Composers category: 3267 books

Wie gut kennen wir Glenn Gould? Sein Satz "Man spielt nicht mit den Fingern Klavier, sondern mit dem Kopf" ist für Jean-Yves Clément der Leitfaden, um Persönlichkeit und Werk des großen kanadischen Pianisten auszuloten. Im Nachzeichnen der Stationen eines der Kunst dienenden Lebens zwischen...

Levon Helm's Rambles have quickly become the stuff of legend. Helm, of course, is the charismatic drummer, singer, and sometimes mandolin picker for The Band, a group whose songs and stature have made them a pillar of classic rock and rootsy Americana. Beyond their work with Bob Dylan, their own hits...

  Beyonce Knowels is a popular American singer, actress and fashion designer who has a net worth of $450 million. Beyonce earned her net worth primarily through her career as a incredibly successful recording artist.   Before going solo, Beyonce was the lead singer...

Ein neuer Blick auf den Weltstar. Genialer Charakterdarsteller, charmanter Frauenheld, männliches Rollenbild: Johnny Depp ist einer der schillerndsten Schauspieler der Welt. Doch wer steckt hinter den exzentrischen Figuren von Captain Jack Sparrow oder Edward mit den Scherenhänden, die ein...

A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip hop and one of the culture's most revered music icons—both the tale of his life and legacy and a testament to dogged determination. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five fomented the musical revolution known as hip hop. Theirs was...

**Every Life Has a Soundtrack. **   If you’ve ever had the opening bars of a song transport you back in time or remind you of a pivotal spiritual moment, Matthew Paul Turner’s honest—and frequently hilarious—musings will strike a chord. Straightforward and amusing, Hear No Evil is Turner’s...

OUT OF THE BACKSTREETS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT There's just no stopping these funky five from Florida. One of the hottest music groups around, the Backstreet Boys (BSB) launched themselves to superstardom in an amazingly short time, topping the charts and winning awards all over the world. Everyone's...

**"Poetic musings on a life well-lived—one that is still moving forward, always creating, always luminous. This isn't your typical autobiography. Garfunkel's history is told in flowing prose, bounding from present to past, far from a linear rags-to-riches story." —Bookreporter "It's hard...

The acclaimed and wildly outlandish inside account of England’s most notorious music club, The Hacienda, from Peter Hook, the New York Times bestselling author of Unknown Pleasures and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order—a story of music, gangsters, drugs, and violence, available for the...

This, the second and final volume of Stephen Walsh’s magisterial biography of Igor Stravinsky, begins in 1934, when Stravinsky is fifty-two and living in France. Already regarded by many as the most important composer of his generation, Stravinsky is nevertheless at this point a fairly unhappy expatriate,...

The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State’s landscape. According to Casey Monahan, “To travel Texas with music as your guide is a year-round opportunity to experience first-hand this amazing cultural force….Texas music offers a vibrant and enjoyable...

Die vorliegende Arbeit Reissmanns über den genialen Reformator der Oper ist nach denselben Gesichtspunkten ausgeführt, wie seine früher erschienenen Darstellungen des Lebens und der Wirksamkeit der anderen großen Meister: Inhalt: Glucks Jugend und seine Vorbereitung für den Künstlerberuf. In...

Du sexe, de la drogue, encore du sexe, toujours plus de drogue, et du rock’n’roll. Too Much Too Soon est l’histoire définitive du groupe de glam rock le plus excessif, les New York Dolls. Leur rock’n’roll incendiaire et leur posture transgenre ont révolutionné ce style, même si le business...

Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the “guitar player’s guitar player,” renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect that he has garnered...