Composers category: 3267 books

Après le tome 1 de l’Anthologie du metal qui retraçait le parcours des pionniers de la scène, du thrash, de la NWOBHM, du death ou encore du black metal, ce second volume s’intéresse plus particulièrement au doom, au power metal, au metal symphonique, au néo-metal, aux avant-gardistes, ainsi...

Robert Shelton lernte Bob Dylan kennen, als dieser 1961 ins Greenwich Village nach New York kam. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde er sein Freund und Kritiker. Sheltons Biografie über Dylan, erstmals erschienen 1986, gilt heute als Klassiker des Genres. Und von den über 1.000 Büchern, die über das Genie...

Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was an anomaly. A virtuoso pianist and electrifying showman, he toured extensively throughout the European continent, bringing sold-out audiences to states of ecstasy while courting scandal with his frequent womanizing. Drawing on new, highly revealing documentary...

Extrait : "Ainsi les poètes chantent les artistes. Ainsi Lamartine chantait la Malibran au moment où celle-ci, succombant dans son printemps aux suites d'un accident dramatique dont la nouvelle avait terrifié l'Europe, venait de quitter la terre, emportant avec elle le secret des accents si souverainement...

Experience the stunning rise, fall, and legacy of N.W.A. and how they put their stamp on pop culture, black culture, and hip-hop music forever i****n this “incredibly vivid look at one of music’s most iconic groups” (Associated Press). In 1986, a group was formed that would establish...

“Robert’s memoir is more proof that the dues-paying years are the most crazy, fun-filled, and potentially dangerous times of a young musician’s life. He captures that naïveté running headlong into harsh reality, usually with hilarious results. Robert also gives us plenty of historical context,...

The Real Singing Cowboys profiles contemporary cowboy--and cowgirl--singers and musicians who are, or have been, authentic working cowboys or ranchers, or involved in related occupations tied to ranching and cowboy culture. The book includes sixty brief biographies and photos of the singers and musicians,...

“Mick is able to weave together what can only be referred to as the most complete and accurate portrait on the band ever published. Yes it is THAT good and that well researched! . . . Thorough research and eloquent writing is a beautiful union and Wall’s successful deployment of both, coupled...

Adversity.Every living person faces it. It’s part of the human condition. I’m Christopher Wiehl, an actor and filmmaker, and I’ve had plenty of challenges of my own. Some people may not think that’s the case, but I bet they’ve never had brain fluid leaking from their nose.I’d been living...

A "behind the music" story without parallel John Hammond is one of the most charismatic figures in American music, a man who put on record much of the music we cherish today. Dunstan Prial's biography presents Hammond's life as a gripping story of music, money, fame, and racial conflict,...

“…By the time I got back to camp on Monday morning, I realised that I had just travelled roughly two thousand kilometres in forty eight hours for a roll in the hay!...” Thus ends one of the chapters in Clive Hay’s unusual and entertaining story of life in the South African Defense Force. This...

"A wonderful collection that gives Mozart a voice as a son, husband, brother and friend." —New York Times Book Review "Mozart's honesty, his awareness of his own genius and his contempt for authority all shine out from these letters."—Sunday Times  (London). "...

This is the first book by a founding member of Little River Band: the first Australian band to achieve a gold album in the US. 'Every Day of My Life' tells the remarkable tale of how Beeb Birtles, David Briggs, Graeham Goble, George McArdle, Derek Pellicci and Glenn Shorrock conquered the world...