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DEATH IN JUNE

A l'ombre des runes

by Aldo Chimenti
Language: French
Release Date: February 20, 2012

Mené par Douglas Pearce depuis trente ans, Death In June explore inlassablement les chemins de traverse musicaux et esthétiques avec une indépendance farouche. Né sur les cendres du groupe de punk Crisis qui trôna aux côtés de The Clash et de Crass dans le registre d’un engagement politique...
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by Margaret Murray
Language: French
Release Date: January 12, 2011

Margaret Alice Murray fut, archéologue renommée, fut aussi une autorité reconnue dans l'étude de la sorcellerie. Dans ses ouvrages historico-ethnologiques, dont Le Dieu des sorcières est le plus célèbre, elle affirme que la sorcellerie était une religion de la fertilité datant du néolithique,...
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Celebrating Bird

The Triumph of Charlie Parker

by Gary Giddins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013

Within days of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz musicians of any era, the troubled genius who brought modernism to jazz and became a defining cultural force...
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by Mike Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014

Mike Buchanan is a Bedford-based author who interviewed eight well-known local guitarists, and wrote accounts of their colourful lives:- Finger Pickin' Good Paul Bonas- Hollerin' Bob Foley- Amazin' Max Milligan- Blindin' Dave King- Lightnin' Hands Pete Rose - Mumblin' Cliff Hanson...
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KEITH MOON

La bombe humaine du rock

by Tony Fletcher
Language: French
Release Date: October 14, 2011

Heureusement pour lui, il était rapidement devenu célèbre, car simple quidam, on l’aurait fait enfermer. Incapable de devenir adulte, lunatique incandescent, il a révolutionné l’art de la batterie rock avec une totale désinvolture : les conventions, la technique, il s’en fichait. Il cognait...
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by Henry Edward Krehbiel
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012

Written as a follow-up to 'A Book of Operas', this is another comprehensive study of several great operas from the renowned musicologist Henry Edward Krehbiel. Includes in-depth analyses of: Samson and Delilah and other biblical operas Die Konigin von Saba Herodiade Lakme Pagliacci Cavalleria Rusticana...
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Assimilate

A critical history of industrial music

by Alexander Reed
Language: French
Release Date: February 17, 2018

« Industriel » est une épithète que les fans et les critiques appliquent à une grande variété de musiques - le battement sur des bidons de Einstürzende Neubauten, le grognement électronique de Throbbing Gristle, le cliquetis rythmique en boucle de Skinny Puppy et les compositions synthpop...
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Gil Scott-Heron

A Father & Son Story

by Leslie Gordon Goffe
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013

Gil Scott-Heron: a father & son story, is about professional footballer, Gil Heron, who was the first black footballer to play for Scottish club Celtic FC, and his son, acclaimed poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron.
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by Aaron Copland
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008

This is the first book devoted to the correspondence of composer Aaron Copland, covering his life from age eight to eighty-seven. The chronologically arranged collection includes letters to many significant figures in American twentieth-century music as well as Copland’s friends, family, teachers,...
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by Jurgen Zoller Selbst
Language: German
Release Date: May 5, 2010

Aufgeschrieben von Thomas Zimmer. Jürgen Zöller ist der Drummer von BAP - einer der erfolgreichsten Rockbands Deutschlands. Jürgen Zöller steht aber auch für viereinhalb Jahrzehnte gelebten Rock'n'Roll in Deutschland: Er hat mit Jimi Hendrix Wein getrunken, und mit Chuck Berry gespielt....
Cover of The Police: The Classic and Talented Band
by Maya Archer
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014

From their early beginnings, The Police were hailed as a maverick live band - a group that galvanized an already impressive studio sound into something otherworldly when performing. Combining controlled energy and evocative melodies, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played with the improvisational...
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The Beach Boys FAQ

All That's Left to Know About America's Band

by Jon Stebbins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

A half-century after their first single release, “Surfin' ” the Beach Boys continue to define California popular culture and the sunshine-infused sound that will forever be its living soundtrack. But beyond innocent harmonies touting the delights of catching waves and cruising to the drive-in,...
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Soul Picnic

The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro

by Michele Kort
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016

Laura Nyro was a beloved and pioneering singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s, whose songs were covered with great success by the Fifth Dimension; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Three Dog Night; and Barbra Streisand. This first biography from Michele Kort, Soul Picnic, uncovers previously never revealed...
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by 連純慧
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 27, 2017

在音樂家翻騰起伏的人生故事與音樂裡 看見你我也會經歷的無常與恆常、悲傷與歡喜 .1877年,柴可夫斯基結了一個荒謬的婚姻,公證後馬上就後悔,在蜜月中嚎啕大哭。9週後,這場鬧劇落幕,而作曲家的人生卻哄哄鬧鬧、未曾停歇,直到他神祕死亡…… .董尼采第得到一紙天上掉下來的合約,為羅馬的樂季創作新歌劇。男高音求好心切奮力演繹新劇,卻青筋暴露、強力嘶吼,以致頸動脈爆裂身亡!董尼采第的音樂生涯將面臨危機?還是奇蹟? .一位美麗的將軍之女蹬上列車準備返家,驚奇的發現車廂裡滿是鮮花。原來是浪漫的西貝流士為她準備的。但兩人懸殊的身分卻成為阻礙! .以天才之姿震撼世間的莫札特,因深藏政治諷諭的《費加洛婚禮》得罪達官顯要。從此,他在維也納宮廷的命運急轉直下,最後在抑鬱中,人生短暫如夜空慧星…… .普契尼家的女僕含冤自殺!女主人懷疑她與普契尼有染,她卻激烈的飲毒回敬。作曲家自此陰霾縈繞心頭,在寫到《杜蘭朵公主》中女僕柳兒自殺的情節時不幸病逝,留下未能竟全的茉莉之歌…… 透過文學、電影、歷史和音樂家的故事,以及隨篇附上的經典樂曲QR...
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