Composers category: 3267 books
The Beatles
Argus
Language: French
Release Date: December 9, 2009
Plus d’un quart de siècle qu’on attendait la publication définitive de l’œuvre des Beatles sur CD ! Septembre 2009 restera une date dans l’Histoire de la musique car, en sept années d'un règne à peine partagé, les Beatles avaient totalement révolutionné la chanson populaire britannique...
Far and Near
On Days Like These
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Whether navigating the backroads of Louisiana or Thuringia, exploring the snowy Quebec woods, or performing onstage at Rush concerts, Neil Peart has stories to tell. His first volume in this series, Far and Away, combined words and images to form an intimate, insightful narrative that won many readers.Now...
by David Dalton, Steven Tyler
Language: German
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Wilde Drogenexzesse, sexuelle Eskapaden, grandiose Erfolge mit der Band Aerosmith und vier Kinder von drei Frauen – Steven Tyler hat nicht nur als Sänger und Frontmann Geschichte geschrieben. Sein Leben gleicht einer Achterbahnfahrt mit Höhen, Tiefen und mehrfachen Loopings. In „Does the Noise...
by Mark Hodkinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
This classic account of the birth of a legendary group is the truly authentic version of Queen's rise to stardom. Author Mark Hodkinson interviewed over 60 friends and colleagues of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon to piece together a fascinating jigsaw of anecdotes from the...
Justin Bieber
King of Pop
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Justin Bieber Singer-songwriter Talent manager YouTube RBMG My World (EP) Never Say Never: The Remixes Baby (Justin Bieber song) London, Ontario Island Records School Boy Records Stratford, Ontario Jeanne Sauvé Aboriginal peoples in Canada Ne-Yo Scooter Braun So So Def Recordings Teriy Keys...
The Tao of Willie
A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helping his neighbors and living without pretense. After many hardscrabble years as a poorly paid songwriter (often watching his work become a gold mine for other performers), Willie finally found his own...
by Jimmy Cai
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria, and died a premature death on December 5, 1971 as a 35-year old. His musical brilliance was seen very early in his life when, as a four or five year old he wrote his first composition Andante in C. During his short lifespan...
My Own Devices
True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
**“I love the way Dessa puts words together. In her songs, in her poetry, in her short stories, and now in this beautiful and candid memoir. Wanna be an artist? Get this book.”
--Lin-Manuel Miranda
"Dessa writes beautifully about a wide range of topics, including science, music, and...
I SLEPT WITH JOEY RAMONE
Histoire d'une famille punk rock
Language: French
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Quand les quatre bras cassés du Queens qui avaient choisi de troquer à l’unisson leurs patronymes respectifs pour celui de Ramone donnèrent leur premier concert dans un local de répétition, ils ne se doutaient pas que, comme le dit Jim Jarmush, ils allaient « signer l’arrêt de mort du rock...
Crossroads
The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
The result of careful research, this stylish biography of infamous blues musician Robert Johnson reveals the real story behind the mythical talent that made him a musical legend. According to some, Robert Johnson learned guitar by trading his soul away to the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi....
Falco: Die Wahrheit
Wie es wirklich war - sein Manager erzählt
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Horst Bork lernte Hans Hölzel alias Falco kennen, als der junge, nur im Wiener Untergrund bekannte Künstler dem A&R-Manager seine Aufnahmen vorspielte. Bork nahm Falco unter Vertrag und erlebte aus nächster Nähe dessen sensationellen Aufstieg in Europa, Japan und Amerika mit. Er lernte ihn...
All We Are Saying
The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
Twenty years ago David Sheff climbed the back steps of the Dakota into the personal thoughts and dreams of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. From the kitchen to the studio and up those fateful Dakota steps, Sheff recorded 20 hours of tape, discussing everything from childhood to the Beatles.
Sheff...
Christoph Waltz
Die Biografie
Language: German
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Thorsten Wortmann nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die langjährige Karriere des charismatischen Schauspielers und beleuchtet seine wichtigsten Stationen – von seinen ersten Gehversuchen im deutschsprachigen Fernsehen mit Nebenrollen in DERRICK, TATORT und DER ALTE über die erste große...
Why Mahler?
How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Although Gustav Mahler was a famous conductor in Vienna and New York, the music that he wrote was condemned during his lifetime and for many years after his death in 1911. “Pages of dreary emptiness,” sniffed a leading American conductor. Yet today, almost one hundred years later, Mahler has displaced...