. But he was also on...

Kinky Friedman has always maintained his Kinkster persona and hidden Richard Friedman from the public eye. Using one-liners humor and occasional ...

Born in Birmingham, Steve Winwood was already a semi-professional musician, playing keyboards and guitar, while still at school. As lead vocalist w...

Ed's photos take us behind the scenes and in the middle of the action. I always felt like I was being transported to the location of the shot, and ...

Nelson and Trimble were both vital catalysts in the musical life of Northern Ireland. Havelock Nelson was employed by the BBC in the Province; he w...

Mayhem are the most influential Black Metal band in the world, and obviously no strangers to controversy. Death Archives offer never before seen ph...

Over forty years have elapsed since the death of the British jazz legend Tubby Hayes and yet his story still continues to captivate. Beginning as a...

Although Frank Zappa died over 20 years ago, he continues to be regarded as an iconic figure in 20th century culture. In 1973 he famously said Jazz...

In 1805, the world of music was set on its ears by a new work from a German composer. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven''s Third Symphony, ...

This one-of-a-kind reference investigates the music and the musicians that set the popular trends of the last half century in America.Many rock fan...

'Art is the most beautiful deception', said French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Debussy was infused with the literature of his time and in...

This second volume of Meyerbeer''s non-operatic work is devoted to his secular choral writing for male voices, solo songs with chorus, and later so...

With four successful albums to their name, You Me At Six have become one of the most revered and popular alternative rock bands of their generation...

Noel Gallagher is as well-known for his singer-songwriter talent as he is for his controversial, outspoken statements and his tempestuous relations...

Long, unfurling tracks; huge stacks of gear; music like that of no other group; trailblazing live gigs based on improvisation. This is the legacy o...

In 1976 with punk rock all the rage a trio called The Police hopped on board, but bassist/vocalist Sting and drummer Stewart Copeland had an ulteri...

It is no easy feat to capture the enormous spirit of Stevie Ray Vaughan a man whose presence in the world was like an untamable fire shooting fla...